The Promised Land is a public radio program created and hosted by Majora Carter

Majora Carter

Majora Carter is an economic consultant, public radio host, and environmental justice advocate from the South Bronx area of New York City. Carter founded the non-profit environmental justice solutions corporation Sustainable South Bronx before entering the private sector.-Early life:Carter...

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It is produced by Launch Productions and distributed by American Public Media, and is most often heard on public radio stations in the United States.

In 2008, Majora Carter and Marge Ostroushko

Marge Ostroushko

Marge Ostroushko , is a public radio producer.-Early life:Ostroushko was born and raised in upstate New York. In 1973, she graduated from Wittenberg University with a Bachelor of Arts in East Asian Studies and Environmental Studies.-Career:In 2001, Ostroushko co-created the public radio show,...

 co-produced the pilot episode of The Promised Land, which won a 3-way competition for a Corporation for Public Broadcasting Talent Quest grant. 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

Peabody Award

The George Foster Peabody Awards recognize distinguished and meritorious public service by radio and television stations, networks, producing organizations and individuals. In 1939, the National Association of Broadcasters formed a committee to recognize outstanding achievement in radio broadcasting...

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Guests have included

Season 1:

Nalini Nadkarni

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 in 1984.-Career:Nadkarni's interest was first drawn...

 

Audrey and Frank Peterman

Brenda Palms Barber

John Francis (environmentalist)

John Francis (environmentalist)

John Francis 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 by a 1971 oil spill in San Francisco Bay, he stopped riding in motorized...

Winona LaDuke

Winona LaDuke

Winona LaDuke is a Native American activist, environmentalist, economist, and writer. In 1996 and 2000, she ran for vice president as the nominee of the United States Green Party, on a ticket headed by Ralph Nader. In the 2004 election, however, she endorsed one of Nader's opponents, Democratic...

Season 2:

Kyshun Webster

Nat Turner

Wilma Subra

Wilma Subra

Wilma Subra is an American environmental scientist.She graduated from the University of Southwestern Louisiana, and from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in microbiology, chemistry and computer sciences....

Vietnamese Fisherfolk

Sharon Hanshaw