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Podcast Library,Vol 3
Podcast Library,Vol 3
Podcast Library,Vol 3
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A retirement hobby of listening to podcasts grew to this published collection of over 17,000 descriptions of the most interesting topics out of more than 70,000, arranged alphabetically, with download links for individual files and collections. I aggregate podcasts and make a weekly collection available in a blog called Media Mining Digest. It's the result of a listening hobby that started over a decade ago, plus the discovery that useful podcasts are increasing, and the lack of a good place on the web where they're available, despite what you find on iTunes. Over a thousand new entries are added each year. These are a modern version of the old library file cabinet full of organized pamphlets, leaflets and miscellaneous useful bits of information that don't fit on book shelves and magazine racks. Free cloud storage and blogging support allow production of the blog and this encyclopedia with on-hand equipment and software. Time and labor are the biggest cost. It's a productive retirement project and related to work as a military investigator. Some seventeen thousand twitter followers receive a tweet when each blog episode is posted. The effort will continue as long as the collector is able, and free storage exists.

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PublisherJim Vandiver
Release dateDec 27, 2015
ISBN9781311069931
Podcast Library,Vol 3
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Jim Vandiver

I'm a retired Army investigator who later worked at a nuclear power plant for 13 yrs and now tend the garden and yard, listen to 100's of podcasts weekly, put the best ones in a blog (Media Mining Digest), exercise the dog, visit antique shops with my wife and try to keep our old country house in shape. I'm a technology nerd, so pursued that in the investigative field and with the podcasts, as well as many of the books from such places as PaperBackSwap. I like technical subjects and have drifted more into the biotech area of late because so many interesting things happen to us as we age.

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    Podcast Library,Vol 3 - Jim Vandiver

    Podcast Library

    Vol 3 of 3

    (O thru Z)

    Published by Jim Vandiver at Smashwords

    Copyright Oct 2017 Jim Vandiver

    Smashwords Edition, License Notes

    This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your favorite ebook retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

    See Vol 1 for the introduction. All these podcasts can be downloaded singly from topic descriptions or from this source as groups of podcasts, and at the beginning of each episode of the Media Mining Digest (MMD).

    Table of Contents

    Chapter 2 – Titles Starting with P

    Chapter 3 – Titles Starting with Q

    Chapter 4 – Titles Starting with R

    Chapter 5 – Titles Starting with S

    Chapter 6 – Titles Starting with T

    Chapter 7 – Titles Starting with U

    Chapter 8 – Titles Starting with V

    Chapter 9 – Titles Starting with W

    Chapter 10 – Titles Starting with X

    Chapter 11 – Titles Starting with Y

    Chapter 12 – Titles Starting with Z

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    Chapter 1 – Titles Starting with O

    O'Reilly on Tech 63 mins - Tim O'Reilly of O'Reilly Media talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his career in technology and media and the challenges facing low-wage workers as technology advances. Topics include the early days of the Internet, the efficacy of regulation to protect workers, and the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop. At the link right-click Play and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    O'Reilly Radar 58 mins - Insight, analysis, and research about emerging technologies. The speaker, Alex Howard, runs the Radar site and talks about a number of developments that have evolved from the internet, but fails to provide a link to any of them, so the talk lacks the content one would expect from a site with lofty technological goals. Here are the subjects mentioned for which links could be identified: Itriage a symptom checker with free apps for mobile phones. –- Open source Geiger counter: this site talks about the development process and application and gives a source, but no product is yet available. -– Creative commons concept – Big Data – Open source movement – NY State Senate app – FourSquare Open Map Movement – ASME the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Digital Library with 350 projects – Open Government –- CivicAps - Making public data easy to find and easy to use. – Open 311 standard – National Plan for Open Government may refer to this PDF. – DC snow removal map – MIT Red Balloon Challenge, an example of citizen sourcing. – Citizen connect platform or citizen services platform – Open Data Protocol may refer to open data.org. – The Open Cognition Project – Open journalism – The Stream from Aljazeera – Computer-Assisted-Reporting (CAR) – The roach map –- NY Times Time Machine – The homicide sheet – The Blue Button – The Green Button Things that I couldn't find included the Pop codes; the smartware project where intelligence agencies were contributing patches; the program that matched defibrillator locations with heart attack victims and emergency medical personnel; the program where abuse occurred when people reported cars they wanted moved as abandoned. Also mentioned were videos on YouTube for O'Reilley Technology: they are similar to Howard's podcast and illustrate his complaint about the Government providing data as PDF rather than in a machine-readable form that's usable.

    O’Hare Snow Removal 24 mins – In the Midwestern United States, the winter of 2013-2014 was one of the most severe in recorded weather history. In Chicago, every type of transportation was affected by waves of Arctic cold and 80 inches of snowfall. At O’Hare International Airport, in suburban Chicago, the challenge of removing snow and ice from 14 miles of runways, 45 miles of taxiways, and 20 million square feet of gate areas during this period of extreme weather was immense – this for the second busiest airport in the U.S., handling more than 194,000 flight operations for the first 3 months of 2014. Yet O’Hare did such a good job that it won a top aviation industry award for excellence in snow and ice control – the coveted Balchen/Post Award issued annually by the Northeast Chapter of the American Association of Airport Executives – O’Hare was this year’s winner in the large commercial airports category. Professor Schofer discusses the snow removal challenges at O’Hare Airport and how they are met with George Lyman, Managing Deputy Commissioner, Chicago Department of Aviation, Airport Airfield Operations and Vehicle Services Sections. At the link right-click Listen to this episode now and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Obama Foreign Policy 55 mins - Is American foreign policy making the world a more dangerous place? That's the question participants discuss in the most recent Munk Debates. On the yes side: Bret Step hens and Robert Kagan. On the no side: Fareed Zakaria and Anne-Marie Slaughter. At the link find the title, The Munk Debates: A More Dangerous Place? right-click Download The Munk Debates: A More Dangerous Place? and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Obama Legacy 58 mins - [New York] magazine columnist Jonathan Chait examines President Obama's record as president. He is interviewed by Jim Acosta, senior White House correspondent for CNN. At the link find the title, After Words with Jonathan Chait, Jan, 2017, right-click Media files program.464167.MP3-STD.mp3 and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Obama’s America 27 mins - In Mississippi in 2008, Chloe Hadjimatheou met a 15-year-old black boy with dreams of being a policeman. Eight years later, Chloe goes in search of him to find what became of him. Did he prosper in Obama's America? At the link find the title, Searching for Tobias, Nov, 2016, right-click Media files p04gbgyw.mp3 and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Obamacare and Same Sex Marriage 30 mins - With the ink barely dry on two momentous Supreme Court decisions affecting marriage equality and health care, Dahlia discusses the history, high points, and likely impact of those decisions with Walter Dellinger, professor of law at Duke University, a Slate contributor, and the former head of the Office of Legal Counsel from 1993 to 1996. First, Dahlia and Walter reflect on Friday's 5-4 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which ruled that same-sex marriage bans are unconstitutional. Next, they talk about Thursday's 6-3 decision in King v. Burwell, which supported the Affordable Care Act's subsidies for poor and middle class people…. At the link find the title, Amicus: The Storm Arrives, Jun, 2015, right-click Media files SM9532358639.mp3 right-click Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Obamacare Changes 34 mins - What would happen to you tomorrow if the Affordable Care Act was repealed tonight? We asked our listeners to share their questions, concerns and stories about health coverage under the ACA, also known as Obamacare. At the link find the title, Obamacare On Life Support, Jan, 2017, right-click Media files 20170110_1a_1apod.mp3 and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Obamacare Discussion 59 mins - Americans frequently boast that we have the best health care in the world. While that may be debated in some quarters, no one doubts that our health care system is the most expensive. What makes American health care so pricey, and is there anything that could be done about it? One approach that has garnered a lot of attention is the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. It has been five years since this became law. How well are we doing with it? Our guests  discuss the pros and cons of Obamacare from different angles…. At the link you can purchase the digital file. A copy is also included in the blog archive.

    Obamacare Future 68 mins - Ezekiel Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D., Former Chief Health Policy Advisor to the Obama Administration; Chair, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, University of Pennsylvania In conversation with Mark Zitter, Chair, The Zetema Project Underwritten by The California Wellness Foundation. As U.S. health-care costs continue to grow, supporters of the Affordable Care Act point to a dramatic drop in uninsured citizens, while critics highlight skyrocketing premiums. But the arguments over cost and access largely ignore the impact on the delivery of health-care services to patients. How are care delivery systems transforming to provide Americans with high-quality care at affordable prices? How will Republican efforts to repeal and replace the ACA influence the delivery system? In this wide-ranging conversation, Obamacare architect and noted health policy expert Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel will discuss the impetus for delivery reform during the Trump era and specific practices that enable highly effective care delivery. At the link right-click Play Now and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Obamacare in Court 42 mins - As the Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments in the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act -- King v. Burwell -- Dahlia Lithwick hears from experts on both sides of what could be the most important case in the Court’s entire term. First, she speaks with Jonathan Adler, a law professor at Case Western Reserve University and a one of the lawsuit’s chief architects. Then she hears from Abbe Gluck, a professor at Yale Law School and a co-author of an amicus brief submitted in the case. At the link find the title, The Letter of the Law, Feb, 2015, right-click Media files SM3721518129.mp3 and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Obamacare Premiums 47 mins - Obamacare premiums will shoot up on average 22% next year. We'll look behind the numbers to see what's going on. At the link right-click the down-pointing arrow under the play button and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Obamacare Problems 19 mins - Kerry Reed is allergic to a lot of things: apple cider vinegar, avocados, squash, onions, dairy, some types of flour ... the list goes on….On this episode of Weeds in the Wild, we’re using Sarah Kliff’s reporting to help you understand why states all across the country are developing these giant bald spots in their Obamacare markets. We look at what it will mean for people like Kerry if the law explodes — and what the Trump administration could do to intervene if it wanted. At the link right-click the down-pointing arrow at the sound bar and select "Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Obamacare Repeal 47 mins - The fight over Obamacare. The president's on the Hill. Republicans are ready to act. What will survive? At the link right-click the arrow under the play button and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Obamacare Repeal Debate 20 mins - For seven years, Republicans have vowed to repeal the Affordable Healthcare Act (Obamacare), and that promise took a central place in President Trump's campaign. The first major vote to replace it was due to happen last week, but was cancelled at the 11th hour. In advance of the potential vote, The BMJ published a debate asking Should US doctors mourn for Obamacare?. Now we're asking the authors of that debate, what next? At the link find the title,American healthcare - what next? Mar 2017, right-click Media files 315013841-bmjgroup-american-healthcare-what-next.mp3 and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Obamacare Senate Reform 46 mins - American health care goes to the Senate after the big House vote. We'll ask what's coming. At the link find the title, What's Next For American Health Care, May , 2017, right-click Media files npr_527435370.mp3 and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Obesity 30 mins - Keith talks with Ann McDermott, Assistant Director of the Global Obesity Prevention Center at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The Center is the only kind in the world, and uses community-based participatory research to better understand the causes of obesity that range far beyond just diet and exercise. She also tells us about the variety of careers she had during her lifetime, and what led her to enter a 7-year doctoral program when she was in her 40s...a program that led her to her current field. At the link right-click the play button beside Listen and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Obesity Battle 13 mins – Obesity rates in Canada have tripled over the past thirty years. Now an editorial just published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal is calling for tough action to deal with obesity. Dr. Brian Goldman explains. At the link find the title, White Coat Mini Podcast – Obesity, right-click Download White Coat Mini Podcast – Obesity and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Obesity Causes 107 mins tot (2 parts)- Jill Eisen explores the politics, economics, and science of overeating. We're eating, on average, 200 calories per day more than we did just 30 years ago. What happened to bring about this sudden change? At the link find the title, Stuffed, Part 1, right-click Download Stuffed, Part 1, and select Save Link/Target/Linked Target As from the pop-up menu. Do the same for Part where Jill Eisen explores the politics, economics, and science of overeating. We're eating, on average, 200 calories per day more than we did just 30 years ago. What happened to bring about this sudden change? At the link find the titles, Stuffed, Part 1 and Stuffed, Part 2), right-click Download Stuffed, Part 1 and ...Part 2 and select Save Link As" from the pop-up menus.

    Obesity Control 32 mins - Understanding nutrition's impact on health requires an intricate knowledge of all the different systems within the human body. Learn how a systems approach to nutrition could change the field. At the link find the title, Bringing It All Together: A Systems Approach to Nutrition, right-click Media files 150911_systems_science.mp3 and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Obesity Control 34 mins - We explore research methodologies for building an evidence base for nutrition and obesity policy that are emerging across disciplines. Well-informed nutrition policy decisions that consider scientific evidence should strive to improve health outcomes on a large scale. But it's not always easy to find the right evidence to back up those policies. At our October 2015 conference, Towards Evidence-based Nutrition and Obesity Policy, speakers discussed emerging research methodologies, ways to interpret research outcomes, and how these outcomes can be used to inform policy. Listen in to this podcast to learn more about the important relationship between research and policy. At the link find the title, Building an Evidence Base for Effective Obesity Policy, right-click Download and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Obesity Control 49 mins - Mary O'Connell explores the Adverse Childhood Experiences or ACE study and how its findings are being integrated into medical practice today. At the link find the title, All In The Family, Part 1, Apr, 2016, right-click Media files ideas_20160407_80330.mp3 and selectSave Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Obesity Epidemic 58 mins - ...Recent studies show that one in every three Californians currently has diabetes or pre-diabetes, thus creating a need for a new generation of doctors with knowledge to treat the obese patient. Osteopathic physicians and educators from Touro University California will address this need at in this program. Traditional treatments for obesity have been ineffective in addressing this epidemic. For this reason, the university’s highly knowledgeable team will address issues with obesity, including altering diet, incorporating exercise, addressing associated metabolic abnormalities, and even environmental factors such as air pollution and climate change and how they all relate to resolution. The approach taken by researchers at Touro’s new Translational Research Clinic is focused on overall health as opposed to weight and incorporates patient demographics, communication skills and lessons from public health into the training of new physicians. At the link right-click Play Now and select Save link As" from the pop-up menu.

    Obesity History 13 mins – The obese lack willpower; they overeat and underexercise — or so believe a majority of Americans. A 2012 online poll of 1143 adults conducted by Reuters and the market research firm Ipsos found that 61% of U.S. adults believed that personal choices about eating and exercise were responsible for the obesity epidemic.1 A majority of Americans, it seems, remain unaware of or unconvinced by scientific research suggesting that personal choices may not account for all cases of obesity…. At the link right-click download under the author’s photo and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Obesity Intervention 15 mins - Paul Aveyard discusses a new trial regarding a primary care intervention to help obese patients lose weight. At the link find the title, Primary care obesity intervention: The Lancet: Oct, 2016, right-click Media files 24october.mp3 and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Obesity Law Suit 46 mins - In the 1990s, the American tobacco industry was reined in and made to pay, big-time, for the health consequences of cigarettes and more. An epic quarter trillion-dollar legal settlement in a suit brought by states to make Big Tobacco pay. Now there’s a push on to do the same with Big Food. To make the American food industry pay for the devastating health consequences of soaring American obesity. To sue Big Food. Opinions are all over the map on whether it’s justified. Whether it can or should be done. This hour On Point: the push to sue Big Food for American fat. At the link right-click Download this story. and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Obesity Research 28 mins - Fat, sugar, salt - we all know we should eat less of them, and take more exercise, but as a nation with an ever expanding waistline we are becoming increasingly overweight. Jim al-Khalili talks to Professor Susan Jebb, the UK's authority on obesity, who has spent much of her career trying to help us put those good intentions into practice. Her challenge is not for the faint hearted. When she first got interested in obesity, as a research scientist, rates were already on the rise. Yet no one took the problem seriously. Today, with over sixty percent of adults overweight or obese, Susan remains unwavering in her commitment to ensuring we do. As Professor of Diet and Population Health at Oxford University and Chair of the government's Responsibility Deal Food Network, she wants all of us and the food industry to improve the nation's health by translating the science of what we eat into practice. And health is what it's all about. Obesity now poses such a danger that it's been dubbed the 'new smoking'. At the link right-click Download MP3 and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Obesity Science 27 mins - Is it true that some people put on weight more easily than others? And if so why? It's a question that's close to many of our hearts. And it's a question that medical researcher, Professor Sadaf Farooqi is trying to answer. In 1997, Sadaf noticed that two children she was studying lacked the hormone leptin. From there, she went on to discover the first single gene defect that causes obesity. For most us, how much we eat is within our control. But for children with this rare inherited condition and, it turned out, several other rare genetic disorders, the evidence is clear. A voracious appetite is not a lifestyle choice: it's a biological response to brains signalling starvation. Sadaf tells Jim how she discovered ten rare genetic disorders that cause severe childhood obesity and what this means for the rest of us. At the link right-click Download and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Obesity Treatment 55 mins - In this presentation, Dr. Betty Villafuerte discusses complications-based approaches to guide treatment modality of obesity. She them reviews treatment guidelines on lifestyle modifications and the use of pharmacotherapy in managing obesity. Finally, she examines the role of meal frequency, meal timing, lifestyle behavior, and intelligence on obesity. Some items in this lecture may have come from the lecturer’s personal academic files or have been cited in-line or at the end of the lecture. For more information, see our citation page. At the link right-click Download Episode and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Obesity-Cancer Connection 26 mins - You've heard it once, you've heard it a thousand times: the U.S. has a big problem with obesity. But did you know that there are demonstrated links between obesity and all kinds of serious health problems-—including cancer? In this episode, Science & the City explores the obesity-cancer connection. This podcast is presented as part of the Translational Medicine Initiative, a partnership between the New York Academy of Sciences and the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation to foster the translation of basic science discoveries into improved clinical healthcare. It was a co-production of The Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science and Science and the City. At the link find the title, Unraveling the Obesity-Cancer Connection, Mar, 2012, right-click Media files 03282012_ObesityCancerConnection.mp3 and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Oblique Imagery and GIS 10 mins - Brian Beha, director of business development for Pictometry, explains why ArcGIS (Geographic Information System) is the ideal platform for working with Pictometry's aerial oblique imagery data. Photogrammetry is mentioned and commonly used in the GIS world as a tool to determine dimensions from images. The link only allows online listening, but the program is included in the zipped file of podcasts noted in the header for this edition.

    Obsessive Compulsive Disorder 53 mins - The average person has about 4,000 thoughts a day. Most are fleeting snippets, some are banal, and sometimes, they can be disruptive. But when most people question whether they left the coffee maker or imagine something bizarre like jumping out into traffic, they shake it off. A person with OCD though can’t let it go, and may spend as many as 6 hours a day obsessing over that one idea. Tuesday, Doug’s guest is the science writer David Adam. He’s written a book about OCD and his own life lost in thought. At the link right-click the play button beside Listen and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Obsidian 4 mins - Today, we ask why the Aztecs didn't make full use of metal… One question that torments historians of technology is the Why didn't? question. Why didn't the Chinese, with all their inventions, produce the industrial revolution? Why didn't the Romans ever make full use of water wheels? Why was Europe 400 years behind China in printing with movable type? All those questions come back upon the present, of course. Why aren't we doing the right thing today -- whatever that might be? So: why didn't the Aztecs ever emerge from the stone age? Why did such a remarkably advanced people make such limited use of metal? Anthropologist Terry Stocker offers a troubling answer. When you already have a fine technology, you don't see beyond it. And the Aztecs had obsidian for their axes and knives…. At the link right-click Click here for audio... and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Obstacles and Performance 39 mins - Joe De Sena – CEO and co-founder of the Spartan Race and author of Spart an Up!: A Take-No-Prisoners Guide to Overcoming Obstacles and Achieving Peak Performance in Life. Joe is a legend in endurance and adventure racing. He completed the 135-mile Badwater Ultra-marathon, raced the 140.6 miles of Lake Placid Ironman, and finished a 100-mile trail run... At the link right-click Download and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Obstruction of Justice 36 mins - Alan Dershowitz and Laura Donohue join our Jeffrey Rosen to discuss the legal and constitutional issues surrounding President Donald Trump’s handling of the Russia probe. At the link find the title, EXTRA: Trump, Comey and obstruction of justice, Jun, 2017, right-click Media files PPY1207245137.mp3 and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Obstruction of Justice 54 mins - In his much-anticipated testimony on Capitol Hill this week, former FBI Director James Comey described several uncomfortable interactions with President Trump that preceded his firing. The big question for all watching was: could any of those interactions be considered obstruction of justice? On this week’s episode, we put the question to Stanford Law School Professor Robert Weisberg. We also discuss the ongoing litigation around President Trump’s executive order on immigration with Kate Shaw, an associate professor at the Cardozo School of Law and a Supreme Court analyst for ABC News. Shaw is the author of a new article in the Texas Law Review that considers what sorts of presidential speech is and isn’t admissible in a court of law. [Read Shaw’s recent New York Times op-ed on the subject here.] At the link find the title, Nice Little FBI You’ve Got Here. Pity if Something Happened to it. Jun, 2017, right-click Media files SM1162717423.mp3 and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Obstruction of Justice 50 mins - In his much-anticipated testimony on Capitol Hill this week, former FBI Director James Comey described several uncomfortable interactions with President Trump that preceded his firing. The big question for all watching was: could any of those interactions be considered obstruction of justice? On this week’s episode, we put the question to Stanford Law School Professor Robert Weisberg. We also discuss the ongoing litigation around President Trump’s executive order on immigration with Kate Shaw, an associate professor at the Cardozo School of Law and a Supreme Court analyst for ABC News. Shaw is the author of a new article in the Texas Law Review that considers what sorts of presidential speech is and isn’t admissible in a court of law. At the link find the title, Nice Little FBI You’ve Got Here. Pity if Something Happened to it. Jun, 2017, right-click Media files SM1162717423.mp3 and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Occupational Segregation 38 mins - Overt discrimination in the labor markets may be on the wane, but women are still subtly penalized by all sorts of societal conventions. How can those penalties be removed without burning down the house? At the link click the circle with three dots, right-click Download this audio and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Occupy Movement 64 mins - #OWS, pepper spray, book sharing, tents, mic checks and protest signs: Since September, the Occupy movement has staked a claim in every Facebook feed, almost every news program and in literally more than 100 major cities in the United States alone. Using the tools of collective assembly, occupiers have mobilized thousands in their fight for global change and against the richest 1 percent, but so many people are still less than sure what Occupy is all about. What have been the strategies and intent of this people-powered movement? Now that they have the world’s attention, what are they going to do with it? What is driving the movement forward? Iris Brown, Organizer, Occupy Oakland ; Nadim Haidar, Nonviolent Direct-Action Trainer; Travelling Occupier, Denver, Boulder, Santa Fe, Oakland; George Lakoff, Cognitive Linguist & Professor, UC Berkeley; Jean Quan, Mayor, Oakland; Melissa Griffin, Columnist, San Francisco Examiner; Co-Host, Necessary Conversations- Moderator At the link right-click Play Now and select Save Link As" from the pop-up menu.

    Ocean Archaeology 11 mins -Hundreds of meters below the surface of the ocean, Laura Robinson probes the steep slopes of massive undersea mountains. She's on the hunt for thousand-year-old corals that she can test in a nuclear reactor to discover how the ocean changes over time. By studying the history of the earth, Robinson hopes to find clues of what might happen in the future. At the link click Download, right-click Download audio and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Ocean Conservation 54 mins - Native Californian Shah Selbe has a lifelong love of the ocean. Concerned when he learned about the severe threat illegal fishing poses to both the human and animal populations that depend on the ocean, Shah put his engineering training to work looking for a solution. His approach demonstrates the potential for technology to help us address the globe’s most pressing environmental problems. Shah is the creator of FishNET, a platform approach to tracking illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing worldwide.... At the link right-click Download MP3 and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Ocean Decline 60 mins - Arlene Blum, Executive Director, Green Science Policy Institute Liz Cunningham, Author; Environmental Activist From the depths of the ocean to the highest mountain summits, our planet is under assault as never before. From very different perspectives, two female adventurers share their extraordinary worldwide experiences to inspire action to meet urgent environmental challenges that face us now and in the future. Their message is one of inspiration and hope that all of us working together can save and preserve the wild and wonderful environments on our planet. Learn about their work, adventures and inspiration, now and for the future of planet earth. At the link right-click Play Now and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Ocean Ecology 62 mins - Science and policy are not the only tools to improve ocean sustainability – entrepreneurs and investors are coming together to fashion solutions that empower coastal communities and preserve biodiversity. Using the SOCAP model of impact investing, these opportunities will be brought to life through a Ghanaian tech entrepreneur working with tilapia farmers, as well as the investor perspective which provides a framework for evaluating these complex market-based approaches to sustainability. Alloysius Attah, Founder and CEO, Farmerline; Kevin Jones, Founder, Good Capital; Convener, SOCAP; Monica Jain, Founder, Fish 2.0; Executive Director, Manta Consulting; Jeff Leifer, CEO, Circadian Media Lab – Moderator At the link right-click Play Now and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Ocean Garbage 51 mins – The world’s oceans cover more than 140 million square miles and have remained stable for most of human history. But in the last 30 years, man’s impact on the seas has taken a heavy toll: human garbage is polluting our oceans and killing marine life. A recent study by a United Nations panel estimates that the recent buildup of trash in the world’s oceans could cause more than $13 billion in damage to marine life and habitats. The biggest culprit is plastic, which doesn’t fully degrade and is difficult to recycle. For this month’s Environmental Outlook: garbage in the world’s oceans and what can be done about it. [3 guests] At the link you can listen, but not download; however, a copy of the file is included in the blog archive.

    Ocean Mapping 26 mins - We still know less than 95% of what the sea floor looks like. Even shallow coastal waters are poorly mapped… The weather system that creates the Indian monsoon is notoriously difficult to model, which leads to inaccurate forecasts of the start date and intensity that can lead to devastation for local residents and farmers. A team of oceanographers and scientists from the University of East Anglia are going to be out at sea during the monsoon and using underwater robots to map current flows and measure sea temperatures…- Gravitational Wave Detected Again The team at LIGO (The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) have done it again with a Christmas day detection of two black holes colliding…- Green Mining Wales in the UK has 1300 rivers with illegal levels of heavy metals. Toxic metals like lead, zinc and copper are a legacy left over from when the area was heavily mined. Natural Resources Wales and Innovate UK set a competition to look for technology that would clean up these rivers. One of the winners was Steve Skill from Swansea University, who has come up with some biotechnology that uses algae to suck the poison out of the rivers…. At the link find the title, Mapping the Ocean Floor, Jun, 2016, right-click Media files p03yjjqs.mp3 and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Ocean Microbiology 68 mins - Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello,  Elio Schaechter,  Michael Schmidt, and  Michele Swanson – From the TWiM team, highlights of the Recent Advances in Microbial Control meeting in San Diego, and expansion of a gut pathogen by virulence factors that stimulate aerobic respiration. At the link right click download  TWiM#137 and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Ocean Monitoring 10 mins - 'Argo is a system for observing the temperature, salinity, and currents in the Earth's oceans. Operational since the early 2000s, the data it provides are used in climate and oceanographic research and a special research interest is to quantify the ocean heat content (OHC). It consists of a fleet of 3600 drifting profiling floats deployed worldwide. Each Argo float weighs 20–30 kg, as oceanographer Philip Sutton, from New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, explains to Chris Smith and Simon Morton... At the link right-click Download as mp3 and select Save Link As" from the pop-up menu.

    Ocean Oxygen 21 mins - In this episode I speak to Sallie Penny Chisholm, the Lee and Geraldine Martin Professor of Environmental Studies at MIT. Dr. Chisholm studies photosynthesis—the way life harnesses the energy of the sun. Plants carry out photosynthesis, but so do microbes in the ocean. Dr. Chisholm studies the most abundant of these photosynthetic microbes,  a species of bacteria called Prochlorococcus.   There are a trillion trillion Prochlrococcus on Earth. Dr. Chisholm researches these microbial lungs of the biosphere, and how they produce oxygen on which we depend. At the link right-click Download: mp3 and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Ocean Plastic 30 mins - Doug Woodring is the founder of the Ocean Recovery Alliance. His name may sound familiar to long-time listeners of Sea Change Radio because we featured Woodring back in 2010, when he was leading Project Kaisei, a mission to gather information on and document the massive repository of plastic that has accumulated in the North Pacific Gyre. The Ocean Recovery Alliance is the next logical step on Woodring’s path. The organization focuses on advocacy, raising awareness, and actually cleaning up the plastic floating in our world’s oceans and interfering with marine ecosystems. Woodring provides a status update on oceanic health, walks us through some of the cost incurred by our global plastic habit, and tells us about what the Alliance and its projects are accomplishing to help us clean up our act and our oceans. At the link right-click Download mp3 and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Ocean Plastic Load 56 mins – The first eleven minutes of this multi-topic episode concerns plastic accumulation in the ocean. At the link the entire program must be downloaded by right-clicking Download and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Ocean Plastics 15 mins - In 1997 Charles Moore captained his boat from Hawaii to California. He sailed through the doldrums, an area of calm winds and seas, passing through the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. It is known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch due to the accumulation of plastic. Captain Moore describes the vast area as a soup of plastic. The experience turned Charles Moore into a citizen activist. He has written a book, Plastic Ocean trying to raise awareness of the problem plastic has become as it finds its way into the stomachs of almost all marine creatures. At the link right-click Download Audio and select Save Link As.

    Ocean Pollution Impact 9 mins - As we keep pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, more of it is dissolving in the oceans, leading to drastic changes in the water's chemistry. Triona McGrath researches this process, known as ocean acidification, and in this talk she takes us for a dive into an oceanographer's world. Learn more about how the evil twin of climate change is impacting the ocean -- and the life that depends on it. At the link right-click Low in the Download column and select Save from the pop-up screen.

    Ocean Predator 27 mins - This tiny predator plays a huge role in the ocean's food web. At the link find the title, Jan 4: Researchers discover what may be the ocean's most prolific predator, 2017, right-click Media files current 20170104_42519.mp3 and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Ocean Preservation 48 mins - National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Enric Sala is on a mission to save the oceans. From everything that threatens to erase their majesty. His scientific expeditions take him all over the world: from the coast of Gabon to the Galapagos Islands. He dives, takes gorgeous videos and is taking a big message to world leaders: protect the oceans or watch them die. This hour On Point, under the deep blue sea with Enric Sala. At the link right-click Download this story and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Ocean Preservation 54 mins - Ideacity is a three day festival of talk, produced and hosted by Moses Znaimer. In this episode, Andrew Sharpless, speaks about caring for the world's oceans; Edith Widder, oceanographer and deep sea explorer on reversing marine ecosystem degradation; and Preston Manning, on building knowledge and ethics for future political leaders. At the link locate the title, Moses Znaimer's ideacity, Part 5, right-click Download Moses Znaimer's ideacity, Part 5 and select Save File As.

    Ocean Research 11 mins - In 1963, Jacques Cousteau lived for 30 days in an underwater laboratory positioned on the floor of the Red Sea, and set a world record in the process. This summer, his grandson Fabien Cousteau broke that record. Cousteau the younger lived for 31 days aboard the Aquarius, an underwater research laboratory nine miles off the coast of Florida...to research how climate change and pollution are affecting the oceans. At the link click Download, then right-click Download audio and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Ocean Rise 78 mins - Panel discussion at the University of Colorado Conference on World Affairs titled, CLIMATE SERIES: When the Oceans Rise, with three panelists and a moderator. At the link find 1518, right-click it and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Ocean Sanctuaries 5 mins – In 2006, filmmaker Jean-Michel Cousteau, son of the explorer Jacques Cousteau, screened his documentary, Voyage to Kure, about the waters northwest of Hawaii. The theater was the White House and his audience was President George W. Bush. Bush was apparently moved by the images of rare sea turtles, sharks and coral, so moved in fact that within months he used his executive authority to protect a patch of ocean, called Papah?naumoku?kea. It's an area almost the size of Montana and, at the time, was the world's largest fully protected marine reserve. It’s an area like a national park, it’s an area that’s closed off to commercial extraction and fishing, said Matt Rand, who directs the Global Ocean Legacy Project with the Pew Charitable Trusts. And it’s an opportunity for that area to recover and become a healthy ecosystem. In the past decade, Rand’s group has helped the US and other governments protect almost a million square miles of ocean. The United Kingdom currently manages the world's largest fully protected marine reserve in the Indian Ocean, around the Chagos Islands, an area roughly the size of France. Earlier this summer, the Obama administration announced that it would create the largest reserve yet — in US waters in the south Pacific…. At the link right-click the down-pointing arrow at the right end of the sound bar and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Ocean Stewardship 52 mins - The world’s oceans cover 140 million square miles and have remained stable for most of human history. But in the last 30 years, man’s impact on the seas has taken a heavy toll: global fish supplies are declining thanks to new technologies and overfishing. Climate change has led to a rise in ocean temperatures and the loss of 75 percent of large sea animals. Plastics and agricultural fertilizers are polluting our oceans and killing marine life. Callum Roberts, author of The Ocean of Life, discusses the impact of our use of our oceans. You can listen at the link, but not download; however, the file is included in the zip collections for the first half of 2012 noted at the end of each Media Mining Digest.

    Ocean Warming 48 mins - Warm the planet and you warm the oceans. Warm the oceans, and things change. First of all for sea life. Sometimes so fast it’s hard for humans to keep up. Last week a report in the journal Science looked at the collapse of cod and cod fishing in the Gulf of Maine. It fell so quickly and did not recover, we learn, because the Gulf of Maine was on a huge warming spike. Cod didn’t like it, and they were fished out. There are versions of this story – with different species, different addresses – all over the world. This hour On Point, a fish story out of Maine, and the global ocean impact of climate change. At the link right-click Download this story and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Oceans in Crisis 54 mins - The world’s oceans are getting hotter, higher, more acidic, and more polluted. We have removed 90% of large fish. Callum Roberts describes the pressures on the world’s oceans and their ominous future. At the link right-click the down-pointing arrow beside the play button and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Octopi 35 mins - We talk to naturalist and author Sy Montgomery about her latest book The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness. At the link find the title, 128 Sy Montgomery - The Soul of an Octopus, right-click Media files 53f51ed9-1f31-4d65-bcc9-3765357ddb9e.mp3 and select Save Link As" from the pop-up menu.

    Octopus Book 25 mins - Inky the octopus made news this week for escaping a New Zealand aquarium through a drain pipe to freedom. The Current explores the mind of the octopus and asks why it is that we're consistently wowed by stories of animal intelligence. Aquarium manager Rob Yarrall says the lid to the octopus’ tank was left slightly ajar after maintenance one night. He found this rather tempting, climbed out, Yarrall says, and he managed to make his way to one of the drain holes that go back to the ocean, and off he went, and didn't even leave us a message, just off and went! At the link find the title, Inky the octopus's tenacious escape reveals intelligent, soulful creature, right-click Download Inky the octopus's tenacious escape reveals intelligent, soulful creature - April 15, 2016, and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Octopus Escapes 3 mins - "A well-loved octopus named Inky escaped recently from the National Aquarium in New Zealand. This story is based on a radio interview. Listen to the full interview.

    Odor Science 29 mins - Keith talks with Anandasankar Ray, Professor of Entomology at the University of California, Riverside. Ananda talks about how odor molecules attach themselves to receptors in our noses, and why the structure of those molecules is so important in our perception of smell. We'll also hear about the talents of female mosquitoes in seeking out prey. They are attracted to the carbon dioxide in our exhalations, and they can track us from several meters away. Ananda also explains why some of us are tastier to mosquitoes than others. http://olfaction.ucr.edu/. At the link right-click Download and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Odors 54 mins - Scent has been used for millennia to enhance sexual attraction and mask body odour. Cindy Bisaillon examines the psychology and neurology of smell and the fine line between scented sophistication and our own primal animal musk. At the link (or here) right-click Download The Seduction of Scent and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Offensive People 15 mins - What's it like to grow up within a group of people who exult in demonizing ... everyone else? Megan Phelps-Roper shares details of life inside America's most controversial church and describes how conversations on Twitter were key to her decision to leave it. In this extraordinary talk, she shares her personal experience of extreme polarization, along with some sharp ways we can learn to successfully engage across ideological lines. At the link click Download, right-click Download audio and select Save Link as from the pop-up menu.

    Office Illnesses 30 mins - Last fall, a bunch of us got sick at the same time, and it seemed likely that the virus spread at the workplace. The question came up: who came to work sick? Or to put it another way: who was to blame for this office outbreak? To find out, we partnered with NYU Tandon School of Engineering Assistant Professor, Rumi Chunara, who runs the goVIRAL research project, and Jeffrey Shaman, an expert in flu forecasting at Columbia University. His group is currently working on an extensive respiratory virus sampling project in New York entitled The Virome of Manhattan with the American Museum of Natural History. They helped us design a project looking at how respiratory illnesses spread in our workplace community. Once a week for ten weeks we swabbed our noses and sent the samples to a lab at Columbia where they could determine (if we were sick) what kind of respiratory infection we had caught. We also filled in bi-weekly symptom reports. Some of the questions were benign: do you have a fever? Others were more accusatory: who do you think got you sick? The entire experiment was a whodunnit. Or, perhaps more accurately, it was a flu-dunnit. But sometimes messing with what usually lies below the surface can have unexpected side effects. Flu-dunnit changed our office dynamic. Accusations started to fly, as our scientist sleuths discovered who were the victims -- and who was the perpetrator. At the link find the title, Flu-dunnit? Mar, 2017, right-click Media files onlyhuman032217_cms743433_pod.mp3 and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Office Lens App 6 mins - Here is a quick overview of the new Office Lens App from Microsoft.This is a Free app that captures text and enables one to utilize the image/text in a variety of ways. From OCR to PowerPoint this new app seems to do it all especially when exported to a word processing app such as Microsoft Word itself. At the link right-click Download and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Office Management 14 mins - Sharon Nelson and Jim Calloway interview John Iezzi, author of Results-Oriented Financial Management: A Step-by-Step Guide to Law Firm Profitability, which is a book about compensation issues in small and mid-sized firms, what successful financial management looks like, and changes small firm lawyers need to make. At the link right-click the down-pointing arrow and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Office of Management and Budget 38 mins - John Michael Mick Mulvaney, director of the Office of Budget and Management, sits down with Peter Robinson to discuss the complex process of budget reform by having to blend President Trump's budget proposal with the realities of dealing with Congress. ...Mulvaney says that the system is broken because of the sixty-vote rule to approve appropriations bills in the Senate. Therefore instead of small manageable appropriation bills that Congress could negotiate and pass, Congress ends up with large unwieldy bills that no one knows what is in them and thus punts with a resolution to continue with what done earlier. Mulvaney says that the system is not even close to what the Founding Fathers created and/or what is needed for a manageable and functioning government and society. ... Mulvaney said that he is working at the highest levels on complicated but wonderful ideas, ideals, and issues with the leader of the free world and that President Trump is a great boss. At the link find the title, Sowing the Seeds of Growth, May, 2017, Media files 20170525-mulvaney.mp3 and select Save Link As" from the pop-up menu.

    Office Plant Business 12 mins - Producer Christine Driscoll meets an alleyway plant dealer and discovers an industry right under our noses. At the linkf idn the title, The Hide Rug of the Plant World, Apr, 2017, right-click Media files GLT3904896235.mp3 right-click Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Office Work 52 mins – Writer Nikil Saval has written a book that uncovers a fascinating history in the most banal place: the office. Whether it’s the dismal little cell of Scrooge’s counting-house or the tricked-out, sprawling campuses of Google, Saval says the office holds the promise of respectability, utopian possibility and upward mobility. It can also be a place of soul-crushing tedium and conformity. Saval joins us to explain where the office comes from, why it’s the way it is, and how it could be better. Nikil Saval is an editor of the magazine n+1. His new and first book is called Cubed: A Secret History of the Workplace… At the link right-click listen and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Offshore Account Creation 30 mins - On today's show, we dive deep into the world of offshore companies and bank accounts. We set up our own company in an offshore tax haven, and we find out where the easiest place to register a business anonymously is. For more: Read Adam Davidson's column in this week's New York Times. Don't miss the comments to the piece at the topic link where the podcast can be downloaded by right-clicking Download at the right-top of the page and selecting Save Link Asfrom the pop-up menu.

    Offshore Tax Havens 47 mins - A few years back, the US threw a fit about overseas tax havens hiding American fortunes away from chipping in their fair share. Switzerland, the Cayman Islands and more took a lot of heat, and signed on to more transparent protocols. Guess who didn’t? Bahrain, Nauru, Vanuatu and the United States. The U.S. is now being called the biggest tax haven in the world. Wyoming, South Dakota wooing hidden money away from Zurich. This hour On Point, dark banker to the world -– the U.S.A. At the link right-click Download this story and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Oil Age End 40 mins - In ‘End of the Oil Age’, the Future Human team investigate how the peak oil crisis is giving birth to a new age of energy. Host Ben Beaumont-Thomas is joined by Mark Stevenson, author of An Optimist’s Tour of the Future, as well as Future Human regulars Jack Roberts and Oliver Beatty. They discuss how oil’s imminent decline could disrupt geopolitical stability, and force us to make difficult choices about our energy future. Shaun Chamberlin, figurehead of the ‘Transition Culture’ movement, advocates for profound changes in our Western lifestyle, and Jeremy Leggett, CEO of Britain’s largest solar company, describes how working with Prime Minister David Cameron in India convinced him that the coming energy crisis will see Britain experience turmoil on a par with the Second World War. To discover more about innovation in an age of radical change, visit futurehuman.co.uk.

    Oil and Earthquakes 59 mins - How do natural resources and geologic features affect the course of Middle East history and geopolitics? Barazangi highlights the critical importance of better understanding Islamic history and cultures of the Arab/Persian region, which has the world's largest oil reserves. He will also discuss the earthquake hazards of the Dead Sea Fault and the decline of science and technology in Arabia. Dr. Barazangi was educated in Syria and the U.S. and has had a distinguished career in research and education in the U.S and in the Middle East. Dr. Muawia Barazangi, Professor Emeritus, Cornell University; Ph.D Seismology. At the link right-click Play Now and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Oil Business P1 18 mins - First of five episodes. We're getting into the oil business. We go to Kansas, and negotiate with a preacher to buy 100 barrels of crude. At the link find the title, Oil #1: We Buy Oil, Aug, 2016, right-click Media files 20160810_pmoney_podcast081016.mp3 and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Oil Business P4 27 mins - Fourth of five episodes. Oil is in our sneakers, our clothes, and the computer or phone you're using right now. On today's show: The story of the man who made it happen. At the link find the title, Oil #4: How Oil Got Into Everything, Aug, 2016, right-click Media files 20160826_pmoney_pmpod.mp3 and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Oil Business P5 28 mins - Last of five episodes. We follow the Planet Money oil to a gas station. And we ask: What would our world look like if there were no fossil fuels? At the link find the title, Oil #5: Imagine A World Without Oil, Aug, 2016, right-click Media files 20160824_pmoney_podcast082416.mp3 and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Oil company Futures 46 mins - How will the oil giants do business in the climate change future? Shareholders at Exxon, Chevron and more want to hear their plans. So do we.Big annual shareholder meetings today for Exxon Mobil and Chevron, American oil giants. And some very big investors are worried about the future of those giants in an age of climate change. European oil titans are talking openly about how their businesses will have to respond to a changing planet. American oil giants, not so much. Now activists and quite traditional shareholders are asking ‘what is the plan?’ It’s a loaded question. This hour On Point, bringing the heat to big oil...At the link right-click Download this story and select Save Link As" from the pop-up menu.

    Oil Cost Impact 52 mins - Felix Salmon of Fusion, emerging-markets expert Anna Szymanski, and Slate Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann discuss corruption in Brazil, US fracking and the effects on OPEC, and Paul Romer's war on bankspeak. At the link find the title, The Bureaucrats Gone Wild Edition, May, 2017, right-click Media files SM1670374880.mp3 and select Save Link As" from the pop-up menu.

    Oil Curse 65 mins - Should the United States allow its citizens to buy oil from countries run by bad men? Is this a case where morality trumps the usual case for free trade? Leif Wenar, professor of philosophy at King's College, London and author of Blood Oil, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the morality of buying resources from countries that use the resulting revenue to oppress their citizens. Based on the ideas in his book, Wenar argues that in many cases, importing oil is equivalent to buying stolen goods where the low prices cannot justify the purchase. The conversation discusses the possible outcomes from banning foreign oil from tyrannical regimes along with the resource curse and the case for fair trade. At the link right-click Download and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Oil Decline in Alberta 26 mins - It's been one of this year's biggest reversal-of-fortune stories, as the high-flying economy of Alberta has been laid low by the plunging price of oil. We revisit our show in Calgary for stories of how life has been turned upside down in the province. At the link find the title, ENCORE: Calgarians re-imagine lives amid Alberta's economic downturn - Dec 29, 2015 (3/3), right-click Download ENCORE: Calgarians re-imagine lives amid Alberta's economic downturn and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Oil Exploration 27 mins - Dave Steele spent 30 years as an employee of Shell Oil, having spent many years searching for hydrocarbon sources across the globe. He talks to us about the conventional ways of drilling for oil and the unconventional methods, which include hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Is there an advantage or disadvantage to each method? Plus, he explains why the price of oil is mostly driven by global politics, not by supply & demand. At the link right-click the play button beside Listen and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Oil in Alberta 27 mins - We can't leave Alberta without taking a closer look at the oil industry. We hear from the CEO of Cenovus Energy on the decision to cut hundreds of workers, to other oil executives on how low prices are forcing a new wave of innovation. At the link find the title, Cenovus President says the oil industry is down but not out - Sept 22, 2015, right-click Download Cenovus President says the oil industry is down but not out, and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Oil in America 54 mins - ...At the beginning of the 20th century, oil was hardly on America’s energy map. Coal was king, supplying as much as 90% of the nation’s energy needs. And the second most used energy source? Wood. But in just a few short decades Americans would come to depend on oil to heat their homes, get to work, power their military, and supply the plastics for their appliances. By the dawn of the 21st century, President George W. Bush would declare America addicted to the substance. So in this episode, the guys and their guests look to the roots of that addiction, and explore how oil has shaped the American lifestyle and economy over time. At the link right-click the down-pointing arrow at the right end of the sound bar and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Oil Industry 30 mins - The big oil companies are the pantomime villains of the global warming debate. They've been accused of everything from climate change denial to commercial incompetence in a rapidly changing world. Campaigners attack their boardroom practices and push pension funds and universities to withdraw their investments. Tom Heap examines the reactions of the likes of Exxon, Shell, BP and Total to the mounting evidence of man-made climate change. How much did they know? How much did they lobby against meaningful action? He meets Lord Browne, the former head of BP who famously rebranded his company as 'Beyond Petroleum' to find out why the rest of the industry failed to join his campaign to cut emissions and invest in renewable energy. Tom and Lord Browne also discuss the changing rhetoric since the signing of the 2015 Paris climate change agreement. With fresh commitments to alternative fuels could the oil companies finally turn themselves from the villain to the principal boy, using their engineering expertise to halt the planet's changing climate? At the link right-click Download MP3 and select Save Link As from the pop-up menu.

    Oil Pipeline 51 mins - The State Department is preparing its final report on the environmental impact of the Keystone XL pipeline. In a speech last week, President Barack Obama tied his approval of the project to net carbon emissions. The president said, our national interest will be served only if this project does not significantly exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution. A number of analysts interpreted the speech as laying the groundwork for approval. Others are convinced the president was signaling his intended rejection. For this month's Environmental Outlook, Diane and her [3] guests discuss the proposed tar sands pipeline from Canada to the Gulf Coast. You can listen at the link, but not download; however, the file is included in the zip collections for the last half of 2013 noted at the end of each Media Mining Digest.

    Oil Pollution Aftermath 54 mins - From the 2014 conference by

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