Broken Ground

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Broken Ground Podcast

Broken Ground is a podcast produced by the Southern Environmental Law Center digging up environmental stories in the South.

19 SEPT

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 contributed to worrisome water quality in some of our most treasured southern waterways. And, too often, state regulators are little help. It begs the question: Do people enjoying that water have a right to know what's in it? The team at Coosa Riverkeeper in Alabama has answered that question with ...

34 min
5 SEPT

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 ecologically intact places in our nation. Its shallow black waters not only provide habitat to a menagerie of flora and fauna, but also contain a massive peat-filled carbon sink – on a planet desperately in need of one. But now a private company with a checkered past is preparing to mine for minerals on the...

32 min
8 AUG

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 the South. Vigliotti translated this experience into the book Before It's Gone: Stories From the Front Lines of Climate Change in Small Town America, published in April 2024.Support the show

24 min
28/09/2023

Cornell Watson on Justice Through Photography

Photographer Cornell Watson's images recognize the camera can be a tool for connection, and action. Whether its pollution from hog farms, efforts to gut Black neighborhoods, or racism at the state’s flagship university, Watson's lens points us to see what so many choose to ignore.Support the show

30 min
14/09/2023

Victoria Bouloubasis and Paola Jaramillo on Bridging Language Barriers

Whether its natural disasters or shifting political winds, Victoria Bouloubasis and Paola Jaramillo make sure Spanish-speakers in North Carolina have access to it. Ensuring that access fuels their work as a reporter and editor, respectively, at Enlace Latino NC. The outlet uses traditional journalism, podcasts, WhatsApp, social media and comics to connect North Carolina's Spanish speakers to each other and the news around them. Support the show

29 min
31/08/2023

Cameron Oglesby on Collecting Community Stories

Listen to environmental journalist Cameron Oglesby discuss how highlighting Black joy and centering community narratives in her writing drives action. Support the show

27 min
17/08/2023

Lyndsey Gilpin and Tajah McQueen on Empowering Community Reporters

Hear what spurred the founding of Southerly, an online publication focused on environmental justice, and how it evolved from more traditional reporting to an outlet focused on putting reporters’ tools in community hands. Support the show

29 min
03/08/2023

Season 6 Trailer: Meet Journalists Reimagining Environmental News

As more and more news outlets close, writers, editors, and photographers across the South are reconsidering how communities stay informed. This season host Leanna First-Arai talks with the new storytellers of the South committed to keeping environmental information in communities' hands.Support the show

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Broken Ground is a podcast produced by the Southern Environmental Law Center digging up environmental stories in the South.

Creator

Southern Environmental Law Center
Years Active

2019 - 2024
Episodes

38
Rating

Clean
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