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) 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
3) The Landfill Next Door
We don’t spend a lot of time thinking about where our trash ends up but, when you live next door to a landfill, you don’t have that luxury. The burning smell of chemicals, the flocks of circling vultu...Show More
4) 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 that’s becoming more and more ...Show More
5) 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
6) The Fishers' Right To Know
Is that fresh-caught fish safe to eat? In too many rivers across the rural South, the answer is a hard 'no.' Failing sewage systems, agricultural runoff, and politically powerful polluters have all co...Show More
7) The Strip Mine and The Swamp
To call the Okefenokee swamp a treasure is to undersell just how special this watery world is. Tucked into the rural southeast corner of Georgia, this 438,000-acre swamp is one of the most ecologicall...Show More
8) Jonathan Vigliotti on Connecting the Climate Dots
CBS News journalist and author Jonathan Vigliotti joins Broken Ground host Leanna First-Arai to dig into his on-the-ground coverage of breaking climate stories across rural America, particularly in th...Show More
9) Cornell Watson on Justice Through Photography
Photographer Cornell Watson's images make tangible some of the less visible forces shaping people's lives today, particularly those of Black North Carolinians. Whether its pollution from hog...Show More
10) Victoria Bouloubasis and Paola Jaramillo on Bridging Language Barriers
Whether its natural disasters or shifting political winds, Victoria Bouloubasis and Paola Jaramillo believe North Carolina's Spanish-speaking population has a right to know about it. That belief ...Show More