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Sidewalks Versus Surgery
From: Duke University
Series: Glad You Asked
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We could do a lot to improve public health and reduce runaway medical expenses if we focussed more on preventing disease and less on medical fixes,...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2016
  • Length: 02:18
Reinvent the Economy: Gus Speth #118
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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While world leaders wring their hands over forecasts of timid GDP growth, a growing list of visionaries around the world are collaborating to redef...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, Bandon Community Radio, WSLR, 91.7 WHUS Storrs and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 10
Andy Skuce, Geologist and Climate Change Blogger Joins Us to Discuss COP21 and Climate Science
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Andy Skuce
Former oil exploration geologist, Andy Skuce, talks with us about the science behind COP21 decisions and what the future will most likely look like...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2015
  • Length: 59:19
Limits to Growth: Dennis Meadows #116
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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“Our computer-generated scenarios all showed this growth stopping in the early decades of the 21st century, and, I must say, looking back now, it s...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, Bandon Community Radio, 91.7 WHUS Storrs, WMUU-LP, KMUD and more


  • Added: Dec 08, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 6
Durable Future: Bill McKibben #115
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Relocalization may be the most important strategy for minimizing climate change. According to Bill McKibben, “working as communities is the most im...

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  • Added: Dec 01, 2015
  • Length: 28:24
  • Purchases: 7
Economic Heresy: Herman Daly #113
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Robust economic growth has become the Holy Grail of public policy and politics. But some economists and many scientists have come to believe growth...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, Bandon Community Radio, WMUU-LP, and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 17, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
"The River of Doubt" by Candace Millard
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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This river is a tributary of the mighty Amazon. It snakes through one of the world’s most treacherous jungles and it’s where President Teddy Roosev...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 1
WorldCanvass: The Evolution of Climate Change (Part 3)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Members of the scientific research community, political leaders, and entrepreneurs consider the topic of climate change and how it’s evolved in bot...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2015
  • Length: 26:10
Unspun Grieves with Guy McPherson Over the Demise of Homo Sapiens
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Guy McPherson
Guy McPherson, professor emeritus of natural resources and the environment at the University of Arizona, where he taught and conducted research for...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2015
  • Length: 59:37
Unspun Revisits Climate Change with Dr. Michael Mann
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Michael Mann
Dr. Doug Craig co-hosts with me, as Unspun revisits the most serious issue of our time, Climate Change (of course), with Dr. Michael Mann. Dr. Mic...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 58:25
Unspun Talks with Anne Petermann, Director of Global Justice Ecology Project and Coordinator of the Campaign to Stop GE Trees
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Anne Petermann
Unspun sits down with Anne Petermann, Ex. Dir. of the Global Justice Ecology Project. Long time forest protection and indigenous rights activist. ...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2015
  • Length: 58:52
WorldCanvass: Tobacco, Pot, and the Public Interest (Part 1)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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WorldCanvass explores the complicated and controversial issues surrounding the legality and use of tobacco and marijuana with a special focus on th...

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  • Added: Feb 13, 2015
  • Length: 25:54
  • Purchases: 1
WorldCanvass: Tobacco, Pot, and the Public Interest (Part 2)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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WorldCanvass explores the complicated and controversial issues surrounding the legality and use of tobacco and marijuana with a special focus on th...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Feb 13, 2015
  • Length: 26:29
  • Purchases: 1
WorldCanvass: Tobacco, Pot, and the Public Interest (Part 3)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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WorldCanvass explores the complicated and controversial issues surrounding the legality and use of tobacco and marijuana with a special focus on th...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Feb 13, 2015
  • Length: 26:31
  • Purchases: 1
States of Mind: Mental Illness in America
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: A woman in a "state of hysteria.", Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Recent estimates suggest that more than 50% of Americans will suffer from a “mental disorder” at some point in their lifetime, making the once “abn...

Bought by WEZU, WXDU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and WRIR


  • Added: Jul 18, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Psychiatrist Judith Orloff with "Ecstasy of Surrender"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Orloff is an Asst. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA who incorporates energy medicine in her practice. In her fifth book she invites reader...

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


  • Added: Jun 26, 2014
  • Length: 09:53
  • Purchases: 2
WorldCanvass: The Crossroads Project (Part 3)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Art and science meet at the crossroads in this program focused on climate change, sustainability, and the future of our planet and ourselves. This...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2014
  • Length: 24:31
Grokking Democracy
From: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Advancing Technology for Humanity
Hour long news program examines the democratic process and how technology has played a role. Co-hosted by Jonathan Alter and Lisa Mullins.

Bought by WUFT, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WOUB, KQED, West Virginia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Oct 14, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 19
Author Michael Pollan and "Cooked"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Food guy Michael Pollan’s new book is “Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation.” He is a personable, well-spoken walking encyclopedia of Ameri...

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


  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 2
Climate Change Activist Al Gore and "The Future"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Former US Vice President Al Gore is perhaps the best known poster boy for climate change. Both a winner of a Nobel prize along with an Oscar, he ta...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 23, 2013
  • Length: 09:43
  • Purchases: 1
Poisoned Water, Fossil Fuels
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Still from the film 'Burning the Future: Coal in America' , Credit: http://www.burningthefuture.org
The endless search for fossil fuels is polluting our waterways, and our water supplies. The fight to protect clean drinking water is motivating Ame...

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  • Added: May 11, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Poisoned Water, Fossil Fuels
From: Making Contact
Caption: Still from the film 'Burning the Future: Coal in America', Credit: http://www.burningthefuture.org
The endless search for fossil fuels is polluting our waterways, and our water supplies. The fight to protect clean drinking water is motivating Ame...

Bought by WUAL


  • Added: May 11, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Al Bartlett talks about global sustainability.
From: Richard Kiefer
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Al Bartlett talks about how we must achieve a sustainable world. This piece has aired on KGNU Boulder.

  • Added: May 02, 2012
  • Length: 24:14
Dr. Robert Wallace, Chair, Institute of Medicine Committee on Living Well With Chronic Illness
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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Hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Robert Wallace on his report "Living Well With Chronic Illness: A Call for Public Action".

  • Added: Mar 07, 2012
  • Length: 24:21
Researchers Call Oil Spills and Climate Change a Devastating Combination
From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS
Caption: Torbjörn Törnqvist says sea-level rise will overtake natural subsidence as a cause of land loss., Credit: Barry Yeoman
Most of us shudder to imagine the impact of another large oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and for good reason. A spill in future decades could hav...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 04:36