Latest Episodes
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After the Floods--The Search for Resilience in Ellicott City, with Professor Ken Conca, American University
As the recent deadly floods in Central Texas remind us, Nature bats last. There seem to be a growing number of severe weather-related disasters...
152
The False Promise of Deep-Sea Mining with Professors D.G. Webster and Susan Park
The United States has indicated that it will begin to explore commercial mining of mineral nodules on the international seabed, in violation of the...
126
Cull of the Wild: Killing in the Name of Conservation with Hugh Warwick (rerun)
Do you remember the Northern Spotted Owl, icon of the old-growth Redwood Wars of the 1990s? Well, the Northern Spotted Owl is, once again,...
150
Out, Out, Damned Carbon! with Dr. Barbara Haya & Dr. Stephen Lezak, Berkeley Carbon Trading Project
Carbon is a boon and a bane. It is at the core of all life on Earth, past and present. In the atmosphere, carbon...
149
What's the Matter with California's Electricity System? with Loretta Lynch
Everyone is angry with California’s private utilities. Rates keep rising, the utilities lack accountability and they are running roughshod over small-scale renewable energy. Why...
148
The Return of Wolves to California with Amaroq Weiss, Center for Biological Diversity
Gray wolves were once ubiquitous across California but the state’s last surviving individual was killed in 1924. In 2011, the first documented wolf since...