Christmas Candles
Master storyteller Jay O’Callahan shares some tales about his family during the holiday season. He recalls his community’s tradition of Christmas caroling and how it brought hope to his mother in a time of darkness and for Christmases to come.
A Green Message for the Next Generation
Tem Blessed, an environmentally and socially conscious hip-hop artist, discusses how contemporary music can communicate the importance of the environment and sustainability to young audiences. He illustrates this with two of his own pieces: “I am the bee” and “Now is the time.”
Thousands of Lead-Poisoned Communities
Flint, Michigan became a flashpoint for excess blood lead levels in children, putting their brains and social development at risk. But a Reuters report has found over 3,800 neighborhoods around the country with child with blood levels of the toxic metal double those in Flint.
Rx Park
Getting outside is a prescription for better health, says pediatrician Robert Zarr. Dr. Zarr, who founded and directs the nonprofit Park Rx America, prescribes going outdoors, because, he says, seeing trees and hearing birds can help treat childhood maladies such as obesity, depression and disruptive behavior.
Spinning Arctic Waters
In the Beaufort Sea north of Alaska and Canada, a massive, 60-mile-diameter pool of cold, fresh water and sea ice spins clockwise to the tune of the Arctic winds. The Beaufort Gyre is a natural phenomenon, but something has gone awry with the way it operates, putting Northern Europe at Risk for a period of brutal winters– and climate disruption is likely the culprit.
Federal Land Conservation Under Fire
Despite the skepticism of legal scholars, the Trump Administration claims it can reverse national monument land protections by drastically shrinking the Bears Ears and Grand-Staircase Escalante monuments in Utah. Conservation and Native American groups have sued, saying only Congress can change National Monuments and not the President.
Beyond the Headlines
Peter Dykstra of the Daily Climate and Environmental Health News brings us some far-flung environmental stories from this past week that didn’t make the headlines. This week: salt intrusion in Bangladesh and rare earth mining in Greenland.
Baby Polar Bear Rescue
Climate Change is making life difficult for polar bears across the world. But an orphaned Alaska bear cub is about to get a new home, and a new sibling, at the Buffalo Zoo in upstate New York.
Christmas Candles
Master storyteller Jay O’Callahan shares some tales about his family during the holiday season. He recalls his community’s tradition of Christmas caroling and how it brought hope to his mother in a time of darkness and for Christmases to come.
A Green Message for the Next Generation
Tem Blessed, an environmentally and socially conscious hip-hop artist, discusses how contemporary music can communicate the importance of the environment and sustainability to young audiences. He illustrates this with two of his own pieces: “I am the bee” and “Now is the time.”
A Mainer's Family Traditions
Denny Breau, a singer/songwriter from Maine, joins us during these cold winter months to discuss some of the moments that warm his heart. He shares songs he has written about one of his favorite holiday meals, ice fishing, his Acadian family origins, and his hopes for the new generation.
This Week’s Show
December 22, 2017
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Christmas Candles
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Master storyteller Jay O’Callahan shares some tales about his family during the holiday season. He recalls his community’s tradition of Christmas caroling and how it brought hope to his mother in a time of darkness and for Christmases to come.
Mary’s New Year’s Eve
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Jay O’Callahan tells us a New Year’s Eve story about his family and how an imaginative young girl creates her own special celebration as the guest of honor at a very exclusive party.
Superbowl Sundae
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For many children, some vital grown-up rituals can be very tedious. So, storyteller Jay O’Callahan shares a tale of Mary, an imaginative youngster, who creates her own unusual but delicious version of Superbowl Sunday, with sundae toppings.
A Green Message for the Next Generation
listen / download
Tem Blessed, an environmentally and socially conscious hip-hop artist, discusses how contemporary music can communicate the importance of the environment and sustainability to young audiences. He illustrates this with two of his own pieces: “I am the bee” and “Now is the time.”
A Mainer's Family Traditions
listen / download
Denny Breau, a singer/songwriter from Maine, joins us during these cold winter months to discuss some of the moments that warm his heart. He shares songs he has written about one of his favorite holiday meals, ice fishing, his Acadian family origins, and his hopes for the new generation.
Special Features
Field Note: Fish Dinner
Living on Earth Resident Explorer Mark Seth Lender shares a brief field note on his story from the Sea of Cortez, "Fish Dinner."
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Field Note: Big White Dog Wants to Play!
Living on Earth's Explorer-in-Residence Mark Seth Lender describes how plastic is common even in the Arctic, where he met a playful polar bear.
Blog Series: Mark Seth Lender Field Notes
...Ultimately, if we are going prevent large parts of this Earth from becoming not only inhospitable but uninhabitable in our lifetimes, we are going to have to keep some fossil fuels in the ground rather than burn them...
-- President Barack Obama, November 6, 2015 on why he declined to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline.
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