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Caption: Host Martha Burk
May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Month,  designated in 1992 by President George H. W. Bush to pay tribute to immigrants...

  • Added: May 20, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
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This week on World Ocean Radio we're sharing some methods and means to make small and large changes that can have effects on the climate and sustai...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2024
  • Length: 05:15
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Taxes are necessary for a civilized society, and most ordinary people pay their fair share.  But there's one group that pays nothing at all, while ...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
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A nocturne is a short musical composition: dreamy, romantic, suggestive of the night, a passage from one place to the next. This week we're asking:...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2024
  • Length: 05:07
Caption: Host Martha Burk
In 2009 Lilly Ledbetter learned she had been paid 40% less than men in the same Goodyear Tire & Rubber job. It was a long slog, but she won, and wo...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Nov 7 marked the one year countdown to the 2024 Presidential election. It was both a kick in the pants and clown show on the Republican side, and a...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
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This week on World Ocean Radio are two forward-looking government-proposed initiatives that offer opportunities for progress in climate policy, inv...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 05:18
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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
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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
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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
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Summer in August is known as “dog days” – hot and muggy, panting canines with tongues hanging out, alongside their disgruntled people. Some of th...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
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This week we continue the multi-part RESCUE series with a shift from suggestions for change to analysis and observation of those things that are mi...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2023
  • Length: 05:15
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This week we continue the multi-part RESCUE series by listing some of the most critical changes and improvements required to create a new, sustaina...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2023
  • Length: 05:14
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The multi-part RESCUE series continues this week with a discussion of the reality of carbon offsets, corporate accounting, and the concept of net z...

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  • Added: Jun 14, 2023
  • Length: 05:09
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This week the multi-part RESCUE series continues with a hypothetical tale of investment, manufacture and accounting, and the financial analyses of ...

  • Added: May 31, 2023
  • Length: 05:10
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This week the multi-part RESCUE series continues with a call for a new valuation of ecosystem services and natural resources that reflects the true...

  • Added: May 17, 2023
  • Length: 05:04
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This week the multi-part RESCUE series continues with a turn toward the topic of finance. This episode lays out a plan for future editions that foc...

  • Added: May 11, 2023
  • Length: 05:02
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This week we continue the multi-part RESCUE series with a continuation of UNCLOS, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. In early Mar...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2023
  • Length: 04:58
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This week we continue the multi-part RESCUE series with a highlight of two policies--the Antarctic Treaty and the Hamilton Agreement for the Sargas...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2023
  • Length: 05:05
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This week we continue the multi-part RESCUE series by featuring some successful initiatives and ocean progress, with examples of policies related t...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2023
  • Length: 05:03
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This week we continue the multi-part RESCUE series with a conversation about consensus, a policy-making tool that has historically served to progre...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2023
  • Length: 04:51
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This week we continue the multi-part RESCUE series with a discussion about ocean policy and the myriad organizations and initiatives around the wor...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2023
  • Length: 05:17
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In this episode we provide three examples of initiatives, proposals and financial solutions that could change the shape of our climate future, incl...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2022
  • Length: 05:11
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The 27th Conference of the Parties (COP 27) closed recently in Egypt. Reactions to outcomes of the climate change conference have been mixed, and t...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2022
  • Length: 05:15
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How do we govern the ocean? This week on World Ocean Radio we introduce a concept that advocates for a centralized Ministry for the Ocean, a voice ...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2022
  • Length: 05:26