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Living Planet

Listen to the award-winning, half-hour radio program and podcast for your weekly dose of environment stories from all over the world.

As the planet faces an ever-evolving climate crisis and our environments change, Living Planet transports listeners to all corners of the globe to meet the people on the frontlines, explore radical solutions, tackle misinformation, and to marvel at the wondrous, extraordinary aspects of the non-human world around us.

You can listen and subscribe to Living Planet wherever you get your podcasts. Living Planet is also broadcast on radio stations around the world.

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Get in touch at livingplanet [at] dw.com

Charli Shield and Sam Baker produce and host Living Planet out of DW studios in Bonn, Germany.

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Introducing: The Big Switch on Europe's energy crisis

How did the European Union, a leader in climate action, become so dependent on Russian oil and gas in the first place?
September 29, 202329:59 min
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Reenvisioning the restroom (rebroadcast)

It's perfectly natural and something we do every day. Whether you use a squat toilet, a pit latrine or a water closet, humans need to go. But the ways we do so are often not very efficient, useful or good for the environment. So we're taking a look at the history of human excrement and some creative solutions to dispose of and repurpose our waste.
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 21, 202330:00 min
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How much microplastics are we all eating?

Microplastics are in the air, water and soil. How dangerous are they? And what can we do about them?
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 14, 202329:59 min
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Insuring ourselves against the inevitable

Californians abandoned by insurers as climate risk rises. And what we need to protect our homes against the inevitable.
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 8, 202329:59 min
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Amitav Ghosh on colonialism & the climate crisis

Amitav Ghosh on colonialism & the climate crisis

We talk to renowned Indian author Amitav Ghosh about the origins of the climate crisis, the story of one very important spice, and why he prefers the term "planetary crisis" to the climate crisis.
Nature and EnvironmentJune 8, 202330:00 min
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Climate misinformation: How do we tackle it?

Climate misinformation: How do we tackle it?

In this special episode, three experts on climate disinformation discuss how factually inaccurate and misleading information travels around the web. Climate journalist Stella Levantesi, communication researcher John Cook and Wikimedia strategist Alex Stinson join Living Planet host Sam Baker for an engaging round-table discussion, which originally was broadcast as a live discussion.
Nature and EnvironmentApril 14, 202229:59 min
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Bill McKibben on power & the climate crisis (rebroadcast)

Bill McKibben on power & the climate crisis (rebroadcast)

We talk to author & environmentalist Bill McKibben about the link between power, Russia's war and the climate crisis, and what people often overlook in the fight against it. We also travel to a place bearing the consequences of Germany's exit from Russian coal. And, from Lithuania, we ask: how is climate change altering the way we understand seasons?
Nature and EnvironmentJune 15, 202329:59 min
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