Gulf Streams

KPFT Houston and Rice University’s Center for Environmental Studies
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Gulf Streams

Environmental and Climate News out of Houston Texas. Gulf Streams is your source for environmental and climate news. Covering a range of topics around Houston, the Gulf Coast, and the world, Gulf Streams brings you the best in conversations with community leaders and advocates, academic experts, and national thought leaders. Join us as we sit down every Monday at noon (central) to dive into the most pressing environmental challenges, solutions, and ideas. A co-production of Rice University’s Center for Environmental Studies and KPFT Houston, with support from Rice’s EcoStudio and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

  1. 3 DAYS AGO

    Ep. 55 Jeff VanderMeer

    Jeff VanderMeer is the author of sixteen books, a wide range of short stories, as well as the co-editor of multiple anthologies. He is widely regarded as a leader in the "New Weird" movement, and his best-selling novels, such as Hummingbird Salamander and the Southern Reach Series have helped open new directions in contemporary science fiction. His novel Annihilation was turned into a 2018 film directed by Alex Garland and starring Natalie Portman. Jeff VanderMeer joins us (with Dr. Kelly McKisson as co-host) to talk about the role of fiction in reimagining our real environment, and how the Gulf Coast has shaped his writing. His latest book, Absolution, is on shelves now.

    59 min

  2. NOV 4

    Ep. 54 The State of Environmental Education

    How are young people learning about the environment and climate change? On today's episode we talk to three Houston students who are behind SEE (Students for Environmental Education) and have been teaching other, younger students, the things they'd wished they'd know sooner. Then we speak with Dr. Judy Dickey about the state of climate education more broadly.

    55 min

  3. OCT 28

    Ep. 53 Rigs to Reefs

    What happens to an oil rig after it's past its prime? On today's show, we sit down with Dolly Jørgensen (University of Stavanger, Norway) to talk all about the Rigs to Reefs programs throughout the Gulf Coast. Later in the hour, our researcher Jadyn talks with Taylin Nelson (Rice University) about the environmental origins and ideas in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

    58 min

  4. OCT 21

    Ep. 52 Solastalgia

    Solastalgia, or the distress of feeling the loss of home from environmental change, is the subject of a new art exhibit at San Jacinto College (South Campus). A collaboration between artists and theatremakers, we're talking about what a series of projects (including the theatrical work The Pitts) with three of the artists behind the shows: Bradly Brown, Jonelle Walker, and Sarah Welch.  You can learn more about the exhibit here:  Gallery page: https://www.sanjac.edu/programs/areas-of-study/arts/art-design/south-campus-gallery Theater Page: https://www.sanjac.edu/programs/areas-of-study/arts/theatre-film/south Ticket Page: https://secure.touchnet.com/C22834_ustores/web/store_main.jsp?STOREID=82&FROMQRCODE=true

    56 min

  5. OCT 14

    Ep. 51 The Changing World of Urban Transit

    Transportation accounts for about a 28% of greenhouse gas emissions in the US alone. Much of our transportation system also exacerbates related problems like air pollution and flooding. But increasingly there are calls to build our urban areas in ways that reduce these problems – chiefly, by reducing auto-dependency. On today's program we talk through questions of car-centric design with two local advocates, Alex Spike and Alondra Torres, and my co-host Dr. Casey Williams (Lecturer in Environmental Studies at Rice University). Later in the hour our researchers bring in a related story and the first in a new series called "Critter Corner."

    50 min

  6. OCT 7

    Ep. 50 Liquid Natural Gas Across the Gulf Coast

    Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) has been making news across the region over the last year with new export terminals authorized and then revoked. On today's show, we sit down with two advocates, Naomi Yoder of Texas Southern University, and James Hiatt of For a Better Bayou, who walk us through the environmental risks around these developments.

    52 min

  7. SEPT 30

    Ep. 49 River on Fire

    A new exhibit at Diverseworks, a multi-disciplinary artist space and producer in Houston, exploring environmental and climate justice has just opened. Inspired by the 30th anniversary of the San Jacinto River Fire, the exhibit thinks across, Houston, the Gulf Coast, and the globe. We're joined by the exhibit's curator, Ashley Dehoyos-Sauder, and three of the artists in the exhibit: Kristi Rangel, Heather L. Johnson, and Willow Naomi Curry.

    56 min

  8. SEPT 23

    Ep. 48 How the 70s Changed Energy Forever

    On today's show we sit down with three historians at Maastricht University (Dr. Cyrus Mody, Dr. Simone Schleper, and Dr. Odinn Melsted) to discuss how the 1970s Energy Crisis remade global energy history and how the legacies this period shape the modern energy system in ways we rarely consider.

    59 min
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Environmental and Climate News out of Houston Texas. Gulf Streams is your source for environmental and climate news. Covering a range of topics around Houston, the Gulf Coast, and the world, Gulf Streams brings you the best in conversations with community leaders and advocates, academic experts, and national thought leaders. Join us as we sit down every Monday at noon (central) to dive into the most pressing environmental challenges, solutions, and ideas. A co-production of Rice University’s Center for Environmental Studies and KPFT Houston, with support from Rice’s EcoStudio and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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    KPFT Houston and Rice University’s Center for Environmental Studies
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2024
  • Episodes
    56
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    Clean
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