The Meaning of Green
Dr. Vivian Thomson
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The podcast about solving environmental problems.
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FEB 4, 2026
S6 Bonus Episode: Thus Always to Tyrants
John Gaventa and Gabe Schwartzman on their provocative new book about power and a post-coal future in Appalachia, and Kathy Selvage, a coal miner's daughter and anti-coal activist, on exploitation by coal companies and The Nature Conservancy
33 MIN
JAN 4, 2026
S6 Episode 10: Scotland the Brave
Green-minded Scots demand a say in wind farm expansions, the UK's aggressive climate change program, Ralph Nader and Al Gore, and a dog theft law
31 MIN
DEC 2, 2025
S6 Episode 9: Greed, Groupthink, and Carbon Inequality
A new exposé called Profit vs. Progress, how the wealthy dump on the rest of us and what to do about it, and Democracy in America
32 MIN
NOV 1, 2025
S6 Episode 8: Trash and Power
Of manatees and Mata Hari, happiness vs. stuff, George Carlin, Mt. Trashmore in Miami, reducing waste in Canada, the US, and the EU, and a controversial trash incinerator
30 MIN
SEP 28, 2025
S6 Episode 7: Damming and Undamming
The Klamath River undammed, a dam proposal likened to flooding the Sistine Chapel, fighting to preserve the forests that feed the Panama Canal, and Brazil's energy transition
31 MIN
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