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Steve Almond on the Post-Jon Stewart Era
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Steve Almond
When Jon Stewart recently announced his plan to leave the Daily Show – the fake news show that has steadily become the go-to news-source for millio...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
Climate Change Is Tough on Penguins: Author Fen Montaigne
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Fen’s book, “Fraser’s Penguins: A Journey to the Future in Antarctica,” shows his passion for this otherworldly place and many of its two-footed in...

Bought by Radio Newark, KCMJ Community Radio, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Feb 10, 2015
  • Length: 10:01
  • Purchases: 3
Troubled Coastlines From Louisiana To Maine, Pt. II
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Bob Marshall
Last week on Sea Change Radio, we spoke with Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Bob Marshall about Louisiana’s shrinking coastline. And this week we...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
Bob Marshall: Louisiana Encroachment, Pt. I
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Bob Marshall
With so much focus on the BP oil spill and the havoc it has wrought on the Gulf Coast, it's easy to overlook the broader, more long-term environmen...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 03, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Latest Oil Glut: Once Bitten, Twice Shy
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
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It comes as little surprise that the author of a book entitled Snake Oil: How Fracking’s False Promise of Plenty Imperils Our Future is a critic of...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Trash Talk: The Persistence of Waste
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Buckhorn Mesa landfill., Credit: courtesy of Flickr user Alan Levine.
During our short time on Earth we humans have created a lot of stuff. Some of it's life-altering, like the device you’re using right now and some o...

Bought by XRAY.fm and WTJU


  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 39:39
  • Purchases: 2
Ocean Plastic, Not Fantastic
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Doug Woodring
Doug Woodring is the founder of the Ocean Recovery Alliance. His name may sound familiar to long-time listeners of Sea Change Radio because we feat...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 20, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Melanie Nutter on Smarter Cities
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Melanie Nutter
Many planners agree that a more centralized population is a good thing for long-term environmental responsibility. But as people all over the world...

Bought by WMUU-LP, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KVSC


  • Added: Jan 13, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Sea Rise Drowning Alaskan Village
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Kate Sheppard
We have heard the warnings for years now: climate change will someday force people to move from their homes. Sea level rise will put places from Mi...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
Plunging Oil Prices: Dan Dicker Part II
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Dan Dicker
Last week we spoke with energy analyst Dan Dicker about the reasons behind the sudden drop in oil prices and the potential impact this could have o...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 30, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Plunging Oil Prices: Dan Dicker Part I
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Dan Dicker
When it comes to global oil markets, the one thing that everyone agrees on is that it’s complex. The recent plunge in oil prices has many of us sea...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 24, 2014
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Let There Be Night (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Nights are getting brighter and most of us no longer experience true darkness.

Bought by WJCT, KVSC, KWMR, KCPW Salt Lake City, KENW and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
Farmsters + Citizen Science
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Lauren Markham
Getting back to the roots. What does it really mean? This week on Sea Change Radio, we feature two women who have each recently penned pieces for O...

Bought by WMUU-LP and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 16, 2014
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
"The Great Invisible": A Film About The Factory Under the Gulf Of Mexico
From: Laine Kaplan-Levenson
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"The Great Invisible" is a new documentary about the 2010 BP Oil Spill. The movie's director Margaret Brown grew up on the Alabama coast, and saw t...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2014
  • Length: 15:38
Journeys: PBS Film Series + Walkabouts
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Tom Courtney
This week on Sea Change Radio we talk about journeys, large and small. First we hear from Marilyn and Hal Weiner, the filmmakers behind the PBS ser...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 09, 2014
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 1
'Tis The Season For A Good Guide
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Dara O'Rourke
It’s that time of year, again: the season of giving…or at least the season of buying. When you’re perusing the shelves, be they virtual or actual, ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KVSC


  • Added: Dec 02, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Author Redmond O’Hanlon travels a mile deep in “Trawler"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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British naturalist and jungle survivor of Borneo, Amazonia and the Congo, O’Hanlon sets off this time on a commercial fishing ship in the harsh wat...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2014
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 2
Food Sleuth Radio, Deborah Madison Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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You don’t have to be a vegetarian to appreciate delicious vegetable dishes. In fact, moving towards a more plant-based diet is consistent among die...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
What the Lobster Knew: Biomimicry + Concrete
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Brent Constantz
Did you know that the production of cement is responsible for 5% of the carbon dioxide emissions on the planet? Our guest today on Sea Change Radio...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 18, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Paul Hawken Part II: Cultivating Progress
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Paul Hawken
Last week on Sea Change Radio, we spoke to Paul Hawken about how the civil rights movement helped shape his thinking and spurred him into a life of...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
Digging Deep with Paul Hawken
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Paul Hawken
Today on Sea Change Radio we begin our two-part discussion with Paul Hawken, thought-leader, author and environmentalist, perhaps best known as the...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
Sustainability Is the New Black
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: George Bradley & Eddie Baba
If you moved into a new home that was three-times the square-footage you’d probably expect to see your utility bills go up by a lot, right? Well, o...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Fracking Moves To China, Part II
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: James West
Last week on Sea Change Radio, we learned about the new shale gas boom in China. This week, in the second part of my discussion with Jaeah Lee and ...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2014
  • Length: 28:00

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