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Green Root Podcast

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Join environmental writer, investigative journalist, and organizer Josh Schlossberg on a quest to uncover the roots of the modern ecological crisis on the Green Root Podcast, the OFFICIAL podcast of Eco-IntegrityAlliance.org

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47:04

THE FIGHT FOR AMERICA’S FORESTS (with Rachael Himsel,...

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2025/12/29

On episode 105 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), Rachael Himsel, executive producer and co-director of the forthcoming film, SAVING THE HOOSIER: THE FIGHT FOR AMERICA’S FORESTS, talks about winning the decades-long battle for Indiana’s precious public lands.Host Josh Schlossberg chats with Rachael about: -Why Indiana forest defenders are so good at protecting public lands -The recent passing of legendary forest activist, Andy Mahler -The Mellencamp family’s

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20:03

CAN GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY SAVE PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY?

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2025/12/22

On episode 104 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), host Josh Schlossberg brainstorms about ways that grassroots advocacy might fix our broken chain of participatory democracy between corporations, government, media, and the public.Josh talks about: -Why media—the biggest broken link in the chain—should be held accountable or bypassed -How grassroots advocacy can be reinvigorated through strong stances and clear vision -The importance of bringing back joy to

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68:21

BIOMASS OR BIO-MESS? INCINERATING FORESTS FOR...

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2025/12/16

On episode 103 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), Hudson Kingston, legal director for CURE, battles government plans in Minnesota to greenwash dirty, forest-killing “biomass” energy by ignoring carbon emissions from incinerating trees and trash for industrial-scale electricity.Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Hudson about: -How the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission wants to classify biomass energy as “carbon free” despite tree burning emitting more CO2

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52:38

THE WORST WE’VE EVER SEEN ON PUBLIC LANDS (with Rocky...

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2025/12/08

On episode 102 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), we strategize with Rocky Smith, forest management consultant with over forty years’ experience, about the worst threat we’ve ever seen on public lands in the West—including the now biggest logging project in Colorado history announced last week—and one quick action you can take to start turning things around before it’s too late. Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Rocky about: -The brand new biggest logging

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29:48

ANTI-ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA: INEPT OR CORRUPT?

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2025/12/01

Green Root Podcast #101: ANTI-ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA: INEPT OR CORRUPT?On episode 101 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—host and former investigative journalist Josh Schlossberg tries to make sense of whether most media outlets are unable or unwilling to accurately and honestly cover environmental topics. Josh talks about: -The ideological and partisan bias he uncovered while working as an award-winning environmental journalist -His experience as an ecosystem

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44:24

A Beautifully Burned Forest (with Richard Hutto,...

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2025/11/24

On episode 100 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we explore the ecological wonderland and wildlife haven that is a severely-burned forest, with Richard Hutto, emeritus professor in wildlife biology and author of the new book, A BEAUTIFULLY BURNED FOREST: LEARNING TO CELEBRATE SEVERE FOREST FIRE.Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Richard about: -The science informing his book, A BEAUTIFULLY BURNED FOREST -The wildlife species that need severely-burned forests to

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53:50

100 New National Parks (with Michael Kellett,...

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2025/11/10

On episode 99 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we talk about a positive alternative vision for public lands that would establish 100 new National Parks in the U.S.—at least one in every state—with Michael Kellett, executive director of RESTORE: The North Woods.Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Michael about: -How the U.S. Forest Service under the Department of Agriculture treats National Forests as industrial croplands -How the anti-science exploitation of

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42:03

WHY PUBLIC LANDS ADVOCACY MATTERS MORE THAN EVER...

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2025/10/27

On episode 98 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we talk about past, present, and future threats to public forestlands with Jillian Bar-Av, member of Heartwood (est. 1991) and host of the new Heartwood Forest Protection Podcast.Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Jillian about: -How Heartwood has united forest protection advocates across the U.S. since 1991 -How to balance art with activism -The passing of eco-musician Robert Hoyt and Heartwood founder, Andy

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58:08

BEATING BACK TRUMP’S FOREST SERVICE (with Jeff Stant,...

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2025/10/13

On episode 97 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we celebrate a major victory over the Trump administration’s U.S. Forest Service in the Hoosier National Forest in Indiana, with Jeff Stant, National Forest Program Advisor for Indiana Forest Alliance.Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Jeff about: -The “stop work” order enforced on the largest logging, burning, and herbicide-spraying project in the history of the Hoosier National Forest -The court ruling finding

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76:59

DOES ENVIRONMENTAL COMPROMISE WORK? (with Adam...

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2025/09/29

On episode 96 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we question whether or not decades of well-funded, influential “Big Green” environmental NGOs compromising with industry and government has been effective, and explore how a strong and united grassroots movement might offer a better alternative, with Adam Bronstein, host of Our Public Lands podcast.Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Adam about: -The victories and losses of the mainstream environmental movement

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43:33

ANDY MAHLER: A LEGEND OF FOREST PROTECTION (1951-2025)

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2025/09/15

Green Root Podcast #95: ANDY MAHLER: A LEGEND OF FOREST PROTECTION (1951-2025)On a very sad but very special episode 95 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we share one of the last interviews with legendary forest advocate, Andy Mahler, who passed away in August at the age of 74. We hope you enjoy and savor this conversation with—and tribute to—the man who has done so much for Nature. Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Andy about: -How Andy and a coalition of

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57:49

EASTERN FORESTS UNDER ATTACK!

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2025/09/01

On episode 94 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we report breaking news on the destructive logging threatening the Bell Smith Springs National Natural Landmark in Illinois and the legal battle on which the future of the Shawnee National Forest depends, with Sam Stearns, founder of Friends of Bell Smith Springs & John Wallace, vice president of Shawnee Park and Climate Alliance)Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Sam and John about: -The rare wonder that is

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50:55

Do Democrat Politicians Care About the Environment?...

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2025/08/18

On episode 93 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we get political on the topic of whether elected officials in the Democratic party are walking their talk when it comes to protecting the natural world, with Karen Breslin, democratic candidate running for the U.S. Senate from Colorado. Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Karen about how: -Most Republican politicians don’t hide their indifference towards nature -Many Democrat politicians—including most of

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50:04

FOREST FIRE MALFEASANCE (w/Chad Hanson, Fire Ecologist)

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2025/08/04

On episode 92 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we get scorched by FOREST FIRE MALFEASANCE (ForestFireMalfeasance.org), a new report exposing a government coverup of peer-reviewed science to promote logging on public lands, with Dr. Chad Hanson, research ecologist and director of John Muir Project.Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Chad about: -Eco-Integrity Alliance’s new report, FOREST FIRE MALFEASANCE, revealing hundreds of emails from a public records

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41:07

IS DEFENDING THE “ROADLESS RULE” ENOUGH? (with Gary...

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2025/07/21

On episode 91 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we get off the beaten path to discuss current threats to roll back the “Roadless Rule” and whether the decades-old conservation strategy of defending the status quo of weak public lands protections is working, with Gary Macfarlane, board member of Friends of the Clearwater.Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Gary about: -The history of the Roadless Rule -The U.S. Forest Service’s efforts to roll it back -The

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42:30

HOW THE PUBLIC LANDS MOVEMENT FAILED (with Denise...

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2025/07/14

On episode 90 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we peek behind the green curtain to uncover the REAL reasons why we keep losing our public lands to more logging, mining, drilling, and grazing, with Denise Boggs, director of Conservation Congress (conservationcongress-ca.org).Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Denise about how: -Large, corporate-funded foundations have hamstrung public lands advocacy -Billions of dollars have propped up “environmental groups”

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41:33

WORST Public Lands Scheme of the CENTURY?

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2025/06/23

On episode 89 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we shine a bright light through the media blackout of what may be the single most destructive public lands scheme of the century with Andrew Rothman, Wildlife Habitat Conservationist and founder of the Rainforest Biodiversity Group.Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Andrew about: -The fake “emergency” authorization that the Trump administration has made literally 100 times worse by sacrificing 112 million acres of

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47:52

Local Government AXES Forests and Democracy

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2025/06/09

On episode 88 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we unearth an alarming level of public forest destruction, science denial, and sidestepping of participatory democracy in Jefferson County, Colorado with citizen advocate Mike Rawluk.Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Mike about: -How he went from being an unwitting supporter of “wildfire fuel reduction” to speaking out about the unprecedented level of aggressive and scientifically-contested logging in Jefferson

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29:44

Public Forests as Climate Refuges (with Rick Bass,...

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2025/06/02

On episode 87 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we celebrate the campaign to protect public forests as climate refuges with Rick Bass, Executive Director of the Yaak Valley Forest Council.Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Rick Bass about his organization’s work defending the uniquely biodiverse Yaak Valley in northwestern Montana; their success in stopping (for now) the U.S. Forest Service’s “Black Ram” old-growth logging project; their strategy to turn the

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57:00

Mining Sacred Lands (with Dov Korff-Korn, Sacred...

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2025/05/26

On episode 86 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we delve deep into the ecological, physical, cultural, and spiritual harm caused by mining public lands with Dov Korff-Korn, legal director of the Sacred Defense Fund.Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Dov Korff-Korn about his work as an attorney with the Lakota People’s Law Project to defend Indigenous lands and sacred sites from extractive industry; the impacts of a graphite mine proposed for the Black Hills

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