S5 Episode 2: And Then There's Bhopal
The Meaning of Green
Why politicians have (at times) taken strong environmental action in the US, the UK, Brazil, Germany, and Japan, and why those who were killed at Bhopal "were the lucky ones"
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S5 Episode 1: The Greens, Tasmania, and Tricky Dick
The Meaning of Green
Greens in Europe and in Australia, Lake Pedder, "Iron Pants" Muskie, the Clean Water Act, and excerpts from Nixon's secret Oval Office tapes
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S5 Preview: Chain of Fools
The Meaning of Green
2024 and elections worldwide, the states in the US's national elections, and carbon inequality (or, the rich vs. everyone else)
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S4 Episode 10: The Devil's Hair Dryer
The Meaning of Green
Grass, leaf blowers, and environmental justice, with stops across the US and in Canada, Brazil, and the EU
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S4 Episode 9: The Unicorn and the Lion
The Meaning of Green
Scotland and the rest of the UK leave coal behind, Net Zero, modern struggles between the unicorn and the lion, and my Scottish grandfather
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S4 Episode 8: Smoke and Mirrors
The Meaning of Green
Smoky skies, hiking the Oregon desert, wolves, tightening an air pollution standard, Aristotle, and the gospel of GDP
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S4 Episode 7: Mt. Mitchell, Zöbelboden, and the Taj Mahal
The Meaning of Green
The Taj Mahal, forests in the US and Austria, an ecologist's lunch with coal executives, and a speech by Margaret Thatcher
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S4 Episode 6: Everything Is a Size You Can't See
The Meaning of Green
The Brazilian Amazon forest and the Cristalino River take us on an unforgettable journey, while the violence of history and politics of the present shadow our steps
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S4 Episode 5: The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg
The Meaning of Green
The most polluted city on earth, seeing Brazil's forests from many angles, the US government and Brazil's military coup, and George Santos's shoes
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S4 Episode 4: Shotgun Marriage, Kittens
The Meaning of Green
An historic African American school and a proposed mega-landfill, what happens when landfill protections fail, the proximity principle, and a fierce battle over clean air in Los Angeles
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