It's Hot in Here
100 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 11 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWCBN's environmental talk show. News from the conservation front, interviews with environmental thinkers. Covering policy, ecology, politics, economy, education and quite literally the entire world. And fish.
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Food Summit Recap
April 30, 2012 23:15 - 52.6 MBAudio[audio:http://hughstimson.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/wcbn-2012-04-30-120001-EDT.mp3] (Skip through first part of audio to get to show start!) We hosted this conversation with Shannon Brines, Jason Frenzel, and Lucas DiGia, organizers of the April 2012 Local Food Summit. How did the summit go? What were the major themes and outcomes this year? Listen in to find out! (Don’t miss some of […]
Bird Geek Show!
April 16, 2012 19:45 - 52.1 MBListen Here! Listen to this bird-tastic episode of “It’s Hot in Here Radio” with special guest Taylor Forrest of the UM Ornithological Society….complete with bird trivia, sound-bites of Michigan birds, and resources to get started with bird-watching!
Environmental Ethics + Religion
April 16, 2012 19:41 - 51.8 MBListen Here! (Skip through first part of audio to get to beginning of show…) NOTE: In this episode, we erroneously reported that Bill McKibben left 350.org…this is not true! It was an April Fool’s joke that Laura mistook for truth. Please accept our HUGE apology for a news mistake of this magnitude! “It’s Hot […]
Journalism and Environment
April 16, 2012 19:33 - 53.6 MBListen Here! why is the news so depressing? can we trust the media to accurately report on environmental affairs? what will/should the future of environmental news + journalism be? Join Kat Superfisky (SNRE) + special guest co-host Phil D’Anieri (famous NPR and PitE legend), along with special guest Dave Askins (from The Ann Arbor Chronicle) […]
The Localization Reader: Adapting to the Coming Downshift
February 21, 2012 02:36 - 52.5 MBAudio: [audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn-2012-02-20-120001-EST.mp3] (Scroll past the first 1:30 to get to beginning of show) Join us for this in-depth preview of the recently released book: “The Localization Reader: Adapting to the Coming Downshift.” Dr. Raymond De Young, co-editor of and contributor to the book, joined us in the studio to chat about the book’s content and […]
House Greening
February 07, 2012 03:33 - 52.5 MBListen here:[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn-2012-02-06-120001-EST.mp3] (Fast forward through the first 10 seconds or so to get to start of show!) Matt Grocoff and Joe Trumpey are were the HOUSE today! Co-hosts Rebecca Hardin and Laura Smith conversed with Matt and Joe throughout the hour about their amazing homes in the Ann Arbor area. Joe Trumpey, a professor in […]
2012 ReSkilling Festival Preview
January 25, 2012 02:25 - 52.7 MBListen Here:[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn-2012-01-23-120001-EST.mp3] (Fast forward through the first 10 seconds or so to get to start of show!) Dying to learn how to preserve food, keep bees, meditate or craft string from bark????? Please join us on the radio today as we highlight the 6th Ann Arbor ReSkilling Festival with organizer Rebecca Streng. Also in the […]
Groundcover News and Uganda
January 16, 2012 22:53 - 57.6 MBAudio:[audio:http://annarborcalling.com/wcbn-2012-01-09-120001-EST.mp3] January 9th show with Susan, Rissa, and Marquise of Ann Arbor’s Groundcover News! Later, an interview with Jennifer about her research in Uganda.
Consumption, Hoarding, Tight-wad Show
December 20, 2011 04:00 - 52.6 MBListen Here:[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn-2011-12-19-120001-EST.mp3] (Show starts 2 minutes at 35 seconds into the recording!) Consumption is necessary for survival but also produces negative consequences for human health, society, and the environment. Research across domains (addiction, obesity, debt, consumer behavior, material waste, hoarding) finds overlapping biological and psychological bases for consumption-related phenomena, suggesting the benefits of an interdisci...
Poverty and Sustainability: Lessons from (and in) Detroit
December 06, 2011 03:06 - 53.1 MBListen Here (Fast forward through the first minute until you get to start of the show!) Delray is one of Detroit’s most impoverished neighborhoods. It is a long-time victim to city planning efforts, sits in the most polluted zip code in the state of Michigan, and is the future home of the bridge plaza for […]
Turkeys, Travel and Teleportation
November 22, 2011 03:27 - 53 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn-2011-11-21-120001-EST.mp3] (scroll through the first minute and 25 seconds until you get to the show start!) Just in time for the mass exodus from Ann Arbor, SNRE’s own Shelie Miller, a specialist in life cycle assessment and energy, will share insights on sustainable transit. Beyond the typical modes, we hope she will entertain our questioning […]
Environment, Information, and Sustainable Development: the Africa-Asia Nexus
November 10, 2011 13:50 - 41.7 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere_hour.mp3] From oil wars to heroic computer geeks to strapping GPS devices on cows… Join us for this interview with recently hired faculty in the cluster for research and teaching on “Environment, Information, and Sustainable Development: the Africa-Asia Nexus.” Joyojeet Pal is assistant professor at the School of Information, Omolade Adunbi is assistant prof in the […]
Talkin’ GMO’s with Jeffrey Smith
October 11, 2011 04:10 - 52 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn-2011-10-10-120001-EDT.mp3] Wondering about all this hype and controversy around GMO’s? “It’s Hot in Here Radio” presents an hour of GMO talk, punctuated with some catchy tunes, including, yes, a rap song about GMO’s. Millions of people speak out against the spread of Monsanto’s biotech food, but what is the science actually saying about the […]
UM Campus Sustainability Variety Show
September 26, 2011 11:53 - 52.3 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn-2011-09-26-120001-EDT_VarietyShow.mp3] Sick of environmental talk being so gloomy-n-doomy? Wish you knew more about what sustainability-related initiatives and events were happening on U-M’s campus? Been hankering for some great tunes about Mother Earth? Welp, then WCBN 88.3FM has the answer for you! Co-hosts Kat Superfisky and Laura “Smitty” Smith bring you the “U’M Sustainability Variety Hour”! […]
Homegrown Festival Preview
September 07, 2011 13:48 - 52.1 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20110905.mp3] The righteous Laura Miesler joined us in the studio to chat about the upcoming, also righteous, Homegrown Festival(!) Listen to that conversation here…along with some great tunes by bands that will be at the festival. How can you listen and not get pumped about this event? Additionally in this episode: learn what to do […]
SELMA Cafe, Farmer Fund, 20 in 20, Tilian, and more!
June 13, 2011 21:59 - 52.5 MBAudio Part 1[audio:http://hughstimson.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/wcbn20110613part1.mp3] Audio Part 2[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20110613part2.mp3] Well first at the start of the show we tried (epic fail) to talk to Scott Brines about the proposed new bridge / international crossing that would have landings in the Delray community of Detroit and Windsor. Scott is a Delray resident and a board member for the Southwest […]
May 23: Change. Chicken. Curiosity. Clean Air.
May 23, 2011 19:29 - 53.1 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20110523.mp3] Join us this week as we check-in and chat change with Kat Superfisky in Brooklyn, John Harnois on his farm in Whitmore Lake, Emily Plews in Columbus, and Michelle Martinez in Detroit! Bam! Lessons Learned The Big Apple is Green, and Superfisky is basically famous. The brand spankin’ new Ann Arbor Wednesday Night Market […]
May 16th: A Conversation with Michelle Martinez of the Sierra Club
May 16, 2011 19:22 - 53.2 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20110516.mp3] The Sierra Club‘s not just about birds anymore. Join us, as we talk fish, hair, toxics, green jobs, energy, environmental justice and more with Michelle Martinez, former UM School of Natural Resources and Environment M.S. student and current organizer with the Sierra Club. Michelle loves fish (and people) – truly a soul sister.
May 9th: Beth Diamond (in the back)
May 09, 2011 19:03 - 53.4 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20110509.mp3] This week we talk Earth Art, Detroit’s Heidleberg Project, liminality, and jam to some stone cold grooves with Beth Diamond. Beth Diamond An Actual Diamond (No Blood was Shed during the Cutting and Pasting of this Image) Beth is a “a landscape theorist, designer and cultural instigator,” Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture at the […]
May 2: Rain, Fish, Prostitution and (of course) Nasal Irrigation
May 02, 2011 20:59 - 52.9 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20110502.mp3]
Eco-Mendable Actions: A Conversation with PitE Students
April 25, 2011 16:56 - 53 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20110425.mp3] This week on the program, we found some rays of sunshine on a rainy day. Kadie McShirley and Lindsay, two students from the Program in the Environment, joined us in the studio to share their most recent projects and travels. A degree in sustainability can be challenging — how do they stay positive amidst […]
Why do we Waste?
April 19, 2011 16:00 - 53.4 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20110418.mp3] We chatted with UM doctoral student about his year-long experiment to go trash-free. See audio link to show below, and learn about how he managed this experiment, blogged about it, and inspired others in the process! Check out Darshan’s blogsite for his reflections on trash in society.
Energy, Budgets and Birds (Oh My!)
April 11, 2011 18:18 - 53.4 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20110411.mp3] Join us for the debut of IHIH’s newest co-hosts Laura (Lolo Smith) and Kat (Superfly) Superfisky! Kerry Duggan, Senior Advisor, Legislative Affairs, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy joins us to hype the April 21-22nd workshop held in the Michigan League entitled: Revitalizing Innovation in Michigan for Clean Energy Manufacturing Click on the workshop title […]
April 4th Arborama Show
April 04, 2011 20:04 - 54.6 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20110404.mp3]
She’s Superfisky, Yeah!
March 31, 2011 16:51 - 52.7 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20110331.mp3]
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Beat the Winter Blues! Come on Get Happy!
February 28, 2011 22:12 - 53.1 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20110228.mp3]
Ann Arbor Winter 2011 Reskilling Festival
January 31, 2011 19:04 - 52 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20110131.mp3] Want to feel more satisfied in your day-to-day? Always been curious about home funerals/permaculture/meditation/bread-yogurt-kombucha-making/wild winter medicines/getting your garden going, et al? Then listen in as we talk skillz, satisfaction and community with a few good folks from the Ann Arbor Winter 2011 Reskilling Festival. The eloquent and ever-lively Laura Smith of AA Reskill/Transition Ann […]
EvoValuation, the Greening of Detroit’s Downtown Synagogue and Some Wise Words from MLK Jr.
January 17, 2011 19:37 - 54 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20110117.mp3]
Goodbye 2010, Hello 2011
January 03, 2011 19:54 - 53 MB[audio:http://hughstimson.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/wcbn-2011-01-03-120001-EST1.mp3|titles=Audio]
Nourishing Traditions and Lacto Fermentation
December 13, 2010 21:51 - 53.3 MB[audio:http://hughstimson.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/AnnArborCalled-ep1-128.mp3|titles=Ann Arbor Called – Episode 1] Jeff, David, and Mark interview Francis Farmer about Dr. Weston A. Price, a UM grad who studied healthy traditional people. We learn about how the microflora in our guts are an integral part of our lifeforms, that we should eat lacto-fermented foods and properly sourced/prepared saturated fat, and more […]
COP16 Perspectives and NWAEG
December 06, 2010 19:31 - 53.8 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20101206.mp3]
Getting Fresh
November 29, 2010 19:33Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20101129.mp3] Noam Kimelman of Get Fresh Detroit joins us in the studio to talk about food access in Detroit and his new initiative to put fresh fruits and vegetables in corner stores all over the city. Then we get a call from Jeff who blogs for mlive in Detroit. It’s a good time.
Hello, Wello
November 23, 2010 02:33Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20101122.mp3] We’re joined in the studio by Cynthia Koenig of Wello, a social venture committed to bringing safe, potable water to the people who need it most. Guest co-host Emily Plews helps us figure out why gratitude is so healthy and why keeping your mind from wandering keeps you happier. Plus a call-in from Gina, […]
Talkin’ Turkey with John Harnois of Harnois Farms
November 16, 2010 03:43Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20101115.mp3] Listen in and let John Harnois of Harnois Farms put you in the mood for the most delicious secular holiday of the year – THANKSGIVING! John hand-raises happy, healthy and sometimes heritage turkeys, chickens, geese and ducks. Birds so well-lived, you can taste the love. Thank you to the good folks @ Real Time […]
Get Fermented with David Klingenberger of The Brinery
November 08, 2010 19:40 - 54.6 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20101108.mp3] Global economic meltdown got you down? Then listen in and let David Klingenberger CFO (Chief Fermentation Officer) of Ann Arbor’s own The Brinery stimulate your inner economy. After an exxxtraspecial call-in from from America’s Next Top Political Pundit (and hopefully IHIH’s newest political correspondent) Colin Warren, we crunch on turnips, groove on some veggie-themed […]
Election Edition: Vote
November 01, 2010 21:15 - 53.6 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20101101.mp3] Failure to vote is not a protest, it’s just lazy. Tune in to get a sense of the mood in DC – hear from the Michigan League of Conservation Voters on who’s greenest on your ballot – from Emily/Judy about the role of business in sustainability and from who we hope will be America’s […]
October 25 show
October 25, 2010 16:28 - 53.8 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20101025.mp3]
Great Lakes, Green Jobs: Environmental Justice, Clean Jobs, and Activism
October 19, 2010 01:42 - 53.3 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20101018.mp3] This just in: the Detroit Incinerator is officially shut down and the Beehive Collective is soon coming to town! Tune into It’s Hot in Here, Monday from 12-1 on 88.3 WCBN-FM-Ann Arbor, or wcbn.org/listen.html for our “Great Lakes, Green Jobs: Environmental Justice, Clean Energy, Activism” edition. Michelle Martinez, SNRE Alum and Cool Cities Project […]
Real Time Farms dot com!
October 11, 2010 21:09Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20101011.mp3] Karl and Cara of RealTimeFarms.com join us live in the studio to tell us about all the goings on around supporting real time information regarding local food and farms.
Ten-Ten-Ten and more reasons to celebrate it!
October 04, 2010 12:40Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20101004.mp3] 10/10/10 is just under a week away, and if the fact that the day, month, and year are all the same number isn’t enough reason for you to get out of the house, Bill McKibben’s 350.org International Day of Action is coming to a town near you. Almost 6,000 grassroots events to take action […]
Appalachia rising
September 27, 2010 12:32Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20100927.mp3] Our friend Rachel Long joins us in studio to tell us about the grassroots efforts working to end mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia. www.appalachiarising.org
Like a Living Stone
September 20, 2010 12:02Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20100920.mp3] We’re joined by Amy Heath of Living Stones Community, a farm that partners with the Michigan Prisoner Re-entry Initiative to help returning citizens get back on their feet. We talk about good food and good work and what makes farming so ideal as an occupation. Listen really closely and you might hear her son […]
Labor Day show
September 06, 2010 21:34 - 55.7 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20100906.mp3] A Labor Day show.
A show about hot things
August 30, 2010 17:36 - 54 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20100830.mp3] Gina and Rachel talk paganism, wildfires, Canada vs. USA for the title of environmental hero/villain, and urban transit on this hot, hot afternoon. We’re joined on the phone line by Rachel Wells of CLEAR Corps, a Detroit nonprofit working to reduce lead exposure in homes, and Emily of smallinfinityproject.com. Plus lots of steamy tunes. […]
Tar Sands: Not Just for Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Mammals
August 23, 2010 19:07 - 53.1 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20100823.mp3] Petropolis website Hugh tells us all about the Alberta tar sands, which some say are the second biggest oil reserve in the world after the Saudi oil fields. We started on the crenellated* fjords of the British Columbia coast, followed the proposed Enbridge oil pipeline through the coastal mountains and ended up in the […]
A Travel Themed Show
August 16, 2010 19:02 - 55.1 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20100816.mp3] Gillian Ream, co-founder of Michigan Agritours, joins us in the studio to talk about bikes, beers, and the joys of local agritourism. Plus What’s in Season (kohlrabi!), Sarah’s Sustainable Choices (planes, trains, or diesel buses?), and a Small Infinity story from Emily Plews. Vaguely travel-themed, this is a great show to listen to while […]
How to Stay Cool When You’re So Hot
August 09, 2010 19:50 - 55 MBAudio[audio:http://hughstimson.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/wcbn20100809part1.mp3] Audio Part 2[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20100809part2.mp3] Listen in to welcome IHIH’s newest co-hostess Sarah – and stay for summer tunes and sustainable strategies to stay cool when you’re so (darn) hot. The line up… first to our nation’s capital…. Brian Lipinski, our Washington Wardrobe, or, DC Downer, tells us how to make a last ditch effort to […]