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2021-11-05 Geoengineering: Who Should Control Our Atmosphere?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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According to the latest IPCC Assessment Report, we’re currently on course for at least 3°C (5.4°F) of warming by 2100 even if all of the voluntary ...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, KGUA, WLPR , Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Nov 04, 2021
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 10
2021-10-31 The Occult Philosophy
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What led some of the greatest minds in Europe believe in the Occult?

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KTSW 89.9, GCR (Global Community Radio), KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KSKQ and more


  • Added: Oct 31, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
Irrigation Efficiency Paradox
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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According to the US Geological Survey, 70% of the available freshwater worldwide is used for irrigation. Industrial agriculture and modern irrigati...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2021
  • Length: 05:18
2021-07-02 Clearing the Air on Carbon Offsets
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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For over two decades, carbon offset programs have promised individuals and businesses that they can reduce their overall carbon footprint by paying...

Bought by Oregon Public Broadcasting, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, Maine Public Radio, KMXT and more


  • Added: Jul 01, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
210702: Clearing the Air on Carbon Offsets, 7/2/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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For over two decades, carbon offset programs have promised individuals and businesses that they can reduce their overall carbon footprint by paying...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
International Ecosystem Accounting
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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In this episode, part thirty-seven of the multi-part BLUEprint series, we continue to discuss the take-aways from the recently published 2nd United...

  • Added: May 11, 2021
  • Length: 05:04
Revealing Equity
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week on World Ocean Radio: part eleven of the multi-part BLUEprint series. As we launch headlong into a new phase in the series we'll begin to...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2020
  • Length: 04:15
Quest for Equity on the Ocean
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week on World Ocean Radio: part two of a multi-part series entitled "BLUEprint: How the Ocean Will Save Civilization." In this episode, QUEST ...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2020
  • Length: 04:55
200807: Billion Dollar Burger, 8/7/2020
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Long before the coronavirus began disrupting America’s trillion-dollar meat industry, lab-grown proteins were upending the way we consume chicken, ...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
It's a Great Time to Be a Citizen Scientist
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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There has never been a better time to become a citizen scientist: curious individuals interested in collecting data to build toward solutions, expa...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2019
  • Length: 04:49
191011: Scorched Earth: Culture and Climate Under Siege, 10/11/2019
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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From the Amazon to the Congo to California, our planet’s forests are being decimated. And along with them, the stability of our climate. Why? Becau...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
National Writers Series: Temple Grandin
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Two
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Author, professor and autism advocate Temple Grandin talks with editor Laura Hohnhold.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KTSW 89.9, Michigan Radio, and WKAR


  • Added: Oct 05, 2019
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 4
190816: Superpower: How Renewables are Transforming America’s Energy Future, 8/16/2019
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Nearly 25 percent of America’s electricity now comes from renewables, surpassing coal for the first time. Ten states, and Puerto Rico and Washingto...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
2019-08-16 Superpower: How Renewables are Transforming America’s Energy Future
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Nearly 25 percent of America’s electricity now comes from renewables, surpassing coal for the first time. Ten states, and Puerto Rico and Washingto...

Bought by WJCT, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, Northwest Public Broadcasting, WLPR , Maine Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 14, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 7
190705: Winners and Losers, 7/5/2019
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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The new climate reality means that even those living on a hill will be affected by flooding in the valley, and those living in the North will be af...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
2019-06-21 Can a Circular Economy Salvage the Climate?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Produce, consume, discard; we all know the routine. Raw materials are extracted, produced into goods, and used -- sometimes only once -- before tur...

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  • Added: Jun 20, 2019
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 10
190308: If Global Warming Exists, Why is it so Cold Outside?, 3/8/2019
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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The last five years have been the hottest on record globally. But this past winter, plunging temperatures, snowstorms and torrential rains througho...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2019
  • Length: 58:56
Dig Deep - Socialism part 1
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Dig Deep
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We begin this segment of Dig Deep with our liberal commentator Aaron Brown and conservative Chuck Marohn on the topic of socialism.

  • Added: Mar 08, 2019
  • Length: 16:42
2019-03-08 If Global Warming Exists, Why is it so Cold Outside?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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The last five years have been the hottest on record globally. But this past winter, plunging temperatures, snowstorms and torrential rains througho...

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  • Added: Mar 05, 2019
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 11
2019-02-10 Katharine Hayhoe: Why We Need to Talk About Climate Change
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Caption: Katharine Hayhoe, recipient of the 2018 Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Science Communication
Many of us find it daunting to talk with our neighbors, colleagues and family members about climate change. But climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe ...

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  • Added: Feb 07, 2019
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 8
2018-12-16 Mind Over Chatter: Exploring Climate Psychology
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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We all know about the environmental and physical effects of climate change. But what about its impact on our mental health? Therapists report that ...

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  • Added: Dec 12, 2018
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 6
Science and Gender
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Isn't the scientific method gender-neutral?

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  • Added: Oct 08, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
Carbon Offsets for a Sustainable Future
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: UCapture funds carbon offset and ocean clean-up projects, at no cost to you when you shop online. Learn more at ucapture.com/w2o
Carbon offsets offer ways for retailers and consumers to help meet the challenge of climate impacts and environmental consequences, and can be an e...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2018
  • Length: 05:11
2018-06-24 Rounding up the Facts on GMOs
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Are GMOs the answer to our planet’s food shortage? Or are they jeopardizing our health, crops and climate by creating a destructive cycle of Roundu...

Bought by WJCT, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WDET Detroit Public Radio, KWIT, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Jun 19, 2018
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 10