Cool Tunes For a Hot Planet

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Songs to inspire action justice for and a cooler planet.

  1. 3D AGO

    Cool Tunes for a Hot Planet-Episode 34

    Episode 34 — “Lunar New Year, with Rebecca Boyle” Cool Tunes for a Hot Planet is going to the Moon!  We celebrate the Lunar New Year with a special all-things-moon episode built around a full-length interview with science writer Rebecca Boyle, whose book, “Our Moon” was a New York Times bestseller in 2024.  We learn about how the moon helped make Earth what it is, and about its influence on our climate, our tides, and our culture.  Along the way, we’ll hear moon-inspired music from all over the world, including guest composer Janelle Chang, who joins us to talk about her arrangement of “Moonlit Night,” an ancient piece of Chinese classical music.   Music and Video "Paper Moon" Vocalese of Lester Young Improvisation Eddie Jefferson — Voice from "The Jazz Singer" Inner City Records IC 1016 Rebecca Boyle interview with Warren Senders January 15, 2026 www.rebeccaboyle.com "How High The Moon" Teddy Wilson Sextet (David W. Niven Jazz Archive) "New Moon" Tony Vacca & Tim Moran from "Wizard's Dance" (Fretless LP FR 163) https://www.tonyvacca.com/ "Tis Autumn" Woody Herman & His Orchestra Decca 4095-A "Moonrise On The Lowlands" Fletcher Henderson Orchestra Reissued on RCA AXM2-5507 "The Complete Fletcher Henderson" "Tin Pan Alley Cat" Animated film by  Dave Tendlar, 1960 (public domain) "Blah, Blah, Blah" George & Ira Gershwin Matthew Cook — Voice Josephine Riggs, piano August 8, 2020 https://www.matthewhylandcook.com/ "Tidal Boogie" Meade Lux Lewis — Piano Asch Records 352-1A "Moonlit Night" Arrangement of traditional Chinese piece for pipa by Janelle Chang Pang-Yi Lee - pipa November 28, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/@janelleyi-chenchangcompose4518/videos "Claire de Lune" Composer — Claude Debussy Sondra Bianca — Piano Tops R1014 "An den Mond (To the Moon)" Composer — Franz Schubert Lyrics — Ludwig Christoph Holty Courtney Fletcher — Voice Marika Yasuda — Piano February 2019 English translation by Richard Wigmore https://www.courtneyjfletcher.com/ "Moonlight Play Song" Recorded 1975, Obimo, Nigeria UNESCO Anthology of African Music Barenreiter Musicaphon  BM 30L 2311 "Chandani Raat Ati Bhaave" Sharad Sathe — Voice Magnasound C4HV 0217 https://sharadsathe.com/ "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" Little Richard — Voice, piano London Records 45-HL-U-8831 https://rockhall.com/inductees/little-richard/ "Raga Chandrakauns" Zia Moihuddin Dagar — Rudra Veena Air India Radio recording, HMV LP, STC 04B 7384 NASA Moon Landing Footage (Public Domain) "Oh, Dear Moon" Hafız Şaşı Osman Efendi Columbia 78 81007-F (W 32064-1) Reissued by Rounder Records, "Masters of Turkish Music" (Rounder LP-C 1051) Louie Gohmert Clip Online Congressional Hearing, June 9, 20 "The Rising Of The Moon" Áine Tyrell — Voice,  Nick Martin — Uilleann pipes July 2016, Hyde Park Barracks Sydney, Australia Courtesy Irish Australian  Online Song Library https://www.ainetyrrell.com/ There's A Moon Out Tonight" The Capris Planet Records P-1010 (1959) "I've Got A Message From  The Man In The Moon" Patricia Hammond — Voice Matt Redman — Ukelele & Voice https://patriciahammond.com/ Every attempt has been made to secure permission from copyright holders of audio and video content used in this program.  The use of copyrighted material is for non-commercial, educational purposes, and is intended to provide benefit to the public.  Copyrighted material used is supplementary and illustrative, and does not detract from the commercial value of the original content.  "Cool Tunes For A Hot Planet" uses only the minimum amount of copyrighted material to fulfill its educational purpose.  We believe our use constitutes "Fair Use" of this material as provided for in the US Copyright Act of 1976, Sections 106A-117. If you feel any content in this episode violates your copyright, please contact us immediately and we will address your concern appropriately.

    47 min

  2. FEB 1

    Cool Tunes for a Hot Planet-Episode 33

    Episode 33 of Cool Tunes for a Hot Planet strikes a somber note to the chaos unfolding in our streets – violence led by agents of destruction wearing ICE uniforms. These are dark times in our country, around which we hope music can shed some light, echo what’s in our hearts, generate a little catharsis, and maybe even light a spark of resistance.

    19 min

  3. JAN 2

    Cool Tunes for a Hot Planet-Episode 31

    Episode 31 of Cool Tunes for a Hot Planet meets the New Year with new resolve to inspire all our listeners to do something healing for our planet. It can be making “good trouble,” as John Lewis once told us; it can be raising awareness with song; it can be coming together in community. Or simply being a caring person to those around you. We dedicate this episode to the future.

    22 min

  4. 12/15/2025

    Cool Tunes for a Hot Planet-Episode 30

    Episode 30 (Season 2) is a profile of the legendary activist collective The Church of Stop Shopping, led by Reverend Billy (William Talen) and Savitri D. Beginning with anti-consumerist actions in New York's Times Square in the 1990s, the church grew into a powerful performing force, with infectious gospel grooves, dozens of voices in harmony, and Reverend Billy's heartfelt, eloquent anti-consumption message delivered in true prophetic voice. Warren Senders' interview with Reverend Billy and Director Savitri D is interspersed with video of the Church's music-filled activism and activism-filled music, and supplemented with historical and cultural context. To learn more, go to revbilly.com. Music and Video "I Am Not The Only One"The Stop Shopping Choirfrom "The Sun Is A Star That Keeps Me Warm" Richard Nixon, Lloyd Shopping CenterPortland, Oregon, September 13, 1960KGW Vault, PortlandGeorge W. BushCNN, December 2006"On The Road!"Reverend Billy and theChurch of Stop Shopping "Bye, Bye Buying"Reverend BillyDecember, 2013 Billy Graham CrusadeFilm recorded 1957Billy Sunday Warns AmericaFilm recorded 1926"It's The End of the World"Reverend Billy and theStop Shopping ChoirJoe's Pub, Public Theater, New YorkSep 18, 2014 "Can We Be Strange Enough to Change Enough?"Reverend Billy and theStop Shopping ChoirHollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CANov 22, 2025 "Paradise Now"The Living TheaterBerlin Sports PalastJanuary 10, 1970from "Signals Through The Flames"Mystic Fire VideoAugusto Boal clipCentro de Teatro do Oprimido"Money Makes The World Go Around"Bread & Puppet TheaterGlover, VTSeptember, 2019(Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/)"Reverend Billy Exorcises BP At Tate Museum"London, UKJul 19, 2011 "Love Earth"Reverend Billy and theStop Shopping ChoirHollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CANov 22, 2025 "The Fabulous Unknown"Reverend Billy andthe Stop Shopping Choirfrom "The Sun Is A Star That Keeps Me Warm" "Monsanto's Deadly Secret in Central Park"Reverend Billy and theStop Shopping ChoirNew York City, Apr 1, 2016 "Fabulous Bad Weather"Reverend Billy and theStop Shopping ChoirLyrics by William Talen & Savitri DurkeeFrom "The Earth Wants You"Brooklyn, Apr 7, 2016 Interview withWilliam Talen & Savitri DNovember 17, 2025 Every attempt has been made to secure permission from copyright holders of audio and video content used in this program. The use of copyrighted material is for non-commercial, educational purposes, and is intended to provide benefit to the public. Copyrighted material used is supplementary and illustrative, and does not detract from the commercial value of the original content. "Cool Tunes For A Hot Planet" uses only the minimum amount of copyrighted material to fulfill its educational purpose. We believe our use constitutes "Fair Use" of this material as provided for in the US Copyright Act of 1976, Sections 106A-117.If you feel any content in this episode violates your copyright, please contact us immediately and we will address your concern appropriately.

    47 min

  5. 12/01/2025

    Cool Tunes for a Hot Planet-Episode 29

    Episode 29 of Cool Tunes for a Hot Planet enters the holiday season with songs and talk about coming together to make things better. Whether it’s finding peace in sharing voices musically, even in the midst of war; of joining hands to combat social injustice; of convening world leaders to confront climate change; or just helping each other through the dark times of recent decades. We enjoin you to dispense with the consumerism of the season, and spend quality time with those you love. Share more – buy less. And have a happy holiday.

    23 min

  6. 10/15/2025

    Cool Tunes for a Hot Planet-Episode 26

    Episode 26 profiles the Climate Music Project, a San Francisco-based team that brings together scientists, musicians, and graphic artists to create new ways to communicate climate science.  The CMP's innovative multi-media presentations offer hard data with an emotional score and compelling visuals to transform audience members' personal engagement with climate change.  We feature interviews with co-founders Stephen Crawford and Fran Schulberg, climatologist Garrett Boudinot, and composer Erik Ian Walker, along with excerpts from five of the CMP's groundbreaking pieces. Music:"What If We...?"composed and performedby Wendy Loomiswith Royal Kent "Why Does The Sun Shine?"Performed by Tom GlazerFrom "Space Songs"Motivation RecordsMR 0312 "Why Does The Sun Shine?""Why Does The Sun(Really) Shine?"Performed byThey Might Be GiantsLate Late ShowDecember 11, 2009 "Der Rufer"Composed by Michael EdgertonPerformed byBremer SchlagzeugensembleOctober 10, 2021 "Particle Partita"Composed by Edward CowiePerformed byPeter Sheppard Skærved &Mihailo TrandafilovskSt. Michaels Church,March 1, 2019 "Icarus In Flight"Composed by Richard FestingerPerformed byThe Telegraph QuartetSan Francisco, 2018 "Climate"Composed and performedby Erik Ian Walker"Audyssey"Composed and performedby Eduardo Del Signore"Voices of the Animals"Composed and performedby Scarlet RiveraExplorers Club, New York CityOctober, 2024 "I Wanna Be Cool"Words and music byWill Kimbrough & Brant MillerPerformed by over 2600young people from 4 continentsMusic Declares Emergency& The Climate Music Project "What If We...?"composed and performedby Wendy Loomiswith Royal Kent Every attempt has been made to secure permission from copyright holders of audio and video content used in this program.  The use of copyrighted material is for non-commercial, educational purposes, and is intended to provide benefit to the public.  Copyrighted material used is supplementary and illustrative, and does not detract from the commercial value of the original content.  "Cool Tunes For A Hot Planet" uses only the minimum amount of copyrighted material to fulfill its educational purpose.  We believe our use constitutes "Fair Use" of this material as provided for in the US Copyright Act of 1976, Sections 106A-117. If you feel any content in this episode violates your copyright, please contact us immediately and we will address your concern appropriately.

    45 min

  7. 10/01/2025

    Cool Tunes for a Hot Planet-Episode 25

    Episode 25 is a mixed bag of tunes, starting out with Pay Attention by Joyce Johnson Rouse, singing with her group, Earth Mama. It’s a simple – even childlike – doo-wop kind of song that asks us to pay attention to the earth, and all the wonderful things it gives us.  But it also makes clear our responsibility to keep it clean and whole. Building on Earth Mama’s insistence to take responsibility for our planet, next is Crys Matthews, singing her Waking Up the Dead, a song about our generational responsibility to the slaves, some dead hundreds of years, now buried in the cemetery Crys finds herself walking through. She feels their suffering and celebrates their struggle to achieve the freedom they got only in death. But she also offers her gratitude for all they went through toget her to her own freedom – and wonders: Who were they?  It is a moving ode to freedom and responsibility.   And speaking of freedom, our next song, No Kings, comes with a montage of all the demonstrations that arose on No KingsDay last June 14 – one of the largest protests in US history. The song says “No Kings in the USA,” and we all know it’s talking about that corrupt Man Who Would Be King, sitting in the White House. It’s a boisterous, rousing piece of soul music, rejoicing in the knowledge that “No man owns the USA.” It’s a good reminder that the second No Kings Day is coming up soon, on October 18. And courage is contagious, so tell all your friends. Finally, we round out today’s episode. with something of the spoken word – Come Write a Song With Us, by Lu Aya, co-founder of The Peace Poets – a hip-hop and spoken word crew from the Bronx. Lu is an educator, musician, and champion of social justice. His poem tells us we are all interwoven, and songs have the power to embody that idea.

    21 min

  8. 09/15/2025

    Cool Tunes for a Hot Planet-Episode 24

    Episode 24 — "Old and New Sunlight"When we remember that fossil fuels are simply the sunlight that fell on Earth hundreds of millions of years ago, it changes our perspective on energy use.  It's ALL solar power; the only difference is whether it's old or new.  All these forms of energy have their own music, and this episode of "Cool Tunes For A Hot Planet" brings together songs of coal miners and anti-mining activists, the songs of oil drillers and of those fighting to preserve their lands, the songs of anti-fracking campaigns...and songs from all over the world in acknowledgement and gratitude to the Sun — along with film clips and interviews for a fascinating musical journey through Earth's energy economy, hosted by Warren Senders.Music:"The Sun's Gonna Shine In My Door Someday"Big Bill Broonzy"Our Mr. Sun"Directed by Frank Capra, 1956Bell Systems Science SeriesPublic Domain, courtesy A/V Geeks LLC"Black Lung"Hazel Dickens, 1990Film by Mimi PickeringCourtesy of Appalshop Films"42 Years"Nimrod Workman, 1983From the Alan Lomax Collection,American Folklife Center,Library of CongressCourtesy of the Association for Cultural Equity"Coal Miners' Song"Traditional Folk Songs of Japan,Collected by Ryutaro Hattori,Folkways Records FE 4534"Ham Hai Coal India"Promotional VideoMinistry of Coal, Government of IndiaInterview with film-maker and activist Surya Shankar Dash, India"Niyamraja's Lament"Dombu Praska,Niyamgiri Hills, November 2013Film by Surya Shankar Dash"Dharini — Earth Festival"Domgria Kondh TribespeopleNiyamgiri Hills, April 2016Film by Surya Shankar Dash"Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti Victory March"Domgria Kondh TribespeopleNiyamgiri Hills, April 2016Film by Surya Shankar Dash"I'm A Tool-Pusher From Snyder"Slim WilletStar Talent 770-B"This Old Rig"Freddie FrankPermian RecordsPR 1001-A"Energy Crisis"Public Service AnnouncementUS Department of Energy"There is Only So Much Oil In The Ground"Tower Of PowerFrom "Urban Renewal", 1974Warner Brothers BS 2834Interview with Eco-Musicologist Olusegan Titus, Nigeria."Black Tide"Ubrei-Joe JeruFilm courtesy Olusegan Titus"Niger Delta"Nneka EgbunaFrom "No Longer At Ease", 2008Yo Mama's Recording – YPS 88697111381"Frackin' The Hole"Wes St. JohnKECO Radio, April 22, 2011"Before The Drilling Rigs Got Here"Thom Chaconfrom "Buy This Fracking Album"www.thomchacon.com/"Frack Attack"Quintin "Jitsvinger" Goliath — lyrics, vocalsLoris Raimondi — musicPete O'Donoghue, Travys Owen — sound & animationProduced by Pippa Ehrlich andTreasure Karoo Action Group"Tum Jaago Mohan Pyaare"Khyal in Raga BhairavPt. Narayanrao VyasHMV 78 N-7525"Lile"(Hymn to the Sun"Anchiskhati Choir, Tbilisi, GeorgiaMarch 14, 2010"An die untergehende Sonne, D 457"(To the setting sun)Robert Elibay-Hartog — BaritoneDante Lorenzo DiIanni — PianoLondon, April 15, 2012"Solar Energy"Ambition Boyz, January 21, 2022O-Rymz, Ox-MilezTrainees at Solar Installation ProgramDon Bosco Academy,Kamuli, UgandaEvery attempt has been made to secure permission from copyright holders of audio and video content used in this program.  The use of copyrighted material is for non-commercial, educational purposes, and is intended to provide benefit to the public.  Copyrighted material used is supplementary and illustrative, and does not detract from the commercial value of the original content.  "Cool Tunes For A Hot Planet" uses only the minimum amount of copyrighted material to fulfill its educational purpose.  We believe our use constitutes "Fair Use" of this material as provided for in the US Copyright Act of 1976, Sections 106A-117.If you feel any content in this episode violates your copyright, please contact us immediately and we will address your concern appropriately.

    43 min
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