S9 Episode 1: Missing Votes
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Why many college students' ballots are getting tossed — and what could be done about it. --- In this episode of Ways & Means – as we head into the 2024 elections – why lots of North Carolina college students’ votes did not count in the last election, or the time before that, or the time before that. Why those votes weren’t counted, and how to prevent it from happening again. Guests: Gunther Peck, Associate Professor of History and Public Policy Studies, Duke University Duke Student Research Team Members: Ameya Rao, Hannah McKnight, Kathryn Thomas Tiffany...
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S8 Episode 8: Goodbye, Cloud Factory
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In this episode: how a crusade shut down a coal-fired Chicago power plant for good. What the closing of that plant meant for children’s health and the environment. And what it didn’t mean. This is the eighth and final episode in our “Climate Change Solutions” series, where we look at research-based ideas to help cool a rapidly heating planet. Guests: Kimberly Wasserman is Exeutive Director of the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization, and past winner of the is Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Duke University. is a former PhD student...
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S8 Episode 7: Climate Migration: Why People Leave and What Might Help Them Stay
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In this episode of Ways & Means: the hidden role that climate plays in the story of migration. How a changing climate is driving thousands of people to enter the U.S. each year. And how relatively small, inexpensive changes on the ground could make a difference with a daunting geopolitical problem. This is the seventh episode in our “Climate Change Solutions” series, where we look at research-based ideas to help cool a rapidly heating planet. Guests: is a political economist and associate professor of public policy and political science in the Sanford School at Duke University....
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S8 Episode 6: The Tiny Packaging Tweak That Could Help The Planet
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In this episode: kicking America’s multi-billion-dollar food waste habit. How tons of wasted food contribute to climate change, and how one simple change – better food date labels – just might help make a dent in the problem. This is the sixth episode in our “Climate Change Solutions” series, where we look at research-based ideas to help cool a rapidly heating planet. Guests: Season 8 of Ways & Means is made possible thanks to support from the Office of the Provost at Duke University.
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S8 Episode 5: Bringing Water to Thirsty Fields With Help From the Sun
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In this episode of Ways & Means – New research into how solar mini-grids could change lives for farmers in Ethiopia, and why that matters for the climate as a whole. This is the fifth episode in our Climate Change Solutions series, where we look at surprising answers to the question of what we can do to help cool a rapidly heating planet. Guests: Jonathan Phillips, Director, at Duke University Rahel Bekele, Postdoctoral Associate at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy, Team Member Marc Jeuland, faculty member at Duke Sanford School of Public Policy and...
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S8 Episode 4: How Cleaner Cookstoves Can Help Build a Healthier Planet
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Upgrading stoves for people in the developing world could bring about a double win: improving people’s lives while making a big contribution to fighting climate change. We follow along with Duke Professor Subhrendu Pattanayak on a research trip to rural Kenya, and are invited into people's homes to see how they cook, and what might make them change their methods. , a look at surprising answers to the question of what we can do to help cool a rapidly heating planet. Guest: Subhrendu Pattanayak, Oak Foundation Distinguished Professor of Environmental and Energy Policy, Duke Sanford...
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Welcome Lauren Rosenthal
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We are thrilled to welcome Lauren Rosenthal to the Ways & Means host chair! Lauren is an award-winning reporter and audio producer. Recently she's been focused on climate stories. (Check out her work on Season 2 of "," a podcast from APM Reports + American Public Media which explored "one city's year of climate chaos.") Lauren will start by hosting the next episodes of our Climate Change Solutions series.
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S8 Episode 3: Greener Pastures: The search for climate-friendly ways to raise animals.
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In this episode of Ways & Means, we explore the impacts of meat production. Can we find a better way to raise animals as food and help the planet at the same time? , a look at surprising answers to the question of what we can do to help cool a rapidly heating planet. Guests: Cameron Oglesby, journalist and Duke Sanford School of Public Policy Master of Public Policy student North Carolina farmer Johnny Rogers Jennifer Curtis, Firsthand Foods Lee Miller and Michelle Nowlin, Duke’s Environmental Law and Policy Clinic A-dae Romero-Briones, Native Agriculture and Food Systems program at...
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S8 Episode 2: Getting Strategic with Solar
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Location, location, location. Place matters a lot when it comes to the impact solar panels can have on the environment. The biggest environmental benefit comes from regions powered by coal. If your local electric utility runs on coal and you install solar panels on your home, it means that the power plant doesn’t have to burn as much coal to power your home, and that is really good for the climate. In this episode of Ways & Means: getting strategic when it comes to solar subsidies. This is the second episode in our series, Climate Change Solutions. Guests: Joe Opyoke, retired coal...
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S8 Episode 1: Paying for a Healthy Planet
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The Amazon has been called the lungs of the planet. Its dense jungles play a key role in absorbing the Earth’s greenhouse gases, but the forest is disappearing quickly. In this episode: research from Colombia, Africa and China illustrates how economics can help slow deforestation and combat the climate crisis. Guests: , Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia , Wuhan University, China; Duke Kunshan University , Duke University This is the first in our series Climate Solutions. Find out more about the film , including the song and the group Season 8 of Ways & Means is made possible...
info_outlineLocation, location, location. Place matters a lot when it comes to the impact solar panels can have on the environment. The biggest environmental benefit comes from regions powered by coal. If your local electric utility runs on coal and you install solar panels on your home, it means that the power plant doesn’t have to burn as much coal to power your home, and that is really good for the climate.
In this episode of Ways & Means: getting strategic when it comes to solar subsidies. This is the second episode in our series, Climate Change Solutions.
Guests:
- Joe Opyoke, retired coal miner
- Elizabeth Opyoke Cruikshank, Solar Holler in West Virginia
- Bobby Harris, PhD Environmental Economics and Policy, Duke, '22
- Steven Sexton, professor, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
Season 8 of Ways & Means is made possible thanks to support from the Office of the Provost at Duke University. Find out more about the Duke Climate Commitment.