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Caption: Maria Gallucci
When it comes to energy transitions, marine vessels tend to get overlooked, even though they are some of the worst polluters of our oceans and air....

Bought by KMUN


  • Added: Apr 16, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dylan Gaeta
California is famous for its picturesque sunsets, year-round mild weather, excellent surf, and largely progressive politics, including forward-thin...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Nicole Voudren
According to Reuters, electric vehicle sales leapt 50% in the US in 2023, and are expected to grow by another 30% in 2024. But driving around your ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Mar 20, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Andrea Thompson
While you're shoveling snow out of the driveway this week, you may not want to hear about extreme heat - but then again, maybe you do! This week on...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Maria Dello discusses health issues arising from excessive sugar consumption.

Bought by KICI Iowa City and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Feb 07, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Matt Simon
Last week on Sea Change Radio, we learned that the plastics industry plans to triple production in the next 40 years, reaching 3 trillion pounds of...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Matt Simon
Look around you: at this very moment, chances are that within a one-foot radius of your body, there’s something plastic. The ubiquity of plastic co...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Sammy Roth
About 24% of the US population resides in the West, a region already profoundly affected by climate change. In 2021 nearly 95% of the American West...

  • Added: Sep 06, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Sachu Constantine
It is estimated that over 2.5 million homes are equipped with solar panels in the U.S. And the popularity of capturing the natural power of the sun...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Neel Dhanesha
What is a nurdle, you ask? Is it the latest variation on the popular New York Times puzzle, Wordle? No, not quite. Nurdles are the tiny little petr...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 25, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Andrea Copping
We hear a lot about solar and wind power, but a renewable source of clean energy that continues to be largely untapped is the ocean. According to t...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 02, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jim Motavalli
If you haven’t considered buying an electric vehicle yet, there’s a good chance that in the not-so-distant future, the decision will already be mad...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 03, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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During the pandemic, disinformation campaigns have been targeting people of color with lies like African Americans can’t get COVID or denying the p...

  • Added: May 20, 2021
  • Length: 04:24
Caption: Daniel Oberhaus
New iterations of the smartphone often focus on bells, whistles and other fancy features, when what we all really want for our devices are batterie...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 18, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Raz
In the 1990s, I recall my grandfather remarking upon the new ubiquity of plastic water bottles, “When did everybody get so thirsty all of a sudden?...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 17, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Harold McGee discussed his new book, Nose Dive.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 04, 2020
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Craig Childs discussed the Atlas of a Lost World.

  • Added: May 02, 2019
  • Length: 16:07
Caption: Lloyd Alter
The industrial revolution ushered in an era of more efficient transportation. As history has shown us, the impact of our ability to move easily acr...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
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Many patients arrive in the emergency room as a result of violence or car crashes—events in which police have an investigative interest. Sometimes,...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Feb 22, 2019
  • Length: 17:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Adrian Dybwad
Northern California’s now infamous Camp Fire was not only the largest, longest, and deadliest wildfire in the state’s history, it also produced rec...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 19, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Lloyd Alter
What do cork, coffee cups, lettuce, and excessive travel have in common? They are all areas of personal choice that have an environmental impact, a...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Richard Heinberg
If you're someone who's curious about the geopolitical implications of carbon fuel and the ecological havoc it wreaks, you've probably come across ...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Erik Hoffner
Occam’s Razor is a principle that tells us that the simplest solution to a problem tends to be the correct one. Farmers around the world are abidin...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2018
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Doniece Sandoval
One thing that we are consistently reminded of during election season is that each and every person can make a difference – whether it’s casting a ...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2018
  • Length: 28:30
Caption: Ian Power
There is no silver bullet to solve the intractable problem of global warming. Nevertheless, there is a lot of vital and hopeful work being done to ...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2018
  • Length: 28:30