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Octopus Wild

Filed under Episodes, The Ocean Is Us by Jill Sjong on November 24, 2020 at 8:55 am {one comment}

Craig Foster with his octopus teacher

This week we review the hit movie “My Octopus Teacher,” the story about a man who goes diving in a kelp forest off the Western Cape of South Africa, and becomes acquainted with an octopus. We review the movie with Roger Hanlon, a diving biologist, cephalopod expert and senior scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. We discuss the octopus’ elaborate camouflage and complex behavior. We’ll get some answers to our octopus questions: Do they dream? Do they play? Use tools? Are octopuses a second form of intelligent life on earth?

You can learn more about the South African sea forest at the Sea Change Project. You can learn more about octopuses at Roger Hanlon’s research.

Host & Producer: Jill Sjong
Executive Producer: Beth Bennett
Engineer: Sam Fuqua

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CU COVID Testing Update//Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever & Climate Change

Filed under Climate, corona virus by Shelley Schlender on November 16, 2020 at 8:42 pm {no comments}

Inside a Manhole – photo credit BIOBOT

CU COVID TESTING UPDATE (starts 1:00) We join CU Engineering Professor Cresten Mansfeldt as he and his students open a sewer manhole and do maintenance on their wastewater COVID early warning system. We also get an update on COVID status at CU Boulder.

Brown Dog Ticks

ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER & CLIMATE CHANGE (starts 11:15) Brown dog ticks that carry Rocky Mountain Spotted fever usually bite dogs. But they prefer to bite people over dogs when temperature rise to 100 degrees. UC-Davis scientist Laura Backus explains her new study and its implications in a time of climate change.

Host: Shelley Schlender
Producer:Shelley Schlender
Engineer:Sam Fuqua
Additional contribution: Music from Lynn Patrick
Executive Producer:Beth Bennett

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:37 — 25.3MB)

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The Reindeer Chronicles: Stories of Environmental Regeneration

Filed under Climate, Episodes by Beth Bennett on November 10, 2020 at 9:10 am {no comments}

Reindeer Chronicles

This week on How on Earth, Beth interviews author Judith Schwartz. In her new book, the Reindeer Chronicles, she takes the reader on a tour of some of the most wounded places on earth, and stories of how a passionate group of eco-restorers is leading the way to their revitalization. This optimistic book describes solutions to seemingly intractable problems that can restore local water, carbon, nutrient, and energy cycles.
Host:Beth Bennett
Producer:Beth Bennett
Engineer:Sam Fuqua
Additional contribution:Joel Parker
Executive Producer:Beth Bennett
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:27 — 26.0MB)

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It’s All in Your Mouth: Exploring Holistic Dentistry

Filed under Uncategorized by Beth Bennett on October 28, 2020 at 8:39 am {no comments}

Holistic Dentistry

In this week’s show Beth talks to Dr. Dominik Nischwitz about his new book, It’s All in Your Mouth, to learn more about the relationship between our mouths and the rest of the body. Many European dentists have practiced holistic dentistry for decades. The practice is now becoming more common in the US. This idea is that many common chronic conditions—obesity, inflammation, stroke, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, heart disease, and cancer, among others—often have their origins in the mouth. And by treating the mouth, the body too can benefit. To learn more, you can follow the links above or check out Dr Dom’s Instagram feed.

Host: Beth Bennett
Producer: Beth Bennett
Engineer: Maeve Conran
Additional Contributions: Joel Parker
Executive Producer: Beth Bennett
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Andrea Tilstra – Deaths of Despair – or not

Filed under Episodes by Shelley Schlender on October 19, 2020 at 9:18 pm {no comments}

CU-Boulder Sociologist Andrea Tilstra discusses how this decade’s reduction of lifespan in the US ties closely with two factors 1) easier access to painkillers and opioids, and 2) the obesity epidemic and the related health problems that come with it. Tilstra also explains the quesitons a social scientist/demographer asks when examining the COVID-19 pandemic, the COVID-19 Boulder County local tracking of the pandemic, and the human factors to consider as people face the stresses of social distancing and trying to stay connected.

Producer and Host: Shelley Schlender
Engineer: Maeve Conran
Executive Producer: Jill Sjong
Additional Contributions: Music from Lynn Patrick

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Clean – The New Science of Skin

Filed under Episodes by Joel Parker on October 13, 2020 at 12:47 pm {no comments}

How clean is “clean”? How do you get clean, and how important is it…could it actually be advantageous to your skin and general health to not try to get too clean? We talk with medical doctor and author Dr. James Hamblin about his new book “Clean: The New Science Of Skin“.

Hosts: Chip Grandits, Joel Parker
Executive Producer: Jill Sjong
Show Producer and Engineer: Joel Parker
Additional Contributions: Shelley Schlender

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:21 — 25.0MB)

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The Shale Revolution: Weld County’s Golden Goose- Part Two

Filed under Climate, Episodes by Jill Sjong on October 6, 2020 at 5:55 pm {no comments}

Left: Image courtesy of EcoNation, NZ. Right: Map of active oil and natural gas wells in Colorado.

In Part Two of the Shale Revolution, we look at the environmental concerns associated with hydraulic fracturing, particularly the air quality along the Front Range. We interview Detlev Helmig, an atmospheric scientist, who monitors the air quality along the front range. We also discuss why well setbacks are such a contentious issue in Colorado.

Producer and Host: Jill Sjong
Engineer: Maeve Conran
Executive Producer: Jill Sjong

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 26:19 — 28.3MB)

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The Shale Revolution: Weld County’s Golden Goose- Part One

Filed under Climate, Episodes by Jill Sjong on September 29, 2020 at 2:18 pm {no comments}

Left: Image courtesy of EcoNation, NZ. Right: Map of active oil and natural gas wells in Colorado.

This week on How on Earth, we look at the shale industry, which has transformed this country in ways we could not have imagined a decade ago. How did this happen? Where do experts think the fracking industry might be going? In this two-part series, we consider why Wall Street and environmentalists are becoming strange new allies.

We interview Paula Noonan from Colorado Watch, the platform for tracking Colorado Legislature. We also listen to excerpts from Bethany McLean, author of Saudi America: the Truth about Fracking and how it’s Changing the World.

Host/Producer: Jill Sjong
Engineer: Maeve Conran
Executive Producer: Susan Moran

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:02 — 32.0MB)

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COVID-19 CU-BOULDER – OFF CAMPUS PARTIES – SUPERSPREADERS

Filed under Episodes by Shelley Schlender on September 15, 2020 at 2:19 am {no comments}

In this final show in our four-part series on CU Boulder & COVID, we look at how CU Boulder Contact Tracing and CU data collection has revealed that the biggest spreader of COVID-19 on CU Boulder’s campus is students “socializing” in risky ways, particularly in off-campus parties at sororities, fraternities and large student apartment buildings on “The Hill” near CU Boulder. In contrast, attending in-person classes on CU is not a spreader of COVID-19, and neither are the residential halls. This show features news from the CU Chancellor’s office about a stronger call to reduce the spread, the leader of CU Contact Tracing Matthew McQueen, and Boulder County Spokesperson Chana Goussetis, explaining Boulder County Covid Data.

Producer: Shelley Schlender
Additional Contributions: Angele Sjong
Engineer: Maeve Conran

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:07 — 25.8MB)

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Testing wastewater for COVID-19

Filed under Episodes by Shelley Schlender on September 8, 2020 at 12:02 am {no comments}

Cresten Mansfeldt

PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES IN COVID-19 TESTS (starts 1:00) Beth Bennett reviews the years progress and challenges in COVID-19 Tests, including the latest tests at CU Boulder.

CU UPDATE ON COVID-19 (starts 4:15) CU Media Relations spokesperson Candace Smith gives an update on the CU COVID-READY DASHBOARD including progress on getting the Sawyer Lab ultrafast test back in action at CU-Boulder.

WASTEWATER TESTING AT CU DORMS (Starts 9:50) CU Environmental Engineer Cresten Mansfeldt explains how and why CU Boulder is testing for evidence of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 with daily checks of wastewater coming from CU dorms.

Producer: Shelley Schlender
Additional Contributions: Beth Bennett
Engineer: Maeve Conran

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 26:57 — 24.7MB)

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Clean – The New Science of Skin

The Shale Revolution: Weld County’s Golden Goose- Part Two

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