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Listen to the podcast for the Friday, January 4, 2019 Planet Philadelphia environmental radio show

1/5/2019

Listen to the podcast for the Friday, January 4, 2019 Planet Philadelphia aired live on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM Germantown Community Radio and streamed at gtownradio.com.

2018 had a number of important, even alarming, events and occurrences from extreme weather events made worse by the climate crisis, powerful institutional reports including from our own government, and of course political wrangling. these guests talk about some of these events and what lies ahead in 2019.

Christina Faulkner McDonough: California suffered from multiple big fires this summer. Christina Faulkner McDonough had a close call with the Woolsey Fire, and will tell us about her direct experiences. Even though CA is 3,000 miles away we are all connected. The smoke from the fires even reached here Philadelphia and contributed to days of poorer air quality.
Liz Robinson: Philadelphia Solar Energy Association (PSEA) Executive Director, a key advocate for solar energy in Pennsylvania, helping to develop the policy framework that has had many accomplishments. She will talk about environmental issues in the new year.
Karen Krivit: Philly Goat Project Director Karen Krivit and several volunteers talk about this unique community-based program. Don’t throw your Christmas tree in the trash. Recycle it by feeding it to the goats at the Philly Goat Project at Awbury Arboretum's Agricultural Village.

For selected individual interviews go to the Sound For The Planet page.

Listen to Planet Philadelphia 4-5 PM the first and third Friday of the month on your radio dial at 92.9 FM WGGT-LP in NW Philadelphia, and G-Town Radio, http://www.gtownradio.com. Shows aired live will be available as podcasts shortly after they broadcast.

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PODCAST: Winter Solstice radio show 12/21/18

12/26/2018

https://www.mixcloud.com/PlanetPhiladelphia/scientist-and-justice-perspectives-on-our-environment-on-the-winter-solstice-radio-show-122118/

Scientist and Justice Perspectives on our environment on the Winter Solstice radio show 12/21/18
What better way to celebrate our winter solstice than thinking about planet earth and our place upon it? On today's show we talk with guests Roland Wall. Director Patrick Center for Environmental Research at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University in Philadelphia and Allison Acevedo, Esq., Director of Environmental Justice at the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) about we can do to understand and/or help avoid problems in our own region caused by environmental issues and climate change.
Music:
Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi
Jethro Tull - Ring out solstice bells
Ethan Kuperberg - A Singing Rendition of “Climate-Change Christmas Carols”

Planet Philadelphia 4-5 PM the first and third Friday of the month live on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM and streaming at gtownradio.com, http://www.gtownradio.com. Comments line (484) 278-1846.

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Podcast: What to do about the climate crisis at our door step? Richard Whiteford and Meenal Raval, Planet Philadelphia 12/7/18

12/10/2018

Just click on the button above, or this link: https://www.mixcloud.com/PlanetPhiladelphia/what-to-do-about-the-climate-crisis-at-our-door-step-richard-whiteford-and-meenal-raval/, to listen to the podcast of the latest Planet Philadelphia broadcast on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM Germantown Community Radio and streaming at gtownradio.com 12/7/18

Stark warnings from the National Climate Assessment and several other recent reputable reports say we are already in a climate crisis with real harm happening to us today. Our guests will talk about the crisis and what we can all do to help avert the worst.

• Climate change expert, Richard Whiteford, will talk about what the National Climate Assessment means for us here in the Delaware Valley.

• Local environmental activist, Meenah Raval, will discuss PGW’s, deal to move for a new LNG (liquefied natural gas) facility at its Passyunk plant, and why it is a bad idea.

Listen to Planet Philadelphia 4-5 PM the first and third Friday of the month on your radio dial at 92.9 FM WGGT-LP in NW Philadelphia, and G-Town Radio, http://www.gtownradio.com.

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Podcast: Climate Change in the Post-IPCC & Pre-Election Era, 11/2/18, Planet Philadelphia aired on 92.9 FM & gtownradio.com

11/3/2018

https://www.mixcloud.com/PlanetPhiladelphia/climate-change-in-the-post-ipcc-pre-election-era-11218-aired-on-929-fm-gtownradiocom/

Podcast: Climate Change in the Post-IPCC & Pre-Election Era, 11/2/18, Planet Philadelphia aired on 92.9 FM & gtownradio.com

How should we deal with Climate Change in the Post-IPCC & Pre-Election Era? Guests address different approaches to climate change in a critical period for the climate according to the UN. Planet Philadelphia environmental radio show aired live 11/2/18, WGGT-LP 92.9 FM & streamed live on gtownradio.com.

Policy and politics: Dwight Evans
Media: Chandra Chevannes and Sandra Steingraber on award winning documentary film, “Unfractured”
Resiliency for museums and cultural institutions: Joyce Lee and Robert Cheetham

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Planet Philadelphia is an environmental radio show produced and hosted by Kay Wood broadcast 4:00-5:00 p.m. the first and third Friday of every month. Listen to Planet Philadelphia live by going to http://www.gtownradio.com or tune to WGGT-LP 92.9 FM.

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Podcast, Planet Philadelphia, 10/19/18: Legal maneuvers may decide if we survive climate change.

10/20/2018

https://www.mixcloud.com/PlanetPhiladelphia/legal-maneuvers-may-decide-if-we-face-up-to-climate-change/

How Americans face up to climate change could be decided by new legal maneuvers on the state and federal levels.

The federal government is fighting the groundbreaking climate change lawsuit, Juliana v. the US, at every turn. Hear from Attorney Phil Gregory co-lead counsel on this very important lawsuit the Trump DOJ is trying to quash.
If our Founding Fathers were alive today they could be charged with felonies according to PA Senate SB 652. Jenn Quinn, Legislative and Political Director of the Sierra Club Pennsylvania, and Elizabeth Randol, ACLU Pennsylvania Legislative Director talk about this legislation.
Christine Knapp, Director of Philadelphia’s Office of Sustainability has some breaking green news on Philly’s efforts to combat climate change and the local perspectives on the UN’s recent report Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and what Philly is doing about it.

And environmental news from Linda Rosenwein.

Music:
Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell
Pet Shop Boys - Axis
Los straitjackets - The Munsters Theme
Various - The Time Warp

Listen to Planet Philadelphia 4-5 PM the first and third Friday of the month
on your radio dial at WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia,
and G-Town Radio at http://www.gtownradio.com.

Shows aired live will be available as
podcasts shortly after they broadcast.

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Podcast: Save energy + save lives, Planet Philadelphia 92.9 FM + gtownradio.com 10/5/18

10/6/2018

https://www.mixcloud.com/PlanetPhiladelphia/save-energy-save-lives-planet-philadelphia-929-fm-gtownradiocom-10518/

Please listen/share/embed this podcast of the great Planet Philadelphia interviews with Anthony Giancatarino and Peter Winslow when they were live in at G-Town Radio this past Friday, 10/5/18.

Environmental Justice and the Nicetown gas plant with Anthony Giancatarino: Nicetown is DEP decalred environmental justice area. Many in the community are working to stop SEPTA from adding to their already very heavy pollution burden.
Saving energy and the climate with Peter Winslow: 50% of the nations energy is consumed by commercial buildings. 30% of that is wasted. There are options available now with our present technology to do better job.

Music played on this show:
Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi
Anton Khoryukov - Golden October
Josh Woodward - Golden Sunrise Instrumental

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Planet Philadelphia is an environmental radio show produced and hosted by Kay Wood along with assistance from reporter Linda Rosenwein, 4:00-5:00 p.m. the first and third Friday every month. Tune in your radio dial to Germantown Community Radio 92.9 FM WGGT-LP in NW Philadelphia, or listen to the live streaming at G-Town Radio at http://www.gtownradio.com anywhere. Shows aired live will be available as podcasts shortly after they broadcast. Call (484) 278-1846 to record a comment or event announcement anytime to be aired on the next Planet Philadelphia radio show.

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Podcast: Preparing for Climate Refugees and Rehabbing Historic Buildings Planet Philadelphia 9/21/18

9/25/2018

After a summer full of huge fires in the West, and while people in the Carolinas are reeling from Hurricane Florence, Planet Philadelphia is marking the first anniversary of Hurricane Maria with guests telling us some ways to prepare for the ever increasing challenges of the climate change crisis.

Listen to this Planet Philadelphia to hear from two guests about taking action now with hopes for more positive results. https://www.mixcloud.com/PlanetPhiladelphia/preparing-for-climate-change-planet-philadelphia-92118-on-929-fm-wggt-lp-philadelphia/

Preparing for climate change refugees: Julia Menzo - the complexities of climate refugees and the difficulties when there is so much competition for scarce community resources.
Preserving and improving historic buildings in Germantown: Peter Winslow - rehabbing historic buildings in Germantown to not only keep the historic character of the buildings but also making them more energy efficient.

Music:
Joni Mitchell- Big Yellow Taxi
Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie - When The Levee Breaks
David Szesztay - Sunny Street
Bob Dylan - A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall

Planet Philadelphia is an environmental radio show produced and hosted by Kay Wood along with assistance from reporter Linda Rosenwein, 4:00-5:00 p.m. the first and third Friday every month. Tune in your radio dial to Germantown Community Radio 92.9 FM WGGT-LP in NW Philadelphia, or listen to the live streaming at G-Town Radio at http://www.gtownradio.com, and/or on your mobile devices with your radio app. Shows aired live will be available as podcasts shortly after they broadcast. Call (484) 278-1846 to record a comment or event announcement anytime to be aired on the next Planet Philadelphiaradio show.

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Podcast: Planet Philadelphia 9/7/18 - The Quest For Bi-partisanship On The Climate Change Crisis

9/8/2018

Politics, Environment and Bipartisanship; Discussions about the quest for bi-partisanship in addressing our climate change crisis on the Planet Philadelphia environmental radio show aired 9/7/18:

Judy Wicks: Sustainable local/regional and environmentally responsible economies.
Gary Crane: A Republican's views on global warming.
Linda Rosenwein: Bipartisanship on climate change?

Music:
Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell
The World is Changing - Movie Theater
Dawn of the Cosmos - Art Of Escapism
Working In The Coal Mine - Lee Dorsey
Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth - Sparks

Planet Philadelphia is an environmental radio show produced and hosted by Kay Wood along with assistance from reporter Linda Rosenwein, 4:00-5:00 p.m. the first and third Friday every month. Tune in your radio dial to Germantown Community Radio 92.9 FM WGGT-LP in NW Philadelphia, or listen to the live streaming at G-Town Radio at http://www.gtownradio.com, and/or on your mobile devices with your radio app. Shows aired live will be available as podcasts shortly after they broadcast.

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Podcast: Reflecting on Our Future: Planet Philadelphia 8/17/18

8/17/2018

https://www.mixcloud.com/PlanetPhiladelphia/reflecting-on-our-future-planet-philadelphia-81718/

Where are we going? Visions of the future: On this Planet Philadelphia: three of Roger Eardly-Pryor’s wonderful oral history interviews from the “Imagining Philadelphia’s Energy Futures” project funded by the Climate & Urban Systems Partnership at the Franklin Institute (CUSP) and from several people who attended the Power Towards a Just Future parade/rally on August 2nd in Center City.

• Eileen Flanagan: Board member of the Earth Quaker Action Team and author of Renewable: One Woman’s Search for Simplicity, Faithfulness, and Hope
• Kirtrina M. Baxter, M.A.: Community organizer for the Garden Justice League Initiative – a program of the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia
• Tykee James: Legislative Assistant at Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
• Rabbi Mordechai Liebling: Director of the Social Justice Organizing Program at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Wyncote
• Rev. Alison Cornish, Executive Director of Pennsylvania Interfaith Power & Light

Music:
Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell
Global Warming - Kai Engel

Planet Philadelphia is an environmental radio show produced and hosted by Kay Wood along with assistance from reporter Linda Rosenwein, 4:00-5:00 p.m. the first and third Friday every month. Tune in your radio dial to Germantown Community Radio 92.9 FM WGGT-LP in NW Philadelphia, or listen to the live streaming at G-Town Radio at http://www.gtownradio.com, and/or on your mobile devices with your radio app. Shows aired live will be available as podcasts shortly after they broadcast.

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Podcast: Actions we can take to fight climate change now, Planet Philadelphia radio show 8/3/18

8/4/2018

On this Planet Philadelphia, we have a number of Temple students who have some pretty good ideas on what we can do right here in Philly to make things better. Plus news and more on 8/3/18 Planet Philadelphia aired on 92.9 FM WGGT-LP, Philadelphia and streaming at http://www.gtownradio.com/. For more information about Planet Philadelphia go to http://www.planetphiladelphia.com

The show features podcasts created in the Socially Just Climate Futures in Philadelphia project of the Climate and Urban Systems Partnership for Temple U Geography of Hazards class, Dr. Hamil Pearsall. local organization or agency: Philadelphia Horticultural Society, Temple University Office of Sustainability, Philadelphia Department of Public Health. Kay Wood, from Planet Philadelphia, and Richard Johnson, CUSP (Climate and Urban Systems Partnership) Project Manager, provided guidance on science communication. The Franklin Institute provided funding through its CUSP project competition.

Music:
Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell
Bathed in Fine Dust.2 - Andy G Cohen
Summertime - Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince

Planet Philadelphia is an environmental radio show produced and hosted by Kay Wood along with assistance from reporter Linda Rosenwein, 4:00-5:00 p.m. the first and third Friday every month. Tune in your radio dial to Germantown Community Radio 92.9 FM WGGT-LP in NW Philadelphia, or listen to the live streaming at G-Town Radio at http://www.gtownradio.com, and/or on your mobile devices with your radio app. Shows aired live will be available as podcasts shortly after they broadcast.

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