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Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for June 26, 2019

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: Right-Wing Terrorist Groups on the Rise as Trump Cuts Funds to Fight Whit...

Bought by WKPW and KMXT

Added: Jun 26, 2019
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 2

Metaphors of Correction: Sheila Jasanoff on Life Science

From: WFHB
Series: Interchange

Today’s show focuses on biology’s metaphors of control and how these are deployed to describe processes that are laughably uncontrollable. Sheila J...

Added: Jun 11, 2019
Length: 59:01

Is “Green Growth” Malignant? Perspectives on the Green New Deal

From: WFHB
Series: Interchange

Caption: Tirana Vertical Forest designed by Stefano Boeri

Some think that “green growth” would be unlikely to stop global warming, and would only worsen numerous other global environmental crises. While a ...

Added: Mar 12, 2019
Length: 59:09

Kirk, District 10

From: Pius Wong
Series: Megaphone Texas

Kirk is part of the 10th District of Texas, which cuts into Austin. Kirk is voting for his representatives to heed scientists' warnings and take cl...

Added: Nov 02, 2018
Length: 03:42

9/11 Unmasked, Part 2: A Conversation with Dwain Deets about Able Danger

From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit

Caption: Dwain Deets, Former NASA Engineer

Former NASA engineer explains evidence that an intelligence operation, Able Danger, knew Mohammad Atta was in the US yet was forbidden to share thi...

Bought by WETS

Added: Sep 11, 2018
Length: 54:01
Purchases: 1

Vienna March for Science

From: Kristina Young

In April 2017, scientists from around the world gathered together to say that research-based science is essential for our societies. These are the ...

Added: May 12, 2018
Length: 08:10

2018-01-28 On the Ice with Michael Mann

From: Climate One
Series: Climate One

Caption: Michael Mann, Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science, Penn State University, Credit: Ed Ritger

When Michael Mann and colleagues published the infamous “hockey stick papers” in 1999, Mann soon found himself under attack by climate skeptics and...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KWIT, KCMJ Community Radio, KMUD and more

Added: Jan 25, 2018
Length: 58:57
Purchases: 8

A Guide to What We Don't Know about the Universe

From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit

Caption: Les Jamieson, Jorge Cham and Daniel Whiteson

Jorge Cham and Daniel Whiteson bring the big questions about physics to the public.

Bought by KPIP-LP, WETS, and KCMJ Community Radio

Added: Dec 02, 2017
Length: 54:01
Purchases: 3

2017-09-17 Harvey and Irma: A Hurricane’s Human Fingerprints

From: Climate One
Series: Climate One

Caption: Dark clouds are seen over Miamis skyline before the arrival of Hurricane Irma, Credit: ABC News

From Katrina and Sandy to Harvey, Irma and José - how is climate change fueling these increasingly destructive hurricanes? Greg Dalton and his gues...

Bought by 'The Sea', KTSW 89.9, WDET Detroit Public Radio, KUHF, WGCU and more

Added: Sep 14, 2017
Length: 58:59
Purchases: 10

2017-08-06 Al Gore and An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

From: Climate One
Series: Climate One

Caption: Al Gore, former vice president of the United States

Former Vice President Al Gore joins Climate One to talk about his tireless fight, training an army of climate champions and influencing internation...

Bought by WGCU, KAAD-LP, KSFR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., RadioFreePalmer and more

Added: Aug 02, 2017
Length: 58:58
Purchases: 14

2017-07-30 Is Climate Denial Destroying Our Planet?

From: Climate One
Series: Climate One

Caption: Tom Toles, Editorial Cartoonist, The Washington Post, Credit: Ed Ritger

The scientific consensus is that human activity is cooking the planet. Yet, many people persist in believing that climate change is a hoax. Vilifyi...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WLPR , KWIT, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio

Added: Jul 28, 2017
Length: 58:59
Purchases: 4

Political Science

From: Distillations
Series: Distillations

Out of the lab and into the streets.

Bought by KRZA and WXDU

Added: Jun 19, 2017
Length: 21:21
Purchases: 2

Carbon Drawdown: Paul Hawken #215

From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth

100 real-world actions happening now have the potential to bring greenhouse gases back down to a level that won’t cause humans to join the ranks of...

Bought by KTRL

Added: May 30, 2017
Length: 28:30
Purchases: 1

Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for the week ending April 21, 2017

From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine

This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Trump's Syria Missile Strike: Symbolic Show of Force or Prelude to Wider U...

Bought by WMUU-LP

Added: Apr 12, 2017
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

Ep17: Outcome-oriented capitalism

From: Jim Sawyer
Series: Capitalism In Crisis

This week, we discuss the economics and ethics of hedge fund bets on life-saving medication. What’s wrong with companies like Turing Pharmaceutical...

Added: Jul 10, 2016
Length: 03:45

Capitalism in Crisis Ep16: Knowing When We Do Not Know

From: Jim Sawyer
Series: Capitalism In Crisis

Science is a process of determining what is reality objectively. How do we sift the subjective from the objective for understanding economic propos...

Added: Jun 26, 2016
Length: 03:59

Ideas Books: Jedediah Purdy - After Nature, A Politics for the Anthropocene

From: Craig Barfoot
Series: Ideas Books

An interview with author Jedediah Purdy about his book, After Nature. He discusses the idea that nature no longer exists apart from humanity. Hence...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]

Added: Apr 19, 2016
Length: 28:05
Purchases: 1

11-11: An Oil Spill Runs Through It: Corporate Power and the Sliming of American Democracy, 6/15/2016

From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature

Some say the modern environmental movement was born in an oil spill in April 1970. Enraged by the first television images of the massive crude oil ...

Added: Mar 25, 2016
Length: 28:30

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

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

WorldCanvass: The Evolution of Climate Change (Part 3)

From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass

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

WorldCanvass: The Evolution of Climate Change (Part 2)

From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass

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: 26:02

WorldCanvass: The Evolution of Climate Change (Part 1)

From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass

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: 26:12

Civil rights lawyer & ordained minister Barry W Lynn, author of “God and Government”

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

A central player in every major church-state-separation battle for decades, the author describes political issues of the day, the new influence of ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio