Podcast appearances and mentions of Carl B Stokes

Welcome to Season 2 of Fahrenheit 140! We are kicking off this season with a bang by bringing you with us to celebrate Earth Day 2024! Join us for engaging conversations with a few of our key partners, including BlueTriton Brands and the Texas State University Office of Sustainability alongside our very own Deputy Director of Spring Lake Education, Miranda Wait – all recorded live at the 11th Annual Earth Day San Marcos Festival! Get an inside look at their current and future climate resilience projects and get tips on what daily choices we can all make to bring the spirit of Earth Day to every day.  In this episode, our co-hosts bring you the latest climate news covering several topics:  Warming temperatures mean a prolonged kitten season – giving you a purr-fect excuse to adopt another cat. (02:05)  Insurance companies are pulling out of states due to unpredictable and more severe weather – learn how this could affect you in Texas (05:39)  Learn how Border, a town in Texas, was saved from the recent historic Smokehouse Creek wildfire by fighting fire with fire – how controlled burns may be an important adaptation in the face of severe drought (08:27)  Snake Farms: Could Burmese pythons be the climate-friendly alternative to cattle ranching? (10:43) Interviews with our esteemed partners, BlueTriton Brands and the Office of Sustainability, along with the Deputy Director of Spring Lake Education, Miranda Wait unpack:  From apprehension to excitement, how views on climate education may be shifting with the rise of mindfulness and outdoor recreation (20:32) From “drop to drink” the sustainability and stewardship practices of BlueTriton Brands and the “Every Drop Counts” scholarship (26:37) How to protect the sensitive areas around Texas State University campus (35:10) Robert Mace ties it all in a bow by reading Flower Song, a beautiful poem by Francisco X. Alarcón, a Chicano poet and educator. (40:33) Episode Links and Resources:  Kitten season is out of control. Are warmer winters to blame? (Grist) Climate change is fueling the US insurance problem (BBC) Texas Map Shows Where State Will Become Underwater From Sea Level Rise (News Week)  As climate change intensifies wildfire risk, prescribed burns prove their worth in the heat-stressed Panhandle (Texas Tribune) Pythons are eating the Everglades. Could eating them instead help fight climate change? (Miami Herald)  Our History (EarthDay.org)  Carl B. Stokes and the 1969 River Fire (National Park Service) Flower Song / Flor y Canto / In Xochitl In Cuicatl (poets.org)  Learn more about our partners:  BlueTriton Brands  Texas State University Office of Sustainability  Theme song:   Syzygy by Robert E. Mace    Songs Used:  Snake Farm by Wylie Hubbard  White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane    We would like to thank pixabay.com for providing our sound effects, and Desiree Jackson for gathering candid interviews with Earth Day enthusiasts.  For more information about the Meadows Center, visit meadowscenter.txst.edu.   

1969 Cuyahoga River FireMake sure to follow the podcast on instagram and twitter @eng_misjudgment for pictures for each episode.Sources:Bella, L. L. (2009). Not enough to drink: Pollution, drought, and tainted water supplies. Rosen Pub. Black history month: Defining environmental justice. Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park. (2020, February 13). Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://www.conservancyforcvnp.org/defining-environmental-justice-how-the-conservancy-and-the-local-community-are-continuing-carl-stokes-legacy/Bobkoff, D. (2009, June 22). Ohio's burning river in better health 40 years later. NPR. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105750930 Brueck, H. (2019, June 22). The Cuyahoga River caught fire 50 years ago. these stomach-churning photos highlight why the EPA exists. Business Insider. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://www.businessinsider.com/vintage-photos-of-cuyahoga-river-on-fire-before-epa-2019-6#as-president-ronald-reagan-put-it-in-his-1984-state-of-the-union-address-preservation-of-our-environment-is-not-a-liberal-or-conservative-challenge-its-common-sense-24 CUYAHOGA RIVER FIRE. Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case Western Reserve University. (2020, January 14). Retrieved December 21, 2021, from https://case.edu/ech/articles/c/cuyahoga-river-fire Emily Bamforth. (2019, June 19). A Cuyahoga River timeline, from Moses Cleaveland to blazing paddles. Cleveland. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://www.cleveland.com/life-and-culture/g66l-2019/06/b156c67fed368/a-cuyahoga-river-timeline-from-moses-cleaveland-to-blazing-paddles.html Guerrieri Vince Guerrieri is a writer based in the Cleveland area., V. (2019, June 28). Smoke on the water: What we can learn 50 years after Cleveland's apocalyptic burning river. Popular Mechanics. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a28106182/cuyahoga-river-fire-cleveland-epa/ Hogue, C. (2019, June 17). POLLUTION Marking 50 years since the Cuyahoga River fire, which sparked US environmental action. C&EN. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://cen.acs.org/environment/pollution/Marking-50-years-since-Cuyahoga/97/i24 Johnston, L. (2018, October 1). Cuyahoga River Partners Creating Water Trail. Cleveland. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2018/10/cuyahoga_river_water_trail.html Johnston, L. (2019, June 16). Cuyahoga River transforms from open sewer to paddlers' paradise: Cuyahoga50 by the numbers. Cleveland. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://www.cleveland.com/news/2019/06/cuyahoga-river-transforms-from-open-sewer-to-paddlers-paradise-cuyahoga50-by-the-numbers.html Libretexts. (2020, August 15). Unusual properties of water. Chemistry LibreTexts. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemistry_Textbook_Maps/Supplemental_Modules_(Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemistry)/Physical_Properties_of_Matter/States_of_Matter/Properties_of_Liquids/Unusual_Properties_of_Water Maher, N. M. (2019, June 22). How many times does a river have to burn before it matters? The New York Times. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/22/climate/cleveland-fire-river-cuyahoga-1969.html Miller, E. (2021, March 26). Fact-checking five myths of the 1969 fire on the Cuyahoga River. WOSU News. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://news.wosu.org/ideastream/2019-01-22/fact-checking-five-myths-of-the-1969-fire-on-the-cuyahoga-river#stream/0 Ohio History Central. (n.d.). Cuyahoga River Fire. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from http://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Cuyahoga_River_Fire Rotman, M. (n.d.). Cuyahoga River Fire. Cleveland Historical. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/63 Smithsonian Institution. (2019, June 19). The Cuyahoga River caught fire at least a dozen times, but no one cared until 1969. Smithsonian.com. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/cuyahoga-river-caught-fire-least-dozen-times-no-one-cared-until-1969-180972444/ U.S. Department of the Interior. (n.d.). Carl B. Stokes and the 1969 river fire . National Parks Service. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://www.nps.gov/articles/carl-stokes-and-the-river-fire.htm U.S. Department of the Interior. (n.d.). Carl B. stokes: Ground-breaking Cleveland mayor. National Parks Service. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://www.nps.gov/people/carl-b-stokes.htm U.S. Department of the Interior. (n.d.). Exploring Black History in Cuyahoga Valley . National Parks Service. 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Fresh off a hometown visit to Cleveland, Colleen brings us the story of the Cuyahoga: a river once so polluted with industrial sludge, it burned. At least thirteen times. While the largest and most damaging conflagration occurred in 1952, it was the 1969 river fire that made national headlines, thanks to Mayor Carl Stokes. As one of the first Black mayors of a major American city, the charismatic and media-savvy Stokes connected the dots between economic inequality and environmental degradation, and advocated on the national stage for legislation that would clean up the “urban environment,” starting with the Cuyahoga and Lake Erie. Today, the pristine Cuyahoga is a symbol of pride for Clevelanders, yet this civic success story belies the reality of ongoing inequality there. Colleen shares her personal history of growing up in “a city with no superlatives,” her own chance connection to Stokes, and how she's begun parsing the difference between “environmentalism” and “environmental justice.” Also, Leah shares an update on the so-called Mystery Seeds from China. Visit our website for more info. Support The Horticulturati on Patreon for bonus content and early access to episodes.  Mentioned in this episode: “The Truth Behind the Amazon Mystery Seeds” by Chris Heath (The Atlantic, 7/15/21); Burning River Pale Ale; The Good Time III boat; The Mayor and The People: Carl B Stokes (album by Oliver Nelson); “Carl B. Stokes and the 1969 River Fire” (National Parks Service); “The Cities: The Price of Optimism” (Time, 8/1/69), “The Myth of the Cuyahoga River Fire” (Distillations Podcast, Science History Institute); “Bringing Back Trees to ‘Forest City's Redlined Areas to Help Residents and the Climate” (NPR, 6/23/21).

Fresh off a hometown visit to Cleveland, Colleen brings us the story of the Cuyahoga: a river once so polluted with industrial sludge, it burned. At least thirteen times. While the largest and most damaging conflagration occurred in 1952, it was the 1969 river fire that made national headlines, thanks to Mayor Carl Stokes. As one of the first Black mayors of a major American city, the charismatic and media-savvy Stokes connected the dots between economic inequality and environmental degradation, and advocated on the national stage for legislation that would clean up the “urban environment,” starting with the Cuyahoga and Lake Erie. Today, the pristine Cuyahoga is a symbol of pride for Clevelanders, yet this civic success story belies the reality of ongoing inequality there. Colleen shares her personal history of growing up in “a city with no superlatives,” her own chance connection to Stokes, and how she's begun parsing the difference between “environmentalism” and “environmental justice.” Also, Leah shares an update on the so-called Mystery Seeds from China. Support us on Patreon for bonus content and early access to episodes.  Mentioned in this episode: “The Truth Behind the Amazon Mystery Seeds” by Chris Heath (The Atlantic, 7/15/21); Burning River Pale Ale; The Good Time III boat; The Mayor and The People: Carl B Stokes (album by Oliver Nelson); “Carl B. Stokes and the 1969 River Fire” (National Parks Service); “The Cities: The Price of Optimism” (Time, 8/1/69), “The Myth of the Cuyahoga River Fire” (Distillations Podcast, Science History Institute); “Bringing Back Trees to ‘Forest City's Redlined Areas to Help Residents and the Climate” (NPR, 6/23/21).

*Warning: This episode contains a description of violence. Our fearless leader, Senator Nina Turner, gets back into formation with organizer and Freedom Fighter, Sister Martese Chism of National Nurses United. Get on this emotional rollercoaster with these two bold, non-conforming, “good-trouble” troublemakers as they shout to the heavens about policy and power, sacrifice, listening to elders, and of course, their eye glass game. Hello Somebody!! LINKS: Produced in Partnership with Larj Media http://www.larjmedia.com  Good Trouble Matters : https://www.goodtroublematters.com/  Marquita Bradshaw: https://www.marquitabradshaw.com/  Maxine Smith & “If you’re Black, take it back” Campaign : https://www.highgroundnews.com/features/MemphisBlackHistoryMaxineSmith.aspx  Congressman Carl B. Stokes & Louis Stokes : https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Louis_Stokes QUOTE:  Ella Baker: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1329988-until-the-killing-of-black-men-black-mothers-sons-becomes   James Baldwin: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/14373-know-from-whence-you-came-if-you-know-whence-you#:~:text=If%20you%20know%20whence%20you,to%20where%20you%20can%20go.%E2%80%9D    SONG:  GLORY – by Common & John Legend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUZOKvYcx_o  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

*Warning: This episode contains a description of violence. Our fearless leader, Senator Nina Turner, gets back into formation with organizer and Freedom Fighter, Sister Martese Chism of National Nurses United. Get on this emotional rollercoaster with these two bold, non-conforming, “good-trouble” troublemakers as they shout to the heavens about policy and power, sacrifice, listening to elders, and of course, their eye glass game. Hello Somebody!! LINKS: Produced in Partnership with Larj Media http://www.larjmedia.com  Good Trouble Matters : https://www.goodtroublematters.com/  Marquita Bradshaw: https://www.marquitabradshaw.com/  Maxine Smith & “If you’re Black, take it back” Campaign : https://www.highgroundnews.com/features/MemphisBlackHistoryMaxineSmith.aspx  Congressman Carl B. Stokes & Louis Stokes : https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Louis_Stokes QUOTE:  Ella Baker: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1329988-until-the-killing-of-black-men-black-mothers-sons-becomes   James Baldwin: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/14373-know-from-whence-you-came-if-you-know-whence-you#:~:text=If%20you%20know%20whence%20you,to%20where%20you%20can%20go.%E2%80%9D    SONG:  GLORY – by Common & John Legend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUZOKvYcx_o  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Meet Teffannie J Hale, mother, educator, organizer and esteemed daughter of Cleveland. Teffannie was Senator Turner’s appointed mentee more than 10 years ago. Fate may have brought them together, but faith, Black girl magic and the pursuit of purpose kept them there. Listen in for the inspiration you didn’t know you needed as these two Ohio sisters lift up the bonded power of community, loyalty, commitment and a mother’s love. Hello Somebody! Mayor Carl B. Stokes  https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carl-Stokes  https://www.nps.gov/articles/carl-stokes-and-the-river-fire.htm  Songs:  How I Got Over (Aretha Franklin version)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkGIZ_sVXeY  Rump Shaker - Wreckx-n-Effect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RtvxKtXBao Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Meet Teffannie J Hale, mother, educator, organizer and esteemed daughter of Cleveland. Teffannie was Senator Turner’s appointed mentee more than 10 years ago. Fate may have brought them together, but faith, Black girl magic and the pursuit of purpose kept them there. Listen in for the inspiration you didn’t know you needed as these two Ohio sisters lift up the bonded power of community, loyalty, commitment and a mother’s love. Hello Somebody! Mayor Carl B. Stokes  https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carl-Stokes  https://www.nps.gov/articles/carl-stokes-and-the-river-fire.htm  Songs:  How I Got Over (Aretha Franklin version)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkGIZ_sVXeY  Rump Shaker - Wreckx-n-Effect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RtvxKtXBao Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers