''The Promised Land'' was a public radio program created and hosted by

Majora Carter Majora Carter (born October 27, 1966) is an American urban revitalization strategist and public radio host from the South Bronx area of New York City. Carter founded and led the non-profit environmental justice solutions corporation Sustainable S ...

. It was produced by Launch Productions and distributed by

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, and was most often heard on public radio stations in the United States. In 2008,

and Marge Ostroushko co-produced the pilot episode of The Promised Land, which won a 3-way competition for a

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Talent Quest <>. The one-hour programs debuted on over 150 public radio stations across the US on January 19, 2009, and has since earned a 2010

Peabody Award The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards or the Peabodys) program, named for the American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, honor the most powerful, enlightening, and invigorating stories in television, radio, and ...

.70th Annual Peabody Awards
May 2011.

Guests have included

Season 1:

Nalini Nadkarni Nalini Nadkarni is an American ecologist who pioneered the study of Costa Rican rain forest canopies. Using mountain climbing equipment to make her ascent, Nadkarni first took an inventory of the canopy in 1981, followed by two more inventories i ...

, Audrey and Frank Peterman, Brenda Palms Barber,

John Francis (environmentalist) John H. Francis III (born 1946) is an American environmentalist nicknamed The Planetwalker. Born in Philadelphia, the son of a West Indian immigrant, he moved to Marin County, California as a young man. After witnessing the devastation caused b ...

Winona LaDuke Winona LaDuke (born August 18, 1959) is an American economist, environmentalist, writer and industrial hemp grower, known for her work on tribal land claims and preservation, as well as sustainable development. In 1996 and 2000, she ran for Vice ...

. Season 2: Kyshun Webster, Nat Turner,

Wilma Subra Wilma Subra (born 1943) is an American environmental scientist. She is President of the Subra Company, an environmental consulting firm.

, Vietnamese Fisherfolk, Sharon Hanshaw.

Notes and references

External links

The Promised Land
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