Hi This is Alex Smith, your host on Radio Ecoshock. I have an important message for my beloved podcast subscribers. You may have noticed that the most recent program for May 16th, “Crisis in Confidence” arrived in the “Lo-Fi” format. That is more …
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Is it just me… or is the world falling apart? The Radio Ecoshock Show 080516 Worried? Need a hole to hide in? All through Western history, the human herd has reached panic points. Civilization was expected to end. And sometimes it did. In …
Helen Caldicott’s new broadcast/podcast program #1. Hands up everyone who wants to hear about nuke reactor safety….. Nobody? Perfect. That’s just the way the nuclear industry wants it – as they plan a new “renaissance” of reactor construction as a “solution” to climate …
A new survey by worldpublicopinion.org shows that the majority of people in the world think oil is running out. They want their governments to find new energy supplies. Americans agree we have passed Peak Oil – but they are the only public to …
Polluted cities kills hundreds of thousands. Under-reported plague from vehicle emissions. 2 interviews. We are honored to have as a guest on this weeks’ show: Dr. Joel Schwartz, Harvard’s top expert on air pollution. I discuss Dr. Schwartz’ testimony to Congress in late …
Even President George Bush admits we are addicted to oil. But what does that really mean? THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ADDICTION Dr. Bruce Alexander, a professor emeritus at Simon Fraser University in Canada, is a pioneer researching addiction. His ideas are so unconventional, he …
Calif. scientist Nate Lewis says CO2 is rising rapidly – and why only Solar can power the Earth. This includes Repodcast clip from ABC National’s “In Conversation” with Robyn Williams. Robyn finds Nate frustrated with the gush of greenhouse gases in the last …
In this show: a new speech by Thomas Homer-Dixon, author of “Ingenuity Gap” and “Updside of Down” Toronto 080320. Homer-Dixon says a carbon surge threatens the world, breaking IPCC predictions. He outlines the latest science, and makes an odd suggestion of how the …
This week’s program begins with a quick review of planet-shaking news. Then, we go to the book launch of “Transportation Revolutions: Moving People and Freight Without Oil” The authors are Richard Gilbert & Anthony Perl. I recorded that on March 18th, in Vancouver, …
This week we dig into the Wall Street Mess. Are we headed into the next Great Depression? We’ll talk to a Finance Campaigner at the Rainforest Action Network, to see how they fought some big bankers, and won. That interview with Matt Leonard …
Before I launch into the script for this week’s Radio Ecoshock show, I want to get the key information into your hands. Here is new science, just published in the March 7th, Geophysical Letters scientific journal, explained by Ken Caldeira, senior scientist of …
Why have all the political climate plans failed so badly? Targets are set, with big announcements, and yet greenhouse gas emissions just keep going up, and up. Canada’s Professor Mark Jaccard has developed scientific models, to study how governments cope with the climate …