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It's Hot in Here

WCBN's environmental talk show. News from the conservation front, interviews with environmental thinkers. Covering policy, ecology, politics, economy, education and quite literally the entire world. And fish.
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Episodes

Environmental Justice in a Changing Climate

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere18jan2010.mp3] Join us for a special tribute to the good Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. Featuring LIVE MUSIC from Matt & Jen 2010 Ekta Kothari from Project Survival Media joins us to chat about her fantastic documentary work at the Copenhagen Climate talks featured here on the Huffington Post. Carrie Rheingans from UM’s School of […]

Jan 18, 2010

Solstice Shakedown: Give Presence for Presents!

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere21dec20092.mp3] Make the most of the shortest day of the year with your friends at It’s Hot in Here! Emily Joyce Plews makes it exxxtra hot in the WCBN studios, our Washington correspondent Brian Lipinski gives us a less gloomy run down on Copenhagen, we talk seven fish, oranges, how to green your holidays and […]

Dec 21, 2009

Grappling with the Gobies: The Tortuous Tale of a Great Lakes Invader

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere07dec2009.mp3] Join us this week on It’s Hot in Here for a lively conversation and LIVE music with SNRE’s own David Jude. Dr Jude discovered the round goby in 1990 and has dedicated his career to understanding the introduction and impacts of this and other pernicious Great Lakes aquatic invaders. We’ll also give a pre-Copenhagen […]

Dec 07, 2009

Off the Hook?

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere23nov2009.mp3] This week IHIH talks turkey [and fish] with Dr. James Diana, Professor @ SNRE and Director of Michigan Sea Grant. Listen in to catch the latest news, reel in the skinny on sustainable seafood and hear the hottest musical hooks of the thanksgiving season. Eat Well Guide Aquaculture example in Milwaukee, WI

Nov 23, 2009

Motor City Mentoring

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere09nov2009.mp3] Listen up ya’ll, Tune into It’s Hot in Here, (Ann Arbor’s own biweekly dose of environmental news, eclectic grooves and exxxpertise for the sustainable set) for a conversation with Ahmina Maxey and Rocio Valerio of the East Michigan Environmental Action Council. Hear about their fantastic Motor City Mentoring, Clean Air Programs and details on […]

Nov 09, 2009

Green Halloween!

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Oct 26, 2009

A Greener UM

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere12oct2009.mp3] Join us Monday, October 12 from noon to 1. A Greener UM: Students Lead the Way To Sustainability With special guests from the U of M Student Sustainability Initiative and call-ins from Brian Lipinski and Jesse Worker

Oct 13, 2009

Get Off the Coal Train

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere31aug2009.mp3] Check out: Climate Ground Zero Coal WAS West Virginia, courtesy of the Sierra Club

Aug 31, 2009

Action is the Word 8-17

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere17aug2009.mp3] IN and Out on Geoengineering IN: From the New York Times, “The Earth is Warming? Adjust the Thermostat” by John Tierney: Out: From the Atlantic, “Re-Engineering the Earth” by Graeme Wood: Toxic Tangent: What’s in Your Sunscreen?

Aug 17, 2009

7/20 GreenEducation

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere20jul2009.mp3] Join us this week for an auditory tour through the collegiate halls of sustainability with special guest Mark Rabinsky, Director of Sustainability for Michigan’s own Jackson Community College. Check out UM’s Initiatives or take your own Sustainability, Live it Love it Also servin’ up our weekly green side dishes: What’s in Season with Rachel […]

Jul 20, 2009

7/6 Eat Your [Local] Heart Out

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere06jul2009.mp3] Summer is a sizzlin’ on Hot in Here. Join us today for a culinary cruise from garden to grill with local food exxxpert Rachel Chadderdon. We’ll be dishin’ out foodie grooves to stoke your appetite and legislative news to whet your whistle. Stow your luggage, grab your sea legs and come get Hot in […]

Jul 06, 2009

Trading Off: Carbon, Ca$h and Clean Development [?]

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere27apr20091.mp3] SNRE’s own recently minted M.S. and MBA Devon Treece schools us on the history and future of carbon trading. From factories in the Rust Belt to forests in the Amazon, from acid rain to potential global gain we learn how we got where are and contemplate where we need to be. Music = a […]

Apr 26, 2009

“Clean” Coal or Canary in the Bread Line?

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere20apr2009.mp3] Exxxtra special Earth Week Edition: It’s Hot in Here. This week we get real drrrty with “clean coal.” From the scene (i.e., mostly the bar) of last week’s Proposed Bay City Coal Plant hearing, we take you on a carbon filled journey through time and space. Interviews recorded from the hearing as well as […]

Apr 20, 2009

You Down With ATC?

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/itshotinhere13apr2009.mp3] Appropriate Technology Collaborative (ATC) joins us in the studio… More specifically, we are joined by John Barrie (the Executive Director), Ben Connor Barrie (Special Projects Manager aka “Special Ops”), and Jeff Tenza (volunteer engineer). ATC is a non-profit organization based out of Ann Arbor, Michigan whose purpose is “To design, develop, demonstrate and distribute […]

Apr 13, 2009

Paradise Drowned: Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations in the Caribbean

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/itshotinhere06apr2009.mp3] Today we take a journey through the Caribbean as we discuss how the region is responding to both long-term and immediate climatic hazards. Joining us in the studio is Dr. Emma Tompkins, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment. She is a prolific author and much research that looks at current societal responses […]

Apr 06, 2009

The World Needs Liberation: People, Polemics, and Politrixxx

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 […]

Mar 23, 2009

NAP: Birds and Burnin’… Plus, Green Drinking

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 […]

Mar 16, 2009

It’s Hot (2.725 Kelvin) In Here (Space)

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 […]

Mar 09, 2009

Great Lakes Headlines, Coal, Toxic Tangents and more

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 […]

Mar 02, 2009

(Mostly) Ladies Only: News You Can Use, Oscar Reviews, Beaver Sitings and Helpful Hints to Reduce Your GHG Emissions,

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 […]

Feb 23, 2009

Brix and Bing: Two, Two, Two Guest in One (Show)

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 […]

Feb 16, 2009

Better Living Through Chemicals, Thresholds, Green Jobs, Carp Caviar

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 […]

Feb 09, 2009

The Human and Ecological Impacts of Climage Change, Mongolia, Lake Victoria, Michigan

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 […]

Feb 02, 2009

Activist Zo Randriamaro Joins us from Madagascar!

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 […]

Jan 27, 2009
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