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The Best of Planet Watch 2017-PW051

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https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/planet-watch/Newyearpodcast005.m4aPodcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 51:49 — 24.4MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreHappy New Year from Joe and Rachel! Welcome to a new bunch of shows and an expanding network of radio stations running the program. In the coming year we’ll have more interviews with leading scientists • Read More »

Happy Holidays from Planet Watch-PW050

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https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/Christmas2017.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 52:14 — 71.7MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreIn this podcast we hear from family and far flung friends (in Norway and Virginia) and explore the traditions, rituals and science behind winter time and solstice. Rachel reads from Jean Ritchie’s “Singing Family of • Read More »

A Passive House That Uses 80% Less Energy-PW049

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https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/Midorihaus.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 52:47 — 72.5MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreChie Kawahara and Kurt Hurley designed their passive house to save tons of energy. Find out how they turned a 95-year old house into a modern energy saving miracle. And they did it without solar • Read More »

BlueMind:Your Brain on Water-PW048

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https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/WallaceNichols.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:42 — 73.7MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreWhy do our brains behave so differently around water, and how can we harness that relationship to clean up the rivers and oceans of the earth? We talk with best-selling author and marine biologist Wallace • Read More »

Puerto Rico’s Hurricane Maria-PW046

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https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/PuertoRicoHurricaneMaria046.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 54:00 — 49.4MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreThis week’s program focuses on the opportunity within the tragedy that is Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. Will the island move rapidly to embrace solar and micro-grids to make it more resilient? Will it go • Read More »

Off-Grid Solar Home Tour- PW027

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https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/6f97c9ea21af39a.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 54:00 — 49.4MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreA tour of an off-the-grid solar home in California with Bob Stayton, author and engineer, plus passive cooling of your home and homemade solar bread . Air Date: July 16, 2017 on  KSCO radio station • Read More »

Solar Car Racing Champion – PW026

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https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/SolarEnergyJackMartin025.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:34 — 73.6MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreSolar energy! The sun can provide clean energy and can save you money. Find out from solar expert Jack Martin how he won a solar car race with a vehicle he built,  and why. Community • Read More »

Climate Skeptic Sees the Light-PW021

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https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/ClimateSkeptic.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 54:00 — 49.4MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreAn interview with former Cato Institute and ALEC climate skeptic, Jerry Taylor, who studied the scientific literature on global warming and changed his views. He is now a strong advocate for finding solutions to anthropogenic • Read More »

Fog Into Water: Dr. Dan Fernandez-PW020

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https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/FogIntoWater018.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 52:11 — 71.7MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreIf you live in London or San Francisco, a constantly renewing source of water hovers all around you: Fog. Planet Watch interviews  California State University Monterey Bay scientist Dr. Dan Fernandez about his work capturing • Read More »

Measuring Attitudes About Climate Change-PW019

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https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/MeasuringAmericanClimateChangeConcern017.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:02 — 72.8MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreWhy are so many Americans confused about climate change and what to do about it? Dr. Connie Roser-Renouf of Yale’s Program on Climate Change Communication has been measuring and describing attitudes about how severe a threat • Read More »