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Sea Change Radio features an interview with Richard Heinberg, an author, a senior fellow at the Post-Carbon Institute and a leading environmentalist. He discusses his differences with the opinions of author Daniel Yergin.

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Friday is the 2012 Winter Solstice.  There's been years of sensational hype about the date, much based on the Mayan Long Count Calendar cycle and some supposed apocalypse.

But the claims are based on bad archaeology, bad astronomy and bad geology.

Andrew Geller will speak with Kristine Larsen, professor of physics and astronomy at Central Connecticut State University, to debunk the astronomical and physical sciences claims.

Portland preservationist Ray Allen has written a book about the many bridges of the Oregon Coast Highway. The coast has been a travel route for thousands of years, but it wasn't until the 1930's that a government-sponsored project to build five major bridges was completed, linking North and South, and changing the local economy forever. One man, engineer/architect Conde McCullough, was primarily responsible for the success of the project. Ray Allen talks about the beauty of McCullough's concrete arch bridges, and the challenge of building in remote, rugged locations. He enables us to compare this accomplishment with contemporary challenges such as the Columbia Crossing on Interstate 5.  

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Health and Health Care Forum hosted by Roberta Hall

The musical group Gumbo performed for a Second Saturdays benefit concert for Mid-Valley Health Advocates Nov. 10, at SunnySide Up in Corvallis. Mid-Valley is one of about 60 coalition members of Health Care for All Oregon, which is working for an Oregon health care solution that will provide universal, publicly funded health coverage for all Oregon residents. Interviews with two of the group's officers and several concert-goers describe Mid-Valley activities and the state-wide campaign for universal health coverage, with the music of Gumbo in the background.