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Fart-fegnugen: Jack Ewing on VW Emissions Scandal
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Jack Ewing
When a West Virginia University research team won a grant in 2012 to run some tests on diesel cars, they could not have imagined that their relativ...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 14, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 1
2017-04-16 Sea Heroes: Extreme Edition
From: Climate One
Caption: Liz Taylor, President, DOER Marine
The seas generate much of the oxygen we breathe and drive much of our weather. But most people know very little about the ocean below the surface ...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: May 26, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Measure For Measure: Aclima's Davida Herzl
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Davida Herzl
Galileo said we should, “Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so.” This week on Sea Change Radio, we take a look at two ways...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 16, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
There's a Hole in Your Ozone, Mr. President (from The Great American Wrong book and The Dept of Poetic Justice)
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: ...even the polar bears can teach him..., Credit: Susan Cook
Recently, millions protested government inaction on climate change and global warming. Let us find words to help the current administration grasp...

  • Added: May 14, 2017
  • Length: 02:52
Animal Intersections (Promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Relationships between humans and other animals can be deeply complex. We delve into how humans can help other species, and how our behavior might c...

Bought by WRGY and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Apr 28, 2017
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
Animal Intersections (Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Relationships between humans and other animals can be deeply complex. We delve into how humans can help the honeybee, and how our behavior might ch...

Bought by WCNY, KREV-LP, WTJU, WMUU-LP, XRAY.fm and more


  • Added: Apr 28, 2017
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 11
Animal Intersections (Half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Relationships between humans and other animals can be deeply complex. We delve into how humans can help the honeybee, and how our behavior might ch...

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, 'The Sea', KWMR, KRDP and more


  • Added: Apr 28, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 10
Invasion of the Lionfish Snatchers
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Erika Angle
Perhaps it’s cold comfort but it turns out that we human beings are not the only species on earth hell-bent on destroying our own habitat. We share...

Bought by WMUU-LP and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 18, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 2
2017-04-23 Jane Goodall in Conversation with Jeff Horowitz and Greg Dalton
From: Climate One
Caption: Dr. Jane Goodall
For much of her nearly six-decade-long career, Dr. Jane Goodall has worked to raise awareness about the importance of protecting our planet. The Ja...

Bought by MPR News Stations


  • Added: Apr 17, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Pulitzer100: Stories in Science (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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-Pulitzer Prize winning author Dan Fagin on his book "Tom's River: A Story of Science and Salvation" that tells the story of a how small town fough...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: :30
Pulitzer100: Stories in Science (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-Pulitzer Prize winning author Dan Fagin on his book "Tom's River: A Story of Science and Salvation" that tells the story of a how small town fough...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KEDT, XRAY.fm and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 11
Pulitzer100: Stories in Science (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-Pulitzer Prize winning author Dan Fagin on how a small town fought against pollution and the polluters. -Marc Edwards who helped uncover the water...

Bought by WJCT, WLPR , KRZA, KMUN, WUGA (part of GPB) and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 10
High & Dry: Talking Groundwater
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Rosemarie and William Alley
With drought-stricken California enjoying its wettest winter in decades, it can be easy to forget that water scarcity is among the globe's most dea...

Bought by WMUU-LP, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Mar 14, 2017
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 3
Lead-Headed Hunting Laws
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Kelly Sorenson
On his first day on the job, newly appointed Secretary of the Interior, Ryan Zinke, rode to work on a horse. This was obviously a rugged, outdoor e...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 07, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Sonnet for the US Ducks Independently Verified to Have been Neither Forcefed for Foie-Gras Production Nor Plucked of Their Feathers and Down During Their Lifetime
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
A United States outdoor clothing store sells coats, labelled to assure us that the down is from US Ducks Independently Verified to Have been Neith...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2017
  • Length: 01:17
2017-01-29 Ecological Intelligence
From: Climate One
Caption: Josh Freedman, George Lakoff, Daniel Goleman, Greg Dalton, Credit: Ed Ritger
Evolution designed our brains to protect us from immediate, day-to-day threats to our survival. But environmental change is a less than clear, less...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
2017-01-22 Nature’s Price Tag
From: Climate One
Caption: Larry Goulder, Tony Juniper, Greg Dalton, Credit: Sonya Abrams
It’s hard to put a price on something that’s always been free, but if Mother Nature were a corporation, she’d be a large-cap stock. Think about it ...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
Ted Conover and “Immersion. A Writer’s Guide To Going Deep”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Ted has ridden the rails with hoboes, crossed the border with Mexican immigrants, and sliced beef in a meat-packing plant. Considered the master o...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2016
  • Length: 09:54
Biology professors Carl & Jane Bock and “Coronado’s Trail,” a debut mystery
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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After decades of field work in southern Arizona, these two retired Univ of Colorado professors have authored the first in their Arizona Borderlands...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2016
  • Length: 09:56
The Natural World as Seen and Expressed by Alex Beard - painter and environmental advocate
From: WCWP
Series: Taking Care of Business with Richard Solomon
Caption: Mokogodo Warriors, Credit: Martin Wheeler
Fueled by curiosity about the cultures and wildlife, Alex Beard has spent much of his life traveling to the some of the world’s most remote wildli...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
Where Humans and Animals Meet (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-A new solution is being tested against birds getting stuck in airplane engines or picking a farm field clean. -A nature-inspired design for invent...

Bought by WCNY, 'The Sea', KEDT, WMUU-LP, 91.7 WHUS Storrs and more


  • Added: Oct 14, 2016
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 8
Saving Our Skin: Conservation on Land and Sea
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Paul Salaman
There’s more than one way to support ecological conservation. Today on Sea Change Radio we talk with two individuals working on different fronts fo...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 04, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Pedal Power (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-In his book City Cycling, Ralph Buehler emphasizes that bicycling shouldn’t be limited to those who are trained, fit, and daring enough to battle ...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, WJCT, KMUN, WHCP-LP Cambridge, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Sep 30, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 12
Carolyn Lochhead on the Politics of Water
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Carolyn Lochhead
An issue that didn’t come up in Monday’s presidential debate, and unfortunately may not show up in subsequent debates either, is, “What are the can...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and KRZA


  • Added: Sep 28, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Spirituality in Millennials (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-Are the "Millennials" approaches to spirituality more about choosing and consuming different “religious products” – meditation, prayer, yoga, a be...

Bought by WJCT, WFHB, WJCU, WUGA (part of GPB), WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Sep 16, 2016
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 7