In 1958, writer Rachel Carson began her exhaustive research on the effects of widespread pesticide use for her next book, Silent Spring. Over the next four years, she built up an airtight case showing how the world’s most powerful chemical companies were harming animals, plants, and people. Her effort was also a race against time, as she struggled against an ... Show More
Apr 2025
DDT - So Safe You Can Eat It! Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge
Today, more than 1 billion people around the world celebrate Earth Day—but decades before this global movement began, one woman laid the foundation. When aerial pesticide programs drenched the Northeast in chemicals like DDT, devastating ecosystems and killing thousands of wildli ... Show More
1h 32m
Jun 2021
Gretchen Carlson: My fight to stop sexual harassment
Five years ago she successfully sued her former boss at Fox News, Roger Ailes, for sexual harassment. Now, American broadcaster Gretchen Carlson tells Ed Butler about how she helped kick off the #MeToo movement, why major American companies continue to gag employees and protect w ... Show More
17m 27s
Nov 2023
Collaborating with Big Businesses to Improve Sustainability
Fred Krupp, President of the Environmental Defense Fund, discusses working with leading companies to create a more sustainable world. Julie Fleshman, President and CEO of Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, talks about pancreatic cancer awareness month and "Change The Course” campa ... Show More
16m 40s
May 2022
Whistleblowers Say EPA Endangers Public Health, No Mow May to Help Pollinators, The Hawk's Way Book, and more.
Whistleblowers say EPA endangers public health by being too cozy with industry and approving cancer-causing and other unsafe chemicals.
Also, "No Mow May." The movement to leave our lawnmowers in the garage for the month of May and give pollinators a chance to access spring fl ... Show More
52m 35s