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Bioneers Series 1-11: Environmental Health and the Politics of Cancer-
By: Kenny Ausubel & Samuel Epstein, M.D.
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 29 minutes
Abridged: No
While the medical establishment has been losing the celebrated war on cancer, it has conducted a very successful campaign against promising alternative approaches. Kenny Ausubel and Samuel Epstein, M.D. present one of the greatest scandals of the 20th century and call attention to the rising tide of alternative approaches. Read more
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Bioneers Series 1-12: Wisdom at the End of a Hoe: Farming as if Biology Mattered
By: John Jeavons, Starhawk, Bob Cannard, Catherine ...
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 30 minutes
Abridged: No
What is it like living at a planet's pace? Is the gardener growing the garden or is the garden transforming the gardener? John Jeavons, Starhawk, Catherine Sneed, Bob Cannard and Penny Livingston point to genuine solutions for farming harmony with the earth. Read more
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The Power Of One: Making Choices For A Better World
By: Julia Butterfly Hill
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
In this moving dialogue, Julia speaks about her heart-wrenching experiences in the redwood tree she named Luna, and the work she has been doing since she ended her tree sit.ย Julia continues to speak out for the Earth, and acknowledges how easily we can become overwhelmed by the problems of the world. Read more
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Last Train to Paradise
By: Les Standiford
Narrated by: Del Roy
Length: 8 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
The fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroadโone of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken, destroyed in one fell swoop by the strongest storm ever to hit U.S. shores.
In 1904, the brilliant and driven entrepreneur Henry Flagler, partner to John D.... Read more
Tying Down the Wind
By: Eric Pinder
Narrated by: John Lescault
Length: 10 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
Where can you find the worst weather on earth? The surprising answer in Tying Down the Wind is: everywhere. You donโt need to climb Mount Everest or voyage to the icy desert of Antarctica to witness both the beauty and the destructiveness of weather. The same forces are at work in your own backyard.Eric Pinder, certified observer at Mount... Read more
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The 1960'S Live On In The 21St Century
By: James Fadiman
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 58 minutes
Abridged: No
In this dynamic conversation, James Fadiman revisits that seminal moment in our history, and talks about the power and impact of the sixties and why the decade was so important. "Most of everything that we're doing that we're proud of today - the ecology movement, civil rights, and alternative medicine, feminism and more began then. Without... Read more
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Shark Trouble
By: Peter Benchley
Narrated by: Peter Benchley
Length: 4 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
Drawing on more than three decades of experience writing about sharks and other marine animals, the bestselling author ofย Jawsย combines high adventure with practical information inย a book that is at once a thriller and a valuable guide to being safe in, on, under, and around the sea.
โShark attacks on human beings generate a tremendous... Read more
Diamond - Abridged
By: Matthew Hart
Narrated by: Daniel Gerroll
Length: 5 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: Yes
On a hot morning in May 1999, three Brazilianย garimpeiros(small-scale miners) found a large pink diamond in the muddy waters of the Abaete River, a discovery that captivated the diamond trade. Beginning with this dramatic and revealing story, Matthew Hart takes readers on a journey far beyond the window at Tiffany's, into an obsessive, largely... Read more
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Journey Into Wisdom
By: Pramila Jayapal
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
India, an ancient culture, has many gifts to share with the western world.ย Pramila Jayapal, is an Indian-born, Western educated woman, banker turned community activist, who returns to India to explore the complex issues of progress and development, immersing herself in the life of her native land. Read more
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Close to Shore - Abridged
By: Michael Capuzzo
Narrated by: Len Cariou
Length: 6 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Combining rich historical detail and a harrowing, pulse-pounding narrative, Close to Shore brilliantly re-creates the summer of 1916, when a rogue Great White shark attacked swimmers along the New Jersey shore, triggering mass hysteria and launching the most extensive shark hunt in history.
In July 1916 a lone Great White left its usual... Read more
Engaging Creativity / Riding Change
By: David La Chapelle
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
David La Chapelle, an environmental writer and leader of over 150 Wilderness Quests, weaves together insights integrating psychology, meditation, storytelling and the creative process in considering the challenges we face today. Read more
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Best Friends
By: Samantha Glen
Narrated by: Juliette Parker
Length: 9 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
Discover a place where every animal is safe, loved, and allowed to live out its natural life. Here is the inspiring true story ofย Best Friends, an animal sanctuary a few dedicated people made happen, and thousands of furry and feathered friends have called home. Meet the residents, including Sinjin, the badly burned black cat, and Sparkles, the... Read more
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In the Heart of the Sea
By: Nathaniel Philbrick
Narrated by: Scott Brick
Length: 10 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
From the author of In the Hurricane's Eye andย Valiant Ambition, the riveting and critically acclaimed bestseller and a major motion picture starring Chris Hemsworth, directed by Ron Howard.
Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Ben Whishaw, and Brendan Gleeson star in a film based on this National Book Awardโwinning account of the true events behind... Read more
In the Heart of the Sea - Abridged
By: Nathaniel Philbrick
Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
Length: 5 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: Yes
From the author of Valiant Ambition, the riveting and critically acclaimed bestseller and major motion picture starring Chris Hemsworth, directed by Ron Howard
Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Ben Whishaw, and Brendan Gleeson star in the film based on this National Book Awardโwinning account of the true events behind Moby Dick.
In 1820, the... Read more
Earth Wisdom
By: Brooke Medicine Eagle
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Ancient, yet new and practical ways of living in harmony with Earth's rhythms provide the focus here with Brooke Medicine Eagle, an American native Earthkeeper, teacher, healer, songwriter, ceremonial leader and sacred ecologist. Read more
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Bioneers Series 2-02: Gaian Wonders of the Co-Evolutionary Dance
By: Jeremy Narby, Ph.D., Steven Foster, Jennifer Gr...
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 29 minutes
Abridged: No
Who needs TV when the waves at the beach are phosphorescing, the fungal internet is pulsing, and the laws of physics are being broken all around us by...water? These Bioneers celebrate the wonders of nature they encounter in their work for the Earth and explore, among other things, "the ocean eye" and variations on a nematode worm. Read more
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Bioneers Series 2-05: Tree of Knowledge - Tree of Life: Towards an Agriculture of Relationships
By: Joel Salatin, Fred Kirschenmann & Wes Jackson
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 29 minutes
Abridged: No
Agriculture, or industrial farming, as it is practiced today, may be the single most destructive human activity against the Earth that we currently employ. In response, a movement toward Restorative Farming, that looks to nature for its direction, is gaining momentum. Read more
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Bioneers Series 2-06: Rewilding The Earth: Nurturing The Web Of Life
By: Dave Foreman & Dennis Martinez
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 29 minutes
Abridged: No
Ecosystems are collapsing and Dave Foreman is working to return large carnivores, "keystone species," like the wolf and the jaguar to the American West. Native American Dennis Martinez is a restorative ecologist, who would say the true "keystone species" has traditionally been indigenous humans. Read more
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Bioneers Series 2-07: Globalization: The Environment and Living Toward the Local
By: Jerry Mander, Kevin Danaher, Ph.D., Alisa Gravi...
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 29 minutes
Abridged: No
Every dollar we spend is a vote for or against the Earth. These Bioneers call us to recognize that economics is actually a subset of ecology, not the other way around. Behind most environmental harm is an economic motive, so how do we move from the love of money to the love of life? Read more
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Bioneers Series 2-01: Re-Imagining Design: Becoming Tools of Nature
By: William McDonough
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 29 minutes
Abridged: No
Bill McDonough has long been at the forefront of what he calls "the next industrial revolution." McDonough suggests that the growth/no growth struggle between business interests and environmentalists is absurd. The real question is "what do you want to grow?" Read more
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Bioneers Series 2-08: Knowledge From Intimacy: Revaluing The Feminine
By: Paula Gunn Allen, Ph.D., Susan Griffin, Guji Co...
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 29 minutes
Abridged: No
Here we acknowledge the "sheroic" work of 5 women who represent the millions who, in their work for the Earth, embody the "fierce feminine," feminine qualities they say that are in all of us no matter our gender. They are the qualities most called for in these pivotal times. Read more
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Bioneers Series 2-11: Global Green Plan and Urban Design
By: Mark Hertsgaard & Francesca Vietor
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 29 minutes
Abridged: No
Solutions, solutions, solutions. From the Global Green Deal, a comprehensive plan for restoring the Earth, to the inspiring programs and policies of one city that is going green. This program is full of practical strategies to turn eco-centered visions into living realities that deliver jobs and profits. Read more
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Bioneers Series 2-09: Honoring the Heritage of Black Farmers on the Land
By: J.L. Chestnut
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 29 minutes
Abridged: No
Black farmers have been leaving the land at three and a-half times the rate of other farmers. It turns out that this loss of black farmers is due less to farming policies and practices than it is to generations of institutional racism. Civil Rights attorney J.L. Chestnut, in a brilliant and emotional speech, tells the story of the successful... Read more
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Bioneers Series 2-10: First Nations and the Future of the Earth
By: Rebecca Adamson, Paula Gunn Allen, Ph.D. & John...
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 29 minutes
Abridged: No
Indigenous peoples were the first "Bioneers" who worked with nature in a reciprocal relationship -- giving back as much as they took. This program highlights startling new studies that have identified "biodiversity hotspots" around the globe, lands that are critical to the health of the biosphere, lands which are under the care of indigenous... Read more
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