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22: Abby Falik, Global Citizen Year & Alexis Sclamberg/Sharon Ufberg, Finding Yourself
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Abby Falik, Global Citizen Year
One of the ways people used to "find themselves" was to join the Peace Corps after college. But what if you could take a year off before college--t...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KSJD, and WRIR


  • Added: Nov 12, 2015
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 3
21: Investigating Journalism: Behind the Scenes of Reveal
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Susanne Reber
This week, we uncover what makes for great investigative journalism...by talking to two investigative journalists, of course. Both our guests are w...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KZYX, and WRIR


  • Added: Nov 05, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 3
Imitations: On GMOs and Concrete
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Brooke Borel
Now that Stephen Colbert has put his alter ego to bed, some of you may be missing broadcasters pretending to be someone else. Well, apparently, Col...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 04, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Bill Baue: Sustainability In Context
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Bill Baue
The environmental impact of any business enterprise depends on the specific environmental conditions and challenges that exist where that enterpris...

Bought by WMUU-LP and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 27, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
18: Redefining Equality--Anne-Marie Slaughter and Simone Marean, Girls Leadership
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Anne-Marie Slaughter
Our guests are Anne-Marie Slaughter, the author of "Unfinished Business" (and the infamous Atlantic article "Why Women Still Can't Have It All"), a...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KSJD, KWMR, WMUU-LP, KUT and more


  • Added: Oct 14, 2015
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 7
17: Capitalism with a Conscience, Susan Griffin-Black & Claire Herminjard
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Susan Griffin-Black, EO Products
Is it possible to do good for the planet and have a successful business? In this episode, we speak with two women who are mindful of both the envir...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KSJD, WRIR, and KTSW 89.9


  • Added: Sep 30, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
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...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 23, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
16: The Value of Diversity, Allyson Hobbs and Joelle Emerson
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Allyson Hobbs, Stanford
Companies are now paying consultants to increase the diversity of their workforce with an eye on innovation and the bottom line. But shouldn't it b...

Bought by KSJD, WMUU-LP, and KSJD


  • Added: Sep 23, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 3
Tim Dwight: Gridiron Solar
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Tim Dwight
Perhaps the hardest job in professional football is that of the Punt Returner, who tries to avoid being torn to shreds by very large, rapidly appro...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 16, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Uptalk on Jeopardy (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Uptalk is that rising, questioning tone some people use when ending a statement. And women aren't the only ones who do it—so finds a study of conte...

Bought by WJCT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KPVL, WKCC, KRDP and more


  • Added: Sep 04, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
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
The Shirt Off Your Back: Lydia Wendt and Michael Townsend
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Lydia Wendt
Among the inherent contradictions of capitalism, according to Karl Marx, is that private profit rests on the backs of workers who gain little from ...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 29, 2015
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 1
Richard Lunt: Transparent Solar Cells
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Richard Lunt
Imagine a world where every window-laden skyscraper generates its own solar power, where the skylights in your ceiling are a source of light and el...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 08, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Todd Thorner on Independent Power Producers
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Todd Thorner
Have you ever driven by a hillside covered with wind turbines and wondered, “Who owns those, and is the energy produced up there making it to my ho...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 16, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
12: Anya Fernald, Belcampo Meat & Kara Goldin, Hint Water: A New Kind of Hunger Game
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Anya Fernald, Belcampo Meat Co
What we eat in America is largely driven by the big food companies' ability to churn it out fast and cheap--and it's leading to toxic environments ...

Bought by KSJD, WPSU, and KUT


  • Added: Jun 11, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 3
Green Brewers: New Belgium & Alaskan
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Jennifer Vervrier
This week on Sea Change Radio, we are talking about green beer, and it’s not even St. Patrick’s Day. First we talk with Jennifer Vervrier, the Dire...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 09, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Measuring Methane
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Lisa Song
When we think of the potential dangers of fracking for natural gas, what may come to mind is the dramatic image of flaming tap-water. But the prosp...

Bought by WMUU-LP, Yellowstone Public Radio, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 03, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Under Magnolia (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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When Frances Mayes moved to Tuscany, Italy she left behind her family and roots in Fitzgerald, Georgia. In her new memoir Under Magnolia, the renow...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, WFAE, WABE, KKRN and more


  • Added: May 29, 2015
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 6
Under Magnolia
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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When Frances Mayes moved to Tuscany, Italy she left behind her family and roots in Fitzgerald, Georgia. In her new memoir Under Magnolia, the renow...

Bought by WJCT, WKCC, WABE, KVSC, KENW and more


  • Added: May 29, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
10: Julie Bornstein, StitchFix and Mariam Naficy, Minted, Reinventing Retail
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Mariam Naficy, Minted
Traditional shopping is incredibly inefficient, says Julie Bornstein of StitchFix (and formerly Sephora). But, is the alternative to buy everything...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 1
How to Save a City (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The first 24 hours after a city declares bankruptcy, there’s a reckoning: what gets to stay and what has to go. (And more...)

Bought by WCNY, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WABE, KPVL, KTSW 89.9 and more


  • Added: May 22, 2015
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 6
11: Brandi Chastain, Soccer Pro and Missy Park, Title Nine-The Power of Sports for Girls
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Brandi Chastain
The US Women's soccer team won the World Cup in 2015--the first time since Brandi Chastain was on the field in 1999. In this episode, we talk to Br...

Bought by KSJD, WRIR, KPOV, KUT, WRIR and more


  • Added: May 19, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
5: Leila Janah & Erin Ganju-Breaking the Cycle of Poverty for Millions of Women
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Leila Janah, SamaGroup
There are billions of people across the world who are living in poverty and 800 million people who are illiterate--two-thirds of them women and gir...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KSJD, and WRIR


  • Added: Apr 08, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 3
4: Tanya Holland & Ann Wheat-The Grit Required of Women to Succeed in the Restaurant Business
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Tanya Holland, Brown Sugar Kitchen
What's it take to succeed in a competitive restaurant market? In a $683 billion industry, less than 5% of restaurant owners are women. Tanya Hollan...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WRIR


  • Added: Mar 27, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 2
Getting Around: Urban Transport Solutions
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Amanda Eaken
We’ve all deliberated ad nauseum about which road to take to avoid traffic. Today’s discussions about transportation choices are more about the mod...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 12, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1