EcoTalk

{{Short description|Environmental radio show}}

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{{Primary sources|date=July 2021}}

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EcoTalk, formerly TrashTalk, was a radio show on the Air America Radio network, hosted by Betsy Rosenberg.{{Cite web|title=About Betsy|url=https://blogsofbainbridge.typepad.com/ecotalkblog/2005/02/about_betsy.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-28|website=EcoTalk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050706025531/http://blogsofbainbridge.typepad.com:80/ecotalkblog/2005/02/about_betsy.html |archive-date=2005-07-06 }}{{Cite web|title=Betsy Rosenberg {{!}} Climate Abandoned|url=https://climateabandoned.com/betsy-rosenberg/|access-date=2021-07-28|website=climateabandoned.com}} Rosenberg is a long-time radio journalist, she spent much of her career with CBS Radio, specifically the "environmental issues" reporter for CBS's San Francisco station KCBS-AM.

The show launched on Earth Day 1997 on KCBS radio.{{Cite web|last=Goldrich|first=Lois|title='Where are the green people?'|url=https://njjewishnews.timesofisrael.com/where-are-the-green-people/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-28|website=New Jersey Jewish News|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417230311/https://njjewishnews.timesofisrael.com/where-are-the-green-people/ |archive-date=2021-04-17 }} The focus was originally on waste reduction, hence the original name TrashTalk: Sound Solutions for a Healthier Planet and People. In 2004, it expanded to an hour-long interview show and rebranded as EcoTalk. Around this time it also moved to Air America, broadcasting on 40 stations across the United States, making it the first nationally-syndicated radio show about environmentalism.

In May 2007, owing to the restructuring of Air America and a lack of funding, EcoTalk had its final episode.{{Cite web|title=EcoTalk's Final Show(?)|url=https://blogsofbainbridge.typepad.com/ecotalkblog/2007/05/ecotalks_final_.html|access-date=2021-07-28|website=EcoTalk's Archives}}