Planet Philadelphia
Environmental Radio Show
4-5:00 PM ET 1st & 3rd Fridays/month
WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia
& gtownradio.com
4-5:00 PM ET 1st & 3rd Fridays/month
WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia
& gtownradio.com
 New Planet Philadelphia Friday June 2nd streams online! GTown Radio 4-5:00pm 6/2/17
Hear from an award-winning sea level researcher on efforts to limit climate change and what current government funding cuts might mean for the future for such research.
Tune in to Planet Philadelphia at our wonderful local radio station G-Town Radio 4:00pm www.gtownradio.com to hear these illuminating interviews and more. Planet Philadelphia’s listener comment line is: (484) 278-1846. Record a comment or event announcement anytime to be broadcast on the next Planet Philadelphia radio show. Planet Philadelphia streams on the internet at http://www.gtownradio.com/ 4:00-5:00 p.m. the 1st and 3rd Fridays each month. The next great Planet Philadelphia will be Friday June 2nd on http://www.gtownradio.com/ for more informative interviews about to live and thrive our beautiful world. www.planetphila.com | http://www.gtownradio.com| facebook | @planetphila | @gtownradio Switching to renewable energy can do many wonderful things for our lives. One of the most beneficial is saving ourselves from the truly alarming impacts of fossil fuels on infant mortality and the myriad health impacts through out our lives. Listen to Kay Wood’s interview with Barbara Gottlieb of Physicians for Social Responsibility on how fossil fuel pollution is causing huge numbers of people right now right here in Pennsylvania to suffer severe health consequences and what can be done to change to a brighter healthier future. Also on this Planet Philadelphia – Pennsylvanians react to Senator Casey’s and Senator Toomey’s votes on Scott Pruit as the new head of the EPA. Please also tune back in to G-Town Radio http://www.gtownradio.com for the more in this continuing radio show exploring our world. Upcoming guests scheduled include; Linda Black Elk on DALP, Jacqueline Patterson, Director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program, on environmental justice, and an update on children’s law suit over climate change that has gained surprising headway in the courts from Nate Bellinger, Staff Attorney, State Program Manager, Our Children's Trust, and more. Planet Philadelphia’s listener comment line: (484) 278-1846. Record a comment or event announcement anytime. Planet Philadelphia streams on http://www.gtownradio.com/ 4:00-5:00 p.m. the 1st and 3rd Fridays each month. To listen to shows after they’ve aired, check out the podcast page on Planet Philadelphia website, http://planetphila.weebly.com/podcasts. Tune back in to Planet Philadelphia 4:00, Friday, February17th G-Town Radio http://www.gtownradio.com www.planetphila.com | http://www.gtownradio.com| facebook | @planetphila  New Planet Philadelphia G-Town Radio 4:00 3/3/17 - Fossil Fuels and Your Health: Physicians for Social Responsibility Report
Switching to renewable energy can do many wonderful things for our lives. One of the most beneficial is saving ourselves from the truly alarming impacts of fossil fuels on infant mortality and the myriad health impacts through out our lives. Listen to Kay Wood’s interview with Barbara Gottlieb of Physicians for Social Responsibility on how fossil fuel pollution is causing huge numbers of people right now right here in Pennsylvania to suffer severe health consequences and what can be done to change to a brighter healthier future. Also on this Planet Philadelphia – Pennsylvanians react to Senator Casey’s and Senator Toomey’s votes on Scott Pruit as the new head of the EPA. Planet Philadelphia streams on http://www.gtownradio.com/ 4:00-5:00 p.m. the 1st and 3rd Fridays each month. To listen to shows after they’ve aired, check out the podcast page on Planet Philadelphia website, http://planetphila.weebly.com/podcasts. Planet Philadelphia’s listener comment line is (484) 278-1846. Record a message anytime and share your views and events with your neighbors on the next Planet Philadelphia. www.planetphila.com | http://www.gtownradio.com| facebook | @planetphila | @gtownradio Are your investments ready for climate change? Find out what well respected financial experts think businesses should tell us about their climate change related risks.  This and more on Planet Philadelphia radio show on fabulous G-town Radio, 4:00 this Friday, Jan. 20, 2017.
Planet Philadelphia’s listener comment line: (484) 278-1846 Record a comment or event announcement anytime. Tune back in to fabulous G-town Radio for another great Planet Philadelphia environmental radio show February 3, 2017 G-town Radio is a grassroots community Internet radio station that is set to debut on the FM dial soon as WGGT-LP (92.9 FM). Planet Philadelphia airs 4:00-5:00 p.m. the 1st and 3rd Fridays each month here on http://www.gtownradio.com/. To listen to shows after they’ve aired check out the podcasts that become available the next day at www.planetphila.com or http://www.gtownradio.com/ Wishing You Happy Holidays!
Listen to this edition of Fabulous Planet Philadelphia – 12/16/16 – And hear about lead poisoning, and about the recent PA Supreme Court ruling on fracking, and more. In this Planet Philadelphia radio show you’ll hear Kay Wood's interview State Senator Art Haywood about what to do about the high lead levels in school drinking water across the commonwealth. Also on this Planet Philadelphia show Jordan Yeager will tell us about how we have protection for our air and water written into the Pennsylvania Constitution. And how we might use that to help protect us from anti-environmental trends in the new administration in Washington.
Another Planet Philadelphia environmental radio show will run on fabulous G-town Radio early in the New Year – Jan. 6, 2017 – with Mike Ewall, the Founder & Director of the Energy Justice Network talking about strategies for energy justice in the new Trump administration. Also on the January 6th Planet Philadelphia we will hear from Kala Viswanthan, one of the authors of RDC Annual Energy Report about the U.S. Clean Energy Revolution.
The G-Town Radio 2016 Fund Drive is on!
Please donate to keep G-town Radio going strong. G-town Radio is a grassroots community Internet radio station that is set to debut on the FM dial soon as WGGT-LP (92.9 FM). Accomplishing our goals requires a lot of hard work from our dedicated volunteers. It also requires a steady stream of money to keep serving the community. If you value what we do please consider making a donation. Please do also mention Planet Philadelphia when you donate to show your support for environmental reporting in Philly.
Planet Philadelphia airs 4:00-5:00 p.m. the 1st and 3rd Fridays each month here on http://www.gtownradio.com. To listen to shows after they’ve aired check out the podcasts that become available the next day at www.planetphila.com or www.gtownradio.com. Planet Philadelphia’s listener comment line is (484) 278-1846. You can record a message anytime.
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In this episode of Planet Philadelphia environmental radio show hosted by Kay Wood on wonderful G-Town Radio. On this exciting show Kay interviews:
Please tune in to the next exciting Planet Philadelphia this Friday, December 2nd, at 4:00 p.m. on fabulous G-Town Radio at www.gtownradio.com to hear these great interviews, music and more. Planet Philadelphia streams 4:00 to 5:00 pm on gtownradio.com the 1st and 3rd Fridays of every month. Podcasts of the live shows generally become available the day after they broadcast here at www.planetphila.com or www.gtownradio.com. Planet Philadelphia’s listener comment line is (484)278-1846. You can record a message anytime. Hope to hear from you. www.planetphila.com | www.gtownradio.com | facebook | @planetphila 
The G-town Radio 2016 Fund Drive Is On! Donate to keep G-town Radio going please.
G-town Radio is a grassroots community internet radio station that is set to debut on the FM dial soon as WGGT-LP (92.9 FM). Accomplishing our goals requires a lot of hard work from our dedicated volunteers. It also requires a steady stream of money to keep serving the community. If you value what we do please consider making a donation. Please also mention Planet Philadelphia when you donate to keep the station strong. Podcast: Listen to award winning Planet Philadelphia streamed Live 11/4/16 on G-Town Radio11/5/2016
In this episode of Planet Philadelphia: First up you’ll hear Michael Nairn, who teaches at the Urban Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania, talk about how justice needs an equal place in discussions of a sustainable world. Then we’ll hear from Bernie Sanders delegate, Russell Greene, a climate activist who was instrumental in helping to write the Democratic Party platform to recognize that we are in a climate emergency, and that anything short of a World War II-like mobilization will bring catastrophic consequences to civilization.
Please tune in to the next exciting Planet Philadelphia this Friday, November 18th, at 4:00 p.m. on fabulous G-Town Radio at www.gtownradio.com to hear these great interviews, music and more. Planet Philadelphia streams 4:00 to 5:00 pm on gtownradio.com/ the 1st and 3rd Fridays of every month. Podcasts of the live shows generally become available the day after they broadcast here at www.planetphila.com or www.gtownradio.com. Planet Philadelphia’s listener comment line is (484)278-1846. You can record a message anytime. Hope to hear from you. www.planetphila.com | www.gtownradio.com | facebook | @planetphila Important new show on sea level rise 4:00-5:00 Fri May 20th Planet Philadelphia on gtownradio.com5/12/2016
 An important new Planet Philadelphia show is coming up 4:00-5:00 p.m. Friday May 20th on G-Town Radio: Tune in to Planet Philadelphia on G-Town Radio to hear an interview with Rutgers University Professor Benjamin Horton of the Department of Marine and Coastal Science. In this riveting interview with host, Kay Wood, he lays out what is happening with sea level rise and how it will affect all of us. He makes a compelling case for the urgency of acting on climate change now. Professor Horton also tells us clearly what we can do to save our world. This is a show everyone who cares about our children’s future should hear.
Planet Philadelphia’s includes a mix of environmental news, interviews, music, poetry, and reporting on community events, and can be heard 4:00-5:00pm the 1st and 3rd Friday of the month on G-Town Radio at http://www.gtownradio.com/. Show podcasts are available the following day for listening or sharing any time on the Planet Philadelphia website podcast page: http://planetphila.weebly.com/podcasts. To find out more about Planet Philadelphia go to http://www.planetphila.com or contact Kay Wood at: [email protected] Podcast: Planet Philadelphia live-streamed Apr 15. Guests: Zoë Cina-Sklar and Anthony Giancatarino4/18/2016
Thought-provoking interviews on this Planet Philadelphia radio show live streamed on wonderful Gtown Radio April 15th with host Kay Wood. In addition to an interview with Zoë Cina-Sklar from PennEnvironment who spoke on the controversial energy hub and about the potential for 10,000 new green jobs here in Philly, we have Anthony Giancatarino, Director of Policy and Strategy at the Center for Social Inclusion, talking about a just transition to renewable energy.
Podcasts of the shows become available the day after they broadcast. Questions about Planet Philadelphia? Please call the Listener Comment Line to let me know any time: (484) 278-1846. It would be great to hear what you have to say. To find out more about Planet Philadelphia go to http://www.planetphila.com or http://www.gtownradio.com/. | @planetphila | @gtownradio | Facebook  Here’s an update for Planet Philadelphia tomorrow, Friday at 4:00 pm on wonderful Gtown radio with host Kay Wood. In addition to the interview with Zoë Cina-Sklar, who’ll be talking about the controversial energy hub and about 10,000 potential new green jobs here in Philly, we have Anthony Giancatarino, Director of Policy and Strategy at the Center for Social Inclusion, talking about a just transition to renewable energy and about a talk on that topic coming up soon. So tune in to Planet Philadelphia for a super show 4:00 this Friday at gtownradio.com!
Podcasts of the shows become available the day after they broadcast. Please tell all your friends that they too can hear great shows about our environment – after all it’s where we all live, work, and play. To make a comment about what you hear on Planet Philadelphia or if you have a question, please call the listener Comment Line: (484) 278-1846. It would be great to hear what you have to say. To find out more about Planet Philadelphia go to http://www.planetphila.com or http://www.gtownradio.com/. | @planetphila | @gtownradio | Facebook
It's an exciting Planet Philadelphia streamed live on wonderful http://www.gtownradio.com/ 4:00, April 1, 2016. State Senator Art Haywood, who represents our own 4th district in Harrisburg, was interviewed by host Kay Wood about his views on the proposed and controversial energy hub.
To make a comment or ask a question about Planet Philadelphia please call the Listener Comment Line: (484) 278-1846. Please also tell all your friends about Planet Philadelphia – lot’s of great shows about our environment.  A great New Planet Philadelphia - hear host Kay Wood's interview with State Senator Art Haywood, 4:00 pm this Friday, April 1st, streaming on Gtown Radio. He's a fabulous guest for this Planet Philadelphia show. State Senator Art Haywood represents our own 4th district in Harrisburg. Listen to host Kay Wood’s interview with the senator as he talks about his views on the proposed and controversial energy hub. Hear his answers not only to Wood’s questions, but also to questions from a number of constituents who contacted Planet Philadelphia with some tough questions of their own about the hub. So it's an exciting new Planet Philadelphia this Friday – 4:00, April 1, 2016 – streaming on wonderful http://www.gtownradio.com/. (Podcast information below.)
Podcasts of the shows become available the day after they broadcast. Please tell all your friends that they too can hear great shows about our environment – after all it’s where we all live, work, and play. To make a comment about what you hear on Planet Philadelphia or if you have a question, please call the listener Comment Line: (484) 278-1846. It would be great to hear what you have to say. To find out more about Planet Philadelphia go to http://www.planetphila.com or http://www.gtownradio.com/. | @planetphila | @gtownradio | Facebook 
Listen live to the next great new Planet Philadelphia radio show about our environment with host Kay Wood, 4:00 pm Friday March 18th streaming on http://www.gtownradio.com/. Sue Caskey, a Mt. Airy resident and environmental science writer, will talk live with Kay about her visit to the AAAS Annual Meeting in Washington D.C. Also on this Planet Philadelphia, listen to two great interviews; the first will be with our new Sustainability Director Christine Knapp, who was appointed by Mayor Jim Kenney in January. Then we’ll hear from Dr. Robert P. Hartwig the president of the Insurance Information Institute talks about how the insurance industry is looking at climate change.
Podcasts of the shows become available the day after they broadcast. Please tell all your friends that they too can hear great shows about our environment – after all it’s where we all live, work, and play.
To make a comment about what you hear on Planet Philadelphia or if you have a question, please call the listener Comment Line: (484)278-1846. It would be great to hear what you have to say. To find out more about Planet Philadelphia go to http://www.planetphila.com or http://www.gtownradio.com/. @planetphila | @gtownradio | Facebook
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Planet Philadelphia Today - January 15th - 4:00 pm streaming on http://www.gtownradio.com/1/15/2016
 Planet Philadelphia Today - January 15th - 4:00 pm streaming on http://www.gtownradio.com/ - two scientists at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University; Dr. Stefanie Kroll and Lin B. Perez, tell us about important things we can do ourselves here in NW Philly to help with water management. After that, we’ll hear Professor Rakesh Agrawal, about a new energy system combining solar and hydrogen production that's getting a lot of attention, "Hyricity." Tune in to hear these informative interviews and more awesome environmental news on Planet Philadelphia today!
And don’t forget - the Weird Waste Electronics Recycling event is Saturday, January 16, 2016; 10am to 2pm at the Norwood-Fontbonne Academy at 8891 Germantown Avenue in NW Philly. It’s a great way to responsibly recycle all your old dead motherboards or cell phones or lamps – anything with a cord… for more information on that go to http://tinyurl.com/qy4wkhl Podcasts of the shows become available the day after they broadcast. Please tell all your friends that they too can hear great shows about our environment – after all it’s where we all live, work, and play. To make a comment about what you hear on Planet Philadelphia or if you have a question, please call the listener Comment Line: (484)278-1846. It would be great to hear what you have to say. To find out more about Planet Philadelphia go to http://www.planetphila.com or http://www.gtownradio.com/. @planetphila | @gtownradio | Facebook New Planet Philadelphia - this Fri., Jan. 15th, 4:00 pm, Gtown Radio - interviews, music and more!1/11/2016
 A brand new Planet Philadelphia is coming up this Friday January 15th at 4:00 pm on wonderful Gtown radio – the sound of Germantown, http://www.gtownradio.com/.
Planet Philadelphia host, Kay Wood speaks with three exciting guests, starting off with two scientists at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University; Dr. Stefanie Kroll, a director of the Delaware River Watershed Initiative, talks about the ambitious multi-group initiative that was kickstarted with a $35 million commitment by the William Penn Foundation. She is followed up by Lin B. Perez, a GeoSpatial Scientist with the BioGeoInformatics Group at the Academy. She is also a landscape architect and tells us about a number of important things we can do ourselves here in NW Philly to help with water management. Latter on in the show we’ll hear Professor Rakesh Agrawal, the Winthrop E. Stone Distinguished Professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University, about a new energy system combining solar and hydrogen production that's getting a lot of attention, "Hyricity." Tune in to hear these informative interviews and more awesome environmental news on Planet Philadelphia streaming 4:00 to 5:00 pm on http://www.gtownradio.com/ And don’t forget - the Weird Waste Electronics Recycling event is Saturday, January 16, 2016; 10am to 2pm at the Norwood-Fontbonne Academy at 8891 Germantown Avenue in NW Philly. It’s a great way to responsibly recycle all your old dead motherboards or cell phones or lamps – anything with a cord… for more information on that go to http://tinyurl.com/qy4wkhl Podcasts of the shows become available the day after they broadcast. Please tell all your friends that they too can hear great shows about our environment – after all it’s where we all live, work, and play. To make a comment about what you hear on Planet Philadelphia or if you have a question, please call the Listener Comment Line: (484)278-1846. It would be great to hear what you have to say. To find out more about Planet Philadelphia go to http://www.planetphila.com or http://www.gtownradio.com/. @planetphila | @gtownradio | Facebook |
Planet Philadelphia won the 2024 SustainPHL Sustainable Storyteller award.These nominees use storytelling through various media to inspire positive change and highlight environmental actions.
Planet Philadelphia is a radio show about our shared environment aired 4:00-5:00 PM EST 1st &3rd Friday a month on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in Philadelphia and/or at gtownradio.com. Also on Villanova University’s radio station, WXVU, Thursday mornings at 9:00 a.m. at 89.1FM.
Podcasts are available at planetphiladelphia.com show archives page. Individual interviews. 
Planet Philadelphia is a partner in Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story.
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