Marla Spivak, a bee lover, bee researcher, and MacArthur Genius shows Majora that there's more to the honeybee than honey.
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Cheryl Rogowski, a fourth-generation farmer and the first farmer to win a MacArthur 'Genius' Award, gives us all some food for thought.
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For the first half of his career, Wes Jackson was an academic. At 41, he was a tenured professor at California State University, establishing one of...
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Growing up in Cuba, young Pedro Sanchez's life was all planned out - he was going to follow his father's footsteps, by studying at Cornell and...
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Where does our food come from? Since we pay close attention to so many aspects of food in the holiday season, host Majora Carter visits the northern...
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When you sit down at your holiday table, thank a bee. A third of the food on your plate is made possible by these pollinators, whose numbers are...
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Carl Safina fell in love with birds first. As a child, he bred pigeons, and as a young ecologist, he worked to protect wild birds that he called "...
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Growing up in a family of migrant farmworkers, Baldemar Velásquez spent his childhood in the fields, planting, weeding, and harvesting crops like...
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When Hurricane Katrina hit East Biloxi, Mississippi, it destroyed Sharon Hanshaw’s home and the hairdressing business she had built over a lifetime....
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Chemist Wilma Subra has spent her career defending local communities against Louisiana’s powerful oil and gas industry. She received a MacArthur...
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Vietnamese American fisherfolk in the Gulf region are trying to rebuild their lives — opening sustainable farms, gas stations, nail salons, and...
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For Nat Turner, garden rakes and shovels are tools for transformation.
He's transformed an old store in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward into an urban...
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Dr. Kyshun Webster is a man who gets things done. And before that, he was a kid who got things done.
Now the founder and executive director of...
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Outspoken, engaging, and unflaggingly dedicated to matters of ecological sustainability, Winona LaDuke introduces host Majora to the pine forests,...
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John Francis spent decades of his life walking across continents, carrying a backpack, a banjo, and a message of respect for the earth. He takes host...
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Decades ago, in response to an oil spill off the coast of California, John Francis made a vow to give up riding in motor vehicles, and stepped out on...
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Brenda Palms Barber, the force behind a transitional jobs program that employs ex-offendors to make honey, shows Majora the view from her office...
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Brenda Palms Barber wasn’t always drawn to beekeeping. But her quest to find work for residents of Chicago’s economically disadvantaged North...
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Leaders can emerge in surprising places, as host Majora Carter found out when she went to Yosemite National Park and crawled through a cave with...
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If Frank and Audrey Peterman have their way, many more of their fellow black Americans will visit our national parks. They take host Majora Carter to...
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In a show recorded live before an audience at WNYC Radio’s state-of-the art Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, Majora Carter sat down with...
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Pioneering researcher and "queen of the forest canopy" Nalini Nadkarni shows host Majora Carter the wonders of the Olympic rain forest — from the...
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Host Majora Carter takes up the subject of work — work by visionaries whose influence changes lives and transforms communities. Join Majora as she...
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Host Majora Carter takes a fresh look at the reach of King's influence. Some of the most interesting voices in civil rights today weigh in and help...
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From the Bronx to Belfast to Los Angeles, host Majora Carter navigates the intersection of environmental, social, and health issues. Learn why the...
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