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Times Change is a hilarious show that examines how time changes everything. Hosts Jennifer Warner, Charlie Chelli and Chris Cags interview various artist, inventors, performers and more, that shape our community. This show is completely unscripted, almost illegal and highly addictive, just like a Sin City weekend.

Five Times Faster is an inside story from Simon Sharpe, who has spent ten years at the forefront of climate change policy and diplomacy. In our fight to avoid dangerous climate change, science is pulling its punches, diplomacy is picking the wrong battles, and economics has been fighting for the other side. This provocative and engaging book sets out how we should rethink our strategies and reorganize our efforts in the fields of science, economics, and diplomacy, so that we can act fast enough to stay safe.

Merchants of Doubt has been praised—and attacked—around the world, for reasons easy to understand. This book tells, with “brutal clarity” (Huffington Post), the disquieting story of how a loose-knit group of high-level scientists and scientific advisers, with deep connections in politics and industry, ran effective campaigns to mislead the public and deny well-established scientific knowledge over four decades.

Written by Martin Luther King, Jr. himself, this astounding autobiography brings to life a remarkable man changed the world —and still inspires the desires, hopes, and dreams of us all. Martin Luther King: the child and student who rebelled against segregation. The dedicated minister who...

“It’s one of the best books on politics of any kind I’ve read. For entertainment value, I put it up there with Catch 22.” —The Financial Times “It transports you to a parallel universe in which everything in the National Enquirer is true….More interesting is what we learn about the...

"Bob Dylan, Master of Change" is from the October 13, 2016 Entertainment section of The New York Times. It was written by Greil Marcus and narrated by Caroline Miller.

In 2006, the Wall Street pioneer and philanthropist Ray Chambers flicked through some holiday snapshots taken by a friend and remarked on the placid beauty of a group of sleeping Malawian children. "They're not sleeping," his friend told him. "They're in malarial comas. A few days later, they were all dead." This moment sparked Chambers' determination to coordinate an unprecedented, worldwide effort to eradicate a disease that has haunted humanity since before the advent of medicine.

The powerful and inspiring story of a man who, instead of despairing over his own impoverished plight or the systems that make it hard for others to climb out of poverty, created a solution that's breaking cycles of poverty and bringing hope to a new generation.

"We are at a turning point in human history. To stop climate breakdown and extinction, environmental movements need to be actively anti-racist and join struggles for social justice." - Carola Rackete In 2019. Carola Rackete became publicly known for docking the sea rescue vessel "Sea-Watch 3" in Italy and thereby challenging a national decree that contradicted international obligations to engage in sea rescue.

"Obama on Climate Change: The Trends Are ‘Terrifying’" is from the September 8, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Julie Hirschfeld Davis, Mark Landler and Coral Davenport and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Cancer and Climate Change" is from the Science section of The New York Times. It was written by Piers J. Sellers and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Climate Change in the Age of Ignorance" is from the November 20, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Robert N. Proctor and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"'This Changes Everything': Trump Exults as Clinton's Team Scrambles" is from the October 28, 2016 United States section of The New York Times. It was written by Amy Chozick and Patrick Healy and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

From the 1992 Rio Earth Summit to the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Conference there was a concerted international effort to stop climate change. Yet greenhouse gas emissions increased, atmospheric concentrations grew, and global warming became an observable fact of life. In this book, philosopher Dale Jamieson explains what climate change is, why we have failed to stop it, and why it still matters what we do.

"How Not to Deal with Climate Change?" is from the June 29, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael Shellenberger and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Czech Republic, Seeking a Snappier Name, Considers a Change" is from the April 14, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Dan Bilefsky and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"In France, a Film Taps into a Desire for Change" is from the May 02, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Celestine Bohlen and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"How Change Happens" is from the Column section of The New York Times. It was written by Paul Krugman and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"A Wrenching Choice for Alaska Towns in the Path of Climate Change" is from the November 28, 2016 United States section of The New York Times. It was written by Erica Goode and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Olympian Carmelo Anthony Using His Voice for Social Change" is from the July 18, 2016 Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by Scott Cacciola and narrated by Caroline Miller.