If you love this planet

If You Love This Planet - Kristen Iverson

If You Love This Planet — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 03:54:02 +0000

This week's guest is Kristen Iversen, author of the new book, Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats.

She is Director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing at The University of Memphis, and also Editor-in-Chief of The Pinch, an award-winning literary journal.

Kristen grew up in Arvada, Colorado near the Rocky Flats nuclear weaponry facility, and currently lives in Memphis.

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If You Love This Planet - Wladimir Wertelecki

If You Love This Planet — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 02:51:24 +0000

In this episode, Dr Helen Caldicott interviews Wladimir Wertelecki, the founder and chairman of the Department of Medical Genetics and Birth Defects Center of the University of South Alabama, in the US.

Prior to his training in Medical Genetics at Harvard University Medical School, he trained in Pediatrics at St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University.

Later, Dr. Wertelecki served as Senior Surgeon, U.S. Public Health Commission Corps at the Epidemiology Branch of the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland.

Dr. Wertelecki is a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics and member of the Academy of Pediatrics, and since 1994, he has served as Secretary-Treasurer of the World Alliance for the Prevention of Birth Defects.

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If You Love This Planet: The risks of nuclear storage

If You Love This Planet — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 03:39:52 +0000

In this episode, Dr. Helen Caldicott talks with Robert Alvarez, a Senior Scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) in Washington, D.C. Alvarez is an award-winning author and has published articles in prominent publications such as Science magazine, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Technology Review and The Washington Post. He and Dr. Caldicott discuss the tremendous hazards of spent nuclear fuel rods at nuclear power plants, the potential for a catastrophic fire in a fuel pool, and the unprecedented Fukushima disaster. Alvarez refers to the 2011 IPS report Spent Nuclear Fuel Pools in the U.S.: Reducing the Deadly Risks of Storage.

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If You Love This Planet: Energy efficiency

If You Love This Planet — Wed, 30 May 2012 11:19:30 +0000

Dr. Arjun Makhinjani is the President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research in Takoma Park, Maryland.

A recognized authority on energy issues, Dr. Makhijani is the author and co-author of numerous reports and books on energy- and environment-related issues.

He was the principal author of the first study of the energy efficiency potential of the US economy published in 1971. Recently, he co-authored Carbon-Free and Nuclear-Free: A Roadmap for U.S. Energy Policy (2007).

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If You Love This Planet: Anthropology of war

If You Love This Planet — Tue, 08 May 2012 11:15:02 +0000

Anthropologist and author Hugh Gusterson from George Mason University talks about the culture of war and the psychology of weapons designers.

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If You Love This Planet — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 05:43:32 +0000

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If You Love This Planet: Japan's nuclear policy

If You Love This Planet — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 08:07:38 +0000

In this episode of If You Love This Planet, Dr. Helen Caldicott speaks to Kono Taro, Director General of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party's International bureau.

He is also a fifth-term Member of the House of Representatives in Japan.

Kono has voiced strong concerns over the Japanese government's nuclear policy. He is especially critical of the government's pursuit of a so-called 'closed' nuclear fuel cycle whereby plutonium is extracted from spent fuel by nuclear waste re-processing within Japan. KONO also opposes the building of new nuclear power plants as the government has so far failed to deal with the issue of nuclear waste disposal.

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If You Love This Planet: In conversation with Seymour Hersh and John Pilger

If You Love This Planet — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:48:33 +0000

This week Dr. Helen Caldicott talks to two noted journalists: Seymour Hersh, an American Pulitzer prize-winning investigative journalist based in Wahington D.C., and Australian documentary-maker John Pilger, two-time recipient of Britain's Journalist of the Year award.

The candid conversations cover themes such as religion, war, politics, nuclear power and modern culture.

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If You Love This Planet: Conservation biology

If You Love This Planet — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:13:20 +0000

In this episode of If You Love This Planet, Dr. Helen Caldicott talks about conservation biology with self-confessed "student of anti-aging," Dr. Reese Halter.

Dr. Halter is a distinguished biologist who describes himself as an Earth Doctor. For more than 20 years, Dr. Halter has studied nature in both hemispheres. He currently works at the Cal Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California.

Dr. Halter founded Global Forest Science -- a conservation institute that protects fragile ecosystems, short circuits ecological disasters and produces ecological education for children around the globe. He's also a broadcaster and best-selling author of 7 books, including his most recent, The Insatiable Bark Beetle, published by Rocky Mountain Books in 2011.

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If You Love This Planet: The ongoing situation at the Fukushima nuclear power plant

If You Love This Planet — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:05:12 +0000

Nuclear engineer Arnie Gundersen from Fairewinds Associates in the U.S. updates Helen Caldicott about the ongoing, dangerous situation at the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan.

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If You Love This Planet: Artificial intelligence

If You Love This Planet — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:04:13 +0000

This week Dr. Caldicott talks to Stephen M. Omohundro, a computer scientist specializing in artificial intelligence.

Steve is now president of Self-Aware Systems in Palo Alto, California. He has been an adviser to the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence since April 2007.

Steve Omohundro has had a wide-ranging career as a scientist, professor, author, software architect, and entrepreneur doing research that explores the interface between mind and matter.

In addition to his scientific work, Steve is passionate about human growth and transformation.

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If You Love This Planet: The Fukushima nuclear power plant

If You Love This Planet — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:23:58 +0000

This week, Dr. Helen Caldicott talks with nuclear energy consultant Arnie Gundersen, from Fairewinds Associates, about the ongoing situation at the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan.

Helen Caldicott, M.D., pediatrician and internationally recognized author and lecturer, hosts a weekly, one-hour radio program titled If You Love This Planet. Produced by Scott Powell and Jasmin Willi.

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If You Love This Planet: Nuclear disarmament and energy policies

If You Love This Planet — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 09:29:36 +0000

In this episode, Dr. Helen Caldicott talks with Bob Alvarez, a Senior Scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies in the United States.

Alvarez is an award-winning author and has published articles in prominent publications such as Science Magazine, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Technology Review and The Washington Post. He and Caldicott discuss nuclear disarmament and energy policies.

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If You Love This Planet: The medical dangers of the nuclear fuel cycle

If You Love This Planet — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:58:39 +0000

This episode of If You Love This Planet features a lecture by Dr. Helen Caldicott, delivered at the 2011 International Integrative Medical Conference in Sydney, Australia.

Dr. Caldicott explains the medical dangers of the nuclear fuel cycle, including uranium mining, and talks about the current situation at the devastated Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan.

Produced by Scott Powell, Amanda Bellerby

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If you love this planet

If You Love This Planet — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 06:03:31 +0000

Helen Caldicott, M.D., pediatrician and internationally recognized author and lecturer, hosts a weekly, one-hour radio program titled If you love this planet. Produced by Jasmin Williams/Scott Powell.

Dr. Helen Caldicott talks to independent consultant Dr Ian Fairlie about radiation in the environment, particularly from nuclear power stations.

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