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Raksha Vasudevan: Rocky Mountain Ways
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Raksha Vasudevan
Denver, Colorado’s majestic mountains, green space, and reputation as an ecologically advanced city draw people into this growing metropolis. But t...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Zealous Founder Scott Hechinger
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Scott Hechinger
It’s that time of year when as the weather gets colder we warm ourselves with thoughts of gratitude and giving, which, for many, includes charitabl...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
John Stoehr on the Dangers of Illiberal Politics
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: John Stoehr
If you’ve happened to tune in to MSNBC or CNN on a day when a massive hurricane is not pummeling a coastal region, you might think that the only ma...

  • Added: Sep 06, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Émile Torres: Effective Altruism + Longtermism Pt. 2
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Emile Torres
This week on Sea Change Radio, the second half of our two-part series examining the effective altruism movement and "longtermism." We speak to phil...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
“To Serve & Protect” Whom? Alec Karakatsanis on Copaganda
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Alec Karakatsanis
What comes to mind when you hear the words “crime” and “safety?” For many, these words evoke images of poor people stealing things, or police enfor...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
Daniel Nichanian on the Nuts and Bolts of Local Elections
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Daniel Nichanian
Anyone who paid attention to the ugly aftermath of the 2020 presidential election suddenly realized that a coterie of state-level bureaucrats had a...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
Alex Gilbert on West Virginia v. EPA
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Alex Gilbert
It seems like these days every sentence that begins with "The Supreme Court..." finishes with truly appalling news -- another draconian ruling rega...

Bought by WHFR


  • Added: Jul 05, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
John Stoehr: Guns And White Power
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: John Stoehr
The term “civil liberties” may connote different associations, depending on where you fall on the political spectrum. While some connect the term w...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 03, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
States Newsroom: A Novel Approach To State-Level News
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Chris Fitzsimon
There are forces in the US that like to selectively bring up “states rights” from time to time – with the impending decision stripping the federal ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 12, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
SF Public Defender Peter Calloway Pt. 2: Recall Rubbish
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Peter Calloway
More than 20 years ago, sociologist Barry Glassner wrote his bestseller The Culture of Fear, where he explains why Americans tend to be unreasonabl...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
Ted Nordhaus: What Are Environmental Protections Protecting?
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Ted Nordhaus
Historian T.J. Jackson Lears once said, "All history is the history of unintended consequences." This week on Sea Change Radio, we speak with Ted N...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 08, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Celia Ouellette: The Business of Punishment in America (re-broadcast)
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Celia Ouellette
People sometimes like to quote that Bible passage about “an eye for an eye” when justifying a punitive criminal justice system focused on retributi...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 18, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shamus Roller on Housing Justice
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Shamus Roller
For the past year and a half, we've been watching the numbers: Covid cases, ER beds, deaths, and, more recently, immunization rates. There's anothe...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 19, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Who Speaks For The Water?
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Varsha
In the film adaptation of The Lorax, by Dr. Seuss, the unscrupulous Aloysius O’Hare sells oxygen. The audience is shocked and dismayed by this want...

Bought by WFHB and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Megan Milliken Biven proposes an Abandoned Well Administration
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Megan Milliken Biven
For over a hundred years, American land and waters have been tapped for that dark and viscous substance that has propelled our economy and generate...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 10, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Rebecca Leber: A Brand New Day
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Rebecca Leber
The New York Times recently compiled a list of 104 environmental protections that the Trump administration has rolled back in four short years — th...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 11, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Barbara Freese: Industrial Strength Denial
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Barbara Freese
The next time you hear the White House assert that up is down and down is up, consider what paved the way for this template of mendacity. This week...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: May 27, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Jeremy Miller on Foxes, Henhouses and Trojan Grouses
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Jeremy Miller
The Republican habit of putting wolves in charge of our nation’s henhouses hits those who love the environment particularly hard. This week on Sea ...

  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
The Muckraker: Jared Yates Sexton
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Jared Yates Sexton
As most of us have been cooped up doing our best to keep the pandemic at bay, the current resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. has decided that his j...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
Matt Haney: COVID Contingencies
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Matt Haney
Over the years, we’ve learned from countless sustainability experts that in the climate change fight it makes sense for humans to live more densely...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 24, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Rebecca Vallas: Erasing the Hierarchy of Humanity
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Rebecca Vallas
Corona Virus Disease 2019, also known as COVID-19, is spreading, and threatening the lives of the physically vulnerable, including the elderly and ...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Mar 18, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Andrew Winston: Sustainability in 2020
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Andrew Winston
In optometry 2020 means normal visual acuity. But what will 2020 mean for the rest of us in the coming year? What sustainability trends might take ...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
Phil Ting: Policies For Clean Cars and Recycling
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Phil Ting
Can you imagine how hard it must be for legislators to know where to focus their energies? The problems that require reform and improved public pol...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 26, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ben Ehrenreich: PG&E and the Nasty Side of Capitalism
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Ben Ehrenreich
There’s a quote often attributed, perhaps incorrectly, to the great economist John Maynard Keynes that “Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Carter Rubin: Traffic In Transition
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Carter Rubin
Do you ever find yourself driving down a familiar street and suddenly encounter an unfamiliar right turn only sign that diverts all traffic off you...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1