S6 Episode 8: Trash and Power
The Meaning of Green
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
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S6 Episode 7: Damming and Undamming
The Meaning of Green
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
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S6 Episode 6: Weapons of the Weak
The Meaning of Green
Trembitas, community-based conservation in Ukraine, Europe's magnificent beech forests, and why we should care about biodiversity
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S6 Episode 5: Germans Know How to Party
The Meaning of Green
Trabis, asparagus fests, Germany's "two voices" elections, the Berlin Wall, Angela Merkel, the Greens, and climate/energy progress
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S6 Episode 4: A Cruel Bargain
The Meaning of Green
Class, race, and leaf blowers, Monticello, strong vs. weak local powers, The Birds, and Cate Blanchett
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S6 Episode 3: Janis and the Sea of Forested Hills
The Meaning of Green
Brazil's singular Atlantic Forest, coffee, gold, a creature named Janis, and the intertwined histories of indigenous people, slaves, British railroads, and Japanese immigrants in Brazil
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S6 Episode 2: Let Them Drink Lead
The Meaning of Green
Who could lose the most from overturning pollution standards for air pollution, toxic chemicals, and lead in drinking water, a box of chocolates, and the dry cleaners of Palm Springs
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S6 Episode 1: All the President's Men
The Meaning of Green
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre of 2025, why we have the federal civil service, "ambition must be made to counter ambition", SpaceX threatens ocelots, and the Everly Brothers
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S5 Episode 10: The Great Rice Fiasco
The Meaning of Green
Japan's 2024 elections, sea turtles, rice prices, recycling rules, Japan's energy insecurity, and the proximity principle
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S5 Episode 9: Behind the Curtain in Wonderland
The Meaning of Green
Trump voters on climate change, red state renewables, Republican tariffs that could lower our carbon footprints, and the March Hare's generous offer
info_outlineLabour's victory in the UK, aggressive climate plans, a famous lettuce, and an introduction to carbon inequality