The podcast about solving environmental problems.
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Cleaning Pete du Pont's yacht, inequalities reminiscent of the robber barons, and why we must target the rich with climate policies
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S5 Episode 5: The Silly Party Takes Westminster
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Labour's victory in the UK, aggressive climate plans, a famous lettuce, and an introduction to carbon inequality
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A guide to the European Parliament elections, the EU's climate and energy "moonshot," bicycling in Denmark, and the 10-50 rule
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Panama's unprecedented elections, massive demonstrations over the environment and foreign influence, toucans, and a tragedy with echoes of the US's colonial presence in Panama
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Why politicians have (at times) taken strong environmental action in the US, the UK, Brazil, Germany, and Japan, and why those who were killed at Bhopal "were the lucky ones"
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S5 Episode 1: The Greens, Tasmania, and Tricky Dick
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Greens in Europe and in Australia, Lake Pedder, "Iron Pants" Muskie, the Clean Water Act, and excerpts from Nixon's secret Oval Office tapes
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2024 and elections worldwide, the states in the US's national elections, and carbon inequality (or, the rich vs. everyone else)By Dr. Vivian Thomson
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Grass, leaf blowers, and environmental justice, with stops across the US and in Canada, Brazil, and the EUBy Dr. Vivian Thomson
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Scotland and the rest of the UK leave coal behind, Net Zero, modern struggles between the unicorn and the lion, and my Scottish grandfatherBy Dr. Vivian Thomson
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Smoky skies, hiking the Oregon desert, wolves, tightening an air pollution standard, Aristotle, and the gospel of GDPBy Dr. Vivian Thomson
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S4 Episode 7: Mt. Mitchell, Zöbelboden, and the Taj Mahal
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The Taj Mahal, forests in the US and Austria, an ecologist's lunch with coal executives, and a speech by Margaret ThatcherBy Dr. Vivian Thomson
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S4 Episode 6: Everything Is a Size You Can't See
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The Brazilian Amazon forest and the Cristalino River take us on an unforgettable journey, while the violence of history and politics of the present shadow our stepsBy Dr. Vivian Thomson
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S4 Episode 5: The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg
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The most polluted city on earth, seeing Brazil's forests from many angles, the US government and Brazil's military coup, and George Santos's shoesBy Dr. Vivian Thomson
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An historic African American school and a proposed mega-landfill, what happens when landfill protections fail, the proximity principle, and a fierce battle over clean air in Los AngelesBy Dr. Vivian Thomson
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Water wars in the American West, US Supreme Court cases on climate change, and state-level renewable energy achievementsBy Dr. Vivian Thomson
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The US's messy political system, the states, and a butterfly that affected the course of US climate politicsBy Dr. Vivian Thomson
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Stories of abundance that fall short, and the disconnect between well being and economic growthBy Dr. Vivian Thomson
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S4 Preview: Déjà Vu and a New US Climate Law
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August surprise: Why the US climate and renewable energy policy window slammed open nowBy Dr. Vivian Thomson
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Season 3's finale highlights common themes from places visited in the US, Ukraine, Panama, Kenya, and BrazilBy Dr. Vivian Thomson
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S3 Episode 9: Elephants Grow Grasslands, Cows Grow Trees (Pt. 2)
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Wildlife as government cattle in Kenya, colonialism and conservation, experts Dr. Cynthia Moss, Dr. Winnie Kiiru, Dr. David Western, Dr. Paula Kahumbu, Nobel Laureate Dr. Elinor Ostrom, and Kenyan musicians Winyo and Suzanna OwiyoBy Dr. Vivian Thomson
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S3 Episode 8: Elephants Grow Grasslands, Cows Grow Trees (Pt. 1)
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Elephant talk, populations decimated from ivory poaching, the Maasai as ecologists, and WazaBy Dr. Vivian Thomson
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Community based management and biodiversity in Ukraine's Carpathian MountainsBy Dr. Vivian Thomson
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The Panama Canal's dependence on forests, a red phone, toucans, and US imperialismBy Dr. Vivian Thomson
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S3 Episode 5: Garbage In, Garbage Out, and Charlottesville
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Race, catadores, garbage transport, and innovation in Italy and MaineBy Dr. Vivian Thomson
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The Berlin Wall fall effect, German citizens as renewable energy investors, and a soy fieldBy Dr. Vivian Thomson
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S3 Episode 3: Some Germans Wake Up Earlier
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Germany's energy transition, a pathbreaking court decision on intergenerational climate justice, and a coffee mugBy Dr. Vivian Thomson
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Coal dust pollution, racism, and the many faces of powerBy Dr. Vivian Thomson
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Vulnerable communities fight for clean air in Appalachia and in Norfolk, VirginiaBy Dr. Vivian Thomson
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Magical water delivery systems in Brazil and in the US.By Dr. Vivian Thomson
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Carbon taxes around the world and public skepticism about economists' claimsBy Dr. Vivian Thomson
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Spillovers, farmers who resist, and the singing revolutionBy Dr. Vivian Thomson
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Season finale, part 1: unequal burdens, democracy in America, Earth rules, and global connectionsBy Dr. Vivian Thomson
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S2 Ep 10 Sneak Peek: Irish-Native American lifelines
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S2 Ep 10 Sneak Peek: Irish-Native American lifelines by Dr. Vivian ThomsonBy Dr. Vivian Thomson
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Season 2 Episode 9: Pilgrims and Progress
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Reimagining Thanksgiving and progress, achieving the good life, COVID-19 and air pollution in India, and "stuff"By Dr. Vivian Thomson
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S2 Ep9 Sneak Peek: Consuming and the Good Life
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S2 Ep9 Sneak Peek: Consuming and the Good Life by Dr. Vivian ThomsonBy Dr. Vivian Thomson
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How citizens get control of their government in an age of polarization and over-promising, fall leaves and freedom, and moderates in AmericaBy Dr. Vivian Thomson
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S2 Ep8 Sneak Peek: Molly Ivins' cheerful take on US politics
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S2 Ep8 Sneak Peek: Molly Ivins' cheerful take on US politics by Dr. Vivian ThomsonBy Dr. Vivian Thomson
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Season 2 Episode 7: "Adapt or Die" and Industrialized Agriculture
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Wendell Berry on affection for the land, industrialized farming, Prof. Delia Grace Randolph on virus spillover, racism and the USDA, and the "Vietnam of entomology"By Dr. Vivian Thomson
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S2 Ep7 Sneak Peek: Writer Wendell Berry on the "Farm Made Whole"
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S2 Ep7 Sneak Peek: Writer Wendell Berry on the "Farm Made Whole" by Dr. Vivian ThomsonBy Dr. Vivian Thomson
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Season 2 Episode 6: Food's Cascading Impacts, and, Wildfires
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Joel Salatin's diaper grass, wildfires on the Pacific coast, farming, the Lorax, and all of the biomass on EarthBy Dr. Vivian Thomson
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S2 Ep6 Sneak Peek: Prof. Ron Milo on animals in children's puzzles
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S2 Ep6 Sneak Peek: Prof. Ron Milo on animals in children's puzzles by Dr. Vivian ThomsonBy Dr. Vivian Thomson
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Bats, the fountain of youth, virus spillovers, and human disruption of natural areasBy Dr. Vivian Thomson
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S2 Ep 5 Sneak Peek: Prof. Emma Teeling on bats and the fountain of youth
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S2 Ep 5 Sneak Peek: Prof. Emma Teeling on bats and the fountain of youth by Dr. Vivian ThomsonBy Dr. Vivian Thomson
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S2 Ep 4 Sneak Peek: Prof. Kate Jones on habitat disruption and virus spillover
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A brief excerpt from Season 2 Episode 4, Lifeboat Earth.By Dr. Vivian Thomson
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S2 Ep 3 Sneak Peek: Nobel laureate Prof. Esther Duflo on dignity
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A brief excerpt from Season 2 Episode 3, Growing Out of Pollution or Wallowing in It?By Dr. Vivian Thomson
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S2 Ep 2 Sneak Peek: Prof. John Gaventa on invisible power
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A brief excerpt from Season 2 Episode 2, Power Wears Many Disguises.By Dr. Vivian Thomson
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S2 Ep 1 Sneak Peek: Prof. Francesca Dominici on Covid-19 and air pollution
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A brief excerpt from Season 2 Episode 1, Pollution and the Coronavirus vs. ProsperityBy Dr. Vivian Thomson
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Rachel Carson on the concept of mastery, ecosystem degradation and its multiple impacts, bats, donuts, and, viruses that cross from animals to humans.By Dr. Vivian Thomson
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Season 2 Episode 3: Growing Out of Pollution or Wallowing in It?
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Nobel Prize winning economists on why GDP fails to measure well-being and power, how affluence affects pollution and resource use, water use in Arizona, and one pianist's tale of a memorable page turner.By Dr. Vivian Thomson
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Season 2 Episode 2: Power Wears Many Disguises
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How power's various disguises shaped efforts to reduce coal pollution in the US state of Virginia, and the implications of those lessons for the coronavirus.By Dr. Vivian Thomson
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