Mind Over Matters

Hosted by Mike McCormick, Diane Horn

This page presents an archive of the Mind Over Matters Sustainability Segment podcast, distributed by KEXP until 2019.

We are pleased to share that programming that formerly aired on Mind Over Matters, including Eat the Airwaves!, will continue to be available on “Earth On-the-Air” KODX 96.9 FM Seattle, streaming at kodxseattle.org.

Other MOM segments, including Community Forum, Alternative Radio, The Bioneers, CounterSpin, Between the Lines, TUC Radio, and Making Contact will also be broadcast on KODX, with a full schedule coming soon. Most of these programs are also available streaming via their websites, and via podcast.

KEXP is proud to have been the home of Mind Over Matters and the Sustainability Segment podcast for so many years. We strongly recommend learning more about KODX, and urge your support of that station if possible. KODX is based in Seattle’s University District, with a terrestrial broadcast to Northeast Seattle, Queen Anne, and Capitol Hill. The station is also streaming online at kodxseattle.org.  

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Mind Over Matters Episodes

Sustainability Segment: Marshall Rosenberg

with host Diane Horn

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Guest Marshall Rosenberg, Founder, Center for Nonviolent Communication, speaks with Diane Horn about how nonviolent communication can be used to bring about positive social change.

Sustainability Segment: Nick Norton

with host Diane Horn

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Guest Nick Norton, Executive Director, Washington Association of Land Trusts, speaks with Diane Horn about the work of Washington Land trusts to conserve land and help address climate change.

Sustainability Segment: Ivy Sager-Rosenthal

with host Diane Horn

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Guest Ivy Sager-Rosenthal, Communications Director, Toxic- Free Future, speaks with Diane Horn about progress towards a toxic-free future during 2018.

Sustainability Segment: Rebecca Ponzio

with host Diane Horn

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Guest Rebecca Ponzio, Climate and Fossil Fuel Program Director, Washington Environmental Council, speaks with Diane Horn about priorities for environmental legislation in the 2019 Washington State Legislative Session.

Sustainability Segment: Lisa Margonelli

with host Diane Horn

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Guest Lisa Margonelli speaks with Diane Horn about her most recent book “Underbug: An Obsessive Tale of Termites and Technology.”

Sustainability Segment: Rebecca Monteleone

with host Diane Horn

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Guest Rebecca Monteleone, Chair, Sierra Club Seattle Group, speaks with Diane Horn about the Move All Seattle Sustainably Coalition and their recommendations to improve transportation for Seattle pedestrians, bicyclists and transit riders.

Sustainability Segment: Mike Lufkin

with host Diane Horn

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Guest Mike Lufkin, Local Food Economy Manager, King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks, speaks with Diane Horn about King County’s Local Food Initiative.

Sustainability Segment: Patti Goldman

with host Diane Horn

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Guest Patti Goldman. Managing Attorney, Northwest Office, Earthjustice. speaks with Diane Horn about efforts to ban chlorpyrifos, a pesticide widely used in agriculture associated with both pesticide poisoning and chronic health effects.

Sustainability Segment: Mindy Roberts

with host Diane Horn

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Guest Mindy Roberts, People for Puget Sound Program Director, Washington Environmental Council, and Member, Governor Inslee’s Orca Recovery Task Force, speaks with Diane Horn about Task Force draft recommendations to help aid orca recovery and promote their future sustainability.

Sustainability Segment: Thor Hanson

with host Diane Horn

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Guest Thor Hanson speaks with Diane Horn about his book “Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees.”

Sustainability Segment: Ahmed Gaya

with host Diane Horn

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Guest Ahmed Gaya, Field Director, Yes on 1631, speaks with Diane Horn about Initiative 1631, which would charge pollution fees on sources of greenhouse gas pollutants and use the revenue to reduce pollution, promote clean energy, and address climate impacts.

Sustainability Segment: Marcia Bjornerud

with host Diane Horn

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Guest Marcia Bjornerud, Professor of Geology and Environmental Studies, Lawrence University, speaks with Diane Horn about her book “Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World.”