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ThinkPlanet — a conversation with Dr. John Hausdoerffer
From: Alan Wartes
Series: ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPlanet
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Dr. John Hausdoerffer is dean of the Western Colorado University School of Environment and Sustainability.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Oct 25, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Celebrating Ten Years of Sea Change Radio, Pt. 2
From: Alex Wise
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This week on Sea Change Radio, the second half of our ten year anniversary celebration where we hear from some of the planet’s most important think...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2018
  • Length: 29:40
Craig Downs: Coral Reef Rescue
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Craig Downs
Visitors to the Hawaiian island of Oahu marvel at the splendor of Hanauma Bay, a volcanic crater teeming with coral reefs, tropical fish, and the o...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 'The Sea'


  • Added: Aug 28, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
2018-06-10: Al Gore and Bill Nye
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Looking for a movie that takes climate science to the masses? In the first part of this week’s episode, former Vice President Al Gore joins Climate...

Bought by WJCT, KUHF, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KPIP-LP, KCBX and more


  • Added: Jun 07, 2018
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 10
271: Is The Nation State Splintering? / 272: Get Happy, 5/12/2018
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Is The Nation State Splintering?" - All over the world, borders are changing and separatists are rising. Should we have seen this coming...

  • Added: May 11, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
267: The Secret Language of Trees / 268: Locked Up, 4/28/2018
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "The Secret Language of Trees" - When was the last time you listened to a tree? Biologists are just beginning to unravel their vast netwo...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:59
Grand Canyon for Sale
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Stephen Nash
Using the Grand Canyon as the trailhead for his book, journalist Stephen Nash sounds an alarm of urgency for protecting our national parks.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 11, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Tomorrow Never Knows: Daniel Kirk-Davidoff
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Daniel Kirk-Davidoff
How far into the future should we be planning when it comes to the environment? 20 years? 100 years? These are vital questions with which scientist...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 27, 2018
  • Length: 27:30
  • Purchases: 1
A New Congressional Caucus Backs Planetary Science
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Starman in his Tesla Roadster bids farewell to Earth after being launched by the first SpaceX Falcon Heavy., Credit: SpaceX
Republican Randy Hultgren and Democrat Derek Kilmer celebrate formation of the new bipartisan, bicameral caucus of US representatives and senators....

Bought by KDNK, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KWMR, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Feb 14, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Toward the Tipping Point
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Jeremy Lent
In November, 2017, over fifteen thousand scientists from 184 countries issued a warning to humanity.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 08, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Durwood Zaelke: Urgently Optimistic About Climate Change
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Durwood Zaelke
The White House has been spewing some pretty foul policy lately. It can be difficult to identify something hopeful about our struggling planet. May...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
Florida: Liquid Landscape
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Michele Currie Navakas
Florida is an ever-changing landscape. With little warning, what was once land, becomes water, and what was once water becomes land. Frequently. E...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 01, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
207: What Is School For? / 208: How To Think Like A Scientist, 9/30/2017
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "What Is School For?" - Some of the hardest working people in America are teachers. So why do they get so much disrespect? This hour, we'...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:58
Aaron Huertas on the Purveyors of Disinformation
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Aaron Huertas
Disinformation. It sometimes manifests in theatrical shows of ignorance, like Senior Republican Senator James Inhoffe bringing a snowball to the Se...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 29:50
The Science Behind the Collapse of the Three World Trade Center Towers on 9/11
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Dr. Niels Harrit at microscope
Dr. Niels Harrit, retired professor of chemistry at the University of Copenhagen, discusses the collapse of three skyscrapers on September 11th, 2001.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Sep 01, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
Daniel Kammen Spells Relief I-M-P-E-A-C-H
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Dan Kammen
Recently, in response to the 45th president’s shameful mishandling of the incidents in Charlottesville, Virgina, UC Berkeley Energy Professor Danie...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2017
  • Length: 29:59
2017-08-06 Al Gore and An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Caption: Al Gore, former vice president of the United States
Former Vice President Al Gore joins Climate One to talk about his tireless fight, training an army of climate champions and influencing internation...

Bought by WGCU, KAAD-LP, KSFR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Aug 02, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 14
Being the Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Peter Kalmus
We have a choice to fight the change, or be part of the change. That has never been more apparent than when we are watching ice caps melt, heat tha...

Bought by XRAY.fm and KCBX


  • Added: Jul 25, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Science Under Attack part 3
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Rush Holt
The Trump Administration is calling for drastic cuts in scientific research and development.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 09, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Science Under Attack – part 1
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: March for Science
President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order. Its purpose is to reverse efforts to shrink America’s carbon footprint.

Bought by WCPN, KVSC, and KCBX


  • Added: Mar 30, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • 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
02-13: The New Abolitionists: Farewell, Fossil Fuels, 1/11/2017
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Sandra Steingraber
Facing climate disruption, it's imperative to fast-forward the transition to power civilization on clean energy. The growing global movement to tra...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
2016-01-08 The Sixth Annual Stephen Schneider Award: Naomi Oreskes
From: Climate One
Caption: The Stephen Schneider Award, Credit: Ed Ritger
Science historian Naomi Oreskes, author of “Merchants of Doubt,” has had her share of hate mail from climate deniers. But she insists that “we can'...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
Vanishing Bees
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: UW-Madison Bee Hive
It’s called “colony collapse disorder” or CCD. A number of years ago US beekeeping operations realized they lost between 30 and 90 percent of their...

Bought by KSFR and KCBX


  • Added: Nov 09, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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