Podcasts about kepone

The manufacturer of a persistent pesticide endangers the people and environment of Hopewell, Virginia. Prelude: Two islands in the French West Indies are contaminated with chlordecone. –––-–---------------------------------------- BECOME A VALUEDLISTENER™ Spotify Apple Podcasts Patreon –––-–---------------------------------------- DONATE: SwindledPodcast.com/Support CONSUME: SwindledPodcast.com/Shop WATCH: SwindledVideo.com –––-–---------------------------------------- MUSIC: Deformr –––-–---------------------------------------- FOLLOW: SwindledPodcast.com Instagram Twitter.com TikTok Facebook Thanks for listening. :-) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Issue no: 562. September 9 1995. This week we talk about Metallica, Hole, Donington '95, Reading '95, Foo Fighters, Skunk Anansie, Kepone, Sugar Ray plus all of the regulars including kommunikation, koncertz, albumz, singlez, news, and much more. Instagram: kerrangbackissues Twitter: @kerrangpod Email: kerrangbackissues@gmail.com

Welcome back to The High Way with Kyle Shutt! This week I talk with GWAR's Blothar the Berserker, Mike Bishop. From the early days of touring as the original Beefcake the Mighty to returning as their latest epic frontman, we go over this man's wild musical journey. We stop along the way to talk about his time with Kepone as well as a little known band called The Tips, featuring The Sword's original drummer, Trivett Wingo. Hang until the end of the episode to hear The Tips' "Mean Streak", a never before released slab of punk fury. Be sure not to miss an episode by subscribing to our channel! Help us keep the show moving along by visiting our Patreon page at the link below. For a few dollars a month you can get early access to next week's episode, exclusive content only available on the Patreon page, and even get a shoutout on a future episode. https://www.patreon.com/thehighway We couldn't do it without your support and we thank every one of you for listening. Listen to this episode anywhere podcasts are streaming. For any inquiries please contact thehighwaywithkyleshutt@gmail.com Support this podcast

Southwest Virginia has seen a decline in coal and tobacco—two industries that once boomed in the region. Could hemp be a way to boost the local economy? Ryan Huish (University of Virginia’s College at Wise) and Michael Timko (University of Virginia) are collaborating on an Industrial Hemp project to explore hemp’s potential for repairing lands damaged by coal mining. Plus: When the Food and Drug Administration approved the production and sale of genetically modified salmon in 2015, some consumers were alarmed by the prospect of consuming “Frankenfish.” But are all genetically modified foods dangerous? Eric Hallerman (Virginia Tech) makes the case for accepting some of them. Also: When a person’s time is taken up by the needs of daily subsistence due to poverty, environmental concerns can recede as a priority. When we talked to Camellia Moses Okpodu for this interview, she was at Norfolk State University (Xavier University) investigating ways to get more disenfranchised minorities and people who are economically at risk interested in environmental activism. Later in the show: In July of 1975, news spread that workers at a factory in Hopewell, Virginia had been poisoned by an insecticide called Kepone. Greg Wilson (The University of Akron) was a Virginia Humanities Fellow and historian who traces the environmental crisis that followed with the discovery that the James River and marine life were saturated with the chemical. And: What if there was an app that worked like GoogleMaps, but for marine animals? Sara Maxwell (University of Washington - Bothwell) is using satellite tracking to help fisheries avoid catching animals like whales, turtles, and sharks while they’re hunting for other fish.

An incredible interview this week delving deep into the early 80s Richmond punk scene with Gwar/Kepone frontman Mike Bishop. What an awesome interview with a knowledgable and thoughtful dude! Come see what we have in store for ya! Also Rest in Power love going out to my friends Jill Janus and Carlos Denogean and their respective bands, friends and families. Playlist on Rocknowledgy FB page

This week Steve and Carl meet IRL to discuss Kepone's "Self Titled" album, and T. Hardy Morris's "Dude, The Obscure." Not really sure if there's supposed to be an "apostrophe s" there or not but it seems correct. Our new selected tracks Spotify playlist is now live as well!

Michael sits down with Richmond legend Michael Bishop of Gwar and Kepone to discuss his focus film pick, John Boorman's 1972 classic Deliverance! Michael Bishop has an intensely thorough knowledge of the film, and he has some amazing things to say about the film, its soundtrack, and why it deserves to be in the conversation of Horror films. We also got to talk about the 80s Hardcore scene in Richmond, his early horror influences, and much more! 

For our inaugural Views from the Treehouse podcast we sat down with none other than Ralph White, the legendary James River Park Manager. White retired in 2012 after 32 years in the urban wilderness, risking Kepone exposure, crack needles and drunken riots on Belle Isle, not to mention career suicide, in order to make Richmond a first-class outdoor recreation destination. White is also a master storyteller. In Part 1 of this two-part series, White covers everything from how he's like Judas Iscariot to meeting hobos in cabooses. This is a conversation you don't want miss!

On October 5, 2017, Gregory Wilson delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Toxic Dust: The History and Legacy of Virginia’s Kepone Disaster.” In July 1975, news broke about workers at Life Science Products Company in Hopewell poisoned while making the pesticide Kepone, the brand name of chlordecone. Further investigations showed Life Science had contracted with Allied Chemical, a larger firm with a plant in Hopewell, to make Kepone and that both companies dumped Kepone waste into the James River and its nearby tributaries. The events led to a number of significant events, including a fishing and harvesting ban that remained in various forms through the 1980s, new state and federal environmental regulations, and federal court cases that led to the creation of the Virginia Environmental Endowment in 1977. Forty years later, Kepone remains in the James River sediment but in much reduced levels. Still, traces of Kepone have been found in James River fish today. The complete toxic effects of Kepone are not fully known, but a major public health crisis appears to be unfolding in the French West Indies from continued chlordecone use on banana plants through the 1990s. Chlordecone’s toxic global legacy led the United Nations Environmental Program to call for an end to its use. The events surrounding Kepone left an important legacy that continues to affect people and the environment in Virginia and around the world. The Kepone story is a compelling reminder of the critical ongoing importance of government oversight in the protection of human health and the environment. Dr. Gregory Wilson is a professor of history at the University of Akron. He grew up in Newport News, Virginia, and remembers the Kepone tragedy from his youth. Dr. Wilson earned his Ph.D. from Ohio State University. He is the author of Above the Shots: An Oral History of the Kent State Shootings (with Craig Simpson), Ohio: A History of the Buckeye State (with Kevin F. Kern), and Communities Left Behind: The Area Redevelopment Administration, 1945–1965. This lecture is cosponsored by the Virginia Environmental Endowment as part of its 40th Anniversary.