Lectures tagged "Animals & Insects"


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Health Impacts of Global Warming
Kim Knowlton
January 28, 2010
00:43:52
Kim Knowlton, DrPH, who was among the scientists who participated in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report, discusses "Global Warming: A Matter of Health". Dr.
After Copenhagen: Real Solutions for Global Climate Change
James Hansen
January 28, 2010
01:42:00
The December 2009 Copenhagen talks on global climate change failed to produce a new international accord, and environmental scientist James Hansen is not wasting time bemoaning that failure.
Coyote at the Kitchen Door
Stephen DeStefano
January 23, 2010
00:55:36
Wildlife biologist Stephen DeStefano, author of Coyote at the Kitchen Door; and photographer Amy Stein, whose work addresses how bears, deer, fox, coyote, and birds are increasingly encroaching upon areas considered to be "ours", discuss the blurred boundary between human life and wildlife
Raj Patel: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy
Raj Patel: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy
Raj Patel
January 11, 2010
00:55:45
Activist Raj Patel discusses his new book, The Value of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy, with radio's On Point producer, John Wihbey.
In Pursuit of the Gene: From Darwin to DNA
James Schwartz
November 20, 2009
00:48:53
Science scholar James Schwartz discusses his new history of genetic science, In Pursuit of the Gene: From Darwin to DNA.
Margaret Atwood: Year of the Flood
Margaret Atwood: Year of the Flood
Margaret Atwood
October 25, 2009
00:56:56
Margaret Atwood discusses new novel, The Year of the Flood, which focuses on a group that appears in the background of Atwood's 2003 novel, Oryx and Crake: the God's Gardeners, who attempt to reconcile religion, science, and nature.
Alicia Silverstone: Sexiest Vegetarian Alive
Alicia Silverstone: Sexiest Vegetarian Alive
Alicia Silverstone
October 24, 2009
00:39:30
Alicia Silverstone, perhaps best known for her generation-defining role in Clueless, is a dedicated advocate for the planet and its animals, and was voted "Sexiest Vegetarian Alive" in 2004.
Guarding the Gorillas
Clare Richardson
October 15, 2009
01:02:41
Clare Richardson moderates a panel with Tara Stoinski, Mwami Alexis Kalinda, Juan Carlos Bonilla, Katie Fawcett, and Bryna Griffin. The group reports on their fight to save wild gorillas.