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Thousands of people are heading to Glasgow, Scotland for COP26, the annual U.N. Climate Change Conference, and among them are two local indigenous ...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Brett Simpson
Two summers ago, calls to defund the police swept across the nation, spurred by high-profile incidents of police brutality against people of color....

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  • Added: Oct 26, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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...

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  • Added: Oct 19, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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We talk with Geo Maher about his new book, A World Without Police: How Strong Communities Make Cops Obsolete. Then, we hear the thrilling and hope...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2021
  • Length: 01:07:08
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This week, two beautifully written memoirs that stir hope as we all confront the losses of our ecosystems in crisis. First, we talk with William d...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2021
  • Length: 59:04
Caption: Beth Hoffman
It’s a familiar theme from television, the movies, and literature: city folk, sick of the hustle and bustle of urban life, decamping to a bucolic e...

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  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Brad Liski
The next time you’re doing a load of laundry, take a second and think about all that goes into cleaning your clothes. You’ve probably contemplated ...

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  • Added: Sep 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Robyn Thomas
Globally suicide accounts for about 20% of all gun-related deaths. But in the United States, the country with the highest per-capita civilian gun o...

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  • Added: Sep 23, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Sami Grover
Have you ever heard the term climate hypocrite? Maybe you’ve noticed as it was applied to some high profile celebrity or advocate flying across the...

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  • Added: Sep 15, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Rebecca Leber
The infrastructure bill currently being negotiated in Congress includes some important climate-related allocations. Environmentalists, of course, f...

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  • Added: Sep 02, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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...

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  • Added: Aug 24, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Rod Graham
Many of us grew up under the impression that “colorblindness,” or pretending not to see racial differences was virtuous. An important contribution ...

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  • Added: Aug 18, 2021
  • 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...

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  • Added: Aug 03, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Sebastian Sajoux
This week on Sea Change Radio, we learn about a small, innovative company that is recycling all sorts of plastics and turning them into gravel. We ...

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  • Added: Jul 27, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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...

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  • Added: Jun 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Sammy Roth
We are on the brink of the hottest months of the year. For those of us in California this means getting ready for the nuisance of rolling blackouts...

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  • Added: Jun 16, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Crystal Kolden
Yes, there will be millions of collective sighs as the deadliest pandemic in a century begins to abate and a more open summer kicks off. But summer...

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  • Added: Jun 08, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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We talk with Carey Gillam about her page-turning follow-up to Whitewash, The Monsanto Papers: Deadly Secrets, Corporate Corruption, and One Man’s S...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Scott Lerner
Back in February of 2013 when we spoke to hydrogen vehicle expert Robert Boyd, the mass market appeal of hydrogen cars seemed somewhat limited to s...

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  • Added: Jun 02, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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When we hear the term “resource curse,” it usually refers to the exploitation of countries with rich stores of natural resources like fossil fuels ...

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  • Added: May 25, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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As a child, Jory Fleming was wracked by uncontrollable tantrums, had no tolerance for people, and couldn’t manage the outside world. Slightly more ...

  • Added: May 21, 2021
  • Length: 09:57
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
An endangered California butterfly is on the rise thanks to one man's efforts to restore their environment.

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
When temperatures hit record low levels in India, a wildlife sanctuary steps up to make sweaters for the biggest animal of them all: elephants.

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
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An Australian community conservation group is making and sharing reusable grocery bags to shoppers for free.

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Nature is just as alive as any human, so why doesn't it have rights? Thanks to 25 youth activists in Columbia , that's changing for part of the Ama...

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:30