Date: 2019 / Genres: Interview / Collection: In This Climate_Podcast

Date:: 2019-11-15
Main contributors:: Brain, Matt, Hou, Yingkun, Pincus, Robert, García de Cortázar-Atauri, Iñaki, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:: As climate changes, so do pieces of culture. Pieces like car ownership, outdoor sports, and the drinks we share. This is the second episode in our beverage series, and it's all about wine. We start at a vineyard and winery in California, take a look at the growing wine industry in China, go back to 2003's Europe, and finally return to the present day with challenges and opportunities in resilience. 3:30 - Matt Brain of Chamisal Vineyards in San Luis Obispo, California 13:15 - Yingkun Hou of Southern Illinois University Carbondale 23:15 - Robert Pincus of University of Colorado Boulder 30:30 - Iñaki García de Cortázar-Atauri of the National Institute of Agronomic Research in Avignon, France

Date:: 2019-09-05
Main contributors:: Brondizio, Eduardo
Summary:: The Amazon catches fire every year, but 2019 is different. Eduardo Brondizio, an expert on rural and urban populations and landscapes in the Amazon, knows why. In this bonus episode, he explains the political trajectory that brought a group of land-grabbers and farmers to coordinate a day of coordinated fires — the same trajectory that's now bringing indigenous groups, researchers and people across the globe to push back.

Date:: 2019-11-08
Main contributors:: Davis, Steven, Carley, Sanya, Robionson, Clay, Steinberg, Matthew
Summary:: As climate changes, so do pieces of culture. Pieces like car ownership, outdoor sports, and the drinks we share. This is the first episode in our beverage series, and it's all about beer. From field to glass, we explore challenges for barley farmers, options in sustainable brewing, and the willingness of the public to invest in more environmentally friendly beer. 4:30 - Steven Davis of University of California Irvine 11:30 - Sanya Carley of Indiana University 19:00 - Clay Robinson of Sun King Brewing in Indianapolis and Matthew Steinberg of Exhibit 'A' Brewing in Framingham

Date:: 2019-10-11
Main contributors:: Demuth, Bathsheba, Miles, Emily
Summary:: Like many of us, Bathsheba Demuth grew up seeing the human world and the natural world as separate. Then, she spent a couple years between high school and college in Old Crow, Yukon. There, she developed a sense of a social world that contains more than human beings. Emily talks in this episode with Demuth, now a Brown University Assistant Professor of History & Environment and Society, about her new book Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait.

Date:: 2019-12-20
Main contributors:: Eernisse, Al, Wood, Lauren, Gailly, Robin, Zraick, Karen, Banks, Bev, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:: From the peaks of the Appalachians to a wave of Belgian plantations and the Louisiana shoreline, we explore how the age-old holiday tradition of tree decoration intertwines with the environment. 1:45 - holiday trees in Bloomington 6:45 - Al Eernisse of Greene County Trees on farming today 12:00 - Lauren Wood of Virginia Commonwealth University on the fate of the Fraser fir 19:30 - story about bird assemblages on Christmas tree plantations, featuring Robin Gailly of Liège University 23:45 - Karen Zraick of The New York Times on the real vs. artificial debate 30:30 - Bev Banks of E&E News on recycling trees to save the wetlands

Date:: 2019-12-12
Main contributors:: Einstein, Jacob, Campbell, Chelsea, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:: When so many of us feel responsible for and powerless against climate change, it can be difficult to assess which actions are effective. In this episode, associate producer Jacob Einstein speaks with Chelsea Campbell about the environmental app she developed and explores the relationship between individual and collective action in the fight against climate change

Date:: 2019-10-04
Main contributors:: Fallon, Katie, McCabe, Janet, Ketterson, Ellen, Einstein, Jacob, Miles, Emily, Shanahan, James, Hochachka, Wesley
Summary:: In fewer than 50 years, North America has lost 2.9 billion birds, nearly a third of the 1970 population. In this episode, the team explores the significance of birds, the story of one unloved variety and the ways people can work to bring back our feathered friends. Hint: a big one is birding. 2:15 - black vulture story with Katie Fallon from the Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia 11:00 - interview between Janet McCabe and IU's own Ellen Ketterson 24:00 - bird loss vox pop with Jacob Einstein and Emily Miles, featuring voices from around the IU campus 29:30 - interview between Jim Shanahan and Wesley Hochachka from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Date:: 2019-11-23
Main contributors:: Harper, James, Eise, Jessica, Tremain, Thaleon, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:: As climate changes, so do pieces of culture. Pieces like car ownership, outdoor sports, and the drinks we share. This is the final episode in our beverage series, and it's all about coffee. We follow guests to Colombia, El Salvador, and Costa Rica to learn about the systems preventing coffee farmers from building climate resilience and possibilities for improvement. In this episode: James Harper of the Filter Stories podcast Jessica Eise of the Purdue University Brian Lamb School of Communication Thaleon Tremain of Pachamama Coffee Cooperative

Date:: 2019-09-13
Main contributors:: Hess, Mary, Emmert, Rock, Blair, John, Vaal, Randy, McCabe, Janet, Hawkins, David, Nolen, Janice, Greenbaum, Dan
Summary:: The billowing black factory smoke may be gone, but there remains much work to be done in U.S. and global air quality. As the earth warms, ozone worsens and wildfire particulate matter threatens communities. Janet, Jim and Emily delve into these issues and more with a host of seasoned air quality experts and one community group fighting for quality of life. 7:00 - Dale, Indiana coal to diesel refinery story, featuring Mary Hess, Rock Emmert, John Blair and Randy Vaal 13:15 - interview between Janet McCabe and David Hawkins of the National Resources Defense Council, with contributions from Janice Nolen of the American Lung Association 28:15 - interview between Janet McCabe and Dan Greenbaum of the Health Effects Institute, with contributions from Janice Nolen

Date:: 2019-12-06
Main contributors:: Less, Greg, Morse, Ian
Summary:: What does a Tesla have to do with red mud and white seaweed in Indonesia? What stands in the way of solid state batteries? How can you tell what's really powering your electric vehicle? In this episode, we work through trends and complications in the technology that could deliver transportation powered by renewable energy. 3:30 - Greg Less of the University of Michigan Energy Institute's Battery Lab 14:30 - Ian Morse with a story about nickel mining in Indonesia

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