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Before the Ground Runs Dry: BIPOC Media on the US Water Crisis
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In this episode of Meet the BIPOC Press, a monthly collaboration between The Laura Flanders Show and URL Media, we take a closer look at the US wa...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Radio Catskill, RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, KDNK and more


  • Added: Sep 27, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 8
Planetary Boundaries Breached
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
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Six out of nine planetary systems key to the survival of the human species are under threat. Is Earth still a safe operating space for human beings...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2023
  • Length: 58:33
2023-09-22 Naomi Klein and Carolyn Beeler: Covering Big Ideas and Personal Stories
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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The climate crisis can be difficult to cover in a way that most people can relate to. The mechanism of harm goes from a person's gas car or stove t...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 11
RESCUE, part 33: A Personal Call to Action
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week on World Ocean Radio we wrap up the 33-part RESCUE series with a a checklist of steps and questions for a practical, personal plan and st...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2023
  • Length: 05:19
EE 23-38: Alicia Kennedy considers the cultural history of vegetarian cuisine, 9/15/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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In her new book No Meat Required, food writer Alicia Kennedy looks at vegetarian movements of the past and shares her low-tech vision for the futur...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
Living Planet 09/15/23
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on the show: The growing microplastics problem. Microplastics have been found everywhere — from the deepest parts of the ocean to the hei...

Bought by WFHB, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], and Radio Kansas


  • Added: Sep 13, 2023
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 3
Living Planet 09/08/23
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on the show: We hear from people in California whose home insurers have left them in the lurch as weather extremes intensify in the state...

Bought by Radio Kansas and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Sep 08, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
EE 23-37: The farm bill isn’t just about farming., 9/8/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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If you care about food, pay attention to The Farm Bill. It’s about food security for households across the nation.

  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 54:01
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for September 6, 2023
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: ‘Best States to Work’ Report Highlights Government Policies Helping and Hu...

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  • Added: Sep 06, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Toxic Tracks (encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: The text "Toxic Tracks" on a background of railroad tracks., Credit: Background image by Hands off my tags! Michael Gaida from Pixabay
On today's show, we'll hear an encore of a show from our archives that first aired in April. We'll be looking at the environmental impact of the ra...

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  • Added: Sep 04, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Poisoning the Hudson...Again - with Dr. Gordon Edwards
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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What's wrong with dumping a million gallons of radioactive wastewater into the Hudson River?

Bought by WRFA-LP, WYAP, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 04, 2023
  • Length: 28:23
  • Purchases: 3
RESCUE, part 31: World Ocean Culture
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week on the RESCUE series we're continuing our discussion of the water cycle and the ways it defines our cultural identity from global to loca...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2023
  • Length: 05:12
Living Planet 08/25/23
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Water woes & how to combat water scarcity. What do you do if there isn't enough fresh drinking water around? According to th...

Bought by WBAA, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], and Radio Kansas


  • Added: Aug 24, 2023
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 3
RESCUE, part 30: Fresh Water and World Ocean Health
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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We are nearing the end of the RESCUE series. This week, in its 30th edition, we're talking about water: the well-spring of world ocean health and t...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2023
  • Length: 04:57
Poisonous Legacies
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
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Uranium mining in Niger: a filthy, toxic business. Fifty years after the end of America’s war on Vietnam, traces of US chemical weapons linger. And...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2023
  • Length: 58:38
Living Planet 08/18/23
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Life in the Arctic & Russia's exiled environmentalists. We hear from Russian climate activists and environmental organizatio...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WXDU, KMXT, and Radio Kansas


  • Added: Aug 18, 2023
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 4
2023-08-11 Just a Walk or Bike Ride Away: The 15-minute City
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Can you imagine if everything you needed in your everyday life was just a walk or bike ride away? That’s the goal of the 15-minute City, a new name...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KGUA, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Aug 10, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 11
230811: Just a Walk or Bike Ride Away: The 15-minute City, 8/11/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Can you imagine if everything you needed in your everyday life was just a walk or bike ride away? That’s the goal of the 15-minute City, a new name...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
World in Progress 08/10/23
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: How our overuse of antibiotics puts us all at risk of superbugs that are immune to the drugs we currently have. Plus the dan...

Bought by WFHB and KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Aug 10, 2023
  • Length: 29:57
  • Purchases: 2
Living Planet 08/11/23
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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Living Planet – How did we become planet plastic? Each year, the world produces 430 million tons of plastics – and that figure is set to triple by...

Bought by WXDU, RadioFreePalmer, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], and Radio Kansas


  • Added: Aug 10, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 4
Environmental Whistleblower with Kyla Bennett
From: Doug Wood
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PEER's Kyla Bennet talks about her whistleblowing experience at EPA and how it changed her life.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2023
  • Length: 28:23
2023-08-04 Youth Activists 15 Years Later
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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From the climate movement’s earliest days, young people have been at the forefront of activism. But the first major international climate conferenc...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, Nevada Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 03, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 10
230804: Youth Activists 15 Years Later, 8/4/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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From the climate movement’s earliest days, young people have been at the forefront of activism. But the first major international climate conferenc...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
Ben Jealous: Healing Parables for the Environmental Movement (August 16, 2023 Release)
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The Sierra Club’s Ben Jealous discusses his plans for the environmental organization.

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  • Added: Jul 28, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
2023-07-21 Anand Giridharadas: Persuaders in a Hot and Polarized World
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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In a democracy, meaningful change often requires adapting views and building coalitions. Some believe finding common ground and building rapport is...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2023
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 11

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