Podcast
Disquiet Pride
Hosted by Chad Oliver Swimmer · EN
Ecology and LGBTQ podcasts, original broadcast productions, coming at you first from KZYX & Z Listener-Powered Community Radio for Mendocino County and Beyond:
The Ecology Hour
Disquiet on the Western Front
The Trail Stewards Radio Hour, with Co-host Paul Shulman
Pride Nation 101. with Co-host Roland Cory Medina
Tune in for politics, ecology, LGBTQIA+ issues, art, and activism. If you like these, please share me on to a friend!
And... big gratitude to KCXU San Jose--Engaging, Diverse, Community Voices; KMUD Garberville--Redwood Community Radio; and KAKX Mendocino--Student-Powered Radio.
Thanks also to the Cloud Forest Institute--www.cloudforest.org--for being our fiscal sponsor.
If you enjoy these shows, go to the Cloud Forest's site and drop me a donation! Thanks, Gracias, y Shukran b'zhef!
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Who Owns the Forests of Mendocino County?
Jun 19, 202400:59:00Tap to summarizeDisquiet Voices Ecology Hour June 18 Episode examines who owns the forests of Mendocino County and how they are doing. Host Chad Swimmer talks about the increasingly large holdings of Mendocino Redwood Company and Redwood Empires' Roger Burch, the Save The Redwoods League and the Maillard Ranch, and some innovative and community-oriented management ideas from Redwood Forest Foundation Usal and The Conservation Fund. Accompanying this is a substantial report that lays out ownership, management, and the far-reaching implications, produced with the invaluable assistance of Research Assistant Abilene Kamstra.
Transcribe →Charitable Giving for the Environment: Disquiet Voices Eco Hour for April, 2024
Apr 17, 202400:59:00Tap to summarizeOn the April 2024 episode, we delve into how best to support the environment through charitable giving. We hear from Tom Wheeler, Executive Director of EPIC in Arcata, CA, and from Lawyer Paula Goodwin of Perkins Coie, as well as take a closer look at a number of nonprofits. Check out our Primer for Giving! The show also features music from artist and activists Diane Patterson and Alice Dimicele, featured here with their express permission.
Transcribe →The Ecology Hour for March, 2024: Residential Decarb and the Grid
Mar 19, 202400:58:59Tap to summarizeJoin us for a follow up on a past episode on residential decarbonization., with some state forest news starting the hour:Segment 1: Richard Gienger on the Board of Forestry:www.savejackson.orgwww.pomolandback.comwww.mendocinotrailstewards.orgTo send comments to the Board of Forestry:Publiccomments.@bof.co.govSegment 2: Sonoma Clean Power Resources for improved home efficiency:https://sonomacleanpower.org/programs/diy-toolkithttps://scpadvancedenergycenter.org/https://switchison.org/Evan Mills’ resource sheet here and updated full report, Kermit Was Right.A net zero community in Vermont here.Segment 3: Matt Simmons on Wind Power and the Grid in Humboldt:~The Environmental Protection Information Center Blog
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Richard W Halsey and Will Russell on California's Vegetation Treatment Program: The Disquiet Voices Ecology Hour for January, 2024:
Jan 16, 202400:59:00Tap to summarizeFirst broadcast on KZYX on January 16, 2024, this show takes a look at the Cal VTP Program, California's Vegetation Treatment Program. We start with a Cliff Notes from our intern Abilene Kamstra on what the program is and how it was founded, then get a critical take from Richard W Halsey, director of the California Chaparral Institute, author of Fire, Chaparral, and Survival in Southern California, and one of the lead plaintiffs in recent litigation against Cal Fire, attempting to strike down the Environmental Impact Report on which the program is based. After that we'll hear from renowned redwood researcher, environmental scientist and ecologist Will Russell, PhD, about fuel breaks, restoration, as well as ponderings on 'agenda-driven science.'
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Evan Mills, PhD on Residential Decarbonization--Kermit Was Right: It Ain't Easy Being Green: The Disquiet Voices Ecology Hour for December, 2023
Jan 15, 202400:59:00Tap to summarizeJoin Host Chad Swimmer and Disquiet's two interns, Vale Gauthier and Abilene Kamstra, as they delve into how to understand and mitigate your own personal and residential carbon footprint, with energy systems analyst and co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007, Evan Mills, PhD. We'll also talk to Matt Simmons, JD, about the workings of the California Board of Forestry. Please link here to the powerpoint accompanying Evan Mills' talk.
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Evan Mills on Residential Decarbonization--the Full Interview, 12/11/2023
Jan 14, 202401:10:55Tap to summarizeThis is the full interview with Evan Mills, PhD to accompany the December 2023 Ecology Hour. For accompanying documents and resources, look at this Primer for Residential Decarbonization.
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Greg King and Hugh Bialecki: The Disquiet Voices Ecology Hour for November, 2023
Jan 12, 202400:58:59Tap to summarizeThe November 21 Ecology Hour features an extended interview with Greg King, award-winning author, activist, and environmentalist, about his new book The Ghost Forest, Racists, Radicals, and Real Estate in the California Redwoods. We also feature a short interview with Hugh Bialecki of Save Our Forest Association about conservation efforts in the San Bernardino Mountains.
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Gary Graham Hughes on California's Lawsuit Against Big Oil: The Disquiet Voices Ecology Hour for October, 2023
Jan 12, 202400:59:00Tap to summarizeOriginally broadcast in October 2023 on KZYX, Listener Powered Community Radio for Mendocino County and Beyond, check out host Chad Swimmer's discussion with Gary Graham Hughes of Biofuel Watch about the State of California's recent lawsuit against big oil, about forest carbon and the sham of carbon offset trading. You will also hear voices from the 10/13/23 CALFIRE meeting in Fort Bragg, CA.
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An Ecosystem of the Mind: Disquiet Voices Ecology Hour December 2022
Jan 12, 202400:59:30Tap to summarizeJoin hosts Chad Swimmer and Paul Schulman for An Ecosystem of the Mind, an artistic dive into humans' multi-faceted relationship with the natural world. Originally broadcast on KZYX & Z as the Trail Stewards Radio Hour for December 2022.
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Will Russell and Teresa Sholars on Redwood Forest Regeneration: Disquiet Voices Ecology Hour for May 2022
Jan 10, 202400:55:38Tap to summarizeJoin hosts Chad Swimmer and Paul Schulman for a discussion on redwood forest regeneration with Will Russell PhD and Professor Emeritus Teresa Sholars, two ecologists with decades of experience observing and studying the forests of California, documenting how these amazing ecosystems recover after disturbance--both natural and human-caused. This show was originally broadcast on KZYX, Listener-Powered Community Radio for Mendocino County and Beyond, as the Trail Stewards Radio Hour for May of 2022.
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