Volcanoes Changing the Earth-PW074

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/VolcanoesChangingEarth074.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 54:00 — 49.4MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreDavid Clague is our guest on Planet Watch. He is a senior scientist and volcanologist at MBARI, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. He talks about how Kilauea and other large active volcanoes help us • Read More »


Fossil Free UC: A Divestment Movement with Momentum-PW073

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/UCFossilFree.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:37 — 49.2MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreAt the University of California, students and faculty are engaged in a campaign to get one of the country’s largest public university systems to divest their financial interests in fossil fuel companies on moral grounds • Read More »


Bus Rapid Transit: A Cleaner Alternative-PW071

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/BusRapidTransitStanSokolow.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:49 — 49.3MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreStan Sokolow trained and practiced as an orthodontist most of his life. But his interest in solving the world’s transportation problems became an obsession when he got inspired by reading about successes in other countries • Read More »


Finding Planet B: Exoplanet Hunter Jonathan Fortney-PW068

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/ExoplanethunterJonathanFortney.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 36:43 — 33.7MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreJonathan Fortney is a planet hunter. His job as head of UC Santa Cruz’s Astronomy Department is to look for exoplanets, planets orbiting other solar systems. He talks about what it would mean to find • Read More »


Future Fossils: What the Past Tells the Present with Scott Wing-PW066

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/ScottWingSmithsonianPETM.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:44 — 49.3MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreAn interview with Scott Wing, Curator of Fossils at the Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of Natural History and a Yale educated expert in what happened when earth had its last period of global warming. We’ll • Read More »


Saving the Holy Trinity of Chocolate, Coffee and Vanilla-PW065

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/PatriciaRaineFutureofCoffeeChocolateVanilla.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:52 — 49.4MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreA visit with Patricia Rain, the Vanilla Queen and a look at the future fate of our favorite flavors. Patricia Rain is an author, educator, culinary historian, and owner of The Vanilla Company, a socially conscious, product-driven • Read More »


Green Buildings-Cool Planet: Strategies for Efficiency-PW064

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/EnergyEfficiencyLenBeyeaPeterDruckmeir.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:50 — 49.3MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | More Guests Len Beyea, an energy efficiency engineer/expert on green buildings and efficiency and Peter Drekmeier, former Mayor of Palo Alto and an eco warrior for the Tuolumne River, among other causes, share their insights • Read More »


Climate Restoration: Pipe Dream or Survival Strategy?-PW062

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/PeterFiekowskyClimateRestoration.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:43 — 73.8MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MorePeter Fiekowsky is an entrepreneur committed to leaving a world we’re proud of for our  children.  He is a founder of initiatives in climate restoration: 300×2050.com  and Healthy Climate Alliance. Founder and president of AVI • Read More »


Digging into the Past to Save the Future-PW059

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/ArcheologyMikeNewland.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:33 — 73.6MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreIn this episode, we look at how archeologists are working with native tribes to mitigate the impact of sea level rise on native burial sites. We explore mapping the complex webs of interdependence involved in • Read More »


Better Living Through Chemistry: A Methanol Future?-PW058

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/MethanolFutureSuryaPrakash.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:51 — 74.0MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreDr. Surya Prakash, author of Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy, which he co-wrote with George Olah and Alain Goeppert. Find out about his latest discovery for converting methane gas to plastics and other • Read More »