India Climate Activist Jailed / Beyond the Headlines / A New Leader for USDA / The Butterfly Effect: Insects and the Making of the Modern World
Amid ongoing massive farmer protests, the Indian government is cracking down on activists including Disha Ravi, the young climate activist who founded Fridays for Future - India. How climate activism connects wi ... Show More
Yesterday
Saving the Klamath, Salmon, and Yurok Culture; Trump Attempts to Shrink Bears Ears -- Again; Hints of Life on Mars; and more.
The culture of the Yurok tribe in Northern California is deeply intertwined with the Klamath river’s salmon. So, when toxic conditions caused by the dams on the river resulted in a massive fish kill, the Yurok people sprang into action and secured the historic removal of four dam ... Show More
51m 50s
Jul 24
Climate Change Speeding Up, Smog and Sunshine – CA’s Cleaner Air, and more.
Current climate change has been well underway for decades, but the rate of that change is now going up so fast that people are noticing things like tornados and extreme heat waves are occurring in places where they have rarely been seen before. How greenhouse gases from burning f ... Show More
51m 53s
Jul 17
Extreme Heat and Tooth Decay, The Problem with Plastic, National Parks Magic and more.
The extreme heat that’s becoming far more common in a warming world is now being linked to dental problems. As the body prioritizes sweat for cooling over saliva production, the resulting dry mouth can have devastating impacts on your teeth, and a dentist in Pakistan is documenti ... Show More
51m 54s
Mar 2021
India's Farmers' Protests
On today's episode of World Review from the New Statesman, Emily Tamkin in Washington DC and Ido Vock in Berlin are joined, from Copenhagen, by Ravinder Kaur, author of Brand New Nation, to discuss the farmers' protest in India, how they've sustained momentum for a hundred days, ... Show More
26m 34s
Feb 2021
Protesting farmers, India's democracy, and Rihanna
Zack, Jenn, and Alex discuss the huge farmers’ protests in India. They explain the very real policy debate over new agricultural reform laws that sparked the protests, and how that debate has now been obscured by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist politics, internat ... Show More
43m 30s
Jan 2024
Does India Need A Second Green Revolution?
<p>As India eagerly awaits the 2024 budget announcement, Host Shambhavi Anand sits with Dr. Seth Meyer, Chief Economist, United States Department of Agriculture to discuss the concerns about the potential impact of climate change on global food security. The conversation delves i ... Show More
22m 40s
Oct 2022
Iranian song fuels anti-regime protests
<p>The US and Germany are leading calls to overhaul the World Bank to better address climate change, ships carrying Ukrainian grain are stuck in a Black Sea backlog, and protesters in Iran are moved by a viral song that was inspired by their social media posts. Plus, the FT’ ... Show More
10m 11s
Aug 2023
Vandana Shiva - The Truth About Food!
<p class="media-description media-description--first">Russell chats to the Indian scholar and environmental activist, Vandana Shiva. Recorded live at Community 2023, Russell and Vandana tackle the farmers' fight against corporate power, how elites are flexing their control, and t ... Show More
24m 29s