terrestrial

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terrestrial explores the choices we make in a world we have changed. Host Ashley Ahearn travels the country to bring listeners stories about people making personal choices in the face of environmental change.

  • 20 minutes 24 seconds
    If you gave up flying how would your life change?
    There was a moment when Janisse Ray realized she couldn’t call herself an environmentalist and an activist and keep traveling by airplane.
    19 December 2017, 5:07 pm
  • 17 minutes 5 seconds
    When climate change makes it hard to breathe | terrestrial
    Climate change isn’t just contributing to drought, super-storms, sea level rise and flooding. It’s also making it harder for many people to breathe,...
    5 December 2017, 9:00 am
  • 26 minutes 31 seconds
    The secret history of Biosphere 2 | terrestrial
    What if you looked at the world around you, saw where things are headed on this planet and said to yourself, you know what? I want to start fresh. A...
    21 November 2017, 9:00 am
  • 25 minutes 24 seconds
    His fellow conservatives call him a 'green decoy.' Here's why | terrestrial
    Ty Stubblefield self-identifies as a “red blooded conservative,” but he’s also an avid hunter who is frustrated with the Republican party’s efforts to...
    7 November 2017, 9:00 am
  • 17 minutes 28 seconds
    For this teenager, rebellion means suing the government over climate change | terrestrial
    Scientists believe that for the planet to continue to safely support life, the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere should be kept as close to 350...
    24 October 2017, 8:00 am
  • 15 minutes 58 seconds
    'I just couldn't do it:' The ambassador who quit over climate change | terrestrial
    When I met Dave Rank, he was just a normal guy on a road trip with his wife in a used Subaru. But not long before that, Dave had a very important job.
    10 October 2017, 8:00 am
  • 21 minutes 2 seconds
    How is pollution connected to race and inequality? | terrestrial
    The Trump administration has proposed cutting the EPA's budget by 30 percent. What does that mean for polluted communities in the U.S.?
    11 July 2017, 8:18 am
  • 16 minutes 20 seconds
    Would you trust the feds to make decisions about your land? | terrestrial
    Why would a fourth-generation rancher who doesn't put much trust in the government choose to work with federal agencies to restore salmon runs on her...
    27 June 2017, 8:00 am
  • 20 minutes 29 seconds
    Protest is broken, he said. Now he dreams of revolution in Oregon | terrestrial
    It’s a radical idea — that protest as we know it is broken. And a lot of people disagreed with Micah White when he first started talking about it, but...
    13 June 2017, 8:00 am
  • 8 minutes 7 seconds
    Should you have kids if you care about the environment?
    Bill Radke talks with Ashley Ahearn, host of KUOW's terrestrial podcast, about about one of the more personal decisions we make around climate change:...
    6 June 2017, 9:55 pm
  • 19 minutes 12 seconds
    Would you have kids, given climate change? | terrestrial
    Should we have kids, given where the planet is headed?
    30 May 2017, 7:33 am
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