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<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Program Podcast: Ronald Wright: &amp;#039;Progress&amp;#039; &amp;amp; Climate Change</title><link>http://www.radio4all.net/program/65739</link><description>Podcast for Program: Ronald Wright: &amp;#039;Progress&amp;#039; &amp;amp; Climate Change</description><lastBuildDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:28:08 +0000</lastBuildDate><ttl>240</ttl><item><title>Takes on the World - Ronald Wright: &amp;#039;Progress&amp;#039; &amp;amp; Climate Change</title><link>http://www.radio4all.net/program/65739</link><description>Wright speaks of urgency to deal with climate change and public&#226;&#128;&#153;s mental roadblocks to do so; of inherent downside in all civilizations, their exploitation of nature, leading to collapse; of foolish trust in modernity and capitalist solutions;  of inability to make do with less; of uncontrolled population growth with widening gap between rich and poor; of decimation of indigenous Americans through imported diseases in 500 year run that fed industrialization and Western coffers; how addiction to social media eliminates reflection time in societies demanding instant gratification..</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Jeff Blankfort</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:28:08 +0000</pubDate><enclosure length="35MB" type="audio/mpeg" url="https://www.radio4all.net/files/jblankfort@earthlink.net/1752-1-totw012313wrightinterview.mp3"/></item></channel></rss>