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terrestrial explores the choices we make in a world we have changed. Host Ashley Ahearn travels the country to bring listeners stories about people making personal choices in the face of environmental change.

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    • Dec 19, 2017 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 17m AVG DURATION
    • 14 EPISODES


    Latest episodes from terrestrial

    If you gave up flying how would your life change?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2017 20:24


    There was a moment when Janisse Ray realized she couldn't call herself an environmentalist and an activist and keep traveling by airplane.

    When climate change makes it hard to breathe | terrestrial

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2017 17:05


    Climate change isn't just contributing to drought, super-storms, sea level rise and flooding. It's also making it harder for many people to breathe,...

    The secret history of Biosphere 2 | terrestrial

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2017 26:31


    What if you looked at the world around you, saw where things are headed on this planet and said to yourself, you know what? I want to start fresh. A...

    His fellow conservatives call him a 'green decoy.' Here's why | terrestrial

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2017 25:24


    Ty Stubblefield self-identifies as a “red blooded conservative,” but he's also an avid hunter who is frustrated with the Republican party's efforts to...

    For this teenager, rebellion means suing the government over climate change | terrestrial

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2017 17:28


    Scientists believe that for the planet to continue to safely support life, the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere should be kept as close to 350...

    'I just couldn't do it:' The ambassador who quit over climate change | terrestrial

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2017 15:58


    When I met Dave Rank, he was just a normal guy on a road trip with his wife in a used Subaru. But not long before that, Dave had a very important job.

    How is pollution connected to race and inequality? | terrestrial

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2017 21:02


    The Trump administration has proposed cutting the EPA's budget by 30 percent. What does that mean for polluted communities in the U.S.?

    Would you trust the feds to make decisions about your land? | terrestrial

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2017 16:20


    Why would a fourth-generation rancher who doesn't put much trust in the government choose to work with federal agencies to restore salmon runs on her...

    Protest is broken, he said. Now he dreams of revolution in Oregon | terrestrial

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2017 20:29


    It's a radical idea — that protest as we know it is broken. And a lot of people disagreed with Micah White when he first started talking about it, but...

    Should you have kids if you care about the environment?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2017 8:07


    Bill Radke talks with Ashley Ahearn, host of KUOW's terrestrial podcast, about about one of the more personal decisions we make around climate change:...

    Would you have kids, given climate change? | terrestrial

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2017 19:12


    Should we have kids, given where the planet is headed?

    Would you compost your body? | terrestrial

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2017 16:44


    I was about 12 years old when my great aunt Gilda died.

    You probably have eco anxiety. You just don't know it | terrestrial

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2017 18:59


    When I first heard the term eco-anxiety — a chronic fear of environmental doom — I brushed it off. It seemed like something for people who sit on yoga...

    Preview: terrestrial

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2017 2:00


    A new podcast from KUOW explores the choices we make in a world we have changed. Host Ashley Ahearn travels the country — from ranches in Oregon to...

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