Audio Archive for 2002

Episode 92 January 2, 2002
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Study Abroad Belize 21:30 Gerry Enriquez explains a program in Belize where university students from other countries spend a semester doing a field study course.  And in our meandering exploration of the Challilo dam proposal, we find that the proposal by Fortis Inc. in Newfoundland to build a dam on the Macal River in Belize pops up yet again.
Leaves 23:30 Peter Trnka of the Philosophy Department at Memorial University reviews Pure Immanence by Gilles Deleuze
Nightcap 4:24 Looking at the Night sky with Fred Smith and a pair of binoculars


Episode 93 January 9, 2002
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Diving Beetles Part 1 21:34 David Larsen enlightens us on the predaceous diving beetles of the Nearctic. Part 1.
Nature in Mind 24:43 Rachel talks with University of Pittsburgh philosopher James Lennox about free-market environmentalism.

Episode 94 January 16, 2002
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Diving Beetles Part 2 23:52 Part 2 of our conversation with Memorial University entomologist David Larsen about diving beetles.
Gross Domestic Product 22:24

Elizabeth May, Director of the Sierra Club of Canada and Ron Colman of GPIAtlantic reflect on environmental degradation and how relying on measures like the GDP fails to inform us of the true state of the nation, or the environment. And we meet the Genuine Progress Index or GPI.