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Caption: 12 Moms Initiative member Jamie describes water and mold damage to her home at the Coppertree Village Apartments to members of the National Low Income Housing Coalition during a bus tour hosted by Houston's housing justice organizers., Credit: Leah Mahan
Today in Houston, Texas we meet a group of moms who stand up for local housing policies that keep families of color trapped in unsafe homes for yea...

Bought by KMUN and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Dec 19, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: The text "Toxic Tracks" on a background of railroad tracks., Credit: Background image by Hands off my tags! Michael Gaida from Pixabay
On today's show, we'll hear an encore of a show from our archives that first aired in April. We'll be looking at the environmental impact of the ra...

Bought by WXDU and WFHB


  • Added: Sep 04, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: An unhoused man who goes by “Si Pues” sits with his belongings after moving them around the block during a sweep in Van Nuys, Calif. on July 29, 2022. Once the sweep was finished he will move back to the same spot., Credit: Alisha Jucevic
This week on Making Contact we continue with our look at a community of unhoused people in Echo Park in Los Angeles, California and how they were f...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WXDU, and KMUN


  • Added: Jan 10, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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....

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 26, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Three years after Hurricane Maria hit, Puerto Ricans are still reeling from its effects and aftereffects. We bring you a Haymarket Books talk by Ma...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Dec 06, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Joshua and Eric Preven
They say the squeaky wheel gets the grease. This week on Sea Change Radio, we speak to two brothers who are trying to make a little noise for the i...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
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In the aftermath of Northern California’s Tubbs Fire in 2017, undocumented families found support outside of traditional disaster service agencies ...

Bought by KQED


  • Added: Nov 19, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Brooke Bessesen
How splendid would it be if humans could somehow find a way to truly co-exist with the rest of the planet’s creatures? This week on Sea Change Radi...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Rafael Mandelman
Futurists, environmentalists and planners alike generally believe that humans living in more densely populated areas has benefits for the earth – c...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 29, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Sam Ball
Can’t we all just get along? That’s the hope of Sam Ball, the director of the new documentary film, American Creed, which tells a story of the Amer...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
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Sea level rise is a global concern, and on the whole, policy and funding for mitigation aren’t keeping pace. Today on Gen Anthro, producer Isha Sal...

Bought by KWMR and KRZA


  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 10:52
  • Purchases: 2
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A visit with former California Assemblymember and environmental champion, Fred Keeley. Fred has been an advocate for the oceans and land for as lon...

Bought by KFOI Radio


  • Added: May 07, 2017
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: San Francisco's Stockton tunnel is shut down due to a water main break in March of 2014., Credit: Flickr user toyzrus8
The Hetch Hetchy Regional Water system, operated by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (PUC), carries water to 2.6 million customers in ...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2015
  • Length: 04:57
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A group of citizens continues to work to delay a measure adopted by the Bloomington City Council to thin out the deer population at Griffy Lake – t...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 07:45
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Larry Barker, Executive Director for the Monroe County Solid Waste Management District, spoke on January 22, 2014 about the benefits of a Material ...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2014
  • Length: 56:43
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Citizens of Monroe County planned to hold a protest at representative Todd Young’s office, but what was intended as a protest turned into a fifteen...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2013
  • Length: 06:11
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A group of congressional lawmakers have addressed a letter to President Obama in response to his June 25th speech suggesting tougher regulations on...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2013
  • Length: 09:31
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Mick Harrison talks about some of the high profile environmental cases he's worked on at both the local and national level.

  • Added: Jul 25, 2013
  • Length: 08:26
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Because of historically cheap energy rates and lots of poorly insulated housing, Kentuckians’ average home electricity use is one of the highest in...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2012
  • Length: 12:49
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RALEIGH, N.C. - Fracking is on the fast track in North Carolina. A state Senate bill already has passed, and now the House, after making some chan...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2012
  • Length: 01:37
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GILLMAN, Colo. - It's the single largest source of toxic waste in the U.S., and some worry that loopholes in the Clean Water Act could allow the mi...

  • Added: May 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:53
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DENVER - Una nueva encuesta de la organización Small Business Majority (Mayoría de Empresas Pequeñas) reporta que los propietarios de negocios de C...

  • Added: May 17, 2012
  • Length: 01:54
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Bloomington's 2nd Annual Bike Summit was held in City Hall last Thursday. The summit was, according to a city press release, "part of an on-going e...

  • Added: May 15, 2012
  • Length: 09:13
Caption: www.theciviccommons.com
Texas has been fracking for years...so what does Ohio's gas exploration future look like?

  • Added: May 07, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
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