Radio Ecoshock weekly 1 hour 14MB mp3 program featuring the latest science, authors and issues - from climate change, oceans, forests, pollution, Peak Oil, the economy, and peace.
The RADIO ECOSHOCK Show podcast, hosted by Alex Smith, deserves a place in the pantheon of heroic, hard-working, and highly professional journalists. Alongside names like Amy Goodman of Democracy Now and the staff of my beloved local public radio station KGNU in Boulder, Colorado, Alex Smith shines as a beacon of informative and engaging journalism. His non-pedantic style captivates listeners, while his choice of excellent and highly informative guests adds depth to each episode. What sets Smith apart is his unwavering commitment to presenting a realistic view of our world without succumbing to illusions or sugar-coating.
One of the best aspects of The RADIO ECOSHOCK Show is its ability to keep listeners educated and interested in climate change for years on end. With an abundance of climate podcasts out there, it's refreshing to find one that consistently delivers valuable content that resonates with audiences on a deep level. Smith's carefully selected guests range from award-winning climate journalists to peer-reviewed scientists, ensuring a diverse range of perspectives and expertise. The topics covered are comprehensive, addressing the multiple crises we face in today's world. This podcast provides critical listening for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of these pressing issues.
In a time when corporate media often fails us in providing adequate climate coverage, shows like Radio Ecoshock become necessary sources of information. One could argue that the worst aspect of this podcast is the harsh reality it presents – the truth can be frightening and disheartening at times. However, it is precisely this unfiltered truth that we need to hear if we hope to address the challenges before us. Greta Thunberg herself would approve of Radio Ecoshock's commitment to delivering hard-hitting facts without glossing over inconvenient truths.
In conclusion, The RADIO ECOSHOCK Show podcast stands out as a vital resource for those who seek knowledge and understanding amidst our current global crises. Host Alex Smith's dedication to presenting an unvarnished view of our world, combined with his engaging interviewing style and choice of exceptional guests, sets this podcast apart. While the truth can be unsettling, it is essential to confront it head-on if we are to create a beautiful livable world for future generations. In that regard, The RADIO ECOSHOCK Show is an invaluable tool in our pursuit of knowledge and action.
Will we have yet another record fire year? – in the West, in the Boreal Forest, in Europe and Russia? Explore little-known risks with new science. From VU Amsterdam, Max van Gerrevinke answers a hard question: are super-fires heating or cooling the planet? …
Global late May harsh heat waves pop up: UK and Northern Europe, India, even Moscow. First science: Dr. Ben Poulter of Spark – methane emissions from wetlands passes human emissions and getting stronger. Another climate emergency. You need to hear this.
Super El Nino global impacts around the world; panic on compound disasters; data farm madness kills the renewable revolution. All three this week on Radio Ecoshock.
Retreat from New Orleans! Professor Torbjörn Törnqvist from University of Tulane finds its inevitable and start now. Carbon dioxide is cooling the Stratosphere. Lamont-Dorherty scientist Sean Cohen explains. Much of America in frightening drought, going into hot El Nino year. And new science …
In the last El Nino in 2023, carbon from Canada's wildfires equaled total emissions from India. Wildfires are a world problem. Fire expert Michael Flannigan joins us. Then Amazon Godfather of rainforest science. Dr. Carlos Nobre: the Columbia conference to get off fossil …
The forecast is: record-breaking heat, wildfires in the West, and extreme rainfall mayhem across the world. Maybe the strongest El Niño in 150 years. Following breaking climate news, we explore a return to mass famine – including real hunger in the UK and …
From war to the world, the new stage is climate extremism. Scientist Paul Beckwith covers worrying new science from failing food to wild weather changes. Can weather forecasting keep up? From Columbia University, Dr. Jeffrey Shrader asked leading professionals. It gets better and …
You see crazy food prices. Last week I covered preparing an emergency food supply on a budget. The next step is community food growing. This Spring is a great time to start your neighborhood on Victory Gardens. This speech by Lamanda Joy to …
Enter the triple crash: economy, climate and energy all in crisis mode. Keep a stock of cheap food on hand, just in case – on a small budget. Follow these tips. If a major Depression arrives, should you move – or stay where …
Why was the American West hotter than anyone's seen, hotter than even Doomers believed possible? Explore historic March heat with the weather-master, meteorologist Jeff Masters and large systems specialist Deirdre Des Jardins.
Record-smashing winter heat in the U.S. – is not a story about America. Heat domes appeared over Europe, Russia, Canada, Iran, Japan, China, and Australia to name a few – stalled heat waves out of season and in new geography. A panel of …
While record heat pummels the West, two great scientists explain a speeding ocean heat pump pushing the planet hotter – in steps. Dr. Kevin Trenberth Distinguished Scholar at the National Center for Atmospheric Research explains ocean heat storage, El Nino – the way …
Could the closure of the Strait of Hormuz help save us from Hellish climate change? At least 20 percent of the world's oil and gas has been shut down. What does it mean? The awful bright side of this crazy war – or …
Experts warn about the climate cost of modern war. Dr. Patrick Bigger, Research Director at Climate and Community Institute. Neta Crawford, Brown University, author of “The Pentagon, Climate Change, and War: Charting the Rise and Fall of U.S. Military Emissions.” Journalist Mark Hertsgaard …
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney: the international order is broken. Is climate cooperation done for? What now? Political Science Professor Matthew Hoffmann talks us through it. But we begin with the biggest under-rated climate killer in America: wildfire smoke. Shocking new science with …
No rules now. Eat your smog, enjoy disasters. Trump killing American climate rules and science. Voices outside the bubble of U.S. corporate media: Germany, Canada, UK, France – and Democracy Now. Ths includes mini-interviews with Bob Ward from Grantham Institute and science historian …
Warning: Speed Bump. The deep freeze holding thousands-year carbon is thawing faster. The Arctic tosses gigatons of CO2 and methane into the atmosphere. The newest permafrost science with Christina Schädel, Senior Research Scientist at the Woodwell Climate Research Center in Massachusetts. Strangely, the …
AI swarms – self-directing fake “persons” around us. When AI swarms connect unreality grows. Dr. Daniel Schroeder Lead Author of the new paper “How malicious AI swarms can threaten democracy”. Clips from Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti on Breaking Points “AI Bots Plot …
What does Trump’s push for more oil, gas and coal mean for our climate future? Alexis Normand, CEO of data firm Greenly adds it up: Texas, Venezuela, Greenland, …Canada? An in-depth review. Plus: fossil decline has tipping points and economic land-mines. “Fossil energy …
Forget conspiracy. Contrails are real and dangerous to climate – from Sweden's Chalmers University of Technology, Dr. Daniel Johansson. While thousands died of heat in Europe in 2003, a marine heat wave ripped the North Atlantic. From Germany, Dr. Karl-Michael Werner, of the …
In 15 years, Earth will lose thousands of glaciers every year. New science on 'Peak glacier extinction” – Swiss glaciologist Lander Van Tricht. Australia over 45 degrees C, 113 F. – and burning again. “Gazing into the Flames” – wildfire expert Hamish Clarke. …
“Climate change has already made the United States poorer” Arizona Economics Professor Derek Lemoine reports. How could carbon from our tailpipes make the sea acidic? Exactly how does that work? Tulane Chemist Bruce Gibb explains with a great 15 minute mini-lecture on Radio …
New science shows ocean acidification has already passed the safety limit set by the Planetary Boundary Framework. We reached a founder in the field, recently retired NOAA Senior Research Scientist Dr. Richard Feely. That is coming up, but first an introduction from Biological …
With record extreme cold and heat – in December! – leading scientists finally admit: “The world lost the climate gamble.” What comes after failure? Hear the latest in a full-length talk by Professor James Dyke from the Global Systems Institute at the University …
Music has a hole in it. The fires, killer heat, Arctic blasts they don't make it. Global warming is not for popular music? Where are voices of ordinary folks suffering through the never-before-seen, calls for people power? Here we go: 21 songs for …
Scientists find a control knob for climate feedbacks in the Southern Ocean. Two experts with years of research and publications: Dr. Zach Kaufman at Scripps Institute in San Diego, and Professor Richard Williams, University of Liverpool. The Southern Ocean stores most heat and …
Are we ending this civilization? Climate warnings from 8 top scientists in the UK Emergency Briefing. First two new interviews: Prof. Brian Soden: phenomenal heat burst of 2023/24 NOT caused by change in ship pollution regs. Harvard's Dr. Cheng He: “Escalated Heatwave Mortality …
Expect weather whiplash – drought to floods in a predictable see-saw of disasters. Dr. Malte Stuecker's team finds El Nino and La Nina get stronger – changing the North Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Over 50,000 Europeans died due to excess heat in 2023 …
Could a rapid change in microbes unbalance world systems? Biologist Trond Kristiansen. From Montreal, scientist Scott Sugden reviews “Current and projected effects of climate change in cryosphere microbial ecosystems”. From COP30 Brazil, permafrost thaw is NOW. Worrying news from scientists Gustaf Hugelius, Christina …
Cosmic dust reveals a hidden history of past sea-ice – does it predict a crash of Arctic Ocean life? Stimulating new science with Dr. Frank Pavia, University of Washington. Then “The normalization of (almost) everything” with computational cognitive scientist Rachit Dubey.
Everybody pushing biofuels to save climate. Guest Cian Delaney from European NGO hub T&E finds these green alternatives could be worse than the fossil fuels they replace. With extreme wildfires, heatwaves, and hurricanes author and researcher Susannah Fisher on her new book “SINK …
In the world of storms, there is before and after Melissa. Jamaica, insurance, hard times and lucky breaks this week on Radio Ecoshock. Hurricane Melissa with famous meteorologist John Morales in Miami and hurricane blogger Dr. Jeff Masters. Plus a short clip from …
Here is how worried scientists are about tipping points: 160 scientists from 23 countries just released “The Global Tipping Points Report 2025”. Planetary shifts already in motion. Dr. Steven R. Smith, research Fellow at the Global Systems Institute on planetary-scale risks. Then provocative …
From New Zealand and the U.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research, Dr. Kevin Trenberth talks ocean heating, new science and his provocative new article. But first we run away to the past. Oregon State University Professor Peter Clark just published “Global mean sea …
Is Earth a casino of chance where catastrophe decides the survivors? Dive in with this timely replay interview with climate extinction expert Dr. Peter Ward. A new study finds 41,000 Americans die due to wildfire smoke. That almost doubles by 2050, with economic …
Driving around? Are you dying to get there? Nobody will tell you – except investigative journalist, film-maker and author David Obst. Hear it all as David talks about his new book “Saving Ourselves from Big Car”. What suddenly kills dolphins and millions of …
Climate experts and meteorologists in Germany are freaking out. Global warming accelerated significantly. News from The German Meteorological Society, the German Physical Society, and Potsdam Professor Stefan Rahmstorf. I'll break down the latest including a horrific 3 degrees C of global warming by …
What the oil industry won’t tell you: fossil fuel smog is killing almost 100,000 Americans a year. In the UK mortality estimates range from 29,000 to 43,000. From UCL and University of Birmingham, Dr. Karn Vohra on the real cost of gas and …
Why are so many experts and bloggers predicting more cold outbreaks as the planet warms? Our UK scientist Edward Hanna explains. What happened the last time Earth's atmosphere carried so much carbon dioxide? Welcome to the Mid-Pliocene Warm Period. With just 400 parts …
Water loss on land adds to rising seas: global drying with gravity satellite expert Jay Famiglietti. Is this planet actually a living cooperative? Explore with science journalist Ferris Jabr. Expect abrupt shifts in big systems, from ocean currents to ice – new science …
Two Tasmanian experts with strange and shocking discoveries on the new emerging Continent, down at the bottom of the world. Dr. Edward Doddridge reports on impacts of abrupt Antarctic sea ice loss. Dr. Matt King, Director at the Australian Centre for Excellence in …
As we extend into screen life, we build a digital body. What is this techno-hybrid being you have become? French intellectual Paul Virilio, author of “The Information Bomb” & “The Administration of Fear” is our witness, along with guest John David Ebert. With …
One of America's most eminent climate scientists, Dr. Micheal MacCracken says don’t close your ears to Geoengineering. Mike speaks with UK videographer and climate journalist Nick Breeze, in a May 2025 YouTube interview. With Nick's permission, hear it now. At the end, find …
Hundreds of millions of people suffer as wildfire smoke fills cities. New science reveals what is in that smoke, from heavy metals to exotic chemicals – leading to brain damage and early death. Toxic smoke: analysis and interviews with experts in this special …
Extreme heat and heavy rains amplify one another: a new conversation with “Earth systems nerd” Jan Umsonst in Germany. Jan explains why – with new science. Alex covers breaking science on extremes happening now: fires, flash floods and record smashing heat around the …
Are we heading to air-conditioned Hell? Classic 2012 interviews with Stan Cox author of “Losing Our Cool”. Dr. Guus Velders from Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency on AC. Dr. Michael Sivak, University of Michigan on the global growth of air-conditioning.
Climate-driven extreme weather can suddenly change your life. Hear eight climate survivors from the U.S.A. and Canada, from stormy Louisiana to the Canadian Arctic. We travel to burned out Paradise California and drowned Vermont. If these stories don't move you, see a heart …
Breaking new science on deadly heat wave in Europe and flash floods in America. Confirmed: it is climate change. Alex reports, clip of Grantham UK scientists. UCLA expert on extreme rains and flash floods – Jesse Norris from 2022. Journalist Ross Gelbspan warned …
Three experts on extreme heat: Elizabeth Hanna, Robert Kopp and Jonathan Patz. Deadly unheard-of heat in France, Spain and EU. The U.S. East Coast roasting over 100 degree F. in June. Around the world, people die and many more will be killed by …
Breaking climate news: hot humid heat domes over Eastern North America, UK, and Europe. Scientist Michael Mann blames changed planetary waves. Gabriele Messori, Uppsala University: “whiplash” combined climate hazards increasing. Body's heat tolerance lower than we were told. Dr. Daniel Vecellio on “Greatly …
Scientists find global food production will drop around 25% in a heated world – despite adaptation by farmers and new tech. Two plant scientists explain cutting edge tools to prepare key crops for climate change. From University of Illinois, Dr. Stephen Long reports …
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