Radio Episodes Archive

I often think about what really motivates people to embrace green alternatives. Whenever I ponder this question I invariably  wonder why green marketers and advertisers don’t equate being sexy more often with being green. After all, they do it all the time for other kinds of products. For some green products it would be easy [...]

In June, I bought a totally righteous Volkwsagen Jetta TDI. It’s fast, gets great gas mileage, handles extremely well on windy mountain roads, has ample storage capacity and cost me just over 25K, making it pretty reasonable for a family car. I love this car. To me, it represents the best kind of lazy environmentalist [...]

Even though I was arguably the worst player in the country in Division One college football during my sophomore year season at the University of Pennsylvania, I still think of myself as an athlete. I’m not making this up. In the early 90s, the New York Times ranked every team in D-1 college football by [...]