Podcast Episodes

The Way Forward For People And Our Planet: An Earth Day Special

Our Earth Day special examines this decisive moment for the human species and our challenging relationship with our planet.

We meet people who envisio…

2 years, 3 months ago

Supercharged Hurricane Season, Big Cash for Clean Energy, Poetry in the Time of Climate Troubles and more.

Some scientists are predicting this year’s Atlantic hurricane season will be extremely active as a La Niña develops amid ocean warmth linked to globa…

2 years, 3 months ago

Ohio Senate Race and Climate, Land Back for the Yurok Tribe, Migrations: A Powerful Novel About a World Losing Life and more.

The razor-thin majority Democrats hold in the Senate could be crucial to passing more climate legislation under a second term for President Biden, an…

2 years, 3 months ago

Charging Up U.S. EV Market, Sewage Sludge Danger, Black Hole Breakthrough and more.

China’s electric car sales are in the fast lane and lead the world while the U.S. EV industry lags. Although Biden administration policies are design…

2 years, 4 months ago

Personal Care Products and IVF Miscarriage, Investment Risks from Climate, Orbital: An Earth-Centric Novel Set in Space, and more.

A recent study of 1500 women in China found links between personal care product use and in-vitro fertilization problems, including slower embryo deve…

2 years, 4 months ago

Methane Tracking From Space, A Mars Testing Ground, Solar Eclipse Magic and more.

A new satellite recently blasted off into Earth orbit with the important mission of tracking methane emissions from oil and gas infrastructure across…

2 years, 4 months ago

Vital Ocean Current Threatens Collapse, Plastic Bag Bans and Pushback, Ross Gay’s Book of (More) Delights and more.

As the climate crisis intensifies, a vital ocean current that includes the Gulf Stream seems to be falling apart, and thus could fail its mission to …

2 years, 4 months ago

States Challenge the Good Neighbor Rule, Gina McCarthy on Particulates, and Wild Girls: How the Outdoors Shaped the Women Who Challenged a Nation.

Ohio, Indiana, and West Virginia have challenged the Environmental Protection Agency’s “Good Neighbor” rule in the Supreme Court. The regulation is d…

2 years, 4 months ago

Black History Special: Flooded Out By Racism, One Step Further: The Story of Katherine Johnson, and Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden.

In this Black History Month special, “father of environmental justice” Dr. Robert Bullard is calling for justice for the community of Shiloh, Alabama…

2 years, 5 months ago

$250 Billion in Costs from Plastics, Exxon Sues Climate Investors, The Crochet Coral Reef and more.

Hormone-disrupting chemicals in plastics take a yearly economic toll in the hundreds of billions of dollars in the U.S. alone, according to a recent …

2 years, 5 months ago