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As a follow up to a World Ocean Radio episode from mid-May, we offer an overview of the Ocean Conference in New York last week which sought to reac...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2017
  • Length: 04:46
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As Congress and the Trump Administration roll back environmental protections, some communities are especially harmed. But Professor David Konisky e...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 25:59
Caption: Dorset , Credit: Ryan Winterbotham @ryanwinterbotham for Unsplash
On June 8th we celebrate World Ocean Day, a day to recognize our relationship with the ocean through global connection and stewardship. In this epi...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2017
  • Length: 04:36
Caption: Mangroves Near Waitangi, Credit: Gordon and Julia Gardner
We are living in a time of great environmental, social, and political change, and our outdated ways of living and governing are failing. The 21st c...

  • Added: May 10, 2017
  • Length: 05:52
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A visit with former California Assemblymember and environmental champion, Fred Keeley. Fred has been an advocate for the oceans and land for as lon...

Bought by KFOI Radio


  • Added: May 07, 2017
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Fishing vessels set out from Shenjiamen Port in Zhoushan city, East China's Zhejiang province., Credit: Xinhua | Liang Minhui
China is the world's largest consumer, producer, and exporter of every fish species caught by their vast industrial fishing fleet, at a rate on tra...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2017
  • Length: 05:27
Caption: Dr. Rush Holt
The Trump Administration is calling for drastic cuts in scientific research and development.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 09, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dr. Ben Santer, Credit: Commonwealth Club
President Donald Trump has sent conflicting message about climate change. One time he calls it an urgent problem. Then he refers to it as a hoax.

Bought by WCPN, KVSC, and KCBX


  • Added: Apr 05, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Since the U.S. election in November, the Trump Administration has taken bold action to change the policies, regulations, and environmental protecti...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2017
  • Length: 04:43
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Hollywood director Tom Shadyac traded a mansion and private jets for a mobile home and a bicycle. He had found the traditional trappings of success...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KUNM, KVSC, and KZUM


  • Added: Feb 28, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Steve Carell and Tom Shadyac on the set
Tom Shadyac is a successful Hollywood comedy director who found the traditional trappings of success were not the key to happiness. He traded a man...

Bought by Indie3 Radio, KUNM, and KVSC


  • Added: Feb 21, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
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Mario Soares, former PM and President of Portugal, statesman, exile, political prisoner, "father of democracy", passed away last week at the age of...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2017
  • Length: 05:09
Caption: Sarah van Gelder
No matter how we voted in this last election, all of us can agree on one thing. Our country, and the world, faces significant problems: Racism to c...

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  • Added: Jan 11, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio we discuss politics in a changing landscape, and the ways in which global agencies advocate for, protect, and ...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2017
  • Length: 05:07
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President-elect Trump, a committed opponent to climate change mitigation, will likely appoint fellow deniers to key cabinet positions overseeing ai...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2016
  • Length: 05:55
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WorldCanvass guests join host Joan Kjaer to discuss the controversial method of energy production known as fracking and its impact on the environme...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2016
  • Length: 28:20
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WorldCanvass guests join host Joan Kjaer to discuss the controversial method of energy production known as fracking and its impact on the environme...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2016
  • Length: 26:14
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After water, the largest volume of natural material used to support global growth is sand. Demand for sand has grown exponentially in the last two ...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2016
  • Length: 05:08
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World Ocean Radio is set to embark on a series highlighting optimistic projects, perspectives, and organizations helping to raise awareness at the ...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2016
  • Length: 06:05
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The Living Well Show presents a two part interview with Valerie Plame Wilson, former covert CIA operations officer and author whose covert status w...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2016
  • Length: 28:34
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Rising sea levels are just one way climate change is reshaping the world's oceans, says Duke University oceanographer Susan Lozier.

  • Added: Aug 30, 2016
  • Length: 01:40
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World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill recently returned from the Arctic Circle Forum in Nuuk, Greenland, where he made some interesting observations a...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2016
  • Length: 05:39
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On this episode of Wish We Were Here, we take a close look at all sides of a controversial land deal and that bitterly divided the Colorado Springs...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2016
  • Length: 58:58
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As of late March the Obama Administration is no longer considering Cashes Ledge in the Gulf of Maine for national monument designation. This news, ...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2016
  • Length: 05:02
Caption: An Oregon lawsuit, spearheaded by Our Children's Trust, could force the state of Oregon to take a more aggressive stance against the carbon emissions warming the earth and destroying the environment., Credit: Our Children's Trust
The public trust doctrine is designed to protect our natural resources for the benefit of future generations. Plaintiffs in a number of legal cases...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 05:10