Episodes
Friday Jan 24, 2020
Resistance Radio - Guest: Kevin Emmerich
Friday Jan 24, 2020
Friday Jan 24, 2020
Kevin Emmerich is a biologist and former National Park ranger. They co-founded a conservation organization, Basin and Range Watch that works toward preserving the last non-destroyed regions of California and Nevada deserts.
Friday Jan 17, 2020
Resistance Radio - Guest:Christopher Ketcham
Friday Jan 17, 2020
Friday Jan 17, 2020
Christopher Ketcham is a freelance writer for Harper's, The New Republic, Vice, and many others. Today we discuss his new book "This Land: How Cowboys, Capitalism, and Corruption are Ruining the American West." It's the product of ten years of research and travel across the public lands of the West.
Monday Jan 13, 2020
Resistance Radio - Guest: Rom Whitaker
Monday Jan 13, 2020
Monday Jan 13, 2020
Rom Whitaker was born in New York City and came to India when he was seven. He is a herpetologist with hundreds of publications and co-founder of the Madras State Park, Andaman and Nicobar Environment Trust (ANET), and the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust. In 1984 Whitaker won a Rolex Award for Enterprise for starting a snake venom Cooperative for Irula tribals and again in 2008 for his efforts to create a network of rainforest research stations throughout India. In 2005 he was the winner of a Whitley Award to found the Agumbe Rainforest Research Station in Karnataka, for the study of King Cobras and their habitat. To spread his messages Whitaker has made 30 documentaries for channels such as Nat Geo, BBC and Animal Planet and a children's feature film. For his work in wildlife conservation, he received the Government of India's Padma Shri Award in 2018.
Friday Jan 03, 2020
Resistance Radio - Guest: George Wuerthner
Friday Jan 03, 2020
Friday Jan 03, 2020
George Wuerthner is the former Ecological Projects Director for the Foundation for Deep Ecology. Currently he is the executive director of Public Lands Media. He is an ecologist and wildlands activist. He has published 38 books on environmental issues and natural history including such environmentally focused books as Welfare Ranching, Wildfire, Thrillcraft, Energy and most recently Protecting the Wild.