Broken Ground Episodes
Gardening Tidewaters
Norfolk, Virginia’s waters are rising fast, and its land is sinking. The city’s plans to meet this climate change challenge could be a blueprint for other coastal communities. Among other plans, Norfolk has set it sights...
Earl Swift: Watching Waters Rise
Chesapeake Requiem: A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island. He talks about the slow disappearance of this unique Virginia island to climate change.
Margaret Renkl: Backyard Environmentalism
Author and New York Times contributing opinion writer Margaret Renkl talks about her book Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss. Renkle essays reflect on the intersection of family life, grief and her natural...
Dr. Robert Bullard: Environmental Justice Is Equal Justice
Dr. Robert Bullard, widely considered the father of environmental justice, talks about the inequality of pollution and climate change.
Drew Lanham: Call of the Rural South
Author and wildlife biologist Drew Lanham talks about his book, The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature. Lanham discusses his love of birds, his South Carolina homeplace, and reconciling the South’s...
Riding the Solar Coaster
Solar energy is growing by leaps and bounds in the Southeast and becoming a way for schools to save money. In this episode, we visit two Virginia schools to better understand the key role policies play...
Demand for Power
An elderly couple steps up to defend their farm and neighbors when pipeline developers won’t back down from a risky, environmentally damaging project that after – years of delay – is now obsolete.
The Real Housewives of Coal Ash
When two North Carolina women received letters from state officials that their water wasn’t safe to drink due to coal ash pollution, they fought it all the way to the state house.
Tip of the Ashberg
The 2008 Kingston, Tennessee coal ash spill was disastrous at the time, but what came a decade later would reveal the full devastation of the tragedy.