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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
Sonnet For The Baseball Teams Playing "Sweet Caroline"
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
This is a sonnet for the baseball teams who after the tragedy at the Boston Marathon each played the song the Boston Red Sox play during a game w...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 12, 2020
  • Length: :54
  • Purchases: 1
Spectrum 12/31/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Happiness, fear and our atmosphere - Our boiling hot planetary neighbor, Venus, might have once been similar to Earth...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jan 01, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Combating Fake News
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Helen Lee Bouygues
There are more incentives to spread fake information than not. Money can play a big factor, but there’s also that immature need to feel that you ca...

Bought by KRZA and KCBX


  • Added: Dec 30, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Spectrum 12/24/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Is this really the place to look back at gravitational waves, AI and gene editing advancements? No, it isn't. Instead, we ...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Dec 26, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Living Planet 20/12/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Best of 2019 - As the year draws to a close, we bring you our favorite reports and look back at some of the big news ...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and WFIU


  • Added: Dec 26, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Spectrum 12/10/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: New Peers Review takes on AI - Ever wondered what Sci-Fi movies have to do with AI and robots in real life? Or how AI a...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Dec 12, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spectrum 12/03/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: New Peers Review takes on neurodegeneration - The roving science game show returns to challenge two brave neuroscientists...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Dec 04, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
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
BONUS: How Shannon got off drugs
From: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Series: Finding Fixes Season One
Caption: Shannon McCarty on April 26, 2018 before all her teeth were pulled., Credit: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
For Shannon McCarty, two things were crucial in her recovery: connections and timing. It started with timing – a key encounter just when she wanted...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2019
  • Length: 30:30
Ep 5: Fighting the opioid epidemic in jails
From: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Series: Finding Fixes Season One
Caption: Medical Staff in the Snohomish County Jail., Credit: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Opioid withdrawal is like the worst flu you’ve ever had. Now, imagine you’re responsible for dozens of people as sick as can be. What do you do? ...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Nov 13, 2019
  • Length: 28:33
  • Purchases: 1
Ep 4: Social workers and police team up to fight the opioid epidemic
From: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Series: Finding Fixes Season One
Caption: Social worker Lauren Rainbow and police reaching out to man who may be struggling with addiction., Credit: Leah Nash for Finding Fixes
Marshmallows in Kevlar and a foul-mouthed social worker. Coffee dates, mac n’ cheese, and body wash. The county reimagines police work and helps hu...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2019
  • Length: 30:07
Ep 3: Treating the opioid epidemic like a natural disaster
From: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Series: Finding Fixes Season One
Caption: Sheriff Ty Trenary, Credit: Leah Nash for Finding Fixes
Addiction hits home for the top dog of a disaster-prone county. An old-school cop gets a wake-up call and learns “handcuffs and a trip to jail” jus...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2019
  • Length: 26:39
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
Living Planet 10/04/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Deep dive into food waste - Why do we waste so much food? And what can we do about it? Neil King and Gabe Borrud get to...

Bought by WRGY, KRZA, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], and WFIU


  • Added: Oct 03, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 4
Chris Martenson: Dow Obsession Syndrome
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Chris Martenson
The Dow Jones Industrial Average. What does this omnipresent ticker in the corner of our TV screens really mean? Is it a gauge of our country’s eco...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Spectrum 09/03/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Change yourself A new romantic partner changes everything, doesn’t it? Not according to a study on Germans. Also, a stream...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
What a Waste: Mark Murray Reveals Flaws in Recycling Systems
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Mark Murray
Many of us concerned with the environment are conscientious about sorting our garbage. Those of us lucky enough to live in cities with curbside rec...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Bruce Bartlett: The Roots of Wreckage
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Bruce Bartlett
Today on Sea Change Radio we take a little timeout from all things sustainability to analyze how the Republican Party has led us to some very uncer...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Amy Harder: Investments in Nuclear Power + Plastics
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Amy Harder
If you had a million dollars what would you do with it? OK, now what if it were $100 billion? Today on Sea Change Radio, we are talking with Amy Ha...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Mark Coleman on Mindfulness and Nature
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Mark Coleman
The last time you went for a little walk around the neighborhood, did you take a few moments to drink in the natural beauty around you, even in the...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 09, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
James Hoggan: Politics in Polite Company
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: James Hoggan
Has this ever happened to you: You are talking with a friend or family member, and as the topic moves to politics, things start to get a little hea...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Michael Mann: Agency and Urgency
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Michael Mann
Back in 1999, a team of scientists published a graphic depiction reconstructing northern hemisphere temperatures for the previous 1000 years. The s...

  • Added: May 08, 2019
  • Length: 29:00

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