Chronic Failure Podcast

Brian Bostock
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Chronic Failure Podcast

Chronic Failure is a podcast that delves into the most pressing environmental issues of our time. Join our hosts as they explore the history, news, research, and insights on natural disasters, climate change, and environmental sustainability. From hurricanes and wildfires to sea level rise and air pollution, Chronic Failure provides a comprehensive overview of the past and the current state of our environment and the challenges we face in mitigating the impacts of climate change. Join us for new episodes every week and be part of the conversation on how we can make a difference in protecting our planet. Subscribe to Chronic Failure on your favorite podcast platform today. Episodes drop every Tuesday at Midnight. Info@chronicfailurepodcast.com @thechronicfailurepodcast on Instagram

  1. Episode 16: Current Events

    05/03/2023

    Episode 16: Current Events

    In this current events episode, we recap some of the things that happened in the month of April. We will cover the correlation between drug toxicity and acidity in waterways, The EU's CO2 border tax, Alessandra Korap Munduruku winning the 2023 Goldman Prize, and an extinct group of lions that turn out to not really be extinct.Episode Source MaterialStory 1: Correlation between toxicity of drugs in waterways and acidityToxicity of drugs released into waterways partly depends on acidity, study shows by University of Tübingen.Why Use Zebrafish to Study Human Diseases? by Elizabeth BurkeIbuprofen: Toxicology and Biodegradation of an Emerging Contaminant by Janet Jan-Roblero and Juan A. Cruz-MayaStory 2: CO2 border taxBorder tax on carbon dioxide offers huge opportunity to fight climate change, say researchers by Samuel HanegreefsEU lawmakers adopt deal on emissions trading, carbon tax by AP news‘Fit for 55’: Council adopts key pieces of legislation delivering on 2030 climate targets by Council of EU Press releaseStory 3: An Indigenous woman wins the 2023 Goldman PrizeAlessandra Korap Munduruku Bio by Goldman Environmental Prize Alessandra Korap Munduruku, Leader at KOEF Grant Partner, Awarded the 2023 Goldman Environmental Prize by Cultural SurvivorStory 4: Extinct lion is not really extinct‘Extinct’ lion spotted in Chad’s Sena Oura National Park for first time in 20 years by Charlotte Elton‘Extinct’ lion in national park almost 20 years after last sighting by Eleanor Noyce

    36 min
  2. Episode 15: Love Canal

    04/26/2023

    Episode 15: Love Canal

    Episode Source MaterialThe Love Canal Tragedy by Eckardt C. BeckUpstate Waste Site May Endanger Lives by Donald G. McNeil‘Love Canal’ still oozing poison 35 years later by The Associated PressLove Canal: A Brief History by Jordan KleinmanLove Canal: Public Health Time Bomb by The Office of Public HealthLove Canal and the Poisoning of America by Michael H. BrownLaying Waste: The Poisoning of America by Toxic Chemicals by Michael H. BrownFrom Homemaker to Hell-raiser in Love Canal by Ronnie GreeneLove Canal Chronologies by the Niagara GazetteA Brief History of: The Love Canal (Short Documentary) by Plainly Difficult

    46 min
  3. Episode 14: The Bhopal Gas Tragedy

    04/19/2023

    Episode 14: The Bhopal Gas Tragedy

    Episode Source MaterialThe Bhopal Saga: Causes and Consequences of the World’s Largest Industrial Disaster by Ingrid EckermanBhopal revisited – the tragedy of lessons ignored by Annie RiceBhopal disaster 1984 – working conditions and the role of trade unions by Ingrid EckermanThe Bhopal Disaster and its aftermath: a review by Edward BroughtonAdvocacy After Bhopal: Environmentalism, Disaster, New Global Orders by Kim FortunThe Bhopal Disaster by Centre for Science and EnvironmentBhopal: Vulnerability, Routinization, and the Chronic Disaster by S. Ravi RajanBhopal study represents “missed opportunity” by Dinesh C. Sharma A Brief History of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy (Short Documentary) by Plainly Difficult The Bhopal gas tragedy: Toxic legacy by The Economist Living in the Shadow of the Bhopal Chemical Disaster by Maggie OatmanBhopal Fact Sheet by Bhopal Medical Appeal

    52 min
  4. Episode 13: Seveso Dioxin Disaster

    04/12/2023

    Episode 13: Seveso Dioxin Disaster

    Episode Source MaterialRelationship of serum TCDD concentrations and age exposure of female residents of Seveso, Italy by Brenda Eskenazi, Paolo Mocarelli, Marcella Warner, Larry Needham, Donald G Patterson, Jr, Steven Samuels, Wayman Turner, Pier Mario Gerthoux, and Paolo BrambillaDisaster of Seveso, Italy by Environmental Justice AtlasSeveso – 30 Years After by RocheUnderstanding the Seveso Disaster: Science, Impacts, and Policy Changes by Autumn SpanneThe Seveso accident: A look at 40 years of health research and beyond by Brenda Eskenazi, Marcella Warner, Paolo Brambilla, Stefano Signorini, Jennifer Ames, Paolo MocarelliChloracne or Acneform Disease and Agent Orange by The Department of Veterans AffairsA brief history of the Seveso disaster by Plainly Difficult The Seveso Dioxin DisasterSeveso Oak Forest: The gradual reconstruction of an area contaminated to TCDD by Paolo Lassini, Paolo Ballardini, Antonio Mambriani, and Francesco Monzani.Seveso: A paradoxical classic disaster by B. De Marchi, S. Funtowicz, and J. Ravetz

    46 min
  5. Episode 12: Current Events

    04/05/2023

    Episode 12: Current Events

    Episode Source MaterialThe Whiskey Fungus SourcesWhiskey Fungus Fed by Jack Daniel’s Encrusts Tennessee Town by Michael LevensonWhiskey fungus lawsuit forces Jack Daniel’s to halt building project by Max MatzaThe Willow Project SourcesThe Willow Project has been approved. Here’s what to know about the controversial oil-drilling venture by Ella NilsenWhat is Willow? And how an Alaska oil project could affect the environment by Timothy PukoThe Red Tide SourcesToxic Red Tide is Back in Florida - Here’s What to Know by Sarah KutaWhat is red tide and why is it killing fish in Florida? by Amudalat AjasaWhat is a red tide? by The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)The IPCC Report Sources Five things we’ve learned from the UN Climate Report by Matt McGrathFive key points in the IPCC report on climate change impacts and adaptation by Lisa Schipper, Vanesa Castán Broto and Winston Chow

    34 min
  6. Episode 11: Deepwater Horizon Pt. 2

    03/29/2023

    Episode 11: Deepwater Horizon Pt. 2

    Episode Source Material We still don’t know the full impacts of the BP oil spill, 10 years later by Alejandra Borunda Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Association (NOAA) Doug Brown’s lonely fall from the Deepwater Horizon to ‘The Great Invisible’ by Steve Druin Is Using Dispersants on the BP Gulf Oil Spill Fighting Pollution with Pollution? by David Biello Effects of Corexit dispersants on cytotoxicity parameters in a cultured human bronchial airway cells BEAS-2B by Yongli Shi, Astrid M. Roy-Engel and He Wang ‘Super skimmer’ a giant bust in Gulf cleanup by NBC Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico by The Marine Mammal Commission Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Long Term Effect on Marina Mammals, Sea Turtles by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) Relief wells are last hope to stop oil leak by Eryn Brown and Joy Leovy Deepwater Horizon by The United States Department of Justice Summary of the Clean Water Act by the United-States Environmental Protection Agency BP paid a steep price for the Gulf oil spill but for the US a decade later, it’s business as usual by David M. Ulmann

    52 min
  7. Episode 10: Deepwater Horizon Pt. 1

    03/22/2023

    Episode 10: Deepwater Horizon Pt. 1

    This event put international eyes on the oil and gas industry, claimed many human lives, and was one of the worst environmental disasters to befoul the coastal United-States. Episode Source Material Deepwater Horizon In Their Own Words (Full Episode) by Frank Alcock for National Geographic Profit, Pollution and Deception: USA’s Largest Oil Spill by ENDEVR The Devastating Environmental Impact of BP’s Deepwater Horizon by Earth Stories Deepwater: The Gulf Oil Disaster and the Future of Offshore Drilling Remembering Deepwater Horizon, 10 Years Later by The NASEM Fleet Specifications: Deepwater Horizon by Transocean Dynamic positioning mobile offshore drilling units by Global Maritime AS/Gard Monitoring system reduces rig downtime by Judy Maksoud U.S. exempted BP’s Gulf of Mexico drilling from environmental impact study by Juliet Eilperin The Forensic Anatomy of the Events on the Deepwater Horizon by Bartley J. Eckhardt and Arthur Faherty Eleven workers missing after Louisiana oil rig explosion by USA Today Deepwater Horizon: one of history’s worst offshore accidents by Arnold & Itkin Deepwater Horizon’s Final Hours by David Barstow, Stephanie Saul and David Rohde Telling the true story of the heroes behind ‘Deepwater Horizon’ without using ‘stolen valor’ by Josh Rottenberg Understanding Gas Kick Behavior in Water and Oil-Based Drilling Fluids by Kaushik Manikondam, et al.

    50 min
  8. Episode 9: The Sydney Tar Ponds

    03/15/2023

    Episode 9: The Sydney Tar Ponds

    Episode Source Material Sydney Tar Ponds by Environment & Society Portal Sydney Tar Ponds – Project Spotlight by Lafarge Coke Ovens Emissions – National Cancer Institute Laying Waste to Toxic Waste by Barbara Webber Coke by U.S. Energy Information Administration Sydney Tar Ponds Environmental Class Action is Over by Dianne Saxe Local Willingness-to-Pay Estimates for the Remediation of the Sydney Tar Ponds in Nova Scotia by Ida Ferrara, Sephen McComb and Paul Missios Islanders Cast Adrift; Nova Scotians Feel Forsaken Amid Toxic Waste by Steven Pearlstein The Sydney tar ponds: lessons learned from Canada’s first superfund level project by E. MacLellan & A. Britten Steel’s Legacy Contained – Remediation of the Sydney Tar Ponds and Coke Ovens Site in Sydney, Nova Scotia by Alan Van Norman What are PCBs by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

    33 min
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Chronic Failure is a podcast that delves into the most pressing environmental issues of our time. Join our hosts as they explore the history, news, research, and insights on natural disasters, climate change, and environmental sustainability. From hurricanes and wildfires to sea level rise and air pollution, Chronic Failure provides a comprehensive overview of the past and the current state of our environment and the challenges we face in mitigating the impacts of climate change. Join us for new episodes every week and be part of the conversation on how we can make a difference in protecting our planet. Subscribe to Chronic Failure on your favorite podcast platform today. Episodes drop every Tuesday at Midnight. Info@chronicfailurepodcast.com @thechronicfailurepodcast on Instagram

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    Brian Bostock
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