It's Hot In Here

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Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/itshotinhere23mar2009.mp3] Join us as Gina G, Shannon B and OR Johns heat things up with two exxxtra special guests. Lisa Anne Richey Associate Professor of Development Studies in the Department of Society and Globalisation (yes,  that’s Globalization with an S) at Roskilde University in Denmark and author of Population Politics and Development: From the Policies […]

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/itshotinhere16mar2009.mp3] We are joined in the studio by two staffers from the City of Ann Arbor’s Natural Area Preservation (NAP) unit: the Volunteer & Outreach Coordinator, Jason Frenzel-Wright, and City Ornithologist, Deaver Armstrong respectively. JasonDeaver But first the news… Some examples of new manufacturing and business innovation ideas in Michigan: WindTronics 760 wind turbines out […]

Audio [audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/itshotinhere09mar2009.mp3] We’re joined this week (about 4 minutes in) by soon-to-be Cosmology doctorate Brian Nord who helps us explore the universe. It is also pledge week so consider showing some love (online even) for WCBN! A little news: the EPA is re-thinking a few things like dioxin clean-up ideas…. Then intermixed with our discussions […]

Audio [audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/itshotinhere02mar2009.mp3] This week Gina Gettum, Shannon Brines and chemical correspondent Aviva Glaser discuss: environmental news headlines relevant to Michigan and the Great Lakes, lots about coal, a few toxic tangents and more! Un-censored! You can read more about the Great Lakes round-up of news bits here Read more about the exciting Power Shift 2009 […]

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/itshotinhere23feb2009.mp3] This week Gina Gettum and guest cohost Aviva Glaser [Hot in Here’s own Chemical Correspondent!] pepper news you can use, oscar reviews and stone cold grooves with helpful hints to reduce our own greenhouse gas emissions! Butt First The News Climate Change is top national security threat and according to eminent economist Nicholas Stern […]

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/itshotinhere16feb2009.mp3] Join us this week as special guests Andrew Brix of the Ann Arbor Energy Office and Jason Bing of the Environmental House Energy & Green Building Research Center get us up to speed on efforts to keep our homes and tree town green and how we can get involved. We also had Greg Vendena […]

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/itshotinhere09feb2009.mp3] From the shores of Easter Island to the ovaries of a spawning carp it’s real Hot in Here. Join us this week for news and global grooves. In-studio guest Aviva Glaser delivers a hot dose of chemical knowledge, OJ debuts his new segment “Thresholds” and our Washington Correspondent Kerry Duggan gives it to us […]

Audio [audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/itshotinhere02feb2009.mp3] Join us this week for the news (including rethinking carnivorousness), an update from our always fabulous Washington Correspondent Kerry Duggan, and a journey through the nerdery of social-ecological systems theory to the dusty steps of Mongolia, the squishy shores of Lake Victoria and the Great Lakes of Michigan: With three different names for […]

Audio [audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/itshotinhere26jan2009.mp3] Human and environmental justice activist  Zo Randriamaro heats up the WCBN Studios with her wisdom, passion and careful thoughts. If you are short on time, skip the news recap and head right to Zo at minute 16. You you’ll be happy you did. Zo tells us that average temperatures in Madagascar have risen […]

Audio [audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/itshotinhere19jan2009.mp3] A special Martin Luther King day and pre-inauguration show… We started live with both our It’s Hot In Here co-host Gina Gettum as well as our Washington correspondent Kerry Duggan on the line from Washington DC. They joined us from a League of Conservation Voters sponsored National Day of Service event at John […]

Audio [audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/itshotinhere05jan2009.mp3] Please share your eco-resolutions below in the comments! AND if you have a name for a person who eats meat once a week, post that too! In the audio above which starts a couple minutes in we had the news, food news, and eco-resolutions for the new year discussions including 10 easy ways […]

Audio [audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/itshotinhere29dec2008.mp3] We had our usual news roundup… but we had a not so usual special guest in the studio with us the whole time: Homeless Dave. Dave shared with us: the premise for his blog Teeter Talk (voted best local blog 3 years in a row by readers of the Current), what’s up with […]