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Catalyst: Politics and Culture
Jan 31, 2020 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Talk/Public Affairs
With Lydia
Local writer Lydia Howell explores local culture, art, and activism with interviews and special features. She won the PREMACK AWARD FOR PUBLIC INTEREST JOURNALISM for her investigative reporting on homelessness in (the now defunct) PULSE Newspaper.
Lydia is a long time denizen of KFAI who also writes for various communicty newspapers and online publications.
SAVING OUR BURNING HOUSE with KEN PENTEL (Ecology Democracy Network) & GRETA THUNBERG
Addressing Climate Change by dumping obsolete GDP (Gross Domestic Product) which focus on un-sustainable growth and money-making--with the GENUINE PROGRESS INDICATOR that includes the REAL Environmental & Human Costs of production--as well as, valuing often un-paid labor.
| 1:00 PM |
| Joanne Rand Never Alone v/a If A Tree Falls Earth Beat!
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| 1:04 PM |
Special Segments:
Wendell Berry, farmer-poet-novelist-essayist-environmentalist, reading his poem THE PEACE OF WILD THINGS
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| 1:05 PM |
Interview:
Founder of ECOLOGY DEMOCRACY NETWORK/longtime climate change MN activist, KEN PENTEL
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| 1:30 PM |
Special Segments:
Greta Thunberg, 17 year old climate change activist, who was just named TIME magazine's PERSON OF THE YEAR
Thunberg speaks at the annual World Economic Forum at DAVOS, Switzerland. Excerpt from 1 hour talk called OUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE! | |
| 1:37 PM |
Interview:
Founder of ECOLOGY DEMOCRACY NETWORK/longtime climate change MN activist, KEN PENTEL
continuation & conclusion of interview |