The Meaning of Green

Dr. Vivian Thomson

Linking environmental problems, like the coronavi…

  • 33 minutes 22 seconds
    S6 Bonus Episode: Thus Always to Tyrants

    John Gaventa and Gabe Schwartzman on their provocative new book about power and a post-coal future in Appalachia, and Kathy Selvage, a coal miner's daughter and anti-coal activist, on exploitation by coal companies and The Nature Conservancy

    4 February 2026, 1:19 pm
  • 31 minutes 12 seconds
    S6 Episode 10: Scotland the Brave

    Green-minded Scots demand a say in wind farm expansions, the UK's aggressive climate change program, Ralph Nader and Al Gore, and a dog theft law

    4 January 2026, 9:28 pm
  • 32 minutes 11 seconds
    S6 Episode 9: Greed, Groupthink, and Carbon Inequality

    A new exposé called Profit vs. Progress, how the wealthy dump on the rest of us and what to do about it, and Democracy in America

    2 December 2025, 3:52 pm
  • 30 minutes 41 seconds
    S6 Episode 8: Trash and Power

    Of manatees and Mata Hari, happiness vs. stuff, George Carlin, Mt. Trashmore in Miami, reducing waste in Canada, the US, and the EU, and a controversial trash incinerator

    1 November 2025, 7:57 pm
  • 31 minutes 17 seconds
    S6 Episode 7: Damming and Undamming

    The Klamath River undammed, a dam proposal likened to flooding the Sistine Chapel, fighting to preserve the forests that feed the Panama Canal, and Brazil's energy transition

    28 September 2025, 7:41 pm
  • 29 minutes 49 seconds
    S6 Episode 6: Weapons of the Weak

    Trembitas, community-based conservation in Ukraine, Europe's magnificent beech forests, and why we should care about biodiversity

    31 August 2025, 7:27 pm
  • 30 minutes 17 seconds
    S6 Episode 5: Germans Know How to Party

    Trabis, asparagus fests, Germany's "two voices" elections, the Berlin Wall, Angela Merkel, the Greens, and climate/energy progress

    31 July 2025, 10:18 pm
  • 29 minutes 59 seconds
    S6 Episode 4: A Cruel Bargain

    Class, race, and leaf blowers, Monticello, strong vs. weak local powers, The Birds, and Cate Blanchett

    30 June 2025, 8:12 pm
  • 29 minutes 39 seconds
    S6 Episode 3: Janis and the Sea of Forested Hills

    Brazil's singular Atlantic Forest, coffee, gold, a creature named Janis, and the intertwined histories of indigenous people, slaves, British railroads, and Japanese immigrants in Brazil

    31 May 2025, 7:41 pm
  • 32 minutes 9 seconds
    S6 Episode 2: Let Them Drink Lead

    Who could lose the most from overturning pollution standards for air pollution, toxic chemicals, and lead in drinking water, a box of chocolates, and the dry cleaners of Palm Springs

    14 April 2025, 2:07 pm
  • 32 minutes 26 seconds
    S6 Episode 1: All the President's Men

    The St. Valentine's Day Massacre of 2025, why we have the federal civil service, "ambition must be made to counter ambition", SpaceX threatens ocelots, and the Everly Brothers

    6 March 2025, 4:00 pm
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