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Full Ep: Professor Dorian Abbot and graduate student Alexis Pascaris 5 4 21 May 04, 2021

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We are excited to bring you a pair of guest interviews from the academic community this week. Dorian Abbot is a professor at the University of Chicago and teaches a popular "flipped classroom model" global warming class.

Alexis Pascaris is a researcher/graduate student at Michigan Technological University and explains her work studying Agrivoltaics.

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Full Ep: Tia Nelson- Climate activist/environmentalist 4 27 21 Apr 27, 2021

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Sometimes good things come together at the last minute. And, on the eve of Earth Day last week, host Chelsea Henderson talked with Tia Nelson, the daughter of Earth Day founder and former Governor/U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson.

Tia takes us through growing up as the daughter of someone who treasured the environment and what drives her to keep her father's legacy alive and vibrant through her own work today?

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Clip: Barker explains Snake River Dam removal plan 4 20 21 21 Apr 21, 2021

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From this week's episode, Rocky Barker explains how and where Mike Simpson's $33.5 billion dollar plan for the removal of four dams on the Snake River in Idaho came from, originally.

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Clip: Barker on polarization on environmental issues 4 20 21 Apr 21, 2021

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From this week's episode, Journalist Rocky Barker says the polarization on environmental issues today is rooted in several events, laws and restrictions that were passed in the 1980s.

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Clip: Rocky Barker explains his start of covering the environment 4 20 21 Apr 21, 2021

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In this segment of the show, Rocky Barker explains his start of covering the environment and some of the difficulties that went along with the issue out west.

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Full Ep: Rocky Barker-Idaho environmental journalist 4 20 21 Apr 20, 2021

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This week longtime Idaho environmental journalist, author and producer Rocky Barker joined our host Chelsea Henderson to discuss a myriad of issues in the great Northwest.

And, at the top of the list is Republican Congressman Mike Simpson's $33.5 billion dollar, dam-removal plan to end the region's salmon wars. It's a brave idea and plan that Simpson has proposed and Barker breaks it down along with many other topics from his time covering the region at the Idaho Statesman.

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Clip: Holloway on re-building public faith in science with Covid 19 vaccines 4 13 Apr 14, 2021

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From this week's episode, scientist Tracey Holloway on how to rebuild the public's faith in science solving important issues like COVID-19 with different vaccines?

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Clip: Holloway on breaking down climate for other moms 4 13 Apr 14, 2021

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From this week's episode, Tracey Holloway from the Science Moms explains how she breaks down a complex issue like climate change to other "playground" moms that aren't in the field.

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Clip: Tracey Holloway on being science mom & why climate work is personal 4 13 Apr 14, 2021

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From this week's episode, atmospheric scientist Tracey Holloway shares about being a mom, a science mom and why working on climate is personal to her?

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Full Ep: Tracey Holloway atmospheric scientist 4 13 21 Apr 13, 2021

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Welcome back from our Spring break! Tracey Holloway is an atmosphere scientist at the University of Wisconsin (Madison) and co-founder of Science Moms.

She joins host Chelsea Henderson to talk about their work that aims to demystify climate science and motivate urgent action to protect our children’s futures.

And we hear a pair of special messages from republicEns in Lisa Savage and Bill Lemon.

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