The Pulse (Series)
Produced by WHYY
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540: Living Greener — One Decision at a Time, 4/19/2024
From WHYY | Part of the The Pulse series | 58:51
Every day, we hear about countless environmental threats — from air pollution and microplastics, to deforestation and global warming. And a lot of us feel overwhelmed by the scale of these problems, and helpless to enact global big-picture solutions. But small, everyday decisions matter too — and they add up. How you do your laundry, how warm or cool you keep your home, what you eat for lunch, what kinds of products you buy and or how you sort your trash — all of them have the potential to make a big difference. On this special Earth Day episode, we look at everyday choices that can lead to greener living. We hear stories about laundry detergents, and how we can clean our clothes without hurting the planet, what it’ll take for plant-based meat to make it to the big leagues, and an innovation that could revolutionize recycling as we know it.
Climate One (Series)
Produced by Climate One
Most recent piece in this series:
2024-04-19 Artificial Intelligence, Real Climate Impacts
From Climate One | Part of the Climate One series | 58:59
Artificial intelligence can do some pretty amazing things, including for the climate. But, as with most technology, there are significant trade offs. The energy used by AI is massive and growing.
Tech giants like Microsoft, Google and Amazon are building enormous data centers to make AI possible. Karen Hao, a contributing writer for the Atlantic who also has an engineering degree from MIT, visited one of these data centers in Arizona. It was a 97 degree day, and the data center stretched on into the desert. Hao decided she would walk around it to get a visceral idea of how big it is. She says, “Within two legs of the rectangle. I just started feeling very, very heat exhausted and I'd run out of water. It had already taken me around 20, 25 minutes and I was like, I gotta get out of here.” Companies are making huge investments in giant data centers. Hao says Microsoft alone is spending around 10 billion a quarter now on data centers.
Most of the hype right now is around generative AI. Think: ChatGPT. As a matter of fact, the G in ChatGPT stands for generative. The basic idea is that AI is being fed our data to train models that generate more data like that. Karen Hao says, “It's taking our writing to generate more writing. It's taking our images to generate more images.”
But not all flavors of AI use the same amount of energy. Much of theAI that might benefit the reasons is referred to as predictiveAI. Predictive AI tends to use existing data to help it make predictions, rather than generating new sentences or images the way generative AI does. For example: it might use our images to make a prediction about what's in another image. Hao says, “Like cancer detection systems or facial recognition systems.” And predictive AI uses far less energy. This is because predictive AI is trained on a specific task, and once it achieves the desired accuracy, its energy use falls dramatically.
Predictive AI is also being used to track emissions. Climate TRACE, an independent greenhouse gas emissions tracker backed by former Vice President Al Gore, is one such organization. Gavin McCormick, Co-Founder of Climate TRACE, says, “we can see that some steel facilities pollute about 10 times more emissions than others to produce the same product.” That data helped companies like GM and Tesla switch to steel factories that produced less emissions. McCormick says, “Our hope is that this is a way that data can make it kind of painless to reduce emissions.”
“AI is being used in all sorts of ways to facilitate climate action from things like helping us better forecast solar power on electric power grids in order to help us balance grids with large amounts of renewables,” says Priya Donti, Assistant Professor at MIT and Co-founder and Chair of Climate Change AI. Efficiency is one of the best ways to reduce carbon pollution. If we didn't need so much power, we wouldn't need to burn so much fossil fuel. With more efficiency we could switch to renewable energy more quickly. AI can help do that, even with simple tasks like optimizing heating and cooling systems in homes and buildings to save energy.
Nowcasting is a weather forecasting model that combines a description of the current state of the atmosphere and a short-term forecast. Amy McGovern, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Oklahoma, says, “our current average [nowcasting] warning is about 15 minutes. Can you imagine if you could bring that up to 30 minutes or 60 minutes?” McGovern also says, “As our climate is changing, a lot of these extreme weather events are changing. And I think AI can be used to help us improve our prediction and understanding of these events and, and be able to weather them better.”
A Way with Words (Series)
Produced by A Way with Words
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Electric Soup (#1635)
From A Way with Words | Part of the A Way with Words series | 54:00
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Ozark Highlands Radio (Series)
Produced by Ozark Highlands Radio
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OHR187: OHR Presents: Railyard Live - Front Porch, 4/29/2024
From Ozark Highlands Radio | Part of the Ozark Highlands Radio series | 58:59
Ozark Highlands Radio is a weekly radio program that features live music and interviews recorded at Ozark Folk Center State Park’s beautiful 1,000-seat auditorium in Mountain View, Arkansas. In addition to the music, our “Feature Host” segments take listeners through the Ozark hills with historians, authors, and personalities who explore the people, stories, and history of the Ozark region.
This week, a special road trip episode. OHR visits Rogers, Arkansas’ Railyard Live Concert Series featuring Eureka Springs hard-driving folk quartet, Front Porch, recorded live at Butterfield Stage in Railyard Park in historic downtown Rogers. Also, commentary from Rogers Arts & Culture Coordinator Kinya Christian on the exciting things happening in the Rogers Entertainment District.
Rogers, Arkansas’ Railyard Live Concert Series began in 2021. Held on the city’s Butterfield Stage next to Railyard Park in historic downtown Rogers, it features live concerts every weekend throughout the Spring, Summer, and Fall. All of the Railyard Live events are either free to the public or at very low cost of admission. The concert series features a wide array of musical styles and interests designed to appeal to the diverse population of Rogers and invite them to experience the newly revitalized Railyard Entertainment District. The Ozark Folk Center State Park and the City of Rogers, Arkansas partnered to bring Ozark Highlands Radio to capture a little slice of this modern Ozark culture.
Front Porch is a hard driving four piece folk ensemble. Self described as “contemporary bluegrass, old time and mayhem from Northwest Arkansas,” the band is based in Eureka Springs. Front Porch is Petey Wesley on banjo & fiddle, John Henry Holthus on guitar, Alex Hawf on mandolin, and Cameron Keeling rounding out the low end with upright bass. In true bluegrass fashion, all the guys in the band sing, but that’s where the traditional ends. Front Porch performs with all the usual ingredients of bluegrass and folk but bakes them up into a post-punk old-time acid jazz barn-burning bluegrass fusion that will have you jumping.
In this week’s “From the Vault” segment, OHR producer Jeff Glover offers a 1981 archival recording of Ozark original Uncle Floyd Holland performing the tune “Nellie Gray,” from the Ozark Folk Center State Park archives.
In this week’s guest host segment, renowned traditional folk musician, writer, and step dancer Aubrey Atwater explores variations of the traditional folk song “Polly Put the Kettle On.”
Earth Eats (Series)
Produced by WFIU
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EE 24-16: What a garden can mean–when you need it most, 4/19/2024
From WFIU | Part of the Earth Eats series | 53:59
“And she brought two jars of lilacs, like [a] drink made of lilacs. She brought also cups and everybody could try it. It was really something like a miracle for me because I have never thought that it could be drunk in this way.” This week on the show, a story about a community garden in Tallinn, Estonia. We talk with Jerry Mercury, a political immigrant from Russia whose encounter with the garden was transformative. And later in the show we have a recipe for quick, garden-fresh pickles, plus stories from Harvest public media about composting efforts in Midwestern cities and Federal investments in farm-to-school programs.
Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Radio (Series)
Produced by Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Radio
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809: Dune, Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet and ... Bordeaux? Kyle MacLachlan Gets Serious about Wine, 4/18/2024
From Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Radio | Part of the Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Radio series | 54:00
If you’ve turned on your TV in the last 30 years, you’ve seen Kyle MacLachlan: Think “Twin Peaks,” “Sex and the City” and “Desperate Housewives.” But when he’s not starring in Hollywood, he’s wandering vineyards in Washington. This week, MacLachlan joins us for memories from the set of “Blue Velvet,” a childhood spent canning fruit and the reason why Napa Valley isn’t the be-all and end-all of American wine. Plus, Sandra Gutierrez leads a tour through the foods of the Spanish-speaking world; Adam Gopnik delights in witnessing true culinary mastery; and we prepare a Seoul-style Kimchi Fried Rice.
Reveal Weekly (Series)
Produced by Reveal
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1017: The Spy Inside Your Smartphone, 4/27/2024
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no audio fileWith Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes (Series)
Produced by With Good Reason
Most recent piece in this series:
Mapping Climate History (half)
From With Good Reason | Part of the With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes series | 29:00
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Last year, thick smoke from Canadian wildfires wafted down and blanketed a broad swath of the East Coast - from New York to North Carolina. The wildfire smoke had us East Coasters feeling like the apocalypse had arrived. But fires aren’t always doom and gloom. Stockton Maxwell says they can actually be restorative for forests. And: Coral reefs are one of the most beautiful ecosystems of the natural world. But they’re more than just a feast for the eyes. Pamela Grothe says coral reefs offer a map to the past, helping researchers track climate history over many hundreds of years.
Planetary Radio (Series)
Produced by Mat Kaplan
Most recent piece in this series:
Subsurface granite on the Moon? The anatomy of a lunar hot spot
From Mat Kaplan | Part of the Planetary Radio series | 28:50
A decades-old lunar mystery gets an update in this week's Planetary Radio. Matt Siegler from the Planetary Science Institute shares his team's surprising findings about the granite formation that might lie beneath Compton-Belkovich, a thorium-rich hot spot on the far side of the Moon. Then Bruce Betts, chief scientist of The Planetary Society, shares What's Up in the night sky.
Discover more at: https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio/2023-subsurface-granite-on-the-moon
Living Planet 05/04/2018
From DW - Deutsche Welle | Part of the Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW series | 30:00
LLiving Planet: Walk the Walk -
On the show this week: Climate protection is on the agenda at talks in Bonn. But back home, who's really taking action? We visit a budding environmental movement in Poland's coal heartland and find out how an oil pipeline has pitched environmentalists against the Canadian president. Plus, solar power in Kenya and a cool solution to LA's urban heat problem.
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Living Planet: Walk the Walk
Climate protection is on the agenda at talks in Bonn. But back home, who's really taking action? We visit a budding environmental movement in Poland's coal heartland and find out how an oil pipeline has pitched environmentalists against the Canadian president. Plus, solar power in Kenya and a cool solution to LA's urban heat problem.
Katowice: A coal town that wants to go green
The upcoming COP24 climate summit will be held in Katowice, deep in Poland's industrial and coal mining heartland. Its air quality is among the worst in Europe. But the town is trying to clean up its act. And if Katowice can go green, perhaps anywhere can.
Canada's First Nations vs. tar sands pipeline
Canadian President Justin Trudeau has been vocal about his commitment to climate protection. But now, he's coming to blows with environmentalists and the provincial government of British Columbia over a massive oil pipeline
Can reflective roads help LA keep its cool?
Los Angeles has the greatest density of cars in the US — and a massive network of roads. In summer the asphalt absorbs sunlight and heats up, warming the air above it, an effect that will be exacerbated by climate change. But cool paving could change all that.
Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW (Series)
Produced by DW - Deutsche Welle
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Living Planet 04/19/24
From DW - Deutsche Welle | Part of the Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW series | 29:59
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Deep dive: Mercury’s tantalizing promise of endless gold in South America. Mercury’s a known pollutant in fish, but did you know one of the biggest mercury emitters is actually small-scale gold mining? From sunken ships to shihuahuaco trees, we take a deep dive into the astounding history and science of mercury and the solutions that could break its toxic cycle.
Tara Austin
From WDSE | Part of the Radio Gallery series | 04:40
This week painter Tara Austin opens her new body of work "Boreal Ornament" in the George Morrison Gallery at the Duluth Art Institute. Along with Jonathan Herrera, Austin welcomes the public the opening on Thursday, May 10, with a reception and gallery talk from 6 - 9pm.
An MFA graduate from UW Madison, Minnesota native Austin brings the northland and Nordic traditions of rosemåling into her vibrant flora, patterned paintings. Listen for more about her process and inspirations and check her work on display at The Duluth Art Institute May 10-July 1.
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This week painter Tara Austin opens her new body of work "Boreal Ornament" in the George Morrison Gallery at the Duluth Art Institute. Along with Jonathan Herrera, Austin welcomes the public the opening on Thursday, May 10, with a reception and gallery talk from 6 - 9pm. An MFA graduate from UW Madison, Minnesota native Austin brings the northland and Nordic traditions of rosemåling into her vibrant flora, patterned paintings. Listen for more about her process and inspirations and check her work on display at The Duluth Art Institute May 10-July 1.
ClassicalWorks (Series)
Produced by WFIU
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ClassicalWorks (Episode 182)
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Jazz with David Basse (Series)
Produced by Jazz with David Basse, LLC.
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2354.3: Jazz with David Basse 2354.3, 4/19/2024 2:00 AM
From Jazz with David Basse, LLC. | Part of the Jazz with David Basse series | 01:00:00
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Open Source with Christopher Lydon (Series)
Produced by Open Source
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Lessons from Hannah Arendt
From Open Source | Part of the Open Source with Christopher Lydon series | 47:48
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We’re calling on Hannah Arendt for the twenty-first century—could she teach us how to think our way out of the authoritarian nightmare? Arendt wrote the book for all time on Hitler’s Germany and Stalin’s Soviet Union. And then she famously covered the trial in Israel of Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi minister of death. Her study of the origins of totalitarianism keeps her current fifty years after her death and, pointedly, in our own rancorous presidential campaign of 2024.
In this podcast, the surprise turns on finding a profound humanity and hope, believe it or not, in the collected wisdom of Hannah Arendt. She noted in one essay, “We are free to change the world.” Our guest, Lyndsey Stonebridge, lifted that line for the title of her gripping, fresh take on Hannah Arendt. We Are Free to Change the World is her title, and thinking has everything to do with it.
Blue Dimensions (Series)
Produced by Bluesnet Radio
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Blue Dimensions M16: Melissa Aldana's "Echoes Of The Inner Prophet"
From Bluesnet Radio | Part of the Blue Dimensions series | 59:00
In this hour of Blue Dimensions, saxophonist and composer Melissa Aldana explores the depths of her spiritual journey on her new album "Echoes Of The Inner Prophet" with members of her quartet. We'll play several tracks from this excellent new album. Also: new music from pianist Monty Alexander from his album D-Day, and a strong, empowering new blues song from Eddie Cotton from his album "The Mirror." We'll play some new music from a band made up of just two bassists, Christian McBride and Edgar Meyer, plus funky new music from Ghost-Note, a split-off band from the group Snarky Puppy. We also have a new piece from saxophonist Kamasi Washington with André 3000, known as a rapper and one half of the duo Outkast, on flute and not rapping, from Washington's dance-influenced album "Fearless Movement."
promo included: promo-M16
Feminine Fusion (Series)
Produced by WCNY
Most recent piece in this series:
S08 Ep35: Too Many Keyboards, Part 3, 4/27/2024
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no audio fileDeutsche Welle Festival Concerts (Series)
Produced by DW - Deutsche Welle
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DWFC 2023 - 13: Highlights from "Parsifal": Bayreuth Festival, 12/25/2023
From DW - Deutsche Welle | Part of the Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts series | 01:57:58
You know you've composed something special when even your most vocal critics manage to find words of praise. Such was the case with Richard Wagner's last opera, "Parsifal." Written for his Bayreuth Festival Theater, the nearly five-hour-long work is a mystical drama with religious overtones set in the realm of the Holy Grail knights. This new production from the 2023 Bayreuth Festival features a star-studded cast including heldentenor Andreas Schager in the title role and Latvian soprano Elīna Garanča in her Bayreuth debut as Kundry. Jay Scheib is the director, and Pablo Heras-Casado conducts the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus, and soloist in excerpts from the opening night performance.
High Country Celtic Radio (Series)
Produced by High Country Celtic Radio
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High Country Celtic Radio 316 - Death and Taxes
From High Country Celtic Radio | Part of the High Country Celtic Radio series | 59:00
Here in the US, April 15th is upon us, and as Benjamin Franklin opined on the viability of the fledgeling US Constitution, "...in this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes." So, this hour, Katie Marie and Joe put together an hour of trad music about death, taxes, and being too poor to pay the excise man.
The artists this week: Trian, Ann Gray, Tommy Martin, Padraig Rynne, Ed Miller, Poor Man's Gambit, Karine Polwart, Hannah Harris, Danú, Altan, Poor Man's Fortune, Open The Door For Three, Donogh Hennessy, and Yanks.
Our FairPlé score this week: 50
Celebrating the Birthday of Bucky Pizzarelli
From KCUR | Part of the 12th Street Jump Weekly series | 59:00
(Air Dates: December 31 - January 8) On this week's archive episode of 12th Street Jump, we celebrate the music of Bucky Pizzarelli with Bucky himself and his long time music partner Ed Laub. We'll play a game of "So, What's Your Question" with Ed and talk to Bucky about what gives him the blues.
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Public Radio's weekly jazz, blues and comedy jam, 12th STREET JUMP celebrates America's original art form, live from one of its birthplaces, 12th Street in Kansas City. That is where Basie tickled and ivories and Big Joe Turner shouted the blues. Each week, host Ebony Fondren offers up a lively hour of topical sketch comedy and some great live jazz and blues from the 12th STREET JUMP band (musical director Joe Cartright, along with Tyrone Clark on bass and Arnold Young on drums) and vocalist David Basse. Special guests join the fun every week down at the 12th Street Jump.
Notes from the Jazz Underground #44 - Jazz in Chicago, 2019
From WDCB | Part of the Notes from the Jazz Underground series | 58:00
With all of the internationally lauded Jazz coming out of Chicago these days, Notes from the Jazz Underground takes a look - and a listen - to some of the shining stars of the Chicago Jazz scene.
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With all of the internationally lauded Jazz coming out of Chicago these days, Notes from the Jazz Underground takes a look - and a listen - to some of the shining stars of the Chicago Jazz scene.