April 25, 2024

Part One: Climate change – what volcanic eruptions have to teach us. We speak with Jeremy Owens, assistant professor of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science at Florida State University. His piece at the conversation.com is titled, Volcanic eruptions once caused mass extinctions in the ocean – could climate change do the same?

Part Two: Political reform is on the agenda in a number of states. We speak with Hedrick Smith: Pulitzer Prize winning NY Times reporter, Emmy award winning producer, author, and host of the Reclaim the American Dream blog. Hedrick gives us some good news – 2018 has been a boom year for grassroots political reformers. You’re going to love the BadAss Grandmas!