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We’ve celebrated Earth Day in the United States for more than 50 years. Today, we’re taking a look at what made the first Earth Day in 1970 such a ...
- Added: Apr 22, 2024
- Length: 04:00
Last week we learned that individuals’ home water consumption doesn’t really make a dent in the water supply, and the benefit of personal water con...
- Added: Apr 22, 2024
- Length: 03:37
Saving water might not seem all that important in a humid climate like Rhode Island. But actually, there are plenty of reasons why water conservati...
- Added: Apr 22, 2024
- Length: 03:26
Today, we’re taking a look at how we dispose of our food. Next time you’re scraping a plate, should that food go into compost, your sink disposal, ...
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: Apr 22, 2024
- Length: 03:32
- Purchases: 1
Attorney and Environment America's water specialist John Rumpler talks about the threats to our water.
Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP
- Added: Mar 25, 2024
- Length: 28:55
- Purchases: 2
In business, as in life, there is a balance sheet, a statement of assets, profit and loss, income and expense, showing whether our accounts are in ...
- Added: Mar 20, 2024
- Length: 05:07
"We are not blind to the overall problem, and if we were in doubt, recent climate-explained events, near and far, should open our eyes more widely....
- Added: Mar 04, 2024
- Length: 05:13
In this episode and the next, World Ocean Radio reports on the status quo, business-as-usual, tunnel vision conclusions at COP28 in Dubai, hosted b...
- Added: Feb 14, 2024
- Length: 04:51
A November visit to Gloucester Massachusetts for an Ocean Literary Conference (NEOSEC 2023) afforded W2O staff an opportunity to take a field trip ...
- Added: Feb 13, 2024
- Length: 05:20
As climate chaos and obscene inequality ravage people and planet, a new generation of visionaries is emerging to demand a bold solution: a Green Ne...
- Added: Feb 13, 2024
- Length: 28:30
With the backdrop of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), Jess catches up with lawyer and climate negotiator Hafij Khan about the ...
- Added: Dec 12, 2023
- Length: 29:00
Need some pumpkin pi to go with that leftover turkey? Jess highlights her favorite reasons to be thankful for science in this season of gratitude.
- Added: Nov 28, 2023
- Length: 18:00
After World War II, the U.S. government worked with industry to create a single-use, disposable consumer culture as a way to ensure ongoing market ...
- Added: Sep 27, 2023
- Length: 28:30
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: ‘Step Aside Joe’ Campaign Underscores Risks for Democracy as Biden Runs fo...
Bought by WFHB, WETS, and RadioFreePalmer
- Added: Aug 02, 2023
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
In the last few weeks, we’ve talked about towns that are creating plans to prepare for rising waters. Today, we’re taking a look at an example of w...
Bought by KICI Iowa City, WRFA-LP, and Raven Radio
- Added: Jun 08, 2023
- Length: 03:43
- Purchases: 3
Rhode Island is the first state in the country to build an offshore wind farm, and there are plans for many more. But recently, opponents of wind e...
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: May 15, 2023
- Length: 03:59
- Purchases: 1
Jess investigates what connects giant salamanders, community organizing, and fracking via a conversation with journalist Annie Roth and biologist J...
- Added: May 09, 2023
- Length: 58:00
Is a 100% clean, renewable energy future by the year 2050 possible? Stanford Professor Mark Z. Jacobson proposes that the most efficient and social...
- Added: Feb 28, 2023
- Length: 58:00
Warren, Rhode Island is one of the smallest towns in the smallest state — but when it comes to dealing with climate change, it has big plans. Locat...
Bought by WRFA-LP and Raven Radio
- Added: Feb 17, 2023
- Length: 04:01
- Purchases: 2
Russ Feingold became a household name co-authoring the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, more commonly known as McCain-Feingold. It’s the only major ...
Bought by KGUA, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, WLPR , Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more
- Added: May 12, 2022
- Length: 58:56
- Purchases: 10
Russ Feingold became a household name co-authoring the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, more commonly known as McCain-Feingold. It’s the only major ...
- Added: May 12, 2022
- Length: 58:56
Plan B: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble
Our earth is in big trouble. The environment and our economy are in crisis. E...
Bought by KVSC
- Added: Apr 27, 2022
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Big Oil Makes Big Profits Amid Catastrophic War in Ukraine, interview with...
- Added: Apr 13, 2022
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Troubling Signs of Inaction from the Jan. 6th Insurrection Investigation; ...
- Added: Nov 03, 2021
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
This week on World Ocean Radio we are discussing hydrology, the "hydrospatial" perspective, and the importance of multi-dimensional analyses and vi...
- Added: Sep 07, 2021
- Length: 04:47
