
Carlyle Calhoun
Managing 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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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.
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Your expert guide to sustainable seafood is here! Get ready to feel the salt spray, and tuck into a wide-ranging conversation about what's on your plate and the future of our ocean.
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TV Weather Gets Heated. In a world where weather is getting more extreme, the role of meteorologists is becoming more important—and controversial—than ever.
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Our oceans are heating up—what does that mean for all the life that lives in the sea...and us?
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The home insurance market is collapsing all across the country. Nothing like this has ever happened before. And nowhere is this crisis worse... than Florida. And every other state seems to be headed down the road that Florida has paved.
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It's summertime! Otherwise known as prime reading season. And in this episode, you're going to meet the people behind a couple of the summer's hottest books.We talk with Boyce Upholt about his new bestseller, The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi. And we also meet Mary Annaise Heglar, who tells us about her new novel, Troubled Waters.