Best Urban Music Report Podcasts (2024)

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THANK YOU SHEILA! : BO KANE 41:33

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Welcome to another installment of The Thank You...Sheila! Show. The Thank You Sheila! Show is Conversations, Programming, and Lifestyled-Themed Content for Progressively Moving Women of Color. In this Episode, Sheila welcomed Street Union Recording Artist, Bo Kane. Bo gives insight into his creative journey, which has positioned him with industry h…

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The Hip-Hop Sports Report Podcast 10.29.24

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The roller coaster experience that is being a Cleveland sports fan is unmatched. So naturally, it only made sense for frequent HHSR contributor Kenneth Hicks to join the podcast for a deep dive into the Cleveland Browns’ season. Specifically, we have a very honest conversation about Deshaun Watson—is the trade officially a failure? Or, is […]…

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Being Green - 01 NOV 24 _Trump vs Harris: Where they stand on climate change 6:37

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It is just a few days before the United States elections. With Democrat candidate Kamala Harris pretty much neck-and-neck with the Republican’s Donald Trump, the outcome could go either way. But what impact will it have on the global fight against climate change? Harris describes global warming an “existential threat” while Trump has dismissed it a…

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141. Reporting a Transformative Happy Rage in our UK Tour 29:00

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Every show rocked with pandemonium at the end. Then people wouldn't leave. Our 12 singers and musicians joined an audience that became a party that became a town hall meeting. They stayed to talk and listen with such conviction that they impacted the content of the next performance. (We had 3 performances in two days in London.) The idea that the E…

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Being Green - 25 Oct 24 _ WWF report shows humans continue to push ecosystems to the brink of collapse 6:52

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The World Wide Fund for Nature’s (WWF’s) latest Living Planet Index shows that the average size of monitored wildlife populations has declined by 73 per cent in the 50 years from 1970 to 2020. A decline in wildlife populations is like an early warning system for the loss of healthy ecosystems. In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook spe…

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Exploring the Rhythms and Etiquette of Carnival #beingAfricaAllah vol 29_02 59:42

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Joining us to celebrate the vibrant cultural tapestry of Miami Carnival 2024 are Sage Produced It, Lano the Sage and the inimitable Mr. Henny, aka Henny242. They bring their passion and expertise to our… To view this content, you must be a member of Discover Music Channel Patreon at $3 or more… Source…

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140. Dispatches From the Fabulous Unknown 29:00

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We don't know what it will take to stop the climate catastrophe. We haven't found it yet. Let's look everywhere for a way to stop this great machine; there must be a weak link there somewhere. One approach: Pull out and re-direct some part of the machine that they assume can never disobey, like a highway cone, like you and me...…

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Being Green - 18 Oct 24 _ Poaching threatening Cape’s rare succulent species 6:20

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Cape Nature says the illegal trade in succulent plants is the most pervasive wildlife crime in the Western Cape, pushing many unique species to the brink of extinction. In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Leon Muller, a conservation manager for Cape Nature in the West Coast area, about the problem.…

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139. The voice in the eye of Helene is telling us to.... study the wind, study the flood, study how you love the person you are with as you both face the wind and the waves. 29:00

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Today's Earth Riot is for you activists. Keep talking to the Earth as you risk arrest, crossing the property-line, of a criminal organization like Chevron. You are both talking to yourself, because you are the Earth, and you are talking to the Earth outside of you. But don't let the Earth be inside you only, you'll lose your place in the world. And…

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Being Green - 11 Oct 24 _ Endangered biodiversity on the Cape Flats 5:57

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In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to freelance botanist and fynbos specialist, Rupert Koopman, about the critically endangered Cape Flats Sand Fynbos and efforts to revive it.By Glynis Crook

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138. Flying Over Borders, Flying Through the Fear 29:00

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Earth must flood us all and downpour you and I into the valley below when we have built up a false border with our fear. Defeat the religions, militaries, nation states and racial hatred... Borders need to be washed away now, and fear made useless. In this "flying" episode from June of 2023 we flow the borders away with flood and flight. This is th…

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Being Green - 04 Oct 24 _ Wine farm’s original pest controllers 6:20

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Vergenoegd Löw is one of the oldest farms in the Cape and makes award-winning wines, but it is also a beacon of sustainable agriculture and eco-friendly practices. And it just happens to have a very cute flock of ducks running about the vineyards. They act as chief “pest control officers”, making sure the farm is free of snails, slugs, and other da…

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Back in Business #beingAfricaAllah vol29_01 44:49

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The first year of marriage can be challenging due to communication issues. It's important not to make assumptions about a partner's feelings, as this can lead to trust issues and dishonesty. The upcoming election… To view this content, you must be a member of Discover Music Channel Patreon at $3 or more… Source…

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137. Peace Is Always Possible, what? 29:00

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Every Human and More than Human has a song to sing and we have a variety of singers this week, from Nigeria to LA to NYC to Ecuador to South Africa to a swelling wave of Snow Geese... There is an unmistakable swing in institutions from Peace to Violence - you see it in religions, corporations, nation-states. Official fear everywhere. But - the Eart…

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Being Green - 27 Sept 24 _ Conservationists outraged by planned Namibian cull 6:54

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Conservationists are questioning Namibia’s plan to cull over 700 wild animals, including hippos, impalas, wildebeest, zebras, and 83 elephants. The environment ministry says the plan is to distribute the meat to people struggling to feed their families amid one of the country’s worst droughts in recent history. But critics suggest the cull is large…

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136. The Night Forest Sings with Radical Activism 29:00

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The “repetition” of the song’s “melody-tone tempo,” she explains, provides a shared sonic “meeting place” and “stage” where our emotions can temporarily liberate individual identities. What Savitri D calls the “transformational potential” of singing with other people and (we would add), singing with the songs that radiate from the forest at night, …

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Being Green - 20 Sept 24 _ Climate change and seasonal allergies 6:35

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Spring officially arrives this weekend and for many, this time of the year means a reaction to the increased pollen in the air. Some bad news from researchers and doctors is that climate change is not only worsening the symptoms of seasonal allergies, but also making them last longer. In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to al…

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135. SINGING SONGS Stops Big Oil's Toxins, Acne and Distemper, and Chronic Boredom 29:00

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In this week's "Earth Riot" we bring in Estonia, where song-power is demonstrated by Estonia's resistance to Stalinism and Nazism with huge concerts starring the whole country! and - Chile, resisting the fascist Pinochet and his killers with the songs of Victor Jara and the womens' chanting dance: "The Rapist in Your Path". From our own continent w…

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Being Green - 13 Sept 24 _ EU climate agency warns 2024 could be hottest yet 6:17

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While we spent the past few months shivering in our boots here in Cape Town, the northern hemisphere was experiencing its hottest summer since records began, increasing the likelihood that 2024 will be the Earth’s warmest year yet. In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Prof Guy Midgley, Director of Stellenbosch University’s …

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134. WE ARE NOW LIVING IN THE THING THEY WARNED US ABOUT 29:00

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So here we go. I know a theatrical woman named Lois Weaver who says "The Only Way Home Is Through the Show". Well, amended to reflect our current world-wide inferno, we could say "The Only Way Home Is Through the Heat Wave". Or the only way home is through our money-sucking karma, our religious wars, our fetish for forever toxins. But please - I wa…

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Being Green - 06 Sept 24 _ Circular economy success story 6:46

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In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Tracey Gilmore, CEO of Taking Care of Business. This non-profit social enterprise runs three 2-year programmes training budding entrepreneurs to resell, repair, and remake retail waste items, most of which would otherwise have been sent to landfill. To find out more, or if you want to do…

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133. Computer-modeling the Climate is the Definitive Horse Fart 29:00

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We are the "Earthchxrch", and for 20 years we were "The Church of Stop Shopping" - and emerging from the lie of virtuality was our thing. But now, with every month a record-breaking nightmare of heat, and the scientists telling us that the computer modeling doesn't work anymore because everything is exploding, we are left alone with the Earth. The …

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Being Green - 30 Aug 24 _ Arbor Week: Preserving Cape Town’s urban forests 6:43

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Sunday will see the start of the annual National Arbor Week, a time to celebrate trees. Over the seven-day period, people are encouraged to take part in "greening" events to make our communities healthier and more beautiful. In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Clare Burgess, chair of Treekeepers Cape Town, about preserving…

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132. Who's Afraid of the 6th Extinction? 29:00

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The riddle of our time is: How could we remain so passive, when the violence is so near and so well-known in every way. We know the perpetrators, their bank accounts, the location and operation of their greed. Every month for the last 14 months has been the hottest on record. The scientists who reported what weather to expect based on computer mode…

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Being Green - 23 Aug 24 _ Survival of the Cape’s own leopard 6:36

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As the Cape Leopard Trust marks its 20th year of working to ensure the survival of this apex predator, Glynis Crook speaks to its CEO, Helen Turnbull, about these highly elusive and resilient animals that survive in the fynbos biome of the Cape Fold Mountains. Find out more at: www.capeleopard.org.za.…

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131. The Accelerating Apocalypse and My 15 Minutes 29:00

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Like the tour with Neil Young last spring, we are being allowed to celebrate our radical Earth activism in a surprising new setting. In both cases, an opening was provided for us to walk out of our 99-seat storefront and shout Earthalujah! to millions.By Reverend Billy and Savitri D

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Being Green - 16 Aug 24 _ Countries mark World Elephant Day 6:41

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Countries around the world marked World Elephant Day on Monday, which aims to bring attention to the plight of the animals in Africa and Asia. On both continents, they are facing increasing threats, including an escalation in poaching, habitat loss, and human-elephant conflict. The Worldwide Fund for Nature says there are only about 415,000 African…

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The Hip-Hop Sports Report Podcast 8.13.24

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On our birthday, HHSR celebrates 12 years of covering sports and hip-hop in a way only we can! J Hicks waxes poetic on Eminem’s latest album and explains a deep flaw within many rap fans (8:20) before talking Steph Curry’s clutch play (22:50), LeBron James’ MVP worthiness (30:30) and Jayson Tatum’s benching at the Paris […]…

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Reporting the Good News with Felicity Darville #beingAfricaAllah Vol 28_12 52:53

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Is Journalism Losing Its Way in the Age of Sensationalism? In this captivating episode of "#beingAfricaAllah," the host sits down with the remarkable Felicity Darville, a seasoned communication specialist and journalist hailing from Nassau,… To view this content, you must be a member of Discover Music Channel Patreon at $3 or more… Source…

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130. The Day that ACTUAL Ate VIRTUAL Alive 29:00

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The storms and wildfires and floods are a daily apocalypse that we mistake for sense-surround blockbusters. The Earth's violent insistence on a new realism for its chief predator is beginning to move some of us. But we are years away from a new "Earth Movement”. We don't even have the most basic things all successful social movements have: hot musi…

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Being Green - 09 Aug 24 _Marion Island: Escalation of house mice attacks on seabirds 6:56

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South Africa’s Marion Island is being overrun by more than a million house mice. And as the growing population runs out of their normal food, they’re increasingly turning to the island’s seabirds as an alternative source of nourishment. In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Dr Anton Wolfaardt of Mouse-Free Marion about its p…

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Authenticity and Talent in Bahamian Music #beingAfricaAllah Vol28_11 43:18

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This Episode is Exclusively Sponsored by Fresh Entertainment Bahamas Prepare for an exhilarating musical journey as we gear up for Lil Durk's highly anticipated concert in Nassau, Bahamas! We're thrilled to introduce you to… To view this content, you must be a member of Discover Music Channel Patreon at $3 or more… Source…

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129. The Earth Crashes Into The World 29:00

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The necessary revolution is here in this extraordinary moment. Our only task is to live up to it. The Earth's 6th Extinction is not demanding a response within our quiver of desire, or our strategy, or even our reverence. It is happening, that's all. And a new Wisdom must come from us.By Reverend Billy and Savitri D

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Being Green - 02 Aug 24 _First seal vaccinated for rabies in Cape Town 6:33

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Scientists and officials gathered in Cape Town last week to discuss what they know about the rabies outbreak in Cape Fur Seals and what to do about it. In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to one of the delegates, Dr Tess Gridley, co-director of Sea Search, which is a collective of marine mammal scientists, who told her that s…

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Political Optics #beingAfricaAllah Vol 28_10 58:31

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Kamala Harris has officially taken the reins as the Democratic presidential candidate, sparking a whirlwind of support and debate. We'll dissect the rapid fundraising phenomenon that followed her announcement and question why the same… To view this content, you must be a member of Discover Music Channel Patreon at $3 or more… Source…

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128.The Hope Deep in Funky Hopelessness 29:00

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The Earth is quickly changing us. Everything everywhere is undergoing unprecedented change and this change sees the surfacing of the once hidden Empress of Secrets. It is the Earth's gift in this time of apocalypse. Silicon Valley, the Pentagon and M and M's are camouflaging the surface around us with a thick coat of dullness, but the Earth is peel…

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Being Green - 26 July 24 _WWF: The world records we don’t want to break 6:28

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As the Olympic Games get underway in Paris on 26 July, the Worldwide Fund for Nature has launched a video campaign urging people to focus on the world records we don’t want to break. In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to James Reeler, Senior Manager: Climate Action at the WWF South Africa about what it hopes to achieve with …

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127. History Slows Down and Waits for Change 29:00

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The Sunday "Earthchxrch" services remain so fulfilling, the soaring voices with their justice lyrics delivered with the 200 mph wind of recent storms. The choir sings I Go The Mountain and I'm Filled with the Fabulous Unknown from our new album. And we celebrate in this Earth Riot some of our greatest "necessary interruptions": Sister Rosetta Tharp…

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Being Green - 19 July 24 _Heat-mapping study finds Cape Town has district temperature differences 6:21

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Trees and plants make life better in a city, including improving air quality, providing homes to birds and insects, and cooling our streets. A recent heat-mapping campaign as part of the World Bank’s City Resilience Programme and the National Treasury’s Cities Support Programme found large temperature differences in parts of the city with densely-p…

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Project 2025 the Trump Reset #beingAfricaAllah Vol 28_09 46:20

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Join us on this thought-provoking episode of Discover Music Channel by PlayMas.Today as we tackle the intense political landscape leading up to the 2024 U.S. Presidential election. We unpack the implications of the controversial… To view this content, you must be a member of Discover Music Channel Patreon at $3 or more… Source…

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126. Consumerism Has Disabled Our “What’s Important?” Gene 29:00

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Today’s Importance Exercise: What’s more important? Atmospheric rivers over the Pacific, or artificial intelligence in Silicon Valley? The rise in carbon units per million, or crypto currency market rates? Suicides among young native Americans or celebrities-on-the-cover-of-PEOPLE who got sober and remarried? The trillions in profits from toxins by…

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Being Green - 12 July 24 _Aghmad Gamieldien, founder of Mzanzi Organics 6:39

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An urban greening trend that is gaining momentum around the world for its environmental benefits is something called a Miyawaki pocket forest. The concept was developed in the 1970s by Japanese botanist, Dr Akira Miyawaki. Now Aghmad Gamieldien, founder of Mzanzi Organics, has created five of them in Cape Town. He joins Glynis Crook on this week’s …

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Digital Fragility and the Battle for Preservation #beingAfricaAllah Vol28_08 1:02:18

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The concept of "ethiocide" is more than just a term; it's a crisis unfolding in real-time. Paramount's decision to shut down MTV News is a stark reminder of how easily our digital cultural history… To view this content, you must be a member of Discover Music Channel Patreon at $3 or more… SourceBy Discover Music Channel

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125 The Post-Religious Church of the Fabulous Unknown 29:00

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Since the Earth's crisis gives us months or maybe years, gradualism is a faster kind of suicide. Every one of our prayers needs to be like an ambulance, flooring it right at the emergency. Scientists say that most of reality is a whirlwind of subatomic particles called Dark Energy. So, we are stranded on a desperate little human island, while Dark …

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Being Green - 05 July 24 _Prof Peter Ryan, emeritus professor at UCT’s FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology 6:33

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In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Prof Peter Ryan, emeritus professor at UCT’s FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, who co-authored a study which found that colourful plastics degrade to form microplastics faster than those with plain colours.By Glynis Crook

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124. A Village of Convicted Activists asks Neil Young 29:00

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Asks Neil to please name his band after the mystic who met George Armstrong Custer at Little BigHorn, and Neil, open your set with Cortez the Killer. Let in the Earth radicals from where? Who are they? … let the unknown arrestees take the stage to shout for the Earth’s life. Ask dazzling Daryl Hannah, can she please produce the harmonizing tree-hug…

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Parking Mindsets via Four Questions 27:20

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Reinventing Parking is the official podcast of the Parking Reform Network! Why not join? This week, I ran a short training session about parking policy and challenged the participants with four questions that prompted them to examine their parking assumptions. In this edition of Reinventing Parking I share the questions with you and discuss some le…

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Being Green - 28 June 24 _Keith Anderson, CEO of the e-Waste Association of South Africa (e-WASA) 6:44

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Electronic waste is the fastest-growing solid waste stream in the world. In 2022, a record 62 million tonnes were produced globally, up 82% from 2010. But less than one quarter of the year’s e-waste mass was documented as having been properly collected and recycled. In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Keith Anderson, CEO o…

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123. What Has Trash, Blacktop, Cars, and Unnatural Heat. And - the Earth! 29:00

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Yet our neighborhoods continue to drift toward a great mono-culture, deadly to play and resistance. The physical characteristics of the city are against the body, against the poor and people of color. We are more aware of the attack on us by the rich since Black Lives Matter, Standing Rock, and Occupy Wall Street. These are the great freedom rides …

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The Hip-Hop Sports Report Podcast 6.23.24

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Mark Hicks is back for our annual NBA #MarkDraft, where he and host J Hicks detail what each lottery team should do with their pick. We go deep on this often maligned draft class including—who should go #1 to Atlanta and is it time to move on from Trae Young? (5:48) Which UConn Huskie should […]By @HHSReport

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