Podcast Episodes

Gina McCarthy on Cutting Everything but Emissions

Since its creation under President Richard Nixon in 1970, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has worked to reduce pollution and toxic exposures to ensure that Americans have clean air, clean wa…

Published on 8 months ago

Songkran Southeast Asian New Year Celebration

Songkran is a festival from Southeast Asia marking the new year and celebrating making a fresh start.

This special program includes a program discussion hosted by Michelle Meow featuring conversations…

Published on 8 months ago

Red Hen Press Poets with Michelle Meow (EXPLICIT)

Join us to celebrate National Poetry Month with Red Hen Press’s poetic publisher, Kate Gale, and Red Hen Press poets Kim Dower, Francisco Aragón and Kim Addonizio, who will each be reading their poem…

Published on 8 months ago

Jeremy Affeldt: Pitching in the Big Leagues—Physical, Psychological and Strategic Aspects

While opening day fever is still in the air, join us at noon to hear the inside story of pitching in the big leagues from Jeremy Affeldt, who pitched seven of his 14 major league seasons for the San …

Published on 8 months ago

Vicky Nguyen: Boat Baby

NBC News anchor and correspondent Vicky Nguyen has a story to tell of her family’s daring escape from communist Vietnam and her unlikely journey from refugee to reporter—a story told with laughter an…

Published on 8 months ago

The Myth of the Homeless-Industrial Complex: How an Anti-Institution Boogeyman Distracts from the True Problems in the Homeless System of Care

Despite spending billions of dollars to combat homelessness, California has the largest and fastest-growing homeless population in the United States. To explain this result, some have blamed wasteful…

Published on 8 months ago

Net Gains: Saving Seafood Before It’s Too Late

More than 3 billion people rely on seafood as a primary source of animal protein. But waters are warming, and fish are moving. Are those fish, and the communities that have relied on them for centuri…

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago

Sarah Kendzior: The Last American Roadtrip (EXPLICIT)

It is one thing to study the fall of democracy, another to have it hit your homeland—and yet another to raise children as it happens. Join Sarah Kendzior as she shares one family’s journey to the mos…

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago

Jeanne Carstensen: The Human Cost of the Migration Crisis (EXPLICIT)

On October 28, 2015, Jeanne Carstensen was reporting as a foreign correspondent covering the Syrian refugee crisis in Europe when she witnessed a devastating boat accident. After nearly a decade of r…

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago

Michael Joseph Gross with Guy Raz: The Untold Story of Muscle In Our Lives

Join us for a richly informative exploration of the central role of muscle in human life and health. Michael Joseph Gross, author of the new book Stronger, will share his urgent call for each of us t…

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago