Broken Ground Podcast
1) Dr. Robert Bullard: Environmental Justice Is Equal Justice
Dr. Robert Bullard, widely considered the father of environmental justice, talks about the inequality of pollution and climate change.Support the show
2) Jo and Joy Banner: Reclaiming Home
Jo and Joy Banner envision a time, not too distant from now, when travelers visiting their small town along the Mississippi River donât gawk at the concentration of polluting petrochemical plants near...Show More
3) Aya Shabu: Highway Through the Heart
On her group walking tours around Durhamâs Hayti District, performance artist Aya Shabu brings Black history to life, transporting visitors back to Hayti in its heyday. Once known as a Black Wall Stre...Show More
4) Michelle Lanier: What the Land Witnessed
A âkeeper of memoryâ and Director of the North Carolina Division of State Historic Sites, Michelle Lanier has built a career on understanding layers of history underlying our Southern landscapes, not ...Show More
5) Latria Graham: The Roots of Environmental Injustices
Writer Latria Graham helps us unearth the surprising ways in which long-ago plantations and modern environmental injustices are intertwined in the South. From some of the earliest Freedmenâs communiti...Show More
6) Season 8: Plantations to Pollution
On a map, you can often spot pollution sources like a power plant, a highway, or a factory. But why were these things built where they are, and who lives next door? Answering those questions reveals a...Show More
7) Rural Justice: The Power of Coalitions
This season of Broken Ground we spend time in the rural South with the people who call it home. Often celebrated for the quiet life close to nature, and a region that defines many perceptions of the S...Show More
8) The Landfill Next Door
We donât spend a lot of time thinking about where our trash ends up but, when you live next door to a landfill, you donât have that luxury. The burning smell of chemicals, the flocks of circling vultu...Show More
9) After the River Rises
"Inland flooding" was a phrase that often needed explanation. Now all you need to say is "Helene". The storm that ravaged Appalachia was a stark reminder of a phenomenon thatâs becoming more and more ...Show More
10) The Wood Pellet Paradox
How can a power source that creates more climate warming emissions than coal be called renewable? This is the paradox of wood pellets, a type of biomass being burned at industrial scale to produce ele...Show More