Best RFF Podcasts (2025)

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Two Cents Radio: Episode #395 – Water Tower of Theseus 1:10:56

1d ago1:10:56

1:10:56

Rob, Nico and Nick discuss Rob’s Christmas emergency, reckoning with death, the LA fires, the Ship of Theseus, water towers, Zendaya and Tom Holland’s engagement, scary dreams, the Breaking Bad house and much more. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @robrff, @NicoDeGregori…

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70 Years of RFF: Looking Ahead with Young Economists at Resources for the Future (Rebroadcast) 23:33

21d ago23:33

23:33

We’re rebroadcasting another episode from the Resources Radio archive while the team is on a break through the rest of December. This week’s episode is a throwback to the final installment of a three-part series that celebrated the 70th anniversary of Resources for the Future (RFF), back in 2022. We’ll return with new episodes in the new year; in t…

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Two Cents Radio: Episode #395 – Water Tower of Theseus 1:10:56

1d ago1:10:56

1:10:56

Rob, Nico and Nick discuss Rob’s Christmas emergency, reckoning with death, the LA fires, the Ship of Theseus, water towers, Zendaya and Tom Holland’s engagement, scary dreams, the Breaking Bad house and much more. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @robrff, @NicoDeGregori…

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2024 Year in Review on Environmental Economics, with Karen Palmer, Kevin Rennert, and Margaret Walls 37:24

8d ago37:24

37:24

In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Karen Palmer, a senior fellow at Resources for the Future (RFF) and director of RFF’s Electric Power Program; Kevin Rennert, a fellow at RFF and director of RFF’s Federal Climate Policy Initiative; and Margaret Walls, a senior fellow at RFF and director of RFF’s Climate Risks and Resilience Progr…

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Two Cents Radio: Episode #394 – Hoppy Dew Near 2025 1:06:03

13d ago1:06:03

1:06:03

ATTENTION: Press play on this podcast at 11:00 PM New Year’s Eve to ring in 2025 with us! Rob, Nico and Nick go over their predictions for 2024 and make some even bolder ones for 2025. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @robrff, @NicoDeGregorio, @tackyslacks E-mail: tooman…

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Two Cents Radio: Episode #394 – Hoppy Dew Near 2025 1:06:03

13d ago1:06:03

1:06:03

ATTENTION: Press play on this podcast at 11:00 PM New Year’s Eve to ring in 2025 with us! Rob, Nico and Nick go over their predictions for 2024 and make some even bolder ones for 2025. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @robrff, @NicoDeGregorio, @tackyslacks E-mail: tooman…

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Tracing the Historical Arc of US Climate Policy, with David Hawkins (Rebroadcast) 33:43

14d ago33:43

33:43

This week’s episode is the final rerun from the Resources Radio archive that we’ll air during our December break. We’ll return with a new episode next week; in the meantime, enjoy this one and poke around the archive at Resources.org for more topics you might be interested in.In this week’s episode rerun, host Daniel Raimi talks with David Hawkins,…

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Two Cents Radio: Episode #393 – Droning on About Drones 1:45:38

25d ago1:45:38

1:45:38

Rob, Nico and Nick discuss keyboard shortcuts, computer parts, haircuts, drones, satellites, sugar daddies, running, Luigi Mangione, the pyramids, the Costco family and much more. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @robrff, @NicoDeGregorio, @tackyslacks E-mail: toomanythou…

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Two Cents Radio: Episode #393 – Droning on About Drones 1:45:38

26d ago1:45:38

1:45:38

Rob, Nico and Nick discuss keyboard shortcuts, computer parts, haircuts, drones, satellites, sugar daddies, running, Luigi Mangione, the pyramids, the Costco family and much more. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @robrff, @NicoDeGregorio, @tackyslacks E-mail: toomanythou…

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The Long View: Thoughts on the Economics Field from Three Environmental Economists (Rebroadcast) 40:46

29d ago40:46

40:46

This week, we’re rebroadcasting an episode from the Resources Radio archive while the team is on a break through the rest of December. We’ll be back with new episodes in the new year; in the meantime, enjoy this throwback and poke around the archive at Resources.org for more topics you might be interested in.In this week’s episode rerun, host Marga…

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Facing Fears and Imagining Innovation for Climate Change, with Kim Stanley Robinson (Rebroadcast) 35:34

1M ago35:34

35:34

In this week’s episode rerun, host Daniel Raimi talks with Kim Stanley Robinson, acclaimed author of many books, most recently “The Ministry for the Future.” Robinson’s books vividly illustrate some of the most devastating potential consequences of climate change, but that’s not all they do—the books also offer innovation and optimism, imagining th…

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Two Cents Radio: Episode #392 – A Frequently Paced Cadence 1:41:28

1M ago1:41:28

1:41:28

Rob, Nico and Nick discuss the 12 days of Christmas, MS-DOS, football, cancelling plans, synonyms, The Mole, Girls Gone Wild, Wicked, 80s movies, D.B. Cooper and much more. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @robrff, @NicoDeGregorio, @tackyslacks E-mail: toomanythoughtsmed…

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Two Cents Radio: Episode #392 – A Frequently Paced Cadence 1:41:28

1M ago1:41:28

1:41:28

Rob, Nico and Nick discuss the 12 days of Christmas, MS-DOS, football, cancelling plans, synonyms, The Mole, Girls Gone Wild, Wicked, 80s movies, D.B. Cooper and much more. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @robrff, @NicoDeGregorio, @tackyslacks E-mail: toomanythoughtsmed…

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Public Engagement in Invasive Species Detection, with Rebecca Epanchin-Niell (Rebroadcast) 34:46

1M ago34:46

34:46

This week, we’re rebroadcasting an episode from the Resources Radio archive while the team is on a break through the rest of December. We’ll be back with new episodes in the new year; in the meantime, enjoy this throwback and poke around the archive at Resources.org for more topics you might be interested in.In this week’s episode rerun, host Krist…

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Making Room for the River with Nature-Based Solutions, with Matt Chambers 33:14

2M ago33:14

33:14

In this week’s episode, host Margaret Walls talks with Matt Chambers, a researcher at the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems at the University of Georgia, about managing floods with nature-based solutions. Chambers discusses the history of levee systems in the United States, the challenges that the widespread use of levees have presente…

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What Are Sustainable Aviation Fuels?, with Nafisa Lohawala 30:42

2M ago30:42

30:42

In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Nafisa Lohawala, a fellow at Resources for the Future, about sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs). Lohawala discusses the climate impact of the aviation industry, different types of SAFs, and the reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that SAFs can help achieve. Lohawala also discusses policies that…

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Black Farmers in America, with Seanicaa Edwards Herron 31:40

2M ago31:40

31:40

In this week’s episode, host Margaret Walls talks with Seanicaa Edwards Herron, founder and executive director of the Freedmen Heirs Foundation, about challenges facing Black farmers in the United States. Herron discusses historical and systemic barriers that Black farmers have encountered, and continue to encounter, in the US agricultural industry…

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Two Cents Radio: Episode #391 – Aksarben 1:19:22

2M ago1:19:22

1:19:22

Rob, Nico and Nick discuss running shoes, the Amish, the election and much more. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @robrff, @NicoDeGregorio, @tackyslacks E-mail: toomanythoughtsmedia@gmail.com Subscribe and Rate on Apple Podcasts The post Two Cents Radio: Episode #391 – A…

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Two Cents Radio: Episode #391 – Aksarben 1:19:22

2M ago1:19:22

1:19:22

Rob, Nico and Nick discuss running shoes, the Amish, the election and much more. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @robrff, @NicoDeGregorio, @tackyslacks E-mail: toomanythoughtsmedia@gmail.com Subscribe and Rate on Apple Podcasts The post Two Cents Radio: Episode #391 – A…

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Building with Mass Timber, with Pat Layton 34:34

2M ago34:34

34:34

In this week’s episode, host Kristin Hayes talks with Pat Layton, director of the Wood Utilization + Design Institute at Clemson University, about the resurgence in constructing buildings with wood and, in particular, with mass timber. Layton discusses the development and adoption of mass timber in the United States, along with the environmental an…

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Two Cents Radio: Episode #390 – Spooktacular 2024 1:19:11

2M ago1:19:11

1:19:11

Rob, Nico and Nick get spooky for the Halloween season and attempt to predict the results of the election. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @robrff, @NicoDeGregorio, @tackyslacks E-mail: toomanythoughtsmedia@gmail.com Subscribe and Rate on Apple Podcasts The post Two Cen…

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Two Cents Radio: Episode #390 – Spooktacular 2024 1:19:11

2M ago1:19:11

1:19:11

Rob, Nico and Nick get spooky for the Halloween season and attempt to predict the results of the election. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @robrff, @NicoDeGregorio, @tackyslacks E-mail: toomanythoughtsmedia@gmail.com Subscribe and Rate on Apple Podcasts The post Two Cen…

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What Does NIMBYism Cost Society?, with Stephen Jarvis 33:38

3M ago33:38

33:38

In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Stephen Jarvis, an assistant professor at the London School of Economics, about local opposition—often called “NIMBYism,” or Not In My Backyard—to renewable energy projects in the United Kingdom and the cost this opposition adds to the clean energy transition. Jarvis discusses the permitting proc…

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Understanding Inequities in Access to Wastewater Systems, Maura Allaire 29:58

3M ago29:58

29:58

In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Maura Allaire, an assistant professor at Arizona State University, about access to wastewater infrastructure in the United States. Allaire discusses the widespread lack of access to centralized wastewater services; the high failure rates of septic systems, which often serve as substitutes for cen…

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Two Cents Radio: Episode #389 – Astrology Guys 59:34

3M ago59:34

59:34

Rob, Nico and Nick discuss calendars, horoscopes, Shakespeare, Renaissance fairs, Lieutenant Dan, the census, political betting and much more. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @robrff, @NicoDeGregorio, @tackyslacks E-mail: toomanythoughtsmedia@gmail.com Subscribe and Rat…

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Two Cents Radio: Episode #389 – Astrology Guys 59:34

3M ago59:34

59:34

Rob, Nico and Nick discuss calendars, horoscopes, Shakespeare, Renaissance fairs, Lieutenant Dan, the census, political betting and much more. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @robrff, @NicoDeGregorio, @tackyslacks E-mail: toomanythoughtsmedia@gmail.com Subscribe and Rat…

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How Consumers Respond to Electricity Prices, with Jesse Buchsbaum 32:56

3M ago32:56

32:56

In this week’s episode, host Kristin Hayes talks with Jesse Buchsbaum, a new research fellow at Resources for the Future, about how consumers respond to changes in electricity prices. Buchsbaum discusses the responsiveness of electricity consumers to prices in the short and long term, the role of pricing in driving long-term changes in consumption …

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Surveying American Public Opinion on Climate Change, with Jon Krosnick 38:26

3M ago38:26

38:26

In this week’s episode, host Kristin Hayes talks with Jon Krosnick, a professor at Stanford University and a university fellow at Resources for the Future, about the views held by Americans on climate change and climate policies. Krosnick discusses the latest results from the Climate Insights project, which has gauged American public opinion on cli…

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Local Attitudes Toward Energy Projects, with Holly Caggiano and Sara Constantino 34:17

4M ago34:17

34:17

In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Holly Caggiano, an assistant professor at the University of British Columbia, and Sara Constantino, an assistant professor at Stanford University, about the preferences of local residents and elected officials for large-scale energy projects in Pennsylvania. Caggiano and Constantino discuss facto…

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Two Cents Radio: Episode #388 – Skibidi 1:38:11

4M ago1:38:11

1:38:11

Rob, Nico and Nick discuss discuss COVID, singing competition show, soccer, cringey zoomer speak, RFK, Kid Nation, the Menéndez brothers, Elmer Fudpucker, regional accents, coke, billiards, pickleball, Homeward Bound and much more. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @robrf…

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Two Cents Radio: Episode #388 – Skibidi 1:38:11

4M ago1:38:11

1:38:11

Rob, Nico and Nick discuss discuss COVID, singing competition show, soccer, cringey zoomer speak, RFK, Kid Nation, the Menéndez brothers, Elmer Fudpucker, regional accents, coke, billiards, pickleball, Homeward Bound and much more. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @robrf…

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Will Carbon Capture Make Local Air Pollution Worse?, with Andrew Waxman 30:28

4M ago30:28

30:28

In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Andrew Waxman, an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin, about carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS), a technology that involves the capture and storage or reuse of carbon dioxide. Waxman discusses the application of CCUS technology for reducing greenhouse gas emissio…

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Two Cents Radio: Episode #387 – A Pond in Bristol 1:41:27

4M ago1:41:27

1:41:27

Rob, Nico and Nick discuss violent cats, football, plasma, Circuit City, local retail chains, Oktoberfest, Kevin Smith, Prince, Ryan Murphy’s true crime empire, P Diddy, election predictions and much more. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @robrff, @NicoDeGregorio, @tacky…

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Two Cents Radio: Episode #387 – A Pond in Bristol 1:41:27

4M ago1:41:27

1:41:27

Rob, Nico and Nick discuss violent cats, football, plasma, Circuit City, local retail chains, Oktoberfest, Kevin Smith, Prince, Ryan Murphy’s true crime empire, P Diddy, election predictions and much more. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @robrff, @NicoDeGregorio, @tacky…

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Adding Equity to Environmental Models, with Amanda Giang 30:19

4M ago30:19

30:19

In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Amanda Giang, an assistant professor at the University of British Columbia, about considering equity in computational models of systems that are at the interface of people and the environment. Giang discusses the steps involved in adapting the models; weighing the benefits of granular, individual…

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Power Flows: Understanding the Barriers to Electricity Transmission, with Catherine Hausman 29:45

4M ago29:45

29:45

In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Catherine Hausman, an associate professor at the University of Michigan, about the costs of not building new electricity transmission lines, particularly in the Midwestern United States. Hausman discusses the benefits of additional electricity transmission for consumer electricity prices, emissio…

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Two Cents Radio: Episode #386 – F5 Belching 1:30:56

4M ago1:30:56

1:30:56

Rob, Nico and Nick discuss Taylor Swift, Venn diagrams, basketball injuries, nutritional advice, chickens, Twisters, bald actors, the election and much more. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @robrff, @NicoDeGregorio, @tackyslacks E-mail: toomanythoughtsmedia@gmail.com Su…

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Two Cents Radio: Episode #386 – F5 Belching 1:30:56

4M ago1:30:56

1:30:56

Rob, Nico and Nick discuss Taylor Swift, Venn diagrams, basketball injuries, nutritional advice, chickens, Twisters, bald actors, the election and much more. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @robrff, @NicoDeGregorio, @tackyslacks E-mail: toomanythoughtsmedia@gmail.com Su…

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Implications of the Supreme Court Overturning the Chevron Decision, with Daniel Farber 31:04

5M ago31:04

31:04

In this week’s episode, host Kristin Hayes talks with Daniel Farber, a professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley, about Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, a Supreme Court case decided earlier this summer that overturned decades of precedent set under a 1984 case that itself led to a legal principle, or doctrine, that people call…

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A History of America’s Public Lands, with John D. Leshy (Rebroadcast) 32:49

5M ago32:49

32:49

This week, we’re rebroadcasting an episode from the Resources Radio archive while the team is on a break through the rest of August. We’ll be back in September with new episodes; in the meantime, enjoy this throwback and poke around the archive at Resources.org for more topics you might be interested in.In this week’s episode rerun, host Margaret W…

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Climate and Weather, with Jason Samenow of the Capital Weather Gang (Rebroadcast) 34:39

5M ago34:39

34:39

This week, we’re rebroadcasting an episode from the Resources Radio archive while the team is on a break through the rest of August. We’ll be back in September with new episodes; in the meantime, enjoy this throwback and poke around the archive at Resources.org for more topics you might be interested in.In this week’s episode rerun, host Kristin Ha…

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AC / DC: Unequal Access to Air Conditioning, with Kelly T. Sanders (Rebroadcast) 34:24

5M ago34:24

34:24

This week, we’re rebroadcasting an episode from the Resources Radio archive while the team is on a break through the rest of August. We’ll be back in September with new episodes; in the meantime, enjoy this throwback and poke around the archive at Resources.org for more topics you might be interested in.In this week’s episode rerun, host Daniel Rai…

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Exploring Partisan Divides on Climate and Energy Policy, with David Spence 31:14

5M ago31:14

31:14

In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with David Spence, a law professor at the University of Texas at Austin, about Spence’s new book, “Climate of Contempt: How to Rescue the US Energy Transition from Voter Partisanship,” which was released today. Spence discusses reasons that climate and energy have become such divisive topics in US pol…

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Two Cents Radio: Episode #385 1:39:36

5M ago1:39:36

1:39:36

Rob, Nico and Nick discuss Deadpool & Wolverine, Trap, scientific mysteries, Da Vinci’s PR team, the Olympics, politics, Mr. Beast and much more. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @robrff, @NicoDeGregorio, @tackyslacks E-mail: toomanythoughtsmedia@gmail.com Subscribe and …

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Two Cents Radio: Episode #385 1:39:36

5M ago1:39:36

1:39:36

Rob, Nico and Nick discuss Deadpool & Wolverine, Trap, scientific mysteries, Da Vinci’s PR team, the Olympics, politics, Mr. Beast and much more. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @robrff, @NicoDeGregorio, @tackyslacks E-mail: toomanythoughtsmedia@gmail.com Subscribe and …

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An Introduction to the Environmental and Health Risks of Forever Chemicals, with Caroline Noblet 30:22

6M ago30:22

30:22

In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Caroline Noblet, an associate professor at the University of Maine, about the risks and negative impacts of forever chemicals on the environment and human health. “Forever chemicals” refer to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which are a group of synthetic chemicals with extremely durab…

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Four Dam Removals on the Klamath River, with Amy Bowers Cordalis 37:45

6M ago37:45

37:45

In this week’s episode, host Margaret Walls talks with Amy Bowers Cordalis, cofounder and principal of Ridges to Riffles Indigenous Conservation Group, about efforts to remove four dams on the Klamath River in California and Oregon. Cordalis discusses her experience growing up on the Klamath River as a member of the Yurok Tribe, the ecological dama…

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Two Cents Radio: Episode #384 – Daily Show #5 36:50

6M ago36:50

36:50

Rob, Nico and Nick play the country music game. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @robrff, @NicoDeGregorio, @tackyslacks E-mail: toomanythoughtsmedia@gmail.com Subscribe and Rate on Apple Podcasts The post Two Cents Radio: Episode #384 – Daily Show #5 appeared first on To…

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Two Cents Radio: Episode #384 – Daily Show #5 36:50

6M ago36:50

36:50

Rob, Nico and Nick play the country music game. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @robrff, @NicoDeGregorio, @tackyslacks E-mail: toomanythoughtsmedia@gmail.com Subscribe and Rate on Apple Podcasts The post Two Cents Radio: Episode #384 – Daily Show #5 appeared first on To…

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Two Cents Radio: Episode #383 – Daily Show #4 51:16

6M ago51:16

51:16

Rob, Nico and (eventually) Nick discuss the post office, time travel movies, end-of-year predictions and much more. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @robrff, @NicoDeGregorio, @tackyslacks E-mail: toomanythoughtsmedia@gmail.com Subscribe and Rate on Apple Podcasts The pos…

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