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Extinction Rebellion Radio

Extinction Rebellion Radio is the voice of the climate rebellion, dedicated to covering weekly news and stories on the climate crisis through conversation, interviews and expert perspectives.*logo by Lili AllenExtinctionRebellionRadio@gmail.com

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24:18

Nuclear Power: Road to Salvation... or Armageddon

Extinction Rebellion Radio ·

2022/04/11

There are quite a few climate activists, most notably Dr. James Hansen, who advocate for nuclear power as a viable solution to the climate crisis. In this interview with Mari Inoue of the group The Manhattan Project, we hear the other side of the debate, as Ms. Inoue argues the case against nuclear energy. This is the first of a projected two-part series on the nuclear issue. [Broadcast on March 29, 2022]

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23:49

The Ukraine Crisis is a Climate Crisis

Extinction Rebellion Radio ·

2022/03/15

Everyone in the world is talking about Ukraine and so are we, for the climate crisis is fundamental both to Russia's war on Ukraine and to NATO's power plays. What is unfolding in Europe at this crucial moment is a harbinger of western climate conflicts to come.

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24:47

National Security or Climate Crisis Multiplier?

Extinction Rebellion Radio ·

2022/03/09

You've heard the mantra before: climate change is a threat multiplier. But do we have it backwards? Is the national security framework within which we operate a climate crisis multiplier? For the next few episodes of our militarism and climate crisis series, we pose this question to a number of people, the first of whom is John Feffer, director of Foreign Policy In Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies.

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24:16

Extinction Rebellion Strategy Talk: Why we do what we...

Extinction Rebellion Radio ·

2022/03/02

In this episode of Extinction Rebellion Radio (broadcast on February 22, 2022), we give the floor to Allen McGonagill, member of the Strategy Working Group for XR Boston. Allen explains uninterrupted the rationale behind XR's use of civil disobedience and nonviolent resistance, which we then converse with him about in the show that follows.

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24:27

Extinction Rebellion Strategy Talk: Why we do what we...

Extinction Rebellion Radio ·

2022/03/02

In this episode of Extinction Rebellion Radio (broadcast on March 1, 2022), we discuss with Allen McGonagill XR's use of civil disobedience and nonviolent resistance. Allen is a member of the Strategy Working Group for XR Boston, who on the last episode presented uninterrupted the rationale behind XR's strategy and tactics.

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22:45

COP26: Gone but not forgotten

Extinction Rebellion Radio ·

2022/02/03

Although it has faded from public attention, COP26 was a fiasco we must not forget. In this episode, we take an even deeper dive into the empty promises dressed up as government action on our climate crisis.

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10:41

National security? Not the climate security we need...

Extinction Rebellion Radio ·

2022/01/26

For this episode, we continue our series on the climate crisis and militarism. Our subject this week: the intersection of national security and climate change. For this topic, we return to an interview we conducted with Professor Neta Crawford, Chair of Political Science at Boston University, and Co-Director of the Costs of War Project at Brown and Boston Universities. Also this week: the Ukraine crisis as a climate crisis. [Aired January 25, 2022]

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13:34

National security? Not the climate security we need...

Extinction Rebellion Radio ·

2022/01/26

For this episode, we continue our series on the climate crisis and militarism. Our subject this week: the intersection of national security and climate change. For this topic, we return to an interview we conducted with Professor Neta Crawford, Chair of Political Science at Boston University, and Co-Director of the Costs of War Project at Brown and Boston Universities. Also this week: the Ukraine crisis as a climate crisis. [Aired January 25, 2022]

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13:21

Joe Manchin is our climate crisis [Part 1]

Extinction Rebellion Radio ·

2022/01/25

For this episode, we take a deep dive into President Biden’s Build Back Better Act and West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin’s refusal to support it. Also this week: smog in India, and building a Bitcoin city in El Salvador. [Aired January 18, 2022]

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10:51

Joe Manchin is our climate crisis [Part 2]

Extinction Rebellion Radio ·

2022/01/25

For this episode, we take a deep dive into President Biden’s Build Back Better Act and West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin’s refusal to support it. Also this week: smog in India, and building a Bitcoin city in El Salvador. [Aired January 18, 2022]

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9:31

Iran, climate change and reparations [Part 2]

Extinction Rebellion Radio ·

2022/01/25

For this episode, we continue our conversation with Shooka Bidarian about the impact of the climate crisis on Iran. Shooka is environmental correspondent for Marjan Television, a Farsi-language network that is based outside of Iran. We then discuss Big Oil’s “disinformation campaign to prevent climate action,” and British Columbia’s November 2021 mega storm – a storm Rob Fleming (British Columbia’s Minister of Transportation) dubbed BC’s “worst weather storm in a century.” [Aired January 11,

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13:21

Iran, climate change and reparations [Part 1]

Extinction Rebellion Radio ·

2022/01/25

For this episode, we continue our conversation with Shooka Bidarian about the impact of the climate crisis on Iran. Shooka is environmental correspondent for Marjan Television, a Farsi-language network that is based outside of Iran. We then discuss Big Oil’s “disinformation campaign to prevent climate action,” and British Columbia’s November 2021 mega storm – a storm Rob Fleming (British Columbia’s Minister of Transportation) dubbed BC’s “worst weather storm in a century.” [Aired January 11,

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10:06

Climate Crisis: Iran (Part II)

Extinction Rebellion Radio ·

2022/01/13

In this episode (Part II), Shooka Bidarian joins Matthew Kearney and Alycee Lane to discuss the effects of global heating on Iran. Environmental Correspondent for Marjan Television – a Farsi language TV network based in London – Shooka recently received the Alfredo Circus Memorial Green Ring Award for her journalism on our climate crisis.

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12:43

Climate Crisis: Iran (Part I)

Extinction Rebellion Radio ·

2022/01/13

In this episode (Part I), Shooka Bidarian joins Matthew Kearney and Alycee Lane to discuss the effects of global heating on Iran. Environmental Correspondent for Marjan Television – a Farsi language TV network based in London – Shooka recently received the Alfredo Circus Memorial Green Ring Award for her journalism on our climate crisis.

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13:05

Our Militarized Borders, Our Climate Change Policy...

Extinction Rebellion Radio ·

2021/12/01

Continuing our series on militarism and our climate crisis, this week we speak with Lorah Steichen about the intersection of militarism, climate change and immigration. Steichen is the Outreach Coordinator for the National Priorities Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, a project that produces research and analysis on the federal budget and militarized spending. She is also co-author of “No Warming, No War: How Militarism Fuels the Climate Crisis – and Vice Versa,” a broad study published

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11:23

Our Militarized Borders, Our Climate Change Policy...

Extinction Rebellion Radio ·

2021/12/01

Continuing our series on militarism and our climate crisis, this week we speak with Lorah Steichen about the intersection of militarism, climate change and immigration. Steichen is the Outreach Coordinator for the National Priorities Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, a project that produces research and analysis on the federal budget and militarized spending. She is also co-author of “No Warming, No War: How Militarism Fuels the Climate Crisis – and Vice Versa,” a broad study published

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13:29

The COP 26 Cop-Out: A Prescription for Extinction...

Extinction Rebellion Radio ·

2021/11/20

In this second installment of a two-part episode of Extinction Rebellion Radio, Matthew Kearny and Alycee Lane discuss the empty promises of COP 26. Governments from around the world gathered in Glasgow to perform a ritual of talking about climate change while doing absolutely nothing to halt our unfolding climate crisis. As the world faces increasing climate catastrophes that displace millions, threaten our food supply, and compromise our health, leaders gathered not to phase out, but to phase down

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11:04

The COP 26 Cop-Out: A Prescription for Extinction...

Extinction Rebellion Radio ·

2021/11/20

In this first installment of a two-part episode of Extinction Rebellion Radio, Matthew Kearny and Alycee Lane discuss the empty promises of COP 26. Governments from around the world gathered in Glasgow to perform a ritual of talking about climate change while doing absolutely nothing to halt our unfolding climate crisis. As the world faces increasing climate catastrophes that displace millions, threaten our food supply, and compromise our health, leaders gathered not to phase out, but to phase down

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23:59

No Blood For Oil!: Our longest war was a climate...

Extinction Rebellion Radio ·

2021/09/28

What if our longest war - the global war on terror that began in 2001- was a climate change disaster? This question we explore with the help of Professor Neta Crawford, Chair of Political Science at Boston University, and Co-Director of the Costs of War Project at Brown and Boston Universities. Through her research of military emissions, Professor Crawford found that throughout our “longest war,” the US military emitted over 1.2 billion metric tons of greenhouse gases, giving a whole new meaning to

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24:45

Running out of water: Azerbaijan

Extinction Rebellion Radio ·

2021/09/19

In this first episode of an occasional series on how climate change impacts regions around the world, we speak with Dr. Rovshan Abbasov about the impact of climate change on Azerbaian. Dr. Rovshan Abbasov is head of the United Nations water management program in Azerbaian and professor at a university in Baku. (Originally broadcast on 8/31/2021)

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