Metra: A Climate Revolution with Songs

Tom hears from an old friend and proposes a way forward.Check out our website for ways to join the climate movement: metrathemusical.com/do-somethingIn particular, we recommend the book, Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility, edited by Rebecca Solnit and Thelma Young Lutunatabua Support Metra at ko-fi.com/metrathemusical  Follow the show:https://pod.link/1843713183IG and Bluesky:  @metrathemusicalmetrathemusical.comCheck out more shows we love:MythlokUnleash Your Inner Creative Two Thousand and Late, by Atypical Artists

Listeners, if you're enjoying Metra's take on storytelling-meets-collective action: have we got a show for you. We're thrilled to recommend a non-fiction podcast this week: one that weaves revolutionary stories from real-world justice movements--What do a textile worker in Delhi, a student in a Palestinian refugee camp, and a farmworker in 1960s California have in common? In the midst of their struggle for freedom, they all turned to theatre.Performing the Revolution is a limited-series podcast that knits these powerful stories together to create a global narrative featuring artists who put everything on the line in the struggle for justice. The series starts in New Delhi, India following Jana Natya Manch (Janam), a 50-year-old street theatre company that performs for India’s working class. It then moves to The Freedom Theatre in The West Bank – where kids fight to define who they are and what they dream about amidst a decades-long occupation – and on to El Teatro Campesino’s legacy of agitating during the historic California grape strikes.Here is Episode 1; find all the episodes wherever you get podcasts.https://www.radicalevolution.org/performing-the-revolution

The finale. Are we tied to the tracks of this catastrophe? Songs:“Fearful” reprise“Gotta Be Brave”“With the Swing of an Axe”“Work for the Night is Coming”“Epilogue”Check out our website for ways to join the climate movement: metrathemusical.com/do-somethingSupport Metra at ko-fi.com/metrathemusicalWritten by Emily and Ned HartfordMusic and Lyrics by Ned HartfordDialogue Directed by Emily HartfordProduced by MythMakers MediaFeaturing: Jeannette Bayardelle, Cherrye J. Davis, Corinna Schulenburg, Fred Inkley, Alia Munsch, Cristina Obando Sanchez, Sierra Rein, Jonathan Gregg, Ned Hartford, Galway McCullough, Walker Schneckenberger, Mercena Schulenburg, Ezra Trumbull, Theo Trumbull, Kristen Vaughan, and Luke WyngardenSound Editing and Design; Instrumentation Arranged and Performed; Vocals Arranged; and all Audio Produced, Engineered, and Mixed by Ned HartfordFollow the show:https://pod.link/1843713183IG and Bluesky:  @metrathemusicalmetrathemusical.comCheck out more shows we love:MythlokUnleash Your Inner Creative Two Thousand and Late, by Atypical Artists

Very excited to introduce this show to Metra listeners -- All Around Science! All Around Science is weekly podcast by two huge science fans discussing what’s new and interesting in science. Science is our window into incredible worlds, from impossibly small atoms to impossibly distant stars. We want to use it to discover as much as possible, and share it with you every week.This is episode 220, "The Dirt Beneath Your Feet." Hosts Bobby and Maura talk about a new type of blue-green algae that had been discovered off the coast of Italy (lovingly nicknamed “Chonkus”) which gobbles up CO2 on the surface of the water, and then sinks to the bottom, acting as a (literal) carbon sink. Then, the main topic of the episode is: "What is dirt?" What is it made of? Why is it different in different places? Why does it change as you dig deeper? Is “soil” the same as “dirt”?So much of what's covered is relevant to our fight for a sustainable climate, and it's all super fascinating to deep dive into. We hope you'll enjoy All Around Science!Find it wherever you get your podcasts: https://pod.link/1530972643

The penultimate episode; the culmination of the Process. Will Tyler make the right choice?Songs:“Cori Comes Home” reprise“Take a Bite”“Fearful” Content note: this episode contains discussion of sexual assault.Check out our website for ways to join the climate movement: metrathemusical.com/do-somethingSupport Metra at ko-fi.com/metrathemusicalWritten by Emily and Ned HartfordMusic and Lyrics by Ned HartfordDialogue Directed by Emily HartfordProduced by MythMakers MediaFeaturing: Jeannette Bayardelle, Cherrye J. Davis, Corinna Schulenburg, Fred Inkley, Alia Munsch, Cristina Obando Sanchez, and Sierra ReinSound Editing and Design; Instrumentation Arranged and Performed; Vocals Arranged; and all Audio Produced, Engineered, and Mixed by Ned HartfordFollow the show:https://pod.link/1843713183IG and Bluesky:  @metrathemusicalmetrathemusical.comCheck out more shows we love:MythlokUnleash Your Inner Creative Two Thousand and Late, by Atypical Artists