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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Reunion Radio with the Founders of the smallinfinityproject.com
July 26, 2010 19:25Audio[audio:http://hughstimson.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/wcbn20100726part1.mp3] Audio Part 2[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20100726part2.mp3] It’s summer. You’re hot. We’re hot. And guess what? We’ve missed you! Join the It’s Hot in Here family LIVE or LATER for an exxxtraspecial IHIH Reunion Edition featuring our very own Emily Plews and Rachel Chadderdon of www.smallinfinityproject.com (!!!) Listen in for small (but impressive!) infinity stories from former UM […]
Real Time Farms & US Social Forum update
June 07, 2010 17:44 - 54.9 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20100607.mp3] Join Jeffrey Green Bean, Rachel Chadderdon, and DJ Local as they talk with Karl and Cara of Real Time Farms about their recently launched and amazingly fun website that provides real time updates regarding farmers markets near you that are provided by the community – any customers, farmers, and users who want to upload, […]
Tai Chi & Westside Farmers Market
May 31, 2010 17:41 - 54.1 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20100531.mp3] Join Jeffrey Green Bean as he talks Tai Chi with the masters from Dojo Kitchen. Then later in the show Jeffrey Green Bean, Rachel Chadderdon, and The Farmer’s Market talk with Corinna Borden Parker, market manager Westside Farmers Market, regarding the seasonal opening of that market which is Thursdays 3pm-7pm in the parking lot […]
Community Farm of AA & Permaculture Design
May 24, 2010 17:38 - 53.8 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20100524.mp3] Join Jeffrey Green Bean, The Farmer’s Marketer, Rachel Chadderdon, and DJ Local as they interview Paul and Annie of the Community Farm of Ann Arbor, longtime biodynamic CSA farm in the region. Additionally, we talk permaculture with Nate Ayers, of Chiwara Permaculture Design, who has an upcoming permaculture design workshop. Plus, What’s In Season.
Mayoral Candidate Interview 1
May 17, 2010 17:36 - 53.9 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20100517.mp3] Join Jeffrey Green Bean, Rachel Chadderdon, and DJ Local as they interview Steve Bean, independent mayoral candidate in the City of Ann Arbor. What’s In Season and events are discussed as well.
All Summer it will be It’s Hot In ARBORama! Today: Greenways
May 10, 2010 17:27 - 52.4 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20100510.mp3] For the summer, your alternating Monday’s at Noon public affairs shows on WCBN, Arborama & It’s Hot In Here, will be joining forces. Perhaps it should be called It’s Hot In Arborama. Either way, it will be great and led by the familiar voices of both shows and will include some of the regular […]
watch your step
April 12, 2010 16:19 - 53.1 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere12apr2010.mp3] Tom Princen, SNRE Professor, joined us in the studio to discuss his new book Treading Softly: Paths to Ecological Order. Listen as Tom and Paul Mansoor get dramatic, Aviva goes on a nano-Toxic Tangent, and Rachel takes a walk on the wild side for What’s in Season. Plus environmental news and some sweet tunes. […]
Builders Apprentice: A Conversation with Dr. Andrew J. Hoffman
March 29, 2010 18:20 - 53.9 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere29mar2010.mp3]
Peace and the Planetary Payoff
March 15, 2010 13:31 - 54.1 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere15mar2010.mp3] We’ve got a HOT show lined up for ya’ll We’ll be rockin’ and talkin’ at the peace/planet interface with some rockin’ students from Armistice ‘Zine!! It’s also WCBN’s annual FUNdraiser, call give us your money and get HOTTTT WCBN swag! Call in you rpledges @ 734.763.3500 $15 bones gets you a FREE WCBN Pint […]
Staycation Special
March 01, 2010 19:31 - 53.9 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere01mar2010.mp3] Start your week off on the ‘good foot.’ Tune in and join your friends at It’s Hot in Here, UM’s own environmental ‘infotainment’ for our first ever Staycation Special! We’ll talk legislation, change and local staycation destinations/ideas with Kerry Duggan of the Michigan League of Conservation Voters and Jesse Worker… of Clean Water Action. […]
LoveFest
February 16, 2010 03:29 - 53.8 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere15feb2010.mp3] Join us for an hour of LOVE [Ideas we love, songs we love, food we love, people we love]. Dear friend Kerry Duggan of the Michigan League of Conservation Voters gives us her “political week in review” and Emily Plews tells us how to put the compassion back in commerce! As always, we’ll be […]
Science, Species, Scandal: Corn-O-Nation
February 02, 2010 05:54 - 53.6 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere01feb2010.mp3] Results from a study conducted by UM graduate students linking recent increases in ethanol production to past and future loss of prairie grasslands and wildlife populations graced the national news in January and generated considerable backlash from industry groups, including the Renewable Fuels Association. Join us this week on It’s Hot in Here as […]
Environmental Justice in a Changing Climate
January 18, 2010 18:35 - 52.3 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere18jan2010.mp3] Join us for a special tribute to the good Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. Featuring LIVE MUSIC from Matt & Jen 2010 Ekta Kothari from Project Survival Media joins us to chat about her fantastic documentary work at the Copenhagen Climate talks featured here on the Huffington Post. Carrie Rheingans from UM’s School of […]
Don’t Drop the Ball on Mother Earth: The Future is in Your Hands
January 04, 2010 20:13 - 52.5 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere04jan2010.mp3]
Solstice Shakedown: Give Presence for Presents!
December 21, 2009 19:30 - 52.9 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere21dec20092.mp3] Make the most of the shortest day of the year with your friends at It’s Hot in Here! Emily Joyce Plews makes it exxxtra hot in the WCBN studios, our Washington correspondent Brian Lipinski gives us a less gloomy run down on Copenhagen, we talk seven fish, oranges, how to green your holidays and […]
Grappling with the Gobies: The Tortuous Tale of a Great Lakes Invader
December 07, 2009 18:54 - 53.9 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere07dec2009.mp3] Join us this week on It’s Hot in Here for a lively conversation and LIVE music with SNRE’s own David Jude. Dr Jude discovered the round goby in 1990 and has dedicated his career to understanding the introduction and impacts of this and other pernicious Great Lakes aquatic invaders. We’ll also give a pre-Copenhagen […]
Off the Hook?
November 23, 2009 16:55 - 53.6 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere23nov2009.mp3] This week IHIH talks turkey [and fish] with Dr. James Diana, Professor @ SNRE and Director of Michigan Sea Grant. Listen in to catch the latest news, reel in the skinny on sustainable seafood and hear the hottest musical hooks of the thanksgiving season. Eat Well Guide Aquaculture example in Milwaukee, WI
Motor City Mentoring
November 09, 2009 18:29 - 53.5 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere09nov2009.mp3] Listen up ya’ll, Tune into It’s Hot in Here, (Ann Arbor’s own biweekly dose of environmental news, eclectic grooves and exxxpertise for the sustainable set) for a conversation with Ahmina Maxey and Rocio Valerio of the East Michigan Environmental Action Council. Hear about their fantastic Motor City Mentoring, Clean Air Programs and details on […]
Green Halloween!
October 26, 2009 20:55 - 53.7 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere26oct2009.mp3]
A Greener UM
October 13, 2009 00:53 - 53.9 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere12oct2009.mp3] Join us Monday, October 12 from noon to 1. A Greener UM: Students Lead the Way To Sustainability With special guests from the U of M Student Sustainability Initiative and call-ins from Brian Lipinski and Jesse Worker
We are the World: Rock on to a Better Tomorrow
September 28, 2009 18:46 - 54 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere28sep2009.mp3]
Back to School: Education Can Save Mountains
September 14, 2009 17:51 - 54 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere14sep2009.mp3]
Get Off the Coal Train
August 31, 2009 15:44 - 54.1 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere31aug2009.mp3] Check out: Climate Ground Zero Coal WAS West Virginia, courtesy of the Sierra Club
Hot in Here Featured on It’s Getting Hot in Here.org
August 30, 2009 17:40We’re famous. Check out the blog post. Here.
This just in: Action Footage from Day Five of the WV Mountaintop Tree Sit
August 29, 2009 19:44Watch the video here
Action is the Word 8-17
August 17, 2009 19:02 - 52.8 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere17aug2009.mp3] IN and Out on Geoengineering IN: From the New York Times, “The Earth is Warming? Adjust the Thermostat” by John Tierney: Out: From the Atlantic, “Re-Engineering the Earth” by Graeme Wood: Toxic Tangent: What’s in Your Sunscreen?
The New Sound of It’s Hot in Here
August 03, 2009 16:58 - 52.6 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere03aug2009.mp3]
7/20 GreenEducation
July 20, 2009 18:20 - 52 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere20jul2009.mp3] Join us this week for an auditory tour through the collegiate halls of sustainability with special guest Mark Rabinsky, Director of Sustainability for Michigan’s own Jackson Community College. Check out UM’s Initiatives or take your own Sustainability, Live it Love it Also servin’ up our weekly green side dishes: What’s in Season with Rachel […]
7/6 Eat Your [Local] Heart Out
July 06, 2009 07:14 - 52.1 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere06jul2009.mp3] Summer is a sizzlin’ on Hot in Here. Join us today for a culinary cruise from garden to grill with local food exxxpert Rachel Chadderdon. We’ll be dishin’ out foodie grooves to stoke your appetite and legislative news to whet your whistle. Stow your luggage, grab your sea legs and come get Hot in […]
The House Goes Green and So Can You!
June 29, 2009 17:32 - 52.9 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere29jun2009.mp3] WhatsOnMyFood.org FoodMed.org
Trading Off: Carbon, Ca$h and Clean Development [?]
April 26, 2009 18:05 - 52.6 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere27apr20091.mp3] SNRE’s own recently minted M.S. and MBA Devon Treece schools us on the history and future of carbon trading. From factories in the Rust Belt to forests in the Amazon, from acid rain to potential global gain we learn how we got where are and contemplate where we need to be. Music = a […]
“Clean” Coal or Canary in the Bread Line?
April 20, 2009 10:20 - 52.7 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere20apr2009.mp3] Exxxtra special Earth Week Edition: It’s Hot in Here. This week we get real drrrty with “clean coal.” From the scene (i.e., mostly the bar) of last week’s Proposed Bay City Coal Plant hearing, we take you on a carbon filled journey through time and space. Interviews recorded from the hearing as well as […]
You Down With ATC?
April 13, 2009 13:20 - 52.5 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/itshotinhere13apr2009.mp3] Appropriate Technology Collaborative (ATC) joins us in the studio… More specifically, we are joined by John Barrie (the Executive Director), Ben Connor Barrie (Special Projects Manager aka “Special Ops”), and Jeff Tenza (volunteer engineer). ATC is a non-profit organization based out of Ann Arbor, Michigan whose purpose is “To design, develop, demonstrate and distribute […]
Paradise Drowned: Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations in the Caribbean
April 06, 2009 17:40 - 51.6 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/itshotinhere06apr2009.mp3] Today we take a journey through the Caribbean as we discuss how the region is responding to both long-term and immediate climatic hazards. Joining us in the studio is Dr. Emma Tompkins, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment. She is a prolific author and much research that looks at current societal responses […]
Senegal and Climate Activism
March 30, 2009 15:26 - 52.8 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/itshotinhere30mar2009.mp3]
The World Needs Liberation: People, Polemics, and Politrixxx
March 23, 2009 17:02 - 52.3 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/itshotinhere23mar2009.mp3] Join us as Gina G, Shannon B and OR Johns heat things up with two exxxtra special guests. Lisa Anne Richey Associate Professor of Development Studies in the Department of Society and Globalisation (yes, that’s Globalization with an S) at Roskilde University in Denmark and author of Population Politics and Development: From the Policies […]
NAP: Birds and Burnin’… Plus, Green Drinking
March 16, 2009 18:06 - 52.6 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/itshotinhere16mar2009.mp3] We are joined in the studio by two staffers from the City of Ann Arbor’s Natural Area Preservation (NAP) unit: the Volunteer & Outreach Coordinator, Jason Frenzel-Wright, and City Ornithologist, Deaver Armstrong respectively. JasonDeaver But first the news… Some examples of new manufacturing and business innovation ideas in Michigan: WindTronics 760 wind turbines out […]
It’s Hot (2.725 Kelvin) In Here (Space)
March 09, 2009 18:31 - 52.3 MBAudio [audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/itshotinhere09mar2009.mp3] We’re joined this week (about 4 minutes in) by soon-to-be Cosmology doctorate Brian Nord who helps us explore the universe. It is also pledge week so consider showing some love (online even) for WCBN! A little news: the EPA is re-thinking a few things like dioxin clean-up ideas…. Then intermixed with our discussions […]
Great Lakes Headlines, Coal, Toxic Tangents and more
March 02, 2009 19:33 - 52.3 MBAudio [audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/itshotinhere02mar2009.mp3] This week Gina Gettum, Shannon Brines and chemical correspondent Aviva Glaser discuss: environmental news headlines relevant to Michigan and the Great Lakes, lots about coal, a few toxic tangents and more! Un-censored! You can read more about the Great Lakes round-up of news bits here Read more about the exciting Power Shift 2009 […]
(Mostly) Ladies Only: News You Can Use, Oscar Reviews, Beaver Sitings and Helpful Hints to Reduce Your GHG Emissions,
February 23, 2009 23:20 - 52.1 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/itshotinhere23feb2009.mp3] This week Gina Gettum and guest cohost Aviva Glaser [Hot in Here’s own Chemical Correspondent!] pepper news you can use, oscar reviews and stone cold grooves with helpful hints to reduce our own greenhouse gas emissions! Butt First The News Climate Change is top national security threat and according to eminent economist Nicholas Stern […]
Brix and Bing: Two, Two, Two Guest in One (Show)
February 16, 2009 18:08 - 51.7 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/itshotinhere16feb2009.mp3] Join us this week as special guests Andrew Brix of the Ann Arbor Energy Office and Jason Bing of the Environmental House Energy & Green Building Research Center get us up to speed on efforts to keep our homes and tree town green and how we can get involved. We also had Greg Vendena […]
Better Living Through Chemicals, Thresholds, Green Jobs, Carp Caviar
February 09, 2009 05:14 - 52.2 MBAudio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/itshotinhere09feb2009.mp3] From the shores of Easter Island to the ovaries of a spawning carp it’s real Hot in Here. Join us this week for news and global grooves. In-studio guest Aviva Glaser delivers a hot dose of chemical knowledge, OJ debuts his new segment “Thresholds” and our Washington Correspondent Kerry Duggan gives it to us […]
The Human and Ecological Impacts of Climage Change, Mongolia, Lake Victoria, Michigan
February 02, 2009 18:03 - 51.7 MBAudio [audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/itshotinhere02feb2009.mp3] Join us this week for the news (including rethinking carnivorousness), an update from our always fabulous Washington Correspondent Kerry Duggan, and a journey through the nerdery of social-ecological systems theory to the dusty steps of Mongolia, the squishy shores of Lake Victoria and the Great Lakes of Michigan: With three different names for […]
Activist Zo Randriamaro Joins us from Madagascar!
January 27, 2009 01:38 - 52 MBAudio [audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/itshotinhere26jan2009.mp3] Human and environmental justice activist Zo Randriamaro heats up the WCBN Studios with her wisdom, passion and careful thoughts. If you are short on time, skip the news recap and head right to Zo at minute 16. You you’ll be happy you did. Zo tells us that average temperatures in Madagascar have risen […]
Obama Inauguration, US Forest Service, and Talking Trash
January 19, 2009 21:07 - 53.6 MBAudio [audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/itshotinhere19jan2009.mp3] A special Martin Luther King day and pre-inauguration show… We started live with both our It’s Hot In Here co-host Gina Gettum as well as our Washington correspondent Kerry Duggan on the line from Washington DC. They joined us from a League of Conservation Voters sponsored National Day of Service event at John […]
Dioxane 1,4: Coming to Goundwater Near You.
January 12, 2009 17:53In 1984, a UM SPH student just happened to discover abnormal concentrations of a known carcinogen, 1,4-Dioxane, in the Third Sister Lake in UM’s Saginaw Forest (just west of Ann Arbor). This prompted subsequent discovery of dioxane in the area’s groundwater at various levels from the surface all the way down to bedrock, some places […]
Eco-Resolution Week!
January 05, 2009 18:03 - 54.2 MBAudio [audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/itshotinhere05jan2009.mp3] Please share your eco-resolutions below in the comments! AND if you have a name for a person who eats meat once a week, post that too! In the audio above which starts a couple minutes in we had the news, food news, and eco-resolutions for the new year discussions including 10 easy ways […]
News, Homeless Dave, and 2008 Top Ten List
December 29, 2008 23:54 - 54.8 MBAudio [audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/itshotinhere29dec2008.mp3] We had our usual news roundup… but we had a not so usual special guest in the studio with us the whole time: Homeless Dave. Dave shared with us: the premise for his blog Teeter Talk (voted best local blog 3 years in a row by readers of the Current), what’s up with […]