
Carlyle Calhoun
Executive Podcast ProducerCarlyle Calhoun is the managing producer of Sea Change.
Before joining WWNO, she produced environmental documentary films and audio documentaries. Carlyle began her career as a newspaper photographer at the Jackson Hole News & Guide and the Wilmington Star-News and later as a freelance photographer based in Croatia and Bosnia. Her work has been featured in publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post and National Geographic Adventure, and in films screened at festivals across the country.
A North Carolina native, she is happy to call New Orleans home. You can find her searching out the best local seafood, hanging by the bayou or riding her bike around town. You can reach her at carlyle@wwno.org.
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This is the story of modern fertilizer, and how this powerful concoction of chemicals has radically reshaped how we farm and what we eat. In this episode, we follow the journey of fertilizer from Louisiana to the Midwest, then back down along the Mississippi River to a place it creates in the Gulf. A place called: The Dead Zone.
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Sea Change hosted a live event at the New Orleans Jazz Museum. The evening featured a concert with Louis Michot and special guests, and a fascinating conversation with musicians and scientists about the future of coastal Louisiana.
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What can the fascinating field of ocean forecasting tell us about the future for us on land and for life under the sea?
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Isle de Jean Charles has lost 98% of its land over the last 7 decades. Leaving the Island investigates the first-ever federal attempt to relocate an entire community - the mostly Indigenous residents of Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana - because of climate change.
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We're diving into our human connection to oceans...why does being around water make us feel so good?
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More and more Americans face the threat of flooding. And as a country, we are woefully unprepared. FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) sells about 90% of the nation's flood insurance policies, but only a small percentage of Americans are covered. In an effort to account for climate change, expand coverage, and make the NFIP more "fair," FEMA recently overhauled its flood insurance program. It's called Risk Rating 2.0, and the sweeping changes are proving to be highly controversial.
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Flooding is the most common natural disaster — by far. As more and more towns are devastated by floods, people are facing the tough question of how to rebuild — or even if they can. In this episode, we travel to two towns to discover how one obscure federal policy designed to stop the cycle of flood damage is leading to opposite destinies.
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A 1-hour special investigation into LNG. This deeply-reported, globetrotting program follows American gas around the world.
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Today on Sea Change, we talk with Dr. Robert Howarth of Cornell University to talk about his groundbreaking LNG study and how it could shape the future of American energy policy.
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Hollywood has been cold on climate change, mostly relegating the issue to documentaries. We talk to two people who are trying to change that.