The Defender
By Clean Wisconsin: Your environmental voice since 1970
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Welcome to the Defender, Wisconsin's environmental podcast, where we talk about the most pressing environmental issues facing Wisconsin and how you can plug in to defend our air, water, land and climate. The Defender is hosted by former radio and TV journalist Amy Barrilleaux. She'll help cut through the jargon and all the misinformation that's out there and have real conversations about how to build a healthy, sustainable future. Every week, Amy talks with scientists, advocates, farmers, experts, and just everyday people who are working right here in Wisconsin to make a difference to protect this place we call home.
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How to protect the planet by doing nothing
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Wisconsin's Forbidden Fruit
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Data Center Secrets
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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The Climate March is Coming!
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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150 Million Reasons to Listen to This Episode
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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How much would you pay? Measuring the value of a clean environment
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Nothing to see here! Why the EPA says climate change won't hurt you
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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Lambscaping! Why WI sheep farmers are excited about solar farms
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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Move People, Not Oil
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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WI Supreme Court delivers victory for science
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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Latest on Line 5: The crude oil project that threatens northern Wisconsin
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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Where Art Meets Environmental Justice: Inspiring a Movement in Milwaukee
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Ready for a REAL Energy Crisis?
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Cows, Tall Grass & Wind Turbines
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Exposure to Pesticides and Your Health
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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The hidden pesticides that could be lurking in your pollinator garden
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Wisconsin's Class of 2025: The bright future of clean energy
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Jun 01, 2025 |
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Meet Wisconsin's Conservation Dogs!
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May 19, 2025 |
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Surprising environmental impacts of solar in Wisconsin
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May 12, 2025 |
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The Truth about No Mow May
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May 05, 2025 |
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Solar's Hype Girl: Meet the advocate convincing Wisconsinites to let the sunshine in
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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The long list of Trump Administration attacks on our environment
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Feast or Famine: What's ahead for Wisconsin's weather?
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Microplastics are in our bodies: How much do they hurt us?
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Farmers for Solar
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Wisconsin's bees are acting weird. Here's why.
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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From Grain to Glass: Why you should be drinking beer brewed with Kernza® grain
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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How to defend climate progress in WI and beyond
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Our Salty Waters: Are you using too much road salt?
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Trump's Threat to Safe Water (and how WI can fight back)
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Leaded Skies: A small town's fight against leaded aviation fuel
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Opening the door to joy: One woman's journey to get fossil fuels out of her home
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Introducing the Defender
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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How to Eat for the Environment
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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What Trump 2.0 means for our environment
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Nov 10, 2024 |
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Neurotoxins On Our Plates
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Oct 13, 2024 |
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A Case for Optimism: The energy transition we need, and what's standing in the way
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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All the Money in the World: The cost of removing PFAS from our environment
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Aug 18, 2024 |
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Supreme Court Power Grab
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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Who Are the Science Moms?
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Jun 02, 2024 |
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Three Cheers for Climate Beer!
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May 10, 2024 |
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No Mow May: Does it work?
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Apr 27, 2024 |
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Truth About Natural Gas
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Last Line of Defense: Battle over Wisconsin Gas Plant intensifies
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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A Toast to 1939
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Health Harms of 'Forever Chemicals'
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Uncovering Air Pollution
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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Wisconsin's Vanishing Bee
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Suppressing Solar? Alliant Energy, MG&E target home solar in rate plans
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Tainted Water: Dairy lobby sues Wisconsin over water protections
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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Farming the Sun: WI Farmers Find a Lifeline in Solar
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Jul 30, 2023 |
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The Disinformation Game
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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Confronting a Clean Energy Backlash
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May 17, 2023 |
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I'll drink to that! New Glarus Brewing Captures its Carbon
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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Solar vs Corn for Ethanol: Which land use produces the most energy?
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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Crisis of Contamination: Toxic PFAS in our Great Lakes
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Power to the People
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Kernza Crunch: The race to develop the world's first perennial grain crop
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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Trailer: This is the Defender
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Jan 27, 2020 |