Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSpotlighting Dirty Air on Independence Day
Season 2 Episode 23
On a day typically defined by parades, patriotic speeches and national pride, some young Ghanaians chose a different path in marking Independence Day…
5 months, 1 week ago
Billions on Treatment, But What About Prevention?
Season 2 Episode 22
Ghana spends billions of cedis treating chronic diseases like stroke, diabetes, asthma and hypertension.
But what if one of the major triggers is some…
6 months ago
Women, Charcoal and the Cost of Survival
Season 2 Episode 21
In Sokoban, a suburb of Kumasi, the air hangs heavy with smoke. Not from traffic. Not from harmattan. But from burning wood — the backbone of a charc…
6 months, 1 week ago
Making Air Pollution Visible
Season 2 Episode 20
Air pollution is often described in numbers — PM2.5 levels, emission rates, regulatory limits. But what happens when the evidence is not a chart, but…
6 months, 1 week ago
Enemy in the Air We Breathe
Season 2 Episode 19
Air pollution does not affect everyone the same way. In this episode of Clean Air Report Ghana, host Michael Asharleyexamines why children and older …
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Tracking Accra’s Air: Lessons from 20 Years of Data
Season 2 Episode 18
What can nearly twenty years of air quality data tell us about the city we live in today? In this episode of Clean Air Report Ghana, host Michael Ash…
7 months ago
Reporting for Clean Air: Ghanaian Journalists Learn to Better Cover the Air We Breathe
Season 2 Episode 17
What does it take to report air pollution responsibly in Ghana, and whose voices should shape the story?
In this episode of Clean Air Report Ghana, h…
7 months, 1 week ago
Poisoned Journeys: The Harmful Air In Ghana’s Long-Distance Buses
Season 2 Episode 16
Long-distance buses keep Ghana moving, but what happens to the air passengers breathe during hours-long journeys is rarely questioned. In this episod…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Did Ghana’s Emissions Levy Work?
Season 2 Episode 15
In December 2023, Ghana introduced an emissions levy meant to make polluters pay and, ultimately, make the air cleaner. By February 2024 it was in fo…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
The Missing Part: How the Theft of Catalytic Converters Contributes to Air Pollution
Season 2 Episode 14
A growing number of vehicles on Ghana’s roads are emitting far more pollution than they should — not because they are old or broken, but because a cr…
8 months ago