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Canary In The Coalmine
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Tim Murphy
The former CEO of Massey Energy, Don Blankenship, is currently on trial for conspiracy to violate mandatory mine safety and health standards, makin...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 20, 2015
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
Cutting Edge: Knives + Politics
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Adam Simha
This week on Sea Change Radio, we hear from a craftsman who makes razor-sharp kitchen knives, and with a progressive political talk show host who r...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 14, 2015
  • Length: 28:40
  • Purchases: 2
The Imprisonment of A Climate Hero
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Mohamed Nasheed
In the remote Indian Ocean nation of the Maldives, they don’t have the luxury of discussing climate change as an academic subject. The small countr...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 29, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Dan Dicker: Deciphering Oil Prices
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Dan Dicker
Some energy analysts predict that the past year’s downward trend in oil prices will continue. Our guest this week on Sea Change Radio, energy exper...

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  • Added: Sep 23, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Salt Water Wilderness: Summer Brennan & Doug Woodring
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Summer Brennan
What does the word wilderness evoke in your mind? A vast field, a dense forest, a body of water? If you’re an attorney, it may simply be a legal te...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 09, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Global Tax Avoidance: Who's Responsible?
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Impact: Where Business and Ethics Meet
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We investigate the complex world of tax avoidance, starting with the mining industry in Zambia. Activists, documentarians, and economists give pers...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2015
  • Length: 28:04
Louisiana Checkup: Douglas Meffert
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Doug Meffert
As the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches, we thought it would be an appropriate time to head back down to the bayou. This week on S...

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  • Added: Aug 19, 2015
  • Length: 28:40
  • Purchases: 2
Inside Obama’s Clean Power Plan
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Tim McDonnell
President Obama announced a bold new climate plan last week. The plan is being widely heralded by environmental advocates, but, perhaps unsurprisin...

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  • Added: Aug 12, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Solar Access Warming For Renters
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Adam Browning
Is your home one of the millions that haven’t been able to get solar because you’re a renter? The cost of solar panel installation is half of what ...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 04, 2015
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 2
When CEOs Become Activists
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Impact: Where Business and Ethics Meet
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Given their significance to global economies, corporate leaders' influence reaches beyond the walls of their businesses. How do they use that power...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2015
  • Length: 29:39
Exxon Fuels Denial
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Suzanne Goldenberg
Children learn that lying is wrong, often in kindergarten. Apparently, somewhere on the road to becoming corporate leaders, they un-learn that less...

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  • Added: Jul 14, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Abrahm Lustgarten: Water Management Breakdown
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Abrahm Lustgarten
Discussions about the West’s epic drought tend to focus on the need to cut back on residential and agricultural water usage. The importance of wate...

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  • Added: Jun 24, 2015
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Grey Lady and The EPA
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Joe Romm
For the better part of the past decade, The New York Times and The Environmental Protection Agency have been frequent punching bags of the right wi...

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  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Ginger Strand
“Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?” Jack Kerouac’s “On The Road” perfectly captured the essence of the American fascinati...

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


  • Added: May 20, 2015
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 3
Topical Tropical Dilemmas
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Rhett Butler
Monoculture. It displaces native plant and animal species, it leads to long-term soil quality degradation, and, in tropical areas, it often means t...

Bought by WMUU-LP and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 05, 2015
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
Andrew Revkin: Carbon Divide
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Andrew Revkin
This week on Sea Change Radio we hear from noted environmental journalist, Andrew Revkin, about a recent Yale/Utah State survey and mapping project...

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  • Added: Apr 14, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Plight of The Condor
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Kelly Sorenson
The California Condor may not be the prettiest of endangered species, but that doesn’t make it any less important to the ecosystem. Our guest this ...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2015
  • Length: 29:40
Greenpeace’s Rolf Skar On Big Paper
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Rolf Skar
Money doesn’t grow on trees, but if you’re a paper company, trees are definitely how you make your money. Paper production is one of the leading ca...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
Naomi Oreskes on “Merchants of Doubt”
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Naomi Oreskes
A recent Pew survey found that 48% of Americans are still unconvinced that global warming is happening and that human activity is causing it. How c...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Fracking: There’s Something In The Air
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Caroline Cox
The potential damage posed by hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” to ground water, its contribution to earthquake risk, and overall deceptive pract...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
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
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