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2023-05-26 Naomi Oreskes, David Gelles and The Myth of Free Markets
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Many on the left say that the growing climate crisis is the inevitable result of unbridled capitalism – industries seeking profits above all else. ...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KICI Iowa City, WGCU, WMUU-LP, Maine Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 25, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 10
230526: Naomi Oreskes, David Gelles and The Myth of Free Markets, 5/26/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Many on the left say that the growing climate crisis is the inevitable result of unbridled capitalism – industries seeking profits above all else. ...

  • Added: May 25, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
Top of Mind - Who is Responsible for Combating Pollution?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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When we drink the water, breathe the air and dig in the soil in our communities, we expect it to be safe. Who is responsible for combating pollution?

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KMXT, KOWS and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 6
2021-09-24 Preparing for Disasters We Don’t Want to Think About
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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The COVID-19 pandemic revealed structural weaknesses and inequities that existed long before 2020. Like COVID-19, climate change is another “threat...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUHF, WMUU-LP, KGUA, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Sep 23, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
2021-08-20 Which Way Are Swing Voters Swinging on Climate?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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In early August, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report unequivocally connecting global warming and extreme weather to hum...

Bought by WGCU, KMXT, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Aug 19, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 12
210820: Which Way Are Swing Voters Swinging on Climate?, 8/20/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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In early August, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report unequivocally connecting global warming and extreme weather to hum...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
The U.S. Economy Is Not Democratic or Good for the Planet
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The U.S. economy, weak or strong, is the question at the heart of the election. But it doesn't get to the reality which is that, whatever else it m...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WRIR, and KDNK


  • Added: Feb 05, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Flipping Economics on Its Head: Kate Raworth #219 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
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No civilization should head out into the world without “Doughnut Economics” in its survival kit. With her modernized thinking, economist Kate Rawor...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2018
  • Length: 28:30
Near-Term Human Extinction: Guy McPherson #218 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Award-winning scientist Dr. Guy McPherson has concluded that for human civilization, the end is near. He advises the rate of change of our climate ...

Bought by Indie3 Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, and KTRL


  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
What Keeps Our System Stuck? Mike Nickerson #209 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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We’re not living on Earth as if we want to stay, observes Mike Nickerson. In our last episode, Mike Nickerson shared his vision for, and the joy of...

Bought by Indie3 Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, and KTRL


  • Added: Jan 23, 2018
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Trickle-Down Consumption: Brian Czech #205 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
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How can policymakers be persuaded to abandon the most widespread public policy goal on Earth? In our last episode, Brian Czech explained that econo...

  • Added: Dec 26, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
End of Ponzi Economy: Jerry Mander #203 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
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Was globalization a temporary state that has run its course? That’s the case made by Jerry Mander, who believes there is plenty of evidence that th...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
The only paid climate skeptic who ever flipped
From: Stephanie Lepp
Series: Reckonings
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For over 20 years, Jerry Taylor was a leading spokesperson for climate skepticism. He waged TV battles against climate activists on the likes of CN...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2017
  • Length: 41:51
The Fetish of GDP: Raj Patel #103 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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“Gross Domestic Product has now become a fetish,” according to economist Raj Patel. Many undesirable things end up adding to GDP: wars, disease, an...

Bought by Indie3 Radio and KTRL


  • Added: Aug 08, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Near-Term Human Extinction: Guy McPherson #218
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Award-winning scientist Dr. Guy McPherson has concluded that for human civilization, the end is near. He advises the rate of change of our climate ...

Bought by KTRL


  • Added: Jun 20, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
Trickle-Down Consumption: Brian Czech #205
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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How can policymakers be persuaded to abandon the most widespread public policy goal on Earth? In our last episode, Brian Czech explained that econo...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KTRL, WSLR, and WGRN-LP 94.1


  • Added: Mar 20, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Reinvent the Economy: Gus Speth #118
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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While world leaders wring their hands over forecasts of timid GDP growth, a growing list of visionaries around the world are collaborating to redef...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, Bandon Community Radio, WSLR, 91.7 WHUS Storrs and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 10
Economic Heresy: Herman Daly #113
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Robust economic growth has become the Holy Grail of public policy and politics. But some economists and many scientists have come to believe growth...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, Bandon Community Radio, WMUU-LP, and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 17, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Bottle Bills in Colorado
From: Hannah Leigh Myers
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Colorado is one of many states that has tried to create a cash for recycling program, or bottle bill. However, opposition from some surprising sour...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2015
  • Length: 06:31
The Planning Problem
From: Nathanael Johnson
Caption: Artist rendering of the California High Speed Rail, Credit: CAHSRA
The Big Dig, the Bay Bridge, the Chunnel... Why do transportation projects go so spectacularly over budget? There's a simple explanation - this doc...

Bought by The Neighborhood and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 06, 2010
  • Length: 26:38
  • Purchases: 2
Just Add Water: Life in Arizona
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: Terrascope Radio Major Features
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A light-hearted but serious exploration of how water is used, conserved and transported in Arizona.

Bought by KRZA, KUT, Remix Radio, and YouthCast


  • Added: Jun 08, 2009
  • Length: 22:09
  • Purchases: 4
A Crazy, Convoluted Journey: Getting Water to Tucson
From: Terrascope Radio
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Tucson, Arizona, lives on water from the Colorado River, which is hundreds of miles away and half a mile downhill. This is the story of how it gets...

Bought by KBGA 89.9 FM, KDNK, WMPG, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Jun 08, 2009
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 4
Looking Back to Look Forward: Energy and the Environment
From: KNKX
Series: Looking Back to Look Forward: Election 2008
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Examining how energy and the environment are being discussed in the 2008 presidential campaign through the lens of history and current voters' att...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2008
  • Length: 07:56
Active Voice Radio 1-25-07: Joseph Romm- Hell and High Water: Global Warming the Solutions and the Politics
From: Chris Goldstein
Series: Active Voice Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Romm is a former Asst. Secretary at the Department of Energy and director of the Center for Energy and Climate

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Jan 25, 2007
  • Length: 29:21
  • Purchases: 1
Active Voice Radio: J. Timothy Hunt/Dr. Owens Wiwa- The Politics of Bones
From: Chris Goldstein
Series: Active Voice Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
PART ONE- Dr. Owens Wiwa documented Petroleum Based injuries and deaths among the local population...and now lives in exile in Canada.

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 29:54
  • Purchases: 1