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The Climate Pod is a wide-ranging conversation with leading experts on the politics, economics, activism, culture, science, and social justice issues at the heart of the climate crisis. Hear from guests like Jane Goodall, Bill McKibben, Al Roker, David Wallace-Wells, Katharine Hayhoe, Adam McKay, Bill Nye, Robert Bullard, Catherine Coleman Flowers, Ted Danson, Gina McCarthy, Paul Krugman, and many more. Hosted by Ty Benefiel. Opinions expressed by the host and guests are their own.

S1 E311 · Mon, January 20, 2025
How The New Deal Changed American Power (w/ Sandeep Vaheesan)
Prior to the New Deal, millions of rural Americans were quite literally living in the dark. Though electricity had been available for decades, it was out of reach for most living in America's countryside post-World War I. That all changed within a decade. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's approach to the power sector during the Great Depression transformed electrification and public utilities on rural life and dramatically modernized the American home throught the nation. In his new book, Democracy In Power, A History of Electrification in the United States , Sandeep Vaheesan explores the rapid economic and social changes brought about by the New Deal through initiatives like the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and Rural Electrification Act and argues that many lessons from the era are relevant today's push for climate action. Sandeep joins the show this week to explain how public competition in the 20th century stimulated power consumption and improved living standards in America. He explains why Americans were ready for change during the New Deal era, how federal initiatives would later power wartime efforts, and how decisions during FDR's presidency still impact the current landscape of public and cooperative utilities. We also explore the racial and gender inequality of the era and how many New Deal programs exacerbated injustices. Finally, Sandeep argues for public leadership in achieving decarbonization targets while ensuring democratic principles in power management. Sandeep Vaheesan is the legal director at the Open Markets Institute. He leads their legal research and advocacy, including the amicus program. Read Democracy In Power, A History of Electrification in the United States . As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel and our Substack, The Climate Weekly .
S1 E310 · Tue, December 31, 2024
How Climate Change Was Covered In 2024 (w/ Evlondo Cooper)
We're back for one last episode of 2024 with our most frequent guest on The Climate Pod! Evlondo Cooper is back on the show to review how climate change was covered in mainstream media over the course of the year. In this conversation, Evlondo Cooper discusses the evolving landscape of climate media, why it remains critical to connect extreme weather events to climate change, and how that still continues to be absent from major news coverage. He highlights the power of mainstream media in shaping public perception and the role of independent media is increasingly playing in providing in-depth coverage. We also explore the commercialization of Earth Day, missing coverage of COP29, and the need for more year-round focus on extreme weather events and the integration of attribution science to enhance climate reporting. Evlondo Cooper is a senior writer with the climate and energy program at Media Matters. Check out Evlondo's reporting here: https://www.mediamatters.org/author/evlondo-cooper Further Reading: Matt Norlander's article referenced in the conversation As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel and our Substack, The Climate Weekly .
S1 E309 · Thu, December 26, 2024
Facing The World At 3-Degrees Of Warming (w/ David Spratt)
What would the world look like at 3-degrees Celsius of warming above pre-industrial levels? In his latest work, Collision Course: 3-degrees of warming & humanity’s future, David Spratt explores the catastrophic implications of the planet we're heading towards as warming continues to accelerate. He argues we need to face up to realities of the crisis and have an honest discourse on risks and impacts already occuring. On the show this week, he joins us to discuss the significance of tipping points, and the systemic risks posed by climate change, and the non-linear, catastrophic impacts expected at 3-degrees. We also explore the dire implications for food security, agricultural yields, and social stability. David underscores the need for greater awareness and understanding of climate risks and the importance of leadership in tackling the climate crisis. David Spratt is a climate and policy analyst who serves as the Research Director for Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration. He is the co-author of the book Climate Code Red: The case for emergency action. Read Collision Course: 3-degrees of warming & humanity’s future As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel and our Substack, The Climate Weekly .
S1 E308 · Thu, December 19, 2024
The Complex Problems With Critical Metals (w/ Vince Beiser)
We're undergoing a necessary renewable energy transition. And this transition will require an enormous amount of critical metals in order to power an economy without fossil fuels. Today, the processes we use to extract these materials - from copper, nickel, lithium, and more - are causing harm to both humans and our physical environment. So what do we do about it? In his new book, Power Metal: The Race for the Resources That Will Shape the Future , Vince Beiser argues that there are huge opportunities to make mining safer, recycle more metals, and use less energy to help lessen the burden. Though the critical metals necessary for the transition to renewable energy and electric vehicles will never come without trade-offs, it's clear we could be doing much better. In this conversation, Beiser discusses the most pressing environmental damage and human rights concerns facing critical metals and how we could start to confront the problem. We also talk about the geopolitical implications of China's dominance in the critical metals supply chain, the scale of demand for metals, and the need for equitable solutions in the energy transition. Finally, we explore deep sea mining, the challenges and opportunities in recycling metals, the growing right to repair movement, and the importance of reducing energy consumption to help ease demand. Vince Beiser is an award-winning journalist and author. His first book, The World in a Grain , was a finalist for the PEN / E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award and a California Book Award. His work has appeared in Wired, Harper’s Magazine, The Atlantic, and The New York Times, among other publications. Read Power Metal: The Race for the Resources That Will Shape the Future Check out Vince's Substack, Power Metals As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel and our Substack, The Climate Weekly .
S1 E307 · Wed, December 11, 2024
A Philosophical Conversation On Climate Change With Todd May
What do human beings owe planet Earth? How are we responsible to future generations? Those are some pretty weighty questions. But in reality, if you're confronting the climate crisis, it should bring about some pretty weighty philosophical issues, shouldn't it? So to help, we called in popular philospher Todd May to guide us through tackling some of those biggest of big picture questions we could ponder. A renowned philosopher and advisor to NBC’s The Good Place with 18(!) books published on philosophy, Todd has a wide area of expertise that includes thinking critically about humanity's role in the climate crisis and our moral responsibility to act. Now, he's out with a new book, Should We Go Extinct? A Philosophical Dilemma for Our Unbearable Times , that explores these issues from a philosopher's perspective. In this conversation, we explore the moral implications of human existence in the context of the climate crisis, how we should think about future generations, and why it's critical to pay attention to the interconnectedness of environmental issues. We also examine the importance of recognizing our role within the natural world and our moral responsibility in the face of ongoing deforestation, factory farming, and ecosystem damage. Todd's p hilosophical inquiries help show us how we can navigate the complexities of existence and focus our attention on critical actions, even when simple answers to big picture questionsa are unavailable. Todd May is a philosopher and the author of eighteen books of philosophy, was a philosophical advisor to the television sit-com The Good Place and currently teaches at Warren Wilson College. Read Should We Go Extinct? A Philosophical Dilemma for Our Unbearable Times <span class= "MuiTypography-root Mu
S1 E306 · Wed, December 04, 2024
How To Deal With Climate Anxiety (w/ Kate Schapira)
If you're a regular listener of this show or often engage with the facts of the climate crisis, it's likely you experience a fair deal of climate anxiety. I know I do. So I wanted to dive into those feelings and how to think about processing it all. For over a decade, Kate Schapira has been having these conversations as a part of her Climate Anxiety Counseling Booth. Now, she has a new book out, Lessons from the Climate Anxiety Counseling Booth - How to Live with Care and Purpose in an Endangered World , to document that work and more. She joins the show this week to share her journey into understanding climate change's emotional impact, the importance of listening, and why creating intentional spaces for dialogue is critical. We also explore the complexities of communicating trauma, navigating uncertainty, and the competing feelings of despair and hope we can all feel in the face of unfolding climate crises. This is a really great conversation, especially if you've felt particularly anxious about all the extreme weather and climate impacts we've seen unfold this year. Kate Schapira is a professor of nonfiction writing at Brown University and work on local efforts toward environmental justice, climate justice and peer mental health support in her home in Providence. She’s the author of six books of poetry. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E305 · Thu, November 28, 2024
COP29: Breaking Down The Results (w/ Dharna Noor)
COP29 is over. A new agreement has been struck. So what the hell happened? Climate reporter Dharna Noor is here to explain. She was on the ground during the conference to cover it all and she's on the show this week to deep dive into the results and what it means for global climate action. Dharna discusses the complexities and stakes surrounding COP29, how the central theme of climate finance shaped the conference, and the key takeaways of the final agreement. We also discuss the tension between the Global North and South during negotations, the wild events that unfolded during negotiations, and the importance of good reporting and press coverage during these multilateral discussions. Dharna Noor is a fossil fuels and climate reporter at Guardian US. Prior to that, Dharna was the Boston Globe's climate producer, worked as a staff writer at Earther, where she also co-produced a season of the podcast Drilled on the fossil fuel industry's influence on education. Check out Dharna's reporting here . Check out all of The Guardians's COP29 reporting here . As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E304 · Thu, November 21, 2024
The Threat Of Warming Oceans And Superstorms (w/ Porter Fox)
“Among the growing effects of the climate crisis, the evolution of hurricanes is one of the more immediate and destructive.” Our oceans are warming. Superstorms are intensifying. In Porter Fox's new book, the accelerating danger resulting from these two realities of the climate crisis is on full display. And Fox is no stranger to the ocean - as a longtime sailor and decades-long climate writer, he literally confronts deadly storms in his reporting. Now, with latest book, Category Five, Superstorms and the Warming Oceans that Feed Them , he's unpacking what he's heard from scientists and explorers alike to mark the changes we've already seen with oceans and superstorms and what's in store as warming accelerates. He joins this week to talk about the damage we're seeing from natural disasters, the disparity in disaster responses, and why he wanted to combine memoir and climate science for this book. Porter Fox is a writer and author of books like The Last Winter and Northland. He writes and edits the award-winning literary travel writing journal Nowhere, teaches at Columbia University School of the Arts and is a MacDowell Fellow. Read Category Five, Superstorms and the Warming Oceans that Feed Them As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
Wed, October 09, 2024
Climate Change Is Literally Transforming Our Brains (w/ Clayton Page Aldern)
As our environment changes, so do our brains. Climate changes impact our physical environments is many noticeable ways, but it's also changing us on the inside as well. Clayton Page Aldern is a neuroscientist turned environmental journalist who has unpacked this phenomenon in his new book, The Weight of Nature: How A Changing Climate Changes Our Brains . He joins the show this week to discuss how our brains adapt to climate change and limits we face, how shifting baseline syndrome impacts climate action, what's happening to our brains under rising temperatures, and what climate changes tell us about broader ideas surrounding free will. Clayton's work has appeared in The Atlantic, The Guardian, The New Republic, Mother Jones, Vox, Newsweek, The Economist, Scientific American, and Grist, where he is a senior data reporter. Read The Weight of Nature: How A Changing Climate Changes Our Bra ins As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E302 · Thu, September 19, 2024
Ed Begley Jr. On His Life in Entertainment And Climate Activism
For 57 years, Ed Begley Jr. has been in literally hundreds of your favorite movies and television shows. And during those years, he's also established himself as one of the most prominent voices in Hollywood on environmental sustainability and climate action. Now, he’s with a new memoir, To the Temple of Tranquility…And Step On It!, which recounts his life in both entertainment and environmental and climate advocate. Ed joins us on the show this week to discuss his life and career. We talk about his early days as a stand up comic, how he initially got into activism, his friendship with Cesar Chavez, mulling over bizarre clean energy ideas with Marlon Brando, finding common ground with Arnold Schwarzenegger, and why 1970s Los Angeles was such a great time and place for activism in entertainment. We also discuss his more recent roles in shows like Better Call Saul and why more great climate storytelling is happening, like with his friend Paul Schrader's 2017 film First Reformed. Read To the Temple of Tranquility…And Step On It! As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E301 · Wed, July 24, 2024
Will The Climate Movement Handle The Pressure Of 2024? (w/ Rev. Lennox Yearwood)
The climate movement faces mounting pressure in 2024. Record-setting temperatures and extreme weather disasters continue to devastate over a turbulent summer. Prominent plans to roll back environmental regulations and stiffle climate mitigation and adaptation initiatives have movement leaders pushing back on attacks. Is the climate movement able to handle the pressure at this critical moment? Few people are as equipped to answer that question as Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. Over his decades of climate and progressive leadership, Rev. Yearwood has advanced climate solutions with policymaking, culture change, direct action, and more. And he's part of a new initiative to educate people on critical issues like climate change during this transmorative year. The “ 2024 & Beyond: Creating Our Shared Future ” campaign is reaching out with open town halls to educate and debate on key political issues and building a network of experts and organizations like Center for Climate Justice, Center for Popular Democracy, Hip Hop Caucus, Greenpeace, and Center for Oil and Gas Organizing. Rev. Yearwood Jr. joins the show this week to discuss his life and work, how change actually happens in the climate movement, why the climate movement needs to address its own weaknesses, and what strategies will be most effective in advancing progress and fighting off attacks. Rev. Yearwood Jr. is the President & CEO of Hip Hop Caucus. He is the host of the award-winning climate and environmental justice podcast The Coolest Show, Senior Advisor of Bloomberg Philanthropies Beyond Petrochemicals Campaign, and one of the most innovative advocates and strategists for racial justice and climate justice. He is a White House Champion of Change for Climate leadership and according to Rolling Stone he is a “New Green Hero.” Related Links: 2024 & Beyond: Creating Our Shared Future Hip Hop Caucus As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. O
S1 E300 · Wed, July 17, 2024
Fragile Insurers, Risky Mortgages, and the Climate Crisis (w/ Prof. Pari Sastry)
In 2008, the world economic system was rocked by a financial crisis that stemmed from risky mortgages being securitized and sold as safe investments to unknowing investors. Misaligned incentives, unpriced risk, deceptive selling practices, and a lack of regulatory scrutiny throughout the financial industry led to the Great Recession, the consequences of which we're still feeling in a variety of ways today. While somewhat different from what preceded the 2008 financial crisis, there are clear parallels with what's happening in the home insurance and mortgage markets in areas most at risk to damage from climate-worsened storms. As large, traditional insurance companies are leaving states like Florida, California, and Louisiana because the damages from hurricanes, floods, and wildfires have become too large, new insurance companies are replacing them. These companies are smaller, less diverse, and rely on a ratings agency known to provide good ratings to underserving companies. Unsurprisingly, when climate catastrophes hit, these insurers often go bankrupt, leaving home owners and their banks with a destroyed home and asset without the funds to rebuild or even repair. And the implications of this aren't isolated to the local level, because most of these mortgages are securitized and sold at the national level. This week, Prof. Pari Sastry joins the show to discuss her recent paper "When Insurers Exit: Climate Losses, Fragile Insurers, and Mortgage Markets". This paper explains how the home home mortgage, insurance markets, and global economy are interconnected and how the climate crisis is impacting all three. As the world is still recovering from the 2008 financial crisis, it's shocking to see the early stages of what appears to be some of the same causes play out today. And we know that the climate crisis is only going to increase the number of severe weather events, which will put an even greater strain on insurance and mortgage companies, further worsening an already fragile relationship. Prof. Pari Sastry is an Assistant Professor of Finance at Columbia Business School where she focuses her research on climate finance. Read "When Insurers Exit": https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4674279 As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTub
S1 E299 · Wed, July 10, 2024
How To Win Climate Arguments And Influence People (w/ Dr. Genevieve Guenther)
Bad actors continue to push fake talking points to obscure the truth on climate change and slow down action. So how we combat these common myths and inspire people to do more? That's the focus of today's show and a new book by our guest, Dr. Genevieve Guenther. In her new book, The Language of Climate Politics: Fossil-Fuel Propaganda and How to Fight It , Guenther argues that climate leaders should use sharper language that argues for transformative action and a windfall of benefits in the face of the massive, destructive threat of climate change. She joins the show to discuss how we talk about the costs of clean energy, why the "India and China" excuse needs to stop in American climate discource, and why dramatic drops in clean energy costs have lead some to be complacent on climate. Genevieve Guenther s the founding director of End Climate Silence and affiliate faculty at The New School, where she sits on the board of the Tishman Environment and Design Center. Her research has appeared in both scholarly journals and media outlets such as Scientific American, The New Republic, and MSNBC. You can purchase The Language of Climate Politics: Fossil-Fuel Propaganda and How to Fight It here . As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E298 · Wed, June 26, 2024
Highways Are Horrible For Climate Change. How Does The Problem Keep Expanding?
For 70 years, building out and expanding American highways have been core parts to the entire US transportation project. But the initial effort to connect cities and states has created gigantic problems in the subsequent decades. Instead of fixing many of these critical issues, too often we see cities and states double down on the problem and make our transportation system worse. And carbon emissions from the transportation sector are a huge part of the climate fight. So what do we do about highways as these roads continue to expand and draw investment? Our guest, Megan Kimble, has been looking for the answers. In her new book, City Limits: Infrastructure, Inequality, and The Future of America's Highways, she both looks back at the origins of the American highway system and examines today's fight to determine what is happening and how decisions are being made that design our transportation system. We discuss the "freeway fighters" that are working to remove highways and prevent highways from being expanded, how federal investments favor highways over transit, how highways have been used to exacerbate racial inequities, and why climate activists are helping to make change. Megan Kimble is an investigative journalist and former executive editor at The Texas Observer. She has written about housing, transportation, and urban development for The New York Times, Texas Monthly, The Guardian, and Bloomberg CityLab. Check out City Limits: Infrastructure, Inequality, and The Future of America's Highways As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E297 · Wed, June 19, 2024
US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm on America's Clean Energy Mission
President Biden campaigned on the promises of producing 100% of America's electricity with clean energy resources by 2035 and getting America's economy to Net Zero emissions by 2050. Since President Biden took office, the US Congress has passed the Bi-partisan Infrastructure Law, the Inflation Reduction Act, and the CHIPs and Science Act - all aimed at helping America transition to a clean energy economy. In addition to creating incentives for private companies to invest in clean energy manufacturing in America, those three bills also provided billions of dollars to the United States Department of Energy to oversee the research, development, and deployment of clean energy technologies. Secretary Jennifer Granholm has led the Department of Energy throughout the entire Biden Administration and has completely restructured the Department to achieve President Biden's clean energy goals for America. This week, Secretary Granholm joins The Climate Pod to discuss how the DOE helps enable the deployment of new clean energy technologies, what should be done about technology companies ramping up their energy consumption due to massive data centers, what the DOE could look like under a second Biden or Trump presidential term, and so much more. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E296 · Wed, June 12, 2024
Grief, Racism, and the Climate Crisis (w/ Mary Annaïse Heglar)
Mary Annaïse Heglar is back on the show to discuss her new book "Troubled Waters", a fictional account of a young Black woman in Mississippi that uses direct action against the fossil fuel industry as a healing mechanism for her own grief, while also learning about the grief and trauma that her own grandmother carries with her from her days at the center of the Civil Rights movement. Mary Annaïse Heglar is one of the great essayists and writers about the climate crisis, climate grief, and climate justice. Buy " Troubled Waters " Buy " The World is Ours to Cherish " As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E295 · Wed, June 05, 2024
What Will The Future Of Climate Denial Look Like? (w/ Tad DeLay)
The climate movement is used to fight denial. Few who do this work escape the need to push back against critics claiming that human-created carbon dioxide emissions don't cause dangerous warming. But as the crisis becomes more clear and everpresent, it's time to expand our definition of climate denial, argues author Tad DeLay. In his new book, Future of Denial: The Ideologies of Climate Change , DeLay confronts the idea that we are rarely facing up to the real facts of the crisis and allowing for a great deal of harm to take place as a result. He joins the show to discuss what the Left often misses when it comes to the facts of climate change, why a more honest conversation is unnecessary, and what he fears most as more people are harmed by both the crisis and the reaction to it. Tad DeLay, PhD is a philosopher, religion scholar, and interdisciplinary critical theorist. He is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy in Baltimore. He is the author of multiple books, including his latest, Future of Denial: The Ideologies of Climate Change . As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E294 · Wed, May 29, 2024
We Need More Climate People (w/ Tom Steyer)
Hundreds of billions of dollars have already been invested in clean energy projects in America since the Inflation Reduction Act was passed in 2022. With that level of spending, clean energy jobs are on the rise, meaning there's never been a better time to start a career focused on combating the climate crisis. The variety of roles in clean energy jobs means there are plenty of ways you can become a "Climate Person" in your professional life, even if you've been one in your personal life for a while. Being a "Climate Person" also isn't restricted to just careers in clean energy, but also means incorporating climate solutions into whatever it is you do for a living. Tom Steyer, co-founder of Galvanize Climate Solutions, founder of NextGen Climate America, and 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary Candidate joins the show this week to discuss his new book "Cheaper, Faster, Better: How We'll Win the Climate War" and strategies for becoming a "Climate Person" at a time when the world needs more of them than ever. We also talk about how turning politicians, business leaders, and investors into climate people will be critical to the sustainability of human life on our planet. Read " Cheaper, Faster, Better " Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E293 · Wed, May 22, 2024
The Complex Threat Of Sea Level Rise (w/ Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters Brady Dennis and Chris Mooney)
This week, two Pultizer Prize-winning reporters join the show to discuss their new investigative series, “The Drowning South," and how the threat of sea level rise is causing a number of complex problems in America's southern coastal cities. The Washington Post's Chris Mooney, a reporter covering climate change, energy and the environment, and Brady Dennis, a reporter focusing on environmental policy, public health issues and climate impacts, explain why the American south is facing an unusual amount of problems with sea level rise, what's happening in the region compared to other parts of the country, and how flooding is causing a variety of issues testing local areas' ability to adapt. The first three stories of “The Drowning South” series are available here: The New Face of Flooding A Hidden Threat <strong
S1 E292 · Wed, May 15, 2024
Groundbreaking Economic Study Suggests Greater Climate Damages (w/ Dr. Adrien Bilal and Dr. Diego Kaenzig)
In 2018, economist William Nordhaus won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his Dynamic Integrated Climate-Economy model, which was the first neoclassical growth model to incorporate the impacts of a warming planet on the global economy. While celebrated for its economic innovations, the DICE model and its outputs have been criticized by climate scientists for not adequately considering the devastating impacts that a rapidly warming planet will have on the environment, human wellbeing, and the economy. Conventional attempts of forecasting GDP impacts of a one degree increase in global temperatures using the DICE model typically produce estimates of little more than a 1% decrease in global GDP. Critics argue that by downplaying the future economic costs resulting from a warming planet, these types of economic models make it easier for policymakers to justify delaying actions now to reduce emissions and slow or even stop global warming. But in a new paper titled "The Macroeconomic Impact of Climate Change: Global vs Local Temperature", Dr. Adrien Bilal and Dr. Diego Kaenzig unveil a new model to predict the impact that global warming will have on the global economy. Their findings suggest previous studies were significantly off and, in fact, global GDP will be drastically reduced if the planet continues to warm on its current trajectory. Dr. Bilal and Dr. Kaenzig join The Climate Pod to discuss their new paper, how their approach differed from previous attempts at quantifying the economic impact of climate change, and what this means for policymakers. Dr. Adrien Bilal is an Assistant Economics Professor at Harvard University. Dr. Diego Kaenzig is an Assistant Economics Professor at Northwestern University. Read the paper here: https://www.nber.org/papers/w32450 As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E291 · Wed, May 08, 2024
Is Climate Anxiety Keeping People From Having Children? (w/ Dr. Jade Sasser)
Over the past five years, there have been several studies showing how the climate crisis is impacting major life decisions. Whether it’s where to live, how to invest, or what to study, young people today are being forced to confront a climate-worsened future and decide what’s best for their personal situation given the very public failures of leaders to limit global warming. One particular decision that has received a lot of public attention is whether or not to have a child in the middle of a climate crisis. These studies are appearing more frequently than ever before as the climate crisis becomes more apparent than ever, but almost all of these studies fail to incorporate how this decision is impacted by the respondent's race. Dr. Jade Sasser joins the podcast this week to talk about how climate anxiety is affecting some of life's biggest decisions. Dr. Jade Sasser is an Associate Professor at the University of California Riverside and the author of the new book "Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question: Deciding Whether to Have Children in an Uncertain Future." Not only does this book explore the anxieties and hesitations that people have about bringing children into a world in the midst of a climate crisis, but it also looks at how the climate crisis exacerbates other social inequities and how climate anxiety affects people of different races differently. Read " Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question " Listen to Dr. Sasser's podcast " Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question " As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E290 · Wed, May 01, 2024
Why Is Climate Change Missing In Our Movies? (w/ Anna Jane Joyner and Matthew Schneider-Mayerson)
Popular films have massive influence over our culture. It's where we go to see the biggest stories on the biggest screen. It's where we go to see Nicole Kidman do that weird commerical before the film starts. Movies are really, really important. So, why isn't the climate crisis, one of the defining issues of our time, on the silver screen more often. That's a question Anna Jane Joyner and Matthew Schneider-Mayerson are investigating. Together, they put together a new report, Climate Reality On-Screen: The Climate Crisis in Popular Films, 2013–22 , which outlines how often the climate crisis is showing up in famous flicks and how often we see characters aware of its existence on screen. This week, Anna Jane and Matthew explain their findings, what it means for the industry, our politics, and how filmmakers can do better going forward. Anna Jane Joyner is a climate story consultant and the founder and director of Good Energy. Matthew Schneider-Mayerson is an associate professor of English and environmental studies at Colby College. Read their report, Climate Reality On-Screen: The Climate Crisis in Popular Films, 2013–22 here . As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E289 · Mon, April 22, 2024
The American Climate Corps Explained (with White House National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi)
The American Climate Corps, an initiative that will employ 20,000 Americans in its first year to combat the climate crisis, is launching this week as the Biden Administration delivers on another campaign promise. Learning from previous national service programs such as FDR's Civilian Conservation Corps and AmeriCorps, the American Climate Corps will give young people the opportunity to learn new skills, build a pathway to a career in the clean energy economy, and earn a competitive wage. On this special Earth Day 2024 episode, White House National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi joins us to explain how the American Climate Corps works, how people can participate, and why more money should be invested in growing the program to expand its reach and impact. We also talk about President Biden's Solar For All announcement which will fund $7 Billion in clean energy grants. Learn more about the American Climate Corps at www.ACC.gov As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E288 · Wed, April 17, 2024
CNN's Bill Weir On The Life Lessons Found In Climate Reporting
For years, we've watched as Bill Weir has brought climate storytelling to one of the biggest news networks on television. On CNN, Bill has traveled the world to cover everything from extreme weather disasters to cutting-edge climate solutions. And throughout an incredibly eventful career, he's learned life lessons he hopes his children and others will consider to preserve what we love most on this warming planet. Bill joins the show this week to explain why chose this career path, what he enjoyed most about his early days as a sports reporter and actor, and what he sets out to accomplish every day on the climate beat. Bill Weir is the Chief Climate Correspondent at CNN. He’s an Emmy Award-winning journalist, who has reported from all fifty states and more than 50 countries on every continent. His new book is Life as we Know it (Can Be) - Stories of People, Climate, and Hope in a Changing World . As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E287 · Wed, April 10, 2024
The Washington Post's Shannon Osaka On Microplastics, Extreme Weather Costs, And Covering Climate In 2024
Shannon Osaka has been one of our favorite climate journalists for years. So we were incredibly excited to have her on this week for a wide-ranging conversation on a variety of climate issues - like microplastics, extreme weather costs in the US, and covering climate change as we exceed 1.5 degrees of warming above pre-industrial levels. Shannon also explains how she got into climate journalism after studying the science of climate change, how she approaches her work, and the challenges of covering climate in 2024. Shannon Osaka is a climate reporter covering policy, culture, and science for The Washington Post. Read her recent pieces we discuss on this week's episode: Why Americans pay so much more than anyone else for weather disasters With microplastics, scientists are in a race against time Earth breached a feared level of warming over the past year. Are we doomed? Read more of Shannon's work here As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E286 · Wed, April 03, 2024
Why Capitalism Won't Save the Planet (w/ Brett Christophers)
For decades, the biggest pushback against renewable energy was that it was more expensive to generate than electricity that came from the burning of fossil fuels. But all that changed in 2016 when both solar and wind-generated electricity became cheaper than electricity generated by coal and natural gas, at least when using the industry-standard metric, Levelized Cost of Energy. Despite the fact that renewable energy has overcome its biggest obstacle and can now be generated cheaper than fossil fuels, investments in fossil fuels continue to increase and new renewable generation development is not keeping pace with increases in demand. What happened? Brett Christophers is a Professor at the Institute for Housing and Urban Research at Uppsala University. He joined the podcast this week to explain why price isn't the most important metric to look at when determining the prospects for the development of clean energy projects. His new book, "The Price is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won't Save the Planet", provides some answers to the question of why renewables aren't growing as quickly as we need them to, given that the price of renewables have fallen well below their fossil fuel counterparts. His critiques of capitalism, energy markets, and our fascination with the Levelized Cost of Energy are some of the most compelling arguments you're likely to hear on why we need transformative changes instead of incremental reforms to our existing economic system, especially when it comes to how electricity is bought and sold. Read " The Price is Wrong " As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E285 · Wed, March 27, 2024
How Do You Behave Ethically In A Climate Crisis? (w/ Travis Rieder)
The climate crisis presents us with a number of moral challenges. We all produce emissions, but there are massive differences and inequities in how much pollution each individual is responsible for and who is harmed the most by the consequences. As the very real impacts of the crisis only become more obvious and deadly, we continue to ask ourselves: what is our responsibility? In this week's show, we dig into some of the tough ethical considerations for living in a climate crisis. To do so, we talk to Travis Rieder, an associate research professor at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. Rieder is the author of multiple books including In Pain: A Bioethicist’s Personal Struggle with Opioids . His latest book is Catastrophe Ethics: How to Choose Well in a World of Tough Choices . We discuss the conversations around individual responsibility vs. collective action, how to determine our best path for fighting climate change, and what it means to exist between purity and nihilism. Read Catastrophe Ethics: How to Choose Well in a World of Tough Choices As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E284 · Wed, March 20, 2024
Elizabeth Kolbert on Climate Rhetoric vs Climate Reality
In 2021, Greta Thunberg spoke to the youth climate movement at an event leading up to COP26. Her famous "Blah, Blah, Blah" speech contrasted all of the things world leaders had said about the climate crisis and what those same leaders had actually done to reduce emissions and create policies to mitigate and adapt to the climate crisis. Three years later, very little has changed. Of the 128 countries that set Net Zero goals, only five percent have taken the required first steps toward achieving those goals. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Elizabeth Kolbert joins the podcast this week to discuss how the climate crisis gets talked about by world leaders, activists, scientists, and the media may differ from the actual facts of the world's warming situation. Her new book "H is for Hope: Climate Change from A to Z" is a collection of 26 essays on various aspects of the climate crisis which tell the complete picture of what's going on, what's led us to this point, and where we could go from here. Like Elizabeth's previous books, such as "Field Notes from a Catastrophe", "The Sixth Extinction", and "Under a White Sky", "H is for Hope" is an insightful and sobering book from one of today's great climate writers. Read "H is for Hope" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E283 · Wed, March 13, 2024
Degrowth, Malthus, and the Climate Crisis (w/ Giorgos Kallis)
Over the last century, economic growth, as measured by increases in countries' Gross Domestic Product, has been the key indicator of success. And while GDP has skyrocketed in many countries, so has fossil fuel use, deforestation, and the destruction of natural ecosystems. On top of that, inequality has actually gotten worse in many countries and incomes, adjusted for inflation, have stagnated for many parts of these "growing" economies. It seems this relentless focus on growth has not created the kind of world that most people want to live in. Professor Giorgos Kallis is an ecological economist, political ecologist, and Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies Professor at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology in Barcelona. He's also the author of several books about degrowth economics - the field of economics that questions the insatiable need for growth and seeks an alternative societal structure that supports everyone, regardless of a country's ability to grow GDP. Professor Kallis joins the show to talk about degrowth economics and why it is critical to achieve the degrowth goals if we want to reduce the negative impacts of the climate crisis. We also discuss the role that 18th century philosopher and theologian Thomas Malthus had on modern economics, why he was so wrong about inequality and limits, and some of the ideas that get attributed to him that weren't actually his. Check out these two books by Professor Kallis: "The Case for Degrowth" "Limits: Why Malthus Was Wrong and Why Environmentalists Should Care" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E282 · Wed, March 06, 2024
The Adventurers Behind A Thrilling New Climate Documentary (w/ Dr. Lonnie Thompson, Danny O'Malley, and Dr. Alex Rivest)
It's incredible how dramatic climate science can be. That was my first thought after I watched the new documentary, Canary , which chronicles the life and career of Dr. Lonnie Thompson. This week, the subject behind the film, Dr. Thompson, and the co-directors of the documentary, Danny O'Malley and Dr. Alex Rivest, explain how the film came together and the thrilling story behind its development. We discuss how to tell compelling climate stories, what motivates their work, and what decades of glacier science can teach us about the climate crisis. Lonnie G. Thompson, a Distinguished University Professor at The Ohio State University, and senior research scientist, specializes in paleoclimatology, ice cores, and climate change. Alex Rivest is a Massachusetts Institute of Technology-trained PhD Neuroscientist. Having worked alongside Nobel Prize winner Dr. Susumu Tonegawa, his research has been published in two of the most highly renowned scientific journals, Science and Nature Neuroscience. Danny O'Malley is a Grammy nominated and James Beard nominated film director. Best known for his work on Netflix's Chef's Table, where he serves as co-executive producer and a director. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Rent Canary
S1 E281 · Wed, February 28, 2024
How Can The Climate Movement Build Real Power? (w/ Dana Fisher)
Who can the climate movement turn to for real change? Politicians? Business leaders? International negotiators? The reality, as Professor Dana Fisher argues, is that despite major gains for climate action in recent years, none of our leaders are adequately advancing solutions at the speed and scale neccessary to meet the actual crisis we face. And because we need change to happen much faster, the climate movement needs to build its own power in order to help solve the biggest problems in ever sector of society. So how do we actually do that? We explore that on today's show and discuss Professor Fisher's new book Saving Ourselves - From Climate Shocks to Climate Action . We discuss what the climate movement can learn from international efforts like the Paris Agreement and the Kyoto Protocal, how the successes of the Civil Rights Movement and other social movements can guide climate activists, and how climate activism is changing as we approach major elections in 2024. Dana R. Fisher is the director of the Center for Environment, Community, and Equity and a professor at the School of International Service at American University. Read Saving Ourselves - From Climate Shocks to Climate Action As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E280 · Wed, February 21, 2024
What's Keeping Nuclear Energy From Playing a Larger Role in Decarbonization? (w/ Dr. Matt Bowen)
The International Energy Agency, among other prominent modelers of our energy future, projects that nuclear energy's current global capacity must double by 2050 in order for the world to hit its decarbonization goals. The annual investments needed to reach this doubling far exceed anything that's being invested today in new nuclear facilities. Just one new nuclear reactor has been successfully built in the United States in the last 30 years, and the United States hasn't financed new reactors in other countries for decades. If the United States is truly committed to reducing emissions, why aren't we seeing more investment in nuclear energy, a base fuel that could replace coal and natural gas? How do other countries compare to the United States when it comes to investments in new nuclear energy, the costs and project timelines of new nuclear construction, and the regulations and incentives? Dr. Matt Bowen from the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA joins the podcast today to answer these questions and to provide a detailed look at the current nuclear energy landscape around the world. Further Reading: The Uncertain Costs of New Nuclear Reactors A Critical Disconnect Improving the Efficiency of NRC Power Reactor Licensing Comparing Government Financing of Reactor Exports And check out the upcoming Columbia webinar: https://www.energypolicy. columbia.edu/events/reactor- costs-and-decarbonization- efforts/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/5WYHsmy91Rdc3Ore4ENhx8?si=jQQfcBoOSe6SPbLKie9
S1 E279 · Wed, February 14, 2024
Why Is 'New Climate Denial' So Popular On Social Media? (w/ Imran Ahmed)
"It is vital that those advocating for action to avert climate disaster take note of this substantial shift from denial of anthropogenic climate change to undermining trust in both solutions and science itself, and shift our focus, our resources and our counternarratives accordingly." In the introduction to a new report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate US/UK , founder and CEO Imran Ahmed makes the case that it's a new kind of climate denialism that is spreading so quickly on social platforms. Why? Not only is it due to the lack of content moderation from Big Tech companies and a willingness of cynical media personalities on these platforms to take up the denier mantle, but also an economic incentive structure for content creators that supports misinformation. Imran Ahmed joins the show this week to discuss The New Climate Denial: How social media platforms and content producers profit by spreading new forms of climate denial? and how social media platforms and legislators can help stop the dominance of misinformation online and what could happen if we don't. Read The New Climate Denial As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E278 · Wed, February 07, 2024
2024 is Forecasted to Pass 1.5 Degrees - What Does That Mean? (w/ Dr. Nick Dunstone and Dr. Richard Betts)
In 2015, representatives from all countries attending COP21 agreed to limit global average temperature rise to well below 2.0 degrees Celsius above pre-Industrial levels and to aim for a 1.5 degree rise. Flash forward less than a decade, and the United Kingdom Meteorological Office is forecasting the average annual temperature for 2024 to likely be more than 1.5 degrees warmer than pre-Industrial levels. As the world continues to break annual, monthly, and daily temperature records, what does it mean that we're now exceeding the 1.5 degree threshold so soon after the Paris Agreement? To help us understand the importance of this forecast, Dr. Nick Dunstone, leader of the Climate Dynamics Group at the Met Office and one of the scientists that conducted the forecast, joins the show to discuss what it means that 2024 may exceed the 1.5 degree threshold, the factors causing the record-breaking temperature, and what people and policymakers should take away from this historic milestone. Dr. Richard Betts, Head of the Climate Impacts Strategic Area at the Met Office, is also on today's episode to discuss his team's recent forecast of CO2 concentration in the atmosphere. As CO2 emissions continue to rise, it's no surprise that temperatures continue to rise as well. Dr. Betts helps explain the factors that contribute to 2024's record increase in CO2 concentration and provide context to this year's forecast. Read The Met's 2024 Temperature Forecast Read The Met's 2024 CO2 Concentration Forecast As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E277 · Wed, January 31, 2024
The New Politics Of The Climate Crisis Era (w/ Ajay Singh Chaudhary)
We witness the climate crisis every day. Unfolding on our news feeds, impacting our communities, and undeniably causing unfathomable, inequitable harm across the planet. We lament the lack of urgency in our political leaders and even find ourselves frustrated by complacency in the public's push for climate action. But we truly are in a transformative moment - though how we meet this moment remains uncertain. The changing politics of our time is the focus of Ajay Singh Chaudhary's new book, The Exhausted of the Earth : Politics In A Burning World. He joins the show to discuss some of the big philosophical and social considerations as the climate crisis continues to change everything. Ajay Singh Chaudhary is the executive director of the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research and a core faculty member specializing in social and political theory. Read The Exhausted of the Earth As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E276 · Wed, January 24, 2024
The Immediate Benefits of Decarbonization (w/ Dr. Drew Shindell)
The negative impacts of climate change are almost always depicted on a global scale and decades-long timeframe. However, the positive impacts of reducing the use of fossil fuels are realized at the local level and almost immediately. The co-authors of the recently published paper, "Reductions in Premature Deaths from Heat and Particulate Matter Air Pollution in South Asia, China, and the United States Under Decarbonization", found that the near term health benefits of moving to a clean energy-fueled society far outweigh the costs of the clean energy transition, because death rates from air pollution and excessive heat are reduced drastically. How much and when those death rates depend on region-specific variables, but across the board, any country that decarbonizes will see both near term and long term benefits to the health of their citizens. Dr. Drew Shindell, the Nicholas Professor of Earth Science at Duke University, joined The Climate Pod this week to discuss the paper that he co-wrote and other research he has done on methane and the co-benefits of transitioning our world beyond its current reliance on fossil fuels. Follow Dr. Shindell's work here: https://nicholas.duke.edu/people/faculty/shindell Read the paper here: https://www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.1073/pnas.2312832120 As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E275 · Wed, January 17, 2024
Can Mass Protest Movements Deliver Climate Revolution? (w/ Vincent Bevins)
"From 2010 to 2020, more people participated in protests than at any other point in human history. But we are not living in a world that is more just and democratic as a result." In Vincent Bevins' new book, If We Burn, with this argument comes a central question: Can mass protests and uprisings actually lead to progressive change? The answer is complicated and certainly varies greatly from situation, cause, and nation-state depending on an array of existing realities. However, in the mass protest decade of Bevins's focus, 2010-2020, we saw the enormous impact climate protests could have on raising global awareness. Recent uprisings across the globe have often resulted in more interest in progressive solutions, but not always in results. But there are critical examples that show it is possible to harness the power of protest to deliver justice. So how do we do it? Bevins joins the show to discuss what he learned about the last decade and how the climate movement should use recent history to power greater change. He is an award-winning journalist and correspondent, having covered Southeast Asia for the Washington Post. He also served as the Brazil correspondent for the Los Angeles Times and before that he worked for the Financial Times in London. He is the author The Jakarta Method and his most recent book If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution . Read If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution Other episodes referenced: An Optimistic Case for a Sustainable Future (w/ Dr. Hannah Ritchie) How Are Progressives Transforming US Climate Policy? (w/ Ryan Grim) Brazil's Election, Deforestation, and Violence in the Amazon (w/ Terrence McCoy) How The Pandemic Is Reshaping Our World (w/ Felix Salmon) As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/po
S1 E274 · Wed, January 10, 2024
An Optimistic Case for a Sustainable Future (w/ Dr. Hannah Ritchie)
As global temperatures continue to rise, fossil fuel production continues to increase, forests continue to be cut down, and species are becoming extinct at rates faster than previous mass extinctions, it's hard to find any hope for a sustainable, or even habitable, future. But giving up is not an option. There are billions of people now and in the near future whose lives depend on solving the multitude of human-caused environmental and health crises plaguing the planet today. The good news is, even though things are not good right now, they've been much worse. And they're better today because we finally know how to power our lives, feed our families, and grow our economies without destroying our environment. Dr. Hannah Ritchie , the Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher at Our World in Data, joins the show today to talk about her new book "Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet". Dr. Ritchie has studied the data and believes that for the first time in human history, there is no longer a tradeoff between human and environmental wellbeing. After researching the climate crisis, air pollution, deforestation, biodiversity loss, world hunger, and plastic pollution, Dr. Ritchie has come away with the understanding that things are bad now, but they're better than they were, and we have the real possibility of making them much better in the future. Read " Not the End of the World " As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E273 · Wed, January 03, 2024
How Are Progressives Transforming US Climate Policy? (w/ Ryan Grim)
I don't know if you've heard, but in 2024, there is a little ol' election happening in the US that may just decide the fate of American democracy. That's it! Nothing more! Actually...there is more. Down ballot from the presidential pick will be a number of critical candidates for a variety of elected offices around the country. And over the past decade, we've seen a number of progressive wins in these races. How have those victories impacted US climate policy? In his new book, The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution , Ryan Grim unpacks that question and much, much more. He joins the show to discuss how Bernie Sanders' 2016 campaign helped rejuvenate the progressive movement in recent years, how the Green New Deal changed climate policy around the world, what AOC and other progressives may be able to accomplish in Congress, and what threatens their goals. Ryan is the DC bureau chief for The Intercept and host of the podcast Deconstructed . He writes the newsletter Politics With Ryan Grim and is the author of the three books. Read: The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution Related: David Roberts' " Some thoughts on the Inflation Reduction Act " Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal On Congress' Big Year On Climate Action As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E272 · Thu, December 28, 2023
What Did We Learn About Climate Media, Activism, and Justice in 2023? (w/ Evlondo Cooper and Mitzi Jonelle Tan)
It's been a long year and so much has happened in the fight for climate justice. How has it been covered in major US media outlets? What is needed as the global fight for climate action continues? Two expert guests join the show this week to weigh in on these critical topics as we close out the year. First, Evlondo Cooper, senior writer with the climate and energy program at Media Matters, discusses what he saw in media coverage in 2023, what we can learn about how climate and environmental justice issues are covered, and how media can improve in 2024. Then, Mitzi Jonelle Tan, a full-time climate justice activist based in Metro Manila, Philippines who is also the convenor and international spokesperson of Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines (YACAP), the Fridays For Future (FFF) of the Philippines, joins the show. We discuss some of the biggest issues we faced in 2023, where world leaders failed to act, and how to bring about more just outcomes next year. Read Evlondo Cooper's work at Media Matters Learn more about Mitzi Jonelle Tan's work As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E271 · Wed, December 20, 2023
The Unequal Climate Impacts on Natural Capital (w/ Dr. Bernie Bastien-Olvera)
As the planet warms, ecosystems are on the move. Biologists and climate scientists have observed the migration of forests toward the poles and even toward higher elevations as human-caused climate change forces species into more hospitable areas. And economists have known for centuries that countries rely on their natural resources for the raw materials needed for producing the goods that help make up their gross domestic product. So what happens to an economy when those natural resources leave? That's exactly what Dr. Bernie Bastien-Olvera and his colleagues set out to understand with their recent paper "Unequal Climate Impacts on Global Values of Natural Capital". While many may take issue with the concept of valuing nature for its economic benefits to humans, such an analysis is important as international leaders work to find ways to compensate countries most impacted by the climate crisis via a Loss and Damage fund and regulations are created that attempt to assign the real cost of carbon dioxide emissions to those that continue to pollute the planet. Dr. Bastien-Olvera joins the show this week to discuss the findings in this paper and its implications for such regulations. Co-hosts Ty and Brock also discuss the new Netflix film "Leave the World Behind". Read "Unequal Climate Impacts on Global Values of Natural Capital" Follow Dr. Bastien-Olvera on Twitter As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E270 · Sat, December 16, 2023
COP28: What's Behind The Headlines? (w/ Nina Lakhani, Aderonke Ige, and Rachel Rose Jackson)
COP28 has come to a close. Since the final day of the conference, we've seen both a number of headlines noting a historic decision and news of climate injustices at this year's event. So what are the most critical takeaways from COP28? To answer, we brought on three guests that attended the conference to take a deep dive into the biggest issues, the decisions that were made, and what comes next. Nina Lakhani is a Senior Reporter for Guardian US, who spent the last two weeks covering COP28. Nina discusses what the final text of the decision means, what was and wasn't accomplished on addressing mitigation, adaptation, and loss and damage, and what this could mean for the COP process going forward. Then, Aderonke Ige and Rachel Rose Jackson join the show to discuss how the influence of the fossil fuel industry shaped COP28, what countries were most responsible for blocking progress, and why COP is still an essential event for activists, campaigners, organizers, and climate justice advocates to show up to and fight. Aderonke Ige is the Associate Director for Corporate Accountability & Public Participation Africa. Rachel Rose Jackson is the Director of Climate Research and Policy at Corporate Accountability. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Further Reading: Indigenous people and climate justice groups say Cop28 was ‘business as usual’ Cop28 landmark deal agreed to ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels
S1 E269 · Wed, December 13, 2023
The Messages That Actually Motivate Climate Action (w/ John Marshall)
For the last four years, John Marshall and the team at Potential Energy Coalition have been testing more than 3 billion ads in 20 countries to determine what messages are the most effective at inspiring climate action. In this conversation, we discuss what it really takes to motivate someone to support climate policies, which policies are more popular than others, what principles of climate communication everyone can learn, and why clean energy jobs aren't always appealing. John Marshall is the founder and CEO of Potential Energy Coalition , a global, nonprofit marketing firm that’s creating demand for climate solutions. The latest report is Later is Too Late - A comprehensive analysis of the messaging that accelerates climate action in the G20 and beyond . As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E268 · Wed, December 06, 2023
How To Earn Rural Support Of Climate Action (w/ Jane Kleeb)
Rural voters are often overlooked or completely ignored when it comes to progressive campaigns, including ones centered on climate action. And yet, it is the vast land available in rural areas that offer the greatest opportunity to build out clean energy projects in America. But years of misinformation, crumbling political infrastructure, and Republican, one-party control has lead to a major obstacle obstructing the path to a decarbonized economy. So how do we change that? There may be no better expert to answer the question than Jane Kleeb. Kleeb is the Founder of Bold Alliance, author of Harvest the Vote, chair of the Nebraska Democratic Party, and most recently, a recipient of the 2023 Climate Breakthrough Award , which will be used to “build alliances among rural Americans and advocate clean energy development that is beneficial to local residents.” She joins the show this week to discuss how to ensure that rural residents share in the wealth of clean energy projects, why we need more than a just transition, and the values that more conservative, rural voters share with progressives. Check out more on the 2023 Climate Breakthrough Award and read Harvest the Vote As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E267 · Wed, November 29, 2023
What's At Stake At COP28? (w/ David Gelles and Pascoe Sabido)
This week, we have two great guests on the show to explain what's at stake at COP28 and some of the biggest issues surrounding the conference. First, New York Times correspondent David Gelles joins to discuss what he'll be covering at COP28, why the recent US-China deal heading into the conference might provided a much needed jolt, and what to watch for when it comes to climate finance and the fund for loss and damage. Then, researcher and campaigner Pascoe Sabido joins the show to discuss a new analysis of the presence of fossil fuel lobbyists at UN climate talks and what it has meant to action on climate. David Gelles is a correspondent on the Climate desk at The New York Times, covering the intersection of public policy and the private sector. Follow David's work at The New York Times here . Pascoe Sabido is a researcher and campaigner at the Corporate Europe Observatory and a co-cordinator of the Kick Big Polluters Out coalition Further Reading: Fossil fuel lobbyists attend UN climate talks more than 7000 times What a US-China climate deal means for COP28 Coming Soon: More oil, gas and coal
S1 E266 · Wed, November 22, 2023
The Fifth National Climate Assessment (w/ Allison Crimmins)
Since 2000, the United States Global Change Research Program has periodically published a report on its assessment of the climate crisis, its current impacts, its potential threats, and the solutions available to mitigate the worst impacts and adapt as quickly as possible. Last week, the interagency program published the Fifth National Climate Assessment. Despite accounting for just 4% of the world’s population, as a result of burning fossil fuels for more than a century, the US is responsible for approximately 17% of the global warming the planet is facing today. And while US emissions are falling, they’re not falling fast enough to meet the 2050 Net Zero target established by the Biden Administration. The report explores the health, economic, environmental, and social impacts of the climate crisis that Americans are experiencing now and it clearly states that all of those will get worse if America and the world doesn’t start cutting greenhouse gas emissions immediately. Allison Crimmins, the Director of the Fifth National Climate Assessment, joins the show to discuss the report’s main findings, the extraordinary costs of the climate crisis that Americans are already facing, and the positive benefits that could be achieved today as soon as we start deploying sufficient mitigation and adaptation strategies. Read the full report here: https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/ Check out the companion podcast to the Fifth National Climate Assessment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7EIxjQNbD8&t=8s As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E265 · Wed, November 15, 2023
2023 State of the Climate (w/ Dr. Jillian Gregg)
Each year, scientists from around the world develop a comprehensive report on the state of the climate crisis. The report provides updates on dozens of the most important indicators of the progress humans are making to limit greenhouse gas emissions and the consequences of not doing so faster. This year's report, "The 2023 State of the Climate Report: Entering Uncharted Territory" presents a frightening picture, as many of Earth's vital signs are flashing red and the trajectory of climate progress is pointing in the wrong direction. Dr. Jillian Gregg, the Executive Director of Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Associates and a co-author of this year's report, joins the show to discuss the report's findings, what has surprised her and her colleagues most about what's happened in 2023, and the few indicators that are moving in the right direction. We also discuss the sense of urgency that can be felt in the words used by the scientists that wrote this report. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E264 · Wed, November 08, 2023
Outer Space Won't Save You From Climate Change (w/ Zach Weinersmith)
Wouldn't it be nice if we could just escape to space? Just go live on Mars and leave all our Earthly problem behind. Despite the enthusiasm for space settlement, a lot of very big questions need to be answered before we can consider leaving this planet behind. And a lot of these questions, according to authors Dr. Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith, aren't really turning up good answers. The Weinersmiths are the best-selling husband and wife writing team that have a new book out, A CITY ON MARS: Can we settle space, should we settle space, and have we really thought this through? This week, Zach joins the show to discuss the book, why climate change won't be solved by living in space, the biggest problems with living on Mars, the Moon, or a gigantic space station, and what we should do next. Zach Weinersmith is an author and illustrator. He makes the webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. His work has been featured in The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, Slate, Forbes, Science Friday, Foreign Policy, PBS, and elsewhere. He is one half of the wife-and-husband research team whose debut collaboration, the book titled Soonish was a New York Times bestseller. Read A CITY ON MARS: Can we settle space, should we settle space, and have we really thought this through? As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E263 · Wed, November 01, 2023
How Has Energy Security Changed Since The 1973 Oil Crisis? (w/ Jason Bordoff)
We've just passed the 50th anniversary of the 1973 Arab oil embargo, which kicked off almost a full decade of energy crises in around the globe. How has energy security changed since then? With war unfolding now in the Middle East, could it happen again? How are geopolitics shifting with the transition to clean energy? Jason Bordoff, the founding director of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, joins the show this week to answer all of this and more. We discuss the relationship with China and the United States, why a clean energy transition could be more turbulent than a net zero economy, and why the IRA presents a number of foreign policy considerations. Bordoff also serves as professor of professional practice at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. He is the co-host of the Columbia Energy Exchange and his latest piece in the Wall Street Journal with Meghan O’Sullivan is titled “ Lessons from the 1970s Energy Crisis Can Help Prevent the Next One .” On this episode, Ty and Brock also pay tribute to the wonderful Professor Saleemul Huq and his legacy as a climate champion. You can listen to our past interview with Professor Huq here . As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E262 · Wed, October 25, 2023
Why Infrastructure is Critical to a Sustainable and Just Society (w/ Deb Chachra)
Modern infrastructure has the ability to make our lives better. Instant access to power and clean water. The ability to communicate with friends and family around the world. The freedom to quickly get where we want when we want. But today’s infrastructure is still very flawed. Not everyone has access to that infrastructure, which means not everyone has the agency and abilities that infrastructure can create. Our infrastructure is also directly contributing to the climate crisis. And our infrastructure was built with the assumption that the natural world upon which it relies will stay the same, but we know now that the natural world is changing rapidly as a result of a warming planet. So what can be done to create a more sustainable, resilient, and just infrastructure? This week, we speak with Professor Deb Chachra about her new book “How Infrastructure Works: Inside the Systems that Shape Our World”. Professor Chachra is a Professor of Engineering at Olin College of Engineering and has traveled the work admiring and examining the infrastructure that so many take for granted but which enables the lives of billions of people around the world. This conversation is a deep dive into infrastructure and the world it has created and what the world could look like if we start building better infrastructure now. Buy "How Infrastructure Works" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E261 · Wed, October 18, 2023
How Fragile Is Our Climate? (w/ Prof. Michael Mann)
In his latest book, Our Fragile Moment - How Lessons From Earth’s Past Can Help Us Survive The Climate Crisis , Professor Michael Mann makes it clear: uncertainty, when it comes to climate change, is not our friend. The famed climate professor is back on the show this week to discuss how looking back through Earth's paleoclimate record shows how fragile our current moment really is, but why we also have agency to do something about it and an urgent need to act now. We discuss what history has taught him about a potential "methane bomb," whether the Gulf Stream could actually collapse, if we are likely to see more El Nino events in the future, and what he learned studying past extinctions. Michael Mann is the presidential distinguished professor and director of the Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media at the University of Pennsylvania. Read Our Fragile Moment - How Lessons From Earth’s Past Can Help Us Survive The Climate Crisis As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E260 · Wed, October 11, 2023
Are Carbon Offsets Junk? (w/ Rachel Rose Jackson)
Every year, billions of dollars are spent worldwide on carbon offsets, and the size of the market is expected to grow substantially over the next decade. But do carbon offset projects actually do what they're intended to do in the first place, which is lower carbon dioxide emissions and help communities around the world avoid worsening climate disasters from a warming planet? Researchers at Corporate Accountability and journalists from The Guardian teamed up to answer this question and to dive deep into the claims of 50 of the largest carbon offset projects in the world. Rachel Rose Jackson, Director of Climate Research and Policy at Corporate Accountability, joins the show today to talk about what they found and what else Corporate Accountability is doing to protect our planet and people around the world from extractive and exploitative companies. Check out the report here: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/19/do-carbon-credit-reduce-emissions-greenhouse-gases Learn more about Corporate Accountability: https://corporateaccountability.org/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E259 · Wed, October 04, 2023
Ending Wealth Supremacy (w/ Marjorie Kelly)
The perpetual extraction by those striving for limitless wealth has set our planet on a trajectory that could make living here impossible for billions of humans by the end of this century. Marjorie Kelly, founder of Business Ethics Magazine and currently a Senior Fellow at the Democracy Collaborative, argues that in order to overcome the capital bias that has been so destructive to our society, we must first identify the root cause, delegitimize the myths upon which extractive capitalism relies upon today, and start laying the groundwork for real transformative change. She joins The Climate Pod this week to talk about her new book, "Wealth Supremacy: How the Extractive Economy and the Biased Rules of Capitalism Drive Today's Crises", and to offer solutions, some of which are already having great impacts around the world today. Buy "Wealth Supremacy" Learn more about The Democracy Collaborative As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E258 · Wed, September 27, 2023
Live at Farm Aid 2023! (w/ Nathaniel Rateliff, Greer Farms, and The Particle Kid, aka Micah Nelson)
Last weekend, we recorded some great conversations at Farm Aid 2023 in Noblesville, Indiana! Given that Farm Aid 2023 was focused on how the climate crisis is impacting family farmers and how farmers are also working on necessary solutions through regenerative agriculture, we wanted to talk to some of the folks at the center of the event. On this episode, we speak to Indiana farmers DeAnthony and Denise Greer, as well as musicians Nathaniel Rateliff and The Particle Kid (aka Micah Nelson). We discuss a wide-range of topics on agriculture, activism, and what makes Farm Aid such a special event. This was recorded outside during a concert, so bear with us on the audio quality! Learn more: Watch Indiana Farmers Speak About Agriculture, Climate Resilience and Equity Learn more about Greer Farms As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E257 · Wed, September 20, 2023
The Extraordinary Costs of Climate Denial (w/ David Lipsky)
With his new book, The Parrot and the Igloo: Climate and the Science of Denial , David Lipsky explores the long history of our understanding of climate science and the massive, industry-funded anti-science movement that worked to undermine action and cause an astonishing amount of destruction. In this episode, the New York Times best-selling author explains why he thinks climate deniers were so effective, why they were given such a big platform, and how Republican politicians came to embrace the anti-science cause. He also discusses why he thinks climate scientists are the hero of his story, what electricity can teach us about the history of American innovation, and what surprised him the most looking back on decades of media coverage on climate change. David Lipsky is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Absolutely American and Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself , which was the basis for the movie The End of the Tour. He has written for The New York Times, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Harper’s Magazine, and New York , and is a recipient of both the National Magazine Award and the GLAAD Media Award. He teaches writing and literature at New York University. Read The Parrot and the Igloo: Climate and the Science of Denial As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E256 · Wed, September 13, 2023
Rhiana Gunn-Wright On How Climate Policy Falls Short On Racial Justice And The Green New Deal's Legacy
As one of the architects of the Green New Deal, Rhiana Gunn-Wright has been a part of a fundamental shift in how climate policy is shaped and the discourse around it. But as she writes in her latest piece, " Our Green Transition May Leave Black People Behind ," there are a number of ways that current climate policy is falling short on racial justice. She joins the show this week to share her critiques on the Inflation Reduction Act and discuss the power structures inhibiting more just policy. We also talk about the legacy of the Green New Deal more than four years after it debuted, how it changed the conversation on climate change, and what can be learned from its success. You can read " Our Green Transition May Leave Black People Behind " in the Summer 2023 issue of the new magazine, Hammer & Hope . As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E255 · Wed, September 06, 2023
Is Capitalism Devouring the Planet? (w/ Professor Nancy Fraser)
In her 2022 book, "Cannibal Capitalism", Professor Nancy Fraser argues that "capitalism harbors a deep-seated ecological contradiction that inclines it non-accidentally to environmental crisis." Like the contradictions of capitalism that Karl Marx predicted would lead to crises and capitalism's ultimate downfall, Professor Fraser compelling lays out even more contradictions of capitalism that have all led to the multitude of crises humanity faces in 2023. Racism, gender oppression, the lack of care, the threats to democracy, and the climate crisis are all inevitable consequences of capitalism, according to Professor Fraser, and none can truly be solved without turning our backs on capitalism altogether. Professor Fraser joins The Climate Pod this week to dive deep into these topics and more. Co-hosts Brock and Ty also fondly remember their favorite Jimmy Buffett songs and the late musician's odd connection to The Climate Pod. Buy " Cannibal Capitalism " As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E254 · Wed, August 30, 2023
Examining the Waste Crisis (w/ Oliver Franklin-Wallis)
Every year, humans generate over 2 billion metric tons of solid waste worldwide. Where does it go after you're done with it? How does it impact communities and economies and ecosystems around the world? How can we solve such an enormous and growing problem? Oliver Franklin-Wallis dives deep into these questions and more in his new book " Wasteland : The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future." Oliver spent years traveling the globe to research and understand the complexities of the global waste crisis, its causes, and its potential solutions. He joins the show this week to discuss what he found and to help explain why this is such a complicated yet critical problem to solve. Plus, co-hosts Brock and Ty talk about the cringeworthy first Republican Presidential Debate and the continuation of climate denial from America's rightwing politicians. Buy Wasteland Further reading: From Emily Atkin's Heated: How Vivek Ramaswamy makes money from climate denial
S1 E253 · Wed, August 23, 2023
Maui's Recovery And The Fight Against Disaster Capitalism (w/ Kaniela Ing)
At the time of publishing, the devastating wildfires in Maui have left hundreds missing, already more than one hundred people confirmed dead, and extraordinary damage visible throughout the town of Lahaina. As recovery gets underway, the fight for justice is only starting. Maui leaders are working to ensure an adequate federal government response and fighting against private industry from buying up wildfire damaged areas and exploiting the crisis. One of the leaders in the fight for a just recovery is Kaniela Ing . He is the National Director of the Green New Deal Network and former state legislator. He joins the show this week to discuss what happened in Maui, how this reveals a long history of colonialism, and why a robust response in the aftermath of this disaster by the federal government and climate movement can help serve as a model for future crises. Support recovery efforts at MauiRecoveryFund.org As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E252 · Wed, August 16, 2023
Kurt Andersen On 'Command Z' And Why We Can Still Fix Things
When Ty talked to Kurt Andersen back in 2020 upon the release of his exceptional book Evil Geniuses , we never thought it would lead to a sci-fi comedic series. Nevertheless, Andersen and Steven Soderbergh have co-created and recently released a new series, Command Z , which is a hilarious adaptation that addresses not only the major themes of Evil Geniuses but also explores how we might all think about all types of political action in 2023. Kurt's back on the show this week to discuss why making Command Z was a dream come true and what he wanted to explore with the series that he couldn't with a nonfiction book. We also get his thoughts on how the Inflation Reduction Act might be impacting our view on the role of government and undoing some of the damage of the Evil Geniuses he covered and what he thinks of the Federalist Society-approved, conservative Supreme Court justices that continue to be awful. Buy and watch Command Z here Further Reading: Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America The super-rich ‘preppers’ planning to save themselves from the apocalypse by Douglas Rushkoff Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E251 · Wed, August 09, 2023
Why Heat Is So Deadly (w/ Jeff Goodell)
Jeff Goodell is the author of more than a few books on climate change, but none are more timely than his most recently release, The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet . Heat is not only the most deadly extreme weather event, but has also dominated news cycles for months as waves of scorching temperatures have hit across the globe. Jeff joins the show to discuss 2023's extreme heat, why heat is so deadly and what we can do about it, how heat is transforming our cities, and what keeps him up at night with some of the greatest threats we face with the climate crisis - diseases, glacier melt, deadly heat waves, and more. Read The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E250 · Wed, August 02, 2023
David Wallace-Wells on 2023's Climate Crisis and the Uncertain Road Ahead
David Wallace-Wells is back on the podcast to talk about the extreme heat waves, off-the-charts ocean temperatures, massive wildfires, and other climate-worsened disasters that have plagued the first seven months of 2023. The New York Times columnist and author of the 2019 book "The Uninhabitable Earth" returns to The Climate Pod to discuss what has happened since he was on the show back in 2021 and what we should expect in the near future from a rapidly warming planet. We also discuss how climate alarmism has been treated in 2023 and how best to convey uncertainty in climate risks. Check out David's recent columns in the New York Times: A Grim Climate Lesson from the Canadian Wildfires Even in Texas, You Can't Stop the Green Revolution As Smoke Darkens the Sky, the Future Becomes Clear The Ocean is Looking More Menacing Further Reading: Gulf Stream Could Collapse as Early as 2025, Study Says Inside the Republican Plot to Dismantle US Environmental Policy Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E249 · Wed, July 26, 2023
The Long History of Profit And Environmental Consequences (w/ Mark Stoll)
Throughout all of human history, we've been changing and adapting our landscape to advance our species. Obviously, this has often come at a great cost to the natural world and in more recent centuries, come with an extraordinary waste. So what can we learn from the long history of environmental consequences of human advancement? In Professor Mark Stoll's new book, Profit: An Environmental History , he looks at how we've refashioned ecosystems, diminished resources, and created a complicated relationship between humans live and the world around them. In this conversation, we explore some of those biggest moments in history and how it should guide our thinking now. Mark Stoll is Professor of Environmental History at Texas Tech University. Read Profit: An Environmental History Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E248 · Wed, July 19, 2023
Al Roker - Live at TED Countdown Summit!
Legendary TV weatherman Al Roker joins the show this week! He discussed the escalation of extreme weather events, the disproportionate impacts of the climate crisis on frontline communities, and how we can all act to help mitigate the worst impacts of global warming. This is a wide-ranging, fun conversation with one of the most beloved figures in television news. How cool?! This interview was recorded live at the TED Countdown Summit in Detroit, Michigan, which brought together a group of global innovators, business executives, scientists, policymakers, artists, activists and more. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E247 · Wed, July 12, 2023
How The Pandemic Is Reshaping Our World (w/ Felix Salmon)
Years into the COVID-19 pandemic, we've learned an extraordinary amount about how governments and economies can respond during prolonged global health crisis. We've also learned in this volatile world...there's a lot we don't know. In the rapidly changing reality, author Felix Salmon put forth a call for humility and optimism in his new book The Phoenix Economy: Work, Life, and Money in the New Not Normal . Salmon is back on the show this week to discuss the book and how he sees positive signs that we are quickly rebuilding from the ashes of the pandemic economy. Felix Salmon is the Chief Financial Correspondent at Axios. Read The Phoenix Economy: Work, Life, and Money in the New Not Normal Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E246 · Wed, July 05, 2023
Confronting Climate Change's Disproportionate Impacts On Black Communities (w/ Heather McTeer Toney)
Centuries of systematically racist American policy has pushed Black communities into enduring the worst impacts of fossil fuel pollution and climate change. In her new book, Before the Streetlights Come On: Black America’s Urgent Call for Climate Solutions , Heather McTeer Toney outlines how Black Americans experience these injustices - from extreme heat to petrochemical toxins and many more. But as we confront the long history of environmental racism, how do we empower the most impacted communities to lead on climate solutions? In this conversation, McTeer Toney puts forth a plan and an understanding of why we need to attack these injustices with the greatest sense of urgency. Heather McTeer is the Executive Director of Bloomberg's Beyond Petrochemicals Campaign. She has also served as the mayor of Greenville, Mississippi and Southeast Regional EPA Administrator. Read Before the Streetlights Come On Learn more about the Beyond Petrochemicals Campaign Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E245 · Wed, June 28, 2023
3 Critical Changes Needed To Decarbonize 5X Faster (w/ Simon Sharpe)
How do we dramatically accelerate the pace of climate action and reduce emissions? According to Simon Sharpe's new book, Five Times Faster , it will take a fundamental rethinking of how we practice science, economics, and diplomacy. In this in-depth conversation, we examine his three solutions, what needs to get done to get there, and how achieving certain tipping points in clean technologies will create wide-spanning changes. Simon Sharpe is Director of Economics for the Climate Champions Team and a Senior Fellow at the World Resources Institute. He designed and led flagship international campaigns of the UK’s Presidency of COP26 and worked as the head of private office to a minister of energy and climate change in the UK Government and has served diplomatic postings in both China and India. Read Five Times Faster: Rethinking the Science, Economics, and Diplomacy of Climate Change Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E244 · Wed, June 21, 2023
What's Causing the Ocean Heat Wave? (w/ Jeff Berardelli)
The record-shattering ocean surface temperatures across the Atlantic over the last two weeks have shocked anyone paying attention to the climate crisis. Ocean surface temperatures are more than a degree Fahrenheit above previous records, and climate scientists hadn't expected this level of warming for decades, even in the worst case scenario models. But is there more to the story than human-caused climate change? Are there other factors contributing to this spike in ocean temperatures? How likely is it that the ocean has surpassed a tipping point that could spell disaster for marine life and all of the lifeforms that depend on a healthy marine ecosystem, including humans. Jeff Berardelli, WFLA's Chief Meteorologist and Climate Specialist joins The Climate Pod to answer these questions and explain global warming's impact on the warming oceans and the other causes of the extreme temperatures we're seeing. We also discuss El Nino's potential impact on 2023's extreme weather, the Texas heatwave, the early season hurricane forming in the Atlantic Ocean, and a little history behind Dr. Ed Hawkins' Climate Stripes as we celebrate International #ShowYourStripes Day. And Ty and Brock celebrate the 4 Year Anniversary of The Climate Pod and express their gratitude for the incredible guests that have appeared on the show. Check out Jeff's Climate Classroom: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/climate-classroom-with-chief-meteorologist-jeff/id1688616984 Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E243 · Wed, June 14, 2023
A Week Of Deadly Wildfire Smoke (w/ Heatmap's Robinson Meyer, Emily Pontecorvo, Jeva Lange)
Last week, wildfire smoke blanketed some of North America's biggest cities, sweeping across large swaths of the northeast and beyond. The smoke exposed millions to deadly levels of pollution and made many consider new climate adaptation strategies that may have previously overlooked. So what exactly happened? The team at Heatmap News put together some of the best coverage on an entire week of deadly wildfire smoke, looking at countless angles of a story that dominated headlines for days. This week, we talk to three writers at the heart of Heatmap's wildfire coverage. Guests on the episode include: Robinson Meyer, founding executive editor of Heatmap. He was previously a staff writer at The Atlantic, where he covered climate change, energy, and technology. Emily Pontecorvo, a founding staff writer at Heatmap. Previously she was a staff writer at the nonprofit climate journalism outlet Grist, where she covered all aspects of decarbonization, from clean energy to electrified buildings to carbon dioxide removal. Jeva Lange, a founding staff writer at Heatmap. Her writing has also appeared in The Week, where she formerly served as executive editor and culture critic, as well as in The New York Daily News, Vice, and Gothamist, among others. Related Reading Almost Everyone Got the Smoke Wrong The Worst Day for Wildfire Pollution in U.S. History The 5 Big Questions About the 2023 Wildfire Smoke Crisis The East Coast’s Wildfire Smoke Is On Par
S1 E242 · Wed, June 07, 2023
A Path Out of the Water Crisis (w/ Dr. Peter Gleick)
Dr. Peter Gleick, one of the world's leading scientists and communicators on water and climate crisis issues, returns to The Climate Pod to talk about his new book "The Three Ages of Water: Prehistoric Past, Imperiled Present, and Hope for the Future." This conversation highlights human history's inextricable links with water - how water influenced the evolution of homo sapiens, water's central role in nearly every religion's origin story, the science and technology created in response to waterborne diseases, and so much more. Plus, Dr. Gleick outlines a path forward from our current relationship with water, one of mindless extraction and pollution to feed the insatiable appetite of a growth-focused economy, toward a more sustainable future where everyone has access to clean drinking water and ecosystems can thrive in unpolluted waters. Buy " The Three Ages of Water " Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E241 · Wed, May 31, 2023
Why "Emergency Mode" Climate Activism Is Essential (w/ Dr. Margaret Klein Salamon)
Not all climate activism has been popular. Some of the most viral, disruptive protests have been met with backlash, even by some in the climate movement itself. As Dr. Margaret Klein Salamon notes, these activists are operating in "emergency mode," serving as a reminder that the climate crisis is a crisis and nothing should be prioritized above it. In the latest edition of her book Facing the Climate Emergency: How to Transform Yourself with Climate Truth , Dr. Klein Salamon argues that too few of us are operating in emergency mode, even in the climate fight. So how do we get there? On today's show, we discuss what emergency mode looks like, the data-driven approach to understanding the role of protest in raising awareness and leading to electoral success, and the emotional benefits to honestly reckoning with the climate crisis. Read Facing the Climate Emergency: How to Transform Yourself with Climate Truth Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E240 · Wed, May 24, 2023
Exploring How a Utopian Future Can Turn Dystopian (w/ Michelle Min Sterling)
As the Earth warms and many parts of America become uninhabitable, where will Americans go to find new homes? How will the communities built by American-born climate migrants be different from those they left? What can turn the hope of a new beginning into the nightmare they had been trying to flee? This week, we talk to Michelle Min Sterling, author of the new book " Camp Zero ". Set in 2049, "Camp Zero" tells the story of two American settlements, one government-funded and one privately-funded, trying to establish new communities now that America has been ravaged by droughts, storms, and floods fueled by an ever-worsening climate crisis. Buy " Camp Zero " Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E239 · Wed, May 17, 2023
How to Deploy Clean Energy While Minimizing Environmental Impacts (w/ The Nature Conservancy's Jessica Wilkinson and Nels Johnson)
In order for the United States to hit its Net Zero Emissions Goal by 2050, it's estimated that 3,100 gigawatts of wind and 3,500 gigawatts of solar capacity will be need across America. If clean energy developers continue to site and build as they are doing now, the land required to host all of that solar and wind generation will be larger than the state of Texas! In addition to the massive amount of land required for these critical clean energy resources, we also need new transmission lines that bring the electricity generated back to the communities and homes that can actually use it. All of this development can be harmful to the nearby lands, waters, and ecosystems if careful planning isn't undertaken. That's why The Nature Conservancy released their latest report " Power of Place: National ". This week, we spoke with Jessica Wilkinson, North American Renewable Energy Team Lead at The Nature Conservancy, and Nels Johnson, Senior Advisor for Renewable Energy for the Nature Conservancy, to talk about this report and explain the strategies and technologies necessary to reduce the impacts of America's clean energy transition by as much as 70%. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E238 · Wed, May 10, 2023
Why Economic Rights Are Critical To Climate Action (w/ Professor Mark Paul)
More than four years after it was first introduced, the Green New Deal has been extraordinarily influential in public policy around the globe. Though as a binding resolution it has not been enacted into law in the US, President Biden has referenced it as a crucial framework for his own climate plans. And many of the principles of the Green New Deal - centering climate justice, economic rights, and robust public investments - are certainly evident in many of the policies included in the Inflation Reduction Act. But the complete plans of the Green New Deal are from realized. And as Professor Mark Paul notes, that's a mistake. In order to adequately combat the climate crisis, a number of economic rights need to be established to deliver a more sustainable, just, and thriving economy - one that prioritizes human flourishing. It's these economic rights that Paul puts forth in his new book, The Ends of Freedom: Reclaiming America’s Lost Promise of Economic Rights . This week, he joins the show to discuss the long history of fighting for economic freedom in America, how the neoliberal era has warped our sense of what's possible, and the Green New Deal and other movement efforts have revitalized the fight. Dr. Mark Paul is an assistant professor of the Bloustein School at Rutgers University and is also a member of the Rutgers Climate Institute. Read The Ends of Freedom: Reclaiming America’s Lost Promise of Economic Rights . Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E237 · Wed, May 03, 2023
Systemic Racism and Rising Seas Collide in Charleston (w/ Susan Crawford)
Over the next 30 years, it’s expected that thirteen million Americans living on the coasts will be forced to leave their homes as a result of rising sea levels, devastating floods, and worsening storms. How those cities prepare for and adapt to a warmer world will determine who will be displaced and what alternatives will be available to them. If America’s history is an indicator of who will be protected and who won’t, the white, rich neighborhoods will likely be prioritized while the black, brown, and poor communities are sacrificed and their residents left with little relocation assistance. We can expect this to be the case because this is already happening now in Charleston, South Carolina, a city that played an instrumental role in America’s slave economy and is still shaped today by racist zoning laws that are over a century old. This week we speak with Susan Crawford , former special assistant for science, technology, and innovation policy for President Obama and the author of the new book “Charleston: Race, Water, and the Coming Storm”. This conversation focuses on the problems and potential solutions facing Charleston, but lessons from Charleston can and should be applied to coastal cities across America and the globe. Read "Charleston: Race, Water, and the Coming Storm" Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E236 · Wed, April 26, 2023
Climate Film Club - "There Will Be Blood" (w/ Adam Nayman)
When Adam Nayman reflects on what makes There Will Be Blood so resonate, it's one of the central questions Paul Thomas Anderson's 2007 film asks that serves as a timeless themes in American culture. "What does it look like when you're appetite simply cannot be sated?" Nayman asks. "Your eyes are not bigger than your stomach. You literally need to have everything." On today's show, Nayman, the author of Paul Thomas Anderson: Masterworks joins to break down the film. We discuss how Daniel Plainview reflects the feeling of living through the Bush Administration and War On Terror, why Paul Thomas Anderson uses our oil addiction as a motif in films, and what There Will Be Blood a mirror of a number of American businessmen throughout the country's history. Adam Nayman is a contributing editor for Cinema Scope and writes for The New Yorker, The Ringer, Sight and Sound, Reverse Shot, and Little White Lies. He has written books on the Coen Brothers, Showgirls and the films of Ben Wheatley, and lectures on cinema and journalism at the University of Toronto and Toronto Metropolitan University. Read Paul Thomas Anderson: Masterworks Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E235 · Wed, April 19, 2023
Upton Sinclair's "Oil!" New Edition (w/ Professor Michael Tondre)
In this installment of The Climate Pod's Climate Book Club (a new thing, maybe?), we revisit Upton Sinclair's 1927 classic Oil! with Professor Michael Tondre, who wrote the introduction to the recently released new edition of Sinclair's novel. Michael Tondre is an Associate Professor at Stony Brook University and an expert in Victorian studies. In this conversation, we look back at the corruption in the fossil fuel industry that Sinclair explored in the early 20th century and how it remains relevant today. We also discuss the novel through our current understanding of the climate crisis and what Sinclair's work can teach us about the our fight for a better future. Read the new edition of Upton Sinclair's Oil! Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E234 · Wed, April 12, 2023
What Does The IPCC Report Mean For Fossil Fuel Expansion? (w/ Greenpeace's Tim Donaghy and Data For Progress' Danielle Deiseroth)
The latest publication from the IPCC, AR6 Synthesis Report: Climate Change 2023 , outlines a grim future if we don't decarbonize faster and prevent more unnecessary warming. In recent years, there have been major steps taken to accelerate decarbonization, including last year's Inflation Reduction Act passed in the United States to incentivize green energy investments. But even while carbon-free energy infrastructure continues to get a boost, new fossil fuel infrastructure isn't exactly slowing down either. And with the controversy over the Biden Administration's approval of ConocoPhillips’ "massive" Willow oil drilling project on Alaska’s North Slope, the question remains: why are fossil fuel projects still getting the green light? To talk about the policy and politics behind fossil fuel expansion in the United States and across the globe, we've got two experts on today's show. Tim Donaghy , a Senior Research Manager for Greenpeace USA, and Danielle Deiseroth , Interim Executive Director at Data for Progress. We discuss the biggest takeaways from the IPCC report, the controversy behind the Willow Project, what voters want to see with energy expansion, and much more. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E233 · Wed, April 05, 2023
Why We Need Fewer Cars (w/ Daniel Knowles)
There are an estimated 1.4 billion cars in use around the world. Despite the fact that cars and trucks are a major contributor to global warming, pollute the air, kill over 1.3 million people a year, and cost thousands to own, maintain, and drive each year, most modern societies are built in a way that makes it necessary to own a car. And while traffic seems to be an ever present problem in most cities, adding lanes and more roads has only exacerbated the problem. Daniel Knowles, Midwest correspondent for The Economist, joined our show to talk about his new book “Carmageddon: How Cars Make Life Worse and What to Do About It” and explains that life doesn’t have to be this way. In fact, cities like Amsterdam, Copenhagen, and Paris have shown that it’s possible to reverse the reliance on cars while making it easier and more enjoyable to walk, bike, and take public transportation to just about anywhere you want to go. Solving the climate crisis requires solving the car crisis, and this book and conversation go a long way in helping you understand where it came from and how to fix it. Buy "Carmageddon" Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E232 · Wed, March 29, 2023
Jared Yates Sexton On How Our History Of Power And Paranoia Drives Crises
In his latest book, The Midnight Kingdom: A History Of Power, Paranoia, and The Coming Crisis , Jared Yates Sexton traces back a long history of conspiracies that have fueled authoritarianism, right-wing extremism, and led to several crises. It's in examining this history, Sexton argues, that we can best understand the current moment we're living in and how to avoid greater damages from the major issues we face to today - from the climate crisis to gun violence to wealth inequality and more. Jared Yates Sexton is the co-host of The Muckrake Podcast, author of several books including The Midnight Kingdom. Read The Midnight Kingdom Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E231 · Wed, March 22, 2023
'Extrapolations' Dorothy Fortenberry On Making Television About The Climate Crisis
On the new show, Extrapolations, dramatizing the climate crisis isn't just about showing the science unfold. As co-showrunner Dorothy Fortenberry explains on the show this week, making Extrapolations meant telling a wide-ranging, intergenerational story that touches on the politics, economics, technology, culture, and social issues that arise when the world warms. Fortenberry explains the approach the behind the show, how they made it, and what themes were most important to explore. Dorothy Fortenberry is a screenwriter and playwright. She has served as a producer and writer for The Handmaid's Tale. Then, Brock goes to SXSW, where he talks to Greg Jackson, CEO of Octopus Energy, about climate tech innovation and what to watch for in 2023. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E230 · Wed, March 15, 2023
How to Fix a Broken Planet (w/ Julian Cribb)
Julian Cribb's new book "How to Fix a Broken Planet: Advice for Surviving the 21st Century", explores the ten megathreats facing humanity today such as the climate crisis, the nuclear arms race, and unquenchable economic growth. Cribb joined the podcast to explain how all of these ten megathreats are connected to each other and how by allowing each to get worse, we're exponentially increasing the risk of wiping out human existence. Cribb then discusses his solutions for addressing all of these megathreats at the same time. Buy " How to Fix a Broken Planet " Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E229 · Wed, March 08, 2023
Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway Discuss 'The Big Myth'
How did Americans come to believe that markets were the answer to everything? Why don't people trust the government to efficiently allocate resources in a way that creates the greatest good? Who orchestrated this century-long con of the American people? Dr. Naomi Oreskes and Dr. Erik Conway , co-authors of the eye-opening book "Merchants of Doubt", join the show to discuss their new book "The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market." Our conversation only scratches the surface of everything they uncovered while trying to get to the origin of the market fundamentalism myth that has dominated American popular culture for the last 100 years, and how that myth has led to the climate crisis we're facing today. Buy " The Big Myth " Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E228 · Wed, March 01, 2023
Noah Hawley On Anthem, Fargo, And The Power Of Storytelling Amid Crises
As an award-winning director, producer, showrunner, television and film writer, and author of six novels, "Fargo" creator Noah Hawley isn't afraid to tackle some of the biggest issues we face. His most recent work, the novel Anthem , is no different. Billed as "an adventure that finds unquenchable lights in dark corners" and a "leap into the idiosyncratic pulse of the American heart," Anthem takes an unflinching look at our most challenging problems and the obstacles we encounter as a society as we attempt to address these crises. In this wide-ranging conversation, Hawley talks about why he wanted to write Anthem , why climate change plays such a crucial role in his characters thoughts and the novel's environment, how we address conspiracy in our culture, the influence of Kurt Vonnegut, the battle of good and evil in Fargo , and much, much more. Read Anthem here Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E227 · Wed, February 22, 2023
DOE Deputy Sec. Turk on Implementing the Inflation Reduction Act
As US Department of Energy Deputy Secretary Dave Turk told us, "2023 is the year of implementation!" That's why we had him on our show to discuss the Biden Administration's historic investments in clean energy technologies and the infrastructure required to ensure they're resilient, available to everyone, and deployed as rapidly as possible. We also discuss the latest nuclear fusion breakthrough and how the global energy crisis resulting from Russia's invasion of Ukraine will evolve in 2023. This is a wide-ranging and fascinating conversation with someone who has dedicated his career to deploying clean energy around the globe. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E226 · Wed, February 15, 2023
Inside Minnesota's 100% Clean Energy Bill (w/ MN House Majority Leader Jamie Long)
After years of obstruction from their Republican colleagues, Minnesota Democrats used their state trifecta to pass one of the most aggressive clean energy bills in America. Last week, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed the 100% Clean Energy by 2040 bill which makes The North Star State one of just 5 American states with a goal of decarbonizing its electricity sector by 2040. We spoke with Minnesota House Majority Leader and chief author of the bill, Rep. Jamie Long, about how the bill came to pass, what Minnesota voters think of clean energy policy, and how other states can fill the void created by a federal government that's currently being held back from passing more climate legislation by Republicans unwilling to address the climate crisis. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E225 · Tue, February 07, 2023
Adam McKay, Margaret Klein Salamon Explain How Bidding On Sex Panther Cologne Can Help The Climate Fight
Adam McKay wants you to make him regret his most recent decision to help boost climate action. Teaming up with Climate Emergency Fund, McKay is auctioning off a walk-on role in his next film project, many of his prized comic book and basketball card collectibles, and yes, the screen used Sex Panther prop from Anchorman. Why? McKay and Climate Emergency Fund Executive Director Dr. Margaret Klein Salamon join the show to discuss how they plan to use the auction to raise awareness of the climate crisis in 2023, the role of entertainment and activists, and why getting people to understand that the climate crisis is an emergency is so critical. Take part in the auction here: https://www.charitybuzz.com/theme/MakeAdamMcKayRegretIt/lots Check out Climate Emergency Fund Follow Adam McKay on Mastodon Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E224 · Wed, February 01, 2023
Is A 100% Wind, Water, And Solar Energy World Possible? (w/ Professor Mark Jacobson)
Anyone serious about the climate crisis knows that we need to create a world powered free of carbon pollution sources. But how do we get there? Professor Mark Z. Jacobson has a plan and in his new book, No Miracles Needed: How Today's Technology Can Save Our Climate and Clean Our Air , he puts forth a plan for getting there. This is one of the most interesting and optimistic conversations you'll hear on the hope for a renewable energy future. Jacobson is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University, where he also serves as the Director of the Atmosphere/Energy Program, and Senior Fellow of both the Woods Institute for the Environment and Precourt Institute for Energy. Jacobson is also the co-founder of The Solutions Project and 100.org. Read No Miracles Needed: How Today's Technology Can Save Our Climate and Clean Our Air Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E223 · Wed, January 25, 2023
Can Icebergs Solve the Looming Water Crisis? (w/ Dr. Matthew Birkhold)
As the planet warms, droughts will be prolonged and communities around the world are going to be without the most critical resource to sustaining human life – water. By 2030, global demand for freshwater will exceed supply by 40 percent and two-thirds of the world's population will face regular water shortages. At the same time, as the planet warms, glaciers, which currently contain two thirds of all the freshwater in the world, are calving new icebergs at an alarming rate. This has lawmakers, scientists, and corporations asking "Can we harvest these icebergs for freshwater?" This week we're joined by Dr. Matthew Birkhold, associate professor at the Ohio State University, and author of the new book "Chasing Icebergs: How Frozen Freshwater Can Save the Planet". Our conversation goes into how iceberg harvesting could work, how soon that it might become a viable option, and what the potential risks are to the environment and surrounding communities. Buy ' Chasing Icebergs ' Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E222 · Wed, January 18, 2023
Improving Environmental Justice Coverage (w/ Yessenia Funes and Evlondo Cooper)
In mainstream media, environmental justice issues are often poorly covered or overlooked altogether. Even in 2022, when we saw extreme weather disproportionately impact frontline communities and the Jackson, Mississippi water crisis expose injustices in our public infrastructure, the environmental justice angle was often unexplored in major media coverage. How do we improvement environmental justice coverage and provide better context in mainstream media? To discuss this, two expert guest return to the show. Evlondo Cooper, a researcher with the climate and energy program at Media Matters. and Yessenia Funes, climate director for Atmos, discuss where mainstream media outlets are failing now, how coverage can improve, and cite examples of expert reporting that can serve as an inspiration for other reporters. Follow Evlondo Cooper's work at Media Matters Follow Yessenia Funes' work at Atmos Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Further Reading: Education Culture Wars Didn’t Stop Midterms Climate Wins How 2022's best extreme weather segments point the way forward for national TV news' extreme weather coverage 10 Environmental Justice Wins in 2022 to Celebrate The Jackson water crisis is an environmental justice story. National TV news missed an opportunity to cover it that way Protecting Our Elders From Hurricane Ian and
S1 E221 · Wed, January 11, 2023
What World Events Could Define 2023's Climate Fight? (w/ The Economist's Tom Standage)
If 2023 is anything like its predecessor, this year will be full of transformative events that change the trajectory of climate action across the globe. So what might happen this year that ends up defining our transition to clean energy transition and climate fight in 2023? To help us answer this question, this week we feature a conversation with Tom Standage, Editor of The Economist's The World Ahead 2023 . Tom also serves as D eputy Editor of The Economist and is the author of several books, including most recently “A Brief History of Motion." In this wide-ranging conversation, we discuss how the war in Ukraine will continue to be a major driver of international change, both in the energy sector and beyond. We also talk about the future of democracy across the globe, inflation and recessions, how the perception of tech leaders is changing, and why Tom is optimistic about the future of climate action. Check out the full The World Ahead 2023 as well as Tom's editor note here . Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E220 · Wed, January 04, 2023
Our 2022 Year in Review: Part Two
Another year has come to an end. In 2022, we saw a number of events unfold across the globe that further emphasized the need to address the climate crisis with greater urgency and accelerate the transition to clean energy. This is Part Two of our look back of the year with some of the biggest newsmakers we spoke to in 2022. We'll review the second of the year and some of the biggest developments in the climate fight to happen in 2022 - from the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act to establishment of an international loss and damage fund to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and critical elections around the globe. Featuring excerpts from our 2022 interviews with White House National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy, Bill McKibben, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Sen. Tina Smith, Rep. Ro Khanna, David Roberts, Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Saleemul Huq, Harjeet Singh, Brian Tyler Cohen, Gernot Wagner, Mitzi Jonelle Tan, Oliver Milman, and Norwegian Climate Minister Espen Barth Eide. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E219 · Thu, December 29, 2022
Our 2022 Year in Review: Part One
Another year has come to an end. In 2022, we saw a number of events unfold across the globe that further emphasized the need to address the climate crisis with greater urgency and accelerate the transition to clean energy. This is Part One of our look back of the year with some of the biggest newsmakers we spoke to in 2022. We'll review the first half of the year and remember how the conversation around the climate crisis evolved and responded to rapidly changing world events - from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, to spiking inflation, new IPCC reports, a promise of a major climate bill in the US and the potential for complete failure. Featuring excerpts from our 2022 interviews with White House National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy, Paul Krugman, Bill McKibben, Rep. Ro Khanna, Don't Look Up co-writers Adam McKay and David Sirota, Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Dr. Marshall Shepherd, IPCC co-authors Joern Birkmann, Paulina Jaramillo, and Stephanie Roe, climate reporters David Roberts and Robinson Meyer, Gernot Wagner, and Norwegian Climate Minister Espen Barth Eide. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E218 · Wed, December 21, 2022
How The Meat Industry Harms The Planet - And How We Start To Fix It (w/ Chloe Sorvino)
It's hard to see how the current meat industry is helping anyone but a handful of billionaires. In her new book, Raw Deal: Hidden Corruption, Corporate Greed, and the Fight for the Future of Meat , Forbes writer Chloe Sorvino reveals a fascinating look into this unsustainable system and how people are fighting to fix it. We discuss how the industry consolidated and crowded out competition, the scandals that have rocked the meat industry, and how innovation may come from more than just alternative protein products. Chloe Sorvino is head of food and agriculture coverage for Forbes Read Raw Deal: Hidden Corruption, Corporate Greed, and the Fight for the Future of Meat Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E217 · Wed, December 14, 2022
Marx, Political Ecology, and the Climate Crisis (w/ Dr. Tait Mandler)
How have capitalism, colonialism, racism, and other social factors impacted how humans interact with our environment? How will better understanding these connections allow us to create solutions to the climate crisis that not only decarbonize our economy but also make it a world that everyone wants to live in, not just a lucky few? Based on the teachings of Karl Marx, the study of Urban Political Ecology seeks to answer these questions and more. On this week's episode, we speak with Dr. Tait Mandler, a co-editor of the new book "Turning Up the Heat: Urban Political Ecology for A Climate Emergency". "Turning Up the Heat" is a collection of essays from leading Political Ecologists that help frame the multitude of crises humans and the environment face today as a direct result of the politics of our time. Buy "Turning Up the Heat" Check out this article featured in The Conversation Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E216 · Wed, December 07, 2022
Uncovered Corporate Files On A Chemical Linked To Parkinson's Disease (w/ Carey Gillam and Aliya Uteuova)
In the recent piece, " Secret files suggest chemical giant feared weedkiller’s link to Parkinson’s disease ," journalists Carey Gillam and Aliya Uteuova report on documents that show efforts to refute and downplay scientific research linking the chemical paraquat to Parkinson's. In this conversation, we discuss what they found, how the EPA has responded, and how this relates to the rapid rise in Parkinson's disease in the United States. Carey Gillam is the author of Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer and the Corruption of Science, managing editor of The New Lede, a journalism project of the Environmental Working Group, was a longtime National Correspondent for Reuters, and is contributor to The Guardian. Aliya Uteuova is a visual journalist who reports on environmental justice for The Guardian. Access the documents discussed in this episode here . Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E215 · Wed, November 30, 2022
How Are Climate Voters Changing US Elections? (w/ Nathaniel Stinnett)
This week, Nathaniel Stinnett , the founder and executive director of the Environmental Voter Project , is back on the show to discuss how environmental voters became the "silent surprise" of the US midterm elections and what that could mean for the runoff election in Georgia next week. We discuss how the numbers are changing for climate as a top issue, what it could mean for future races, and how the Georgia runoff in 2022 is so much different than the election two years ago. Check out the Environmental Voter Project here for ways to contribute and volunteer. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E214 · Wed, November 23, 2022
COP27 Is Over. Here's What Happened. (w/ Oliver Milman, Ramon Cruz, Cherelle Blazer)
COP27 has concluded and a historic agreement has been made on establishing a fund for loss and damage. What exactly happened at this year's conference - from the biggest achievements to disappointments - and where do we go from here? We have three expert guests who attended COP27 to help break it all down. First, Oliver Milman , environment reporter for Guardian US and the author of The Insect Crisis , explains the biggest takeaways from COP27 and discusses what it was like reporting at the conference. Then, Ramon Cruz , president of the Sierra Club , and Cherelle Blazer , International Climate and Policy Campaign Director of the Sierra Club, give us insight into the fight to hold the United States accountable for its loss and damage agreement and what the midterm elections mean for the international climate agreement. Read The Insect Crisis Check out the Sierra Club's work Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Further Reading: Cop27 agrees historic ‘loss and damage’ fund for climate impact in developing countries
S1 E213 · Wed, November 16, 2022
COP27: Young Activists Fight For Climate Justice (w/ Azeez Abubakar and Mitzi Jonelle Tan)
With COP27 still underway, this week, we talk to two young leaders at the conference pushing global efforts on climate action. Joining us this week: Azeez Abubakar, Partnerships and Engagement Chair of the Commonwealth Youth Climate Change Network, founder and executive director Climate Education Initiative Project. Mitzi Jonelle Tan, Climate justice activist with Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines and Fridays For Future Philippines. They tell us about their experience at COP27, what they hope to see accomplished this week, and how they are holding world leaders accountable to combat the crisis. Also, we review the midterm election results and what it means for climate action in the US. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Further Reading: Weak GOP Performance in Midterms Blunts Possible Attacks on Biden Climate Agenda, Observers Say 6 wins and 2 losses on climate in the midterms
S1 E212 · Wed, November 09, 2022
How Will Global Leaders Combat 'Fossilflation'? (w/ Gernot Wagner)
COP27 is underway and the World Leaders Summit has already come to a close. With this year's global climate gathering comes another reminder of just how far we are from actually curbing emissions to hit the goals of the Paris Agreement. Plus, with the Russian invasion of Ukraine and energy prices spiking this year, we are confronting the cruel reality of how our reliance on coal, oil, and gas is leading to 2022's "fossilflation." Professor Gernot Wagner , a climate economist at Columbia Business School and author of Geoengineering: The Gamble , has written quite a bit on how global leaders should respond. He joins the show this week to discuss some of 2022's biggest energy issues and what we might expect to see unfold at COP27 and beyond to combat the turbulent prices that come with fossil fuel dependency. Follow Gernot Wagner on Twitter and check out his website for all his writings . Further Reading from Gernot Wagner: The Clean-Energy Race Is On Helping people hurt from high energy prices Cut off Russian gas
S1 E211 · Wed, November 02, 2022
COP27 Preview: What You Need To Know
After a year of critical elections, global conflict, major climate policy decisions, and energy crises, world leaders will now gather at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt to discuss crucial issues at the heart of the climate crisis. On the show, this week, we take a look at many of those critical issues from the trajectory of global warming to the Global North's failure to meet climate finance commitments to the lack of funding for loss and damage and much more. To help us out, two fantastic guest who will be covering COP27 in Egypt: Sarah Kaplan is a climate reporter for the Washington Post. Sarah will be in Sharm El-Sheikh covering the negotiations and helps to give us some overview on how the major developments in 2022 could impact the talks. Nina Lakhani , who is a senior climate justice reporter with the Guardian, helps us understand how significant it is to have this COP in Egypt and how Egyptian climate leaders plan to center conversations on climate finance and loss and damage. And Nina also explains the reports of human rights abuses that have been alleged of the Egyptian government, what some activists fear as they head to Egypt, and why so many African activists are having a hard time securing access to COP27. Follow Sarah Kaplan on Twitter and stories in the Washington Post Follow Nina Lakhani on Twitter and stories in The Guardian Listen to past episodes for more background: Dr. Simon Evans on the current global warming trajectory Dr. Paulina Jaramillo on the IPCC Report on mitigation of climate change Prof. Saleemul Huq on addressing loss and damage Harjeet Singh on climate finance <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/new-ipcc-report-on-adaptation-vulnerability-and/id1469270123?i=1000552
S1 E210 · Wed, October 26, 2022
Brazil's Election, Deforestation, And Violence In The Amazon (w/ Washington Post's Terrence McCoy)
In this wide-ranging conversation, Washington Post's Rio de Janeiro Bureau Chief Terrence McCoy joins the show to talk about some of the most pressing issues facing Brazil in its fight for a sustainable future. First, he gives us a breakdown of Brazil's upcoming runoff election for president and how it could dramatically impact climate policy. Then, we discuss McCoy's investigative project into deforestation and destruction in the Amazon and what's driving this massive problem. Finally, McCoy talks about the violent scenes he's encountered reporting in the area and his work investigating the murder of his friend and colleague, Dom Phillips, who was killed alongside Bruno Pereira earlier this year. This is an emotional and impactful hour-long conversation featuring a truly remarkable investigative journalist. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Follow Terrence McCoy on Twitter Further Reading: How Americans' love of beef is helping destroy the Amazon rainforest THE KILLING OF DOM AND BRUNO: My friend Dom Phillips and activist Bruno Pereira were shot dead in the Amazon. I traveled deep into the forest to find out why. Bolsonaro and Lula are heading to second round in Brazil election Takeaways from The Post’s investigation of deforestation in t
S1 E209 · Wed, October 19, 2022
Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal On Congress' Big Year On Climate Action
Upcoming elections, the Inflation Reduction Act, fights over permitting reform...a lot has been happening for the US Congress when it comes to climate action and more. As the representative of Washington’s 7th district and is chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal has been in the middle of all of it. She joins the show this week to discuss the big year in climate policy, what Democrats will do to turn legislative success into electoral wins, and how to ensure the rollout of Inflation Reduction Act benefits will work well for all Americans. Check out Rewiring America's Inflation Reduction Act Calculator here . Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E208 · Wed, October 12, 2022
Can Democrats Win On Climate In The Midterms? (w/ Brian Tyler Cohen and Steve Pierson)
Let's be honest: there is no additional federal climate action coming anytime soon in the United States unless Democrats hold majorities in both houses of Congress with a Democratic president in the White House. The Republican Party still has made no substantial effort on climate action. So, this episode is a partisan one. With less than a month to go before the crucial 2022 midterm elections, we ask a critical questions - can Democrats hold on to power in Congress? To help answer that question are two political commentators and podcasters we love. First, Brian Tyler Cohen, host of No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen , joins to unpacks the stakes of the upcoming election and how progressive and mainstream media need to respond to threats to democracy. Then, Steve Pierson, host of How We Win , joins the show to discuss how progressives rally and organize to earn more electoral victories at this critical moment. Follow and listen to No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen and How We Win Donate to the How We Win Fund Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E207 · Wed, October 05, 2022
Why Air Pollution Is Even Worse Than We Thought (w/ Professor Jennifer Burney)
In more than three years doing this show, there have been few things as tragic and shocking as learning more about the impacts air pollution crisis we are living in. It seems that the more we learn about air pollution the more we understand just how much worse it is than we thought and how much it's costing us - with both our lives and economies. As part of a new study, Professor Jennifer Burney joins a group that notes the impacts of air pollution on human health, economies and agriculture are wide-ranging, but differ drastically based on where on the planet pollutants are emitted. We talk to Professor Burney about the study and its findings and why this research could change how countries decide when to cut climate-changing emissions. Professor Burney is the Marshall Saunders Chancellor’s Endowed Chair in Global Climate Policy and Research. Read the study "Geographically resolved social cost of anthropogenic emissions accounting for both direct and climate-mediated effects" here . Take part in the Day of Action for the Environmental Voter Project Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E206 · Wed, September 28, 2022
How Climate Migration Will Change The World (w/ Gaia Vince)
Around the globe, people are on the move. This is nothing new. Throughout history, migration has been a vital part of human civilization. With an accelerating climate crisis, increased migration is inevitable. And it will not only be a necessary adaptation strategy, but also a way to improve nations around the world. But currently, very few nations are doing much to ensure that migration is safe, affordable, and effective. That's the focus of Gaia Vince 's new book Nomad Century: How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our World . Vince is an award-winning science journalist, author, and an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at UCL's Anthropocene Institute. She joins us this week to discuss how to design better immigration policy around the globe, why this is a problem that needs addressing now, and how it will reshape our world over the coming century. Read Nomad Century: How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our World Take part in the Day of Action for the Environmental Voter Project Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E205 · Wed, September 21, 2022
Drinking Water Distrust Threatens Democracy (w/ Dr. Manny Teodoro)
Jackson, Mississippi. Flint, Michigan. The local governments of countless other communities in America have failed at providing the most basic of public services - clean drinking water. What happens to the residents of those communities and similar communities across the country as they lose faith in government's ability to supply healthy water? What can Americans' growing demand for bottled water tell us about Americans' trust in government? Dr. Manny Teodoro joins The Climate Pod to answer these questions and explain the vicious cycle of public distrust in tap water and how it can lead to broader disengagement with the democratic process. Dr. Teodoro's new book " The Profits of Distrust: Citizen-Consumers, Drinking Water, and the Crisis of Confidence in American Government " explains why Americans purchased 15 billion gallons of bottled water in 2020, even though it was more expensive, more harmful to the environment, and less regulated than tap water, and how this upward trend in bottled water consumption is eroding democracy. Buy Profits of Distrust Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E204 · Wed, September 14, 2022
New York Times' Eric Lipton On A Pacific Ocean Mining Investigation
In his latest piece, Secret Data, Tiny Islands and a Quest for Treasure on the Ocean Floor , three-time Pulitzer Prize winner Eric Lipton reports on the Seabed Authority, an international agency tasked with regulating mining in parts of the Pacific Ocean, and its relationship to a Canadian mining company. Though the Seabed Authority is tasked with ensuring that mining in the Pacific Ocean will benefit developing countries, Lipton found a much more complicated story when he investigated the relationship between the Seabed Authority and The Metals Company. We discuss his reporting, the complications with regulating metals crucial to the green energy revolution, and environmental concerns over ocean mining. Read Secret Data, Tiny Islands and a Quest for Treasure on the Ocean Floor Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
Wed, September 07, 2022
Norway Climate Minister Espen Barth Eide on the Energy Crisis, Plastics, and International Cooperation in the Wake of Russia's Invasion
As war erupted in Ukraine earlier this year, the United Nations Environmental Assembly passed a historic resolution to negotiate the end of plastic pollution. As the Russian invasion continued, its ripple effects were felt throughout Europe and the rest of the world as Russian gas imports decreased, energy prices increased, and leaders were faced with balancing short-term energy needs with long-term climate goals. Perhaps no one can speak to all of this better than Norway's Climate and Environment Minister Espen Barth Eide. In addition to his leadership in Norway, Mr. Eide also served as the President of the UNEA's Fifth Assembly and presided over the passing of the Plastics Resolution. Mr. Eide addresses the fact that Norway has increased its supply of natural gas to all time highs as it replaces Russia as Europe's primary natural gas supplier and what that means for the country's climate goals. He also discusses how the Russian invasion may lead to even more unprecedented international cooperation on climate and pollution initiatives. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E202 · Wed, August 31, 2022
How Ambitious Are Australia's New Climate Plans? (w/ Greens Leader Adam Bandt)
After more than a decade of inaction, the Australian House of Representatives finally passed federal climate legislation that aims to cut the nation's emissions by 43% from 2005 levels by 2030. But that target alone is far from enough to get Australia on track to meet its climate goals, according Australian Green party leader and Melbourne MP Adam Bandt . If Australia's May election proved anything on climate, its Australians are demanding greater action. And Bandt says the new parliament needs to ratchet up its ambition to do so. Bandt joins the show this week to discuss why he and the other Greens decided to support the recent bill, how they plan to improve the legislation, and why his party is prepared to battle the Labor Party on new fossil fuel infrastructure. We also discuss how Australia should plan to phase out f ossil fuel exports, combat income inequality and inflation, and what the recent scandal with former Prime Minister Scott Morrison means for global democracy. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E201 · Wed, August 24, 2022
Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd On US-China Relations
If we have any chance of staying under 2 degrees Celsius of warming above pre-industrial levels, the United States and China will have to act aggressively to reduce emissions in the next few decades and support the rest of the world as it decarbonizes. And to achieve that, both nations will have to work together effectively, which has become increasingly uncertain in recent years. So how do we change the current trajectory and steer away from escalating conflict? In his new book, The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China , former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd , who currently serves as President of the Asia Society , outlines a detailed plan for how the two global superpowers can establish strategic competition with each other without resorting to catastrophic war. He also weighs in on how the United States and China can work more effectively on the climate crisis and what we should learn in the breakdown in talks following Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan. Lastly, Mr. Rudd gives his thoughts on the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act in the United States and Australia's plan to reduce emissions by 43% by 2030 from 2005 levels. Buy The Avoidable War here Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E200 · Tue, August 16, 2022
David Roberts On The Passage Of The Inflation Reduction Act
It's our 200th episode with David Roberts on the day the Inflation Reduction Act is signed into law! This is a very special one for us. One of our favorite guests, who was very cool to us early on when we were just getting started, is back to the talk about the biggest climate legislation in US history. Roberts is a longtime climate/energy writer that now runs the newsletter/podcast Volts , about clean energy and politics. He joins the show to unpack the Inflation Reduction Act, what he thinks will be the major benefits of the bill, how Democrats got the biggest investment in US climate history passed, how this compares to the Waxman-Markey failure, and what happens to the climate movement next. You can subscribe to Volts here . Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E199 · Tue, August 16, 2022
Rockin' For Climate Action (w/ Guster and REVERB's Adam Gardiner)
On today's show, we're having some fun with one of our first in-person interviews with Adam Gardiner, guitarist/vocalist for Guster and co-founder of REVERB , which has helped lead the music climate revolution since 2004. We discuss why Adam started using his rock fame to promote climate action, how artists can green venues and help unite the music community to address the climate crisis, and what campaigns REVERB is focused on now. We recorded this live a few months ago, just hours before Guster took the stage and it's fantastic. More on REVERB: REVERB is a nonprofit dedicated to empowering millions of individuals to take action toward a better future for people and the planet. REVERB partners with musicians, festivals, and venues to green their concert events while engaging fans face-to-face at shows to take environmental and social action. Check out their current campaigns , ways to take action , and help volunteer . Follow REVERB on Twitter , Facebook , and Instagram . Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E198 · Wed, August 10, 2022
How To Build Climate Political Power After The Inflation Reduction Act (w/ Nathaniel Stinnett and Lori Lodes)
The Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act. The 2022 midterm elections are less than 90 days away. With historic investments in climate action almost signed into law and historic stakes for the upcoming elections, what should the climate movement do now? We asked two political experts on this week's show. First, Nathaniel Stinnett , Executive Director of Environmental Voter Project , joins us to discuss new polling data in battleground states and what it means for climate-concerned voters. He also discusses why the climate movement is lacking in political power now and what we can do about it. Then, Lori Lodes , Executive Director of Climate Power , joins the show to discuss what the Inflation Reduction Act means to the climate movement in America, what we can learn from the passage of the Affordable Care Act, how climate politics are changing, and what is critical to accomplish more bold legislation now. Volunteer with the Environmental Voter Project here Volunteer with Climate Power here Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E197 · Wed, August 03, 2022
Existential Physics (w/ Dr. Sabine Hossenfelder)
This week, Dr. Sabine Hossenfelder , a theoretical physicist, a research fellow at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, and the author of the new book “ Existential Physics : A Scientist’s Guide to Life’s Biggest Questions”, joins us to discuss how understanding science can help us better understand the meaning of our own existence. We also talk about whether everything is actually happening all at once, if humans can create new universes, and whether or not human behavior is truly predictable. Check out Dr. Hossenfelder's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/SabineHossenfelder Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E196 · Fri, July 29, 2022
Sen. Tina Smith On The Inflation Reduction Act
It's been a crazy week. Less than two weeks after Sen. Joe Manchin appeared to put an end to all hope of new federal climate spending , everything changed on Wednesday. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer and Sen. Joe Manchin announced an agreement on the Inflation Reduction Act, which, if passed, will include $369 billion for climate and energy proposals - the biggest climate bill in US history. Sen. Tina Smith has been at the center of the fight for a massive federal climate bill since negotiations started. Last year, she joined us on The Climate Pod to discuss the need for a Clean Electricity Standard and explain how the Build Back Better framework could transform the American economy and global emissions. She's back on the show to react to this week's news on the Inflation Reduction Act, discuss what happens next in the Senate, and what the Democrats plan to do to fight for more climate legislation if the bill passes. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E195 · Wed, July 27, 2022
Paul Krugman on Inflation, Climate Spending, and the Future of the Economy
Dr. Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize in Economics recipient and Distinguished Professor of Economics at City University of New York, joins the show to talk about what's driving the world's rising inflation rates, how investments in climate solutions would impact inflation and the economy, and the prospects of Congress passing a climate spending bill. Dr. Krugman also provides his thoughts on the Federal Reserve increasing interest rates, whether or not the US is in a recession, and what all of this means for climate investments. Plus, co-hosts Ty and Brock Benefiel discuss the importance of environmental and climate advocates building political power and the urgency to elect policymakers who will support climate solutions. Further Reading: Paul Krugman "I Was Wrong About Inflation" Paul Krugman "Climate Politics Are Worse Than You Think" Nathaniel Stinnett "Climate Movement Must Stop Hoping for Political Heroes" Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E194 · Wed, July 20, 2022
Manchin Ruins Everything (w/ Robinson Meyer)
Last week, Sen. Joe Manchin may have ended the possibility of new federal spending on climate provisions. Or at least it seems that way . What we know is that for the last year and half, people all over the world have waited and watched to see what Manchin would accept to push the United States toward meeting it's commitments in the Paris Agreement. And now, that answer may be nothing. In his recent piece, Joe Manchin’s Fickleness Is a Needless Catastrophe , The Atlantic's Robinson Meyer unpacks the saga and why this time feels different. He joins the show to discuss his piece as well as explain the very real implications for the Senate's massive failure and what could happen next. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E193 · Wed, July 13, 2022
Deconstructing The Real Causes Of Climate Change (w/ Prof. Aviva Chomsky)
Solving the climate crisis is about more than just swapping out fossil fuels with renewables. Though renewable energy is required for a sustainable planet, understanding the political, social, and economic structures that have allowed for fossil fuels to be burned long after global warming reached dangerous levels is essential for attacking the root causes of the crisis. Professor Aviva Chomsky addresses these issues in her new book Is Science Enough? Forty Critical Questions About Climate Justice . In this conversation, Professor Chomsky explains why social, racial, and economic justice is just as crucial as science in determining how humans can reverse climate catastrophe. We also discuss the Green New Deal, the Degrowth movement, tension between unions and the environmental movement, and why climate change is a democracy problem. Read Is Science Enough? Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E192 · Wed, July 06, 2022
The Problems with Green Finance (w/ Adrienne Buller)
This week, Adrienne Buller joins the show to discuss her new book " The Value of a Whale: On the Illusions of Green Capitalism ". While the book covers many issues with "green capitalist solutions", we focus on our conversation on ESG investing and sustainable finance in general. Plus, co-hosts Ty and Brock Benefiel briefly discuss the Supreme Court's ruling on West Virginia v. EPA and the need for more regulations to end the burning of fossil fuels. Read "The Value of a Whale": https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526162632/ Learn more about Common Wealth: https://www.common-wealth.co.uk/ Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E191 · Wed, June 29, 2022
Ed Yong On Appreciating The Immense World Around Us
We can't fully appreciate the world around us without trying to understand the vastly different experiences of other animals on our shared planet. That is exactly what Ed Yong explores in his new book, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal The Hidden Realms Around Us . He joins the show this week to explain the complex nature of our senses and the senses of other animals, how this reveals important parallels to the climate fight, and how we limit damage caused by noise and light pollution and consider animals when decarbonizing. We also discuss the state of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2022 and what he's learned covering the pandemic. Co-hosts Ty and Brock Benefiel also discuss the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and the hypocrisy and cruelty of the court as it looks to limit pollution and emissions regulations. Ed Yong is a science writer at The Atlantic . He won the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for his coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic. He is previously the author of I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life. Read An Immense World Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website! Further Reading: Tayhlor Coleman's Twitter thread on building political power to fight rightwing movements <a href= "https://twitter.co
S1 E190 · Wed, June 22, 2022
Life In The City Of Dirty Water (w/ Clayton Thomas-Müller)
Clayton Thomas-Müller has spent decades fighting for justice and climate action as an organizer, facilitator, public speaker and writer on environmental and economic justice. In his powerful new memoir, Life in the City of Dirty Water: A memoir of healing , he details the life he experienced that inspired him to take such action and what inspires him to fight now. This week, he joins us on the show to talk about his career in environmental justice and climate action, how raising kids has informed his own work, and what he has seen succeed and fail in the climate movement, and what he hopes to do in his role as a Senior Campaign Specialist with 350 Canada . Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E189 · Wed, June 15, 2022
White House National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy On The Clean Energy Defense Production Act Announcement
Gina McCarthy currently serves in the Biden Administration as the first ever White House National Climate Advisor. On June 6th, President Biden invoked the Defense Production Act to drive domestic manufacturing of clean energy technologies. McCarthy joins the show to explain how this Executive Action will increase the production of clean energy in America, what technologies are included in this decision, how this can advance environmental justice, and why President Biden felt now was the right time to take this action. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E188 · Wed, June 08, 2022
Bill McKibben Wonders What Happened To His Generation
Bill McKibben needs no introduction. The legendary author, educator, organizer, and activist has spent decades in the climate fight. He is the co-founder of 350.org , the first global grassroots climate campaign, and founder of Third Act , a new organization focused on empowering people over 60 to fight for progressive action. In his latest book The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon: A Graying American Looks Back at His Suburban Boyhood and Wonders What the Hell Happened , McKibben reinvestigates his hometown and learns lessons that apply to his entire generation and the nation. He discusses what he learned, why it matters now, and how to inspire Baby Boomers and older Americans to reclaim the social justice momentum of their youth. He also lends his thoughts on the Biden administration and what he hopes to see with climate action in 2022. Read The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E187 · Wed, June 01, 2022
Are Big Oil Companies Price Gouging Us? (w/ Fossil Free Media's Jamie Henn)
Jamie Henn pulls no punches when he criticizes Big Oil's role is high prices at the gas pump. As he explains in this week's episode, skyrocketing energy costs can be attributed to oil companies price gouging and war profiteering during the current crisis with the war in Ukraine. And his organization, Fossil Free Media has a new campaign to confront the issue. The organization recently launched STOP , which stands for Stop the Oil Profiteering and is working with members of the U.S. Congress and advocacy groups to pass the Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax. On this episode, Henn explains exactly what the tax would do, who would benefit from passing it, and why he believes Big Oil companies are preying on consumers. We also discuss the state of climate activism in 2022, why going after Big Oil is good politics, and how to fight burnout after a number of political setbacks and ongoing crises. And be sure to check out Clean Creatives and People vs Fossil Fuels . Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E186 · Wed, May 25, 2022
How Do We Process Climate Grief? (w/ Dr. Britt Wray)
Facing up to a climate crisis is a lot to handle. We have to push for the rapid deployment of solutions to mitigate more warming and greater damage. We have to adapt to warming that has already occurred and will be coming soon. And we need to repair loss and damage that people around the globe have already suffered. But as denial and inaction still blocks necessary efforts and planetary destruction is constantly on display in our news feeds, how do we process the complex emotions that inevitably follow? In her new book, Dr. Britt Wray aims to answer that question. Dr. Wray is a Human and Planetary Health Postdoctoral Fellow at the Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health. She the creator of the weekly newsletter about “staying sane in the climate crisis” Gen Dread and author of the new book, Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis . She joins the show this week to help us unpack many of the complexities that are unfolding in the climate community and beyond - focusing on how we deal with the litany of emotions in the healthiest ways possible and use our emotions to fight for a better future and fight against doomerism. Read Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E185 · Wed, May 18, 2022
Jeffrey Sachs On Ending The Russia-Ukraine War
This week, Prof. Jeffrey Sachs joins the show to give his thoughts on the international diplomacy he says is needed to end the Russia-Ukraine War. In April 2022, Professor Sachs and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network issued a statement calling on the United Nations Security Council to increase diplomatic efforts to bring a swift end to the war in Ukraine. Professor Sachs also explains how this war has diverted resources and attention away from solving the climate crisis at a time when the world can't afford not to transition to a more sustainable future. Check out Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website! Further Reading: The U.S. pledged billions to fight climate change. Then came the Ukraine war
S1 E184 · Wed, May 11, 2022
Fighting For A Global Plastics Treaty (w/ Christy Leavitt and Christopher Chin)
This is Part Four of our four-part series, Waves of Change, in collaboration with Oceana . In March, at the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) in Nairobi, world leaders and representatives from UN Member States endorsed a historic resolution to End Plastic Pollution. By 2024, leaders will create an international legally binding agreement to fight the plastic problem with a global treaty. So what exactly is this treaty and what should it include? Christy Leavitt , Oceana’s Plastics Campaign Director, joins the show to explain the efforts and why it was pursued. Then, Christopher Chin, Executive Director of the Center for Ocean Awareness, Research, and Education ( COARE ), joins the show to take us behind the scenes of negotiations and help us understand what comes next as details of the legal binding agreement are hammered out. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E183 · Wed, May 04, 2022
Plastic Production Is Poisoning Nearby Communities (w/ Yvette Arellano and Christy Leavitt)
This is Part Three of our four-part series, Waves of Change , in collaboration with Oceana . This week, we shift our focus from offshore drilling to the devastating impacts that plastics and plastics production facilities are having on communities around the world. First, we speak with Yvette Arellano , the founder and Executive Director of Fenceline Watch , a Houston-based organization dedicated to the eradication of toxic multigenerational harm on communities living along the fenceline of industry. Then we speak with Oceana's Plastics Campaign Director, Christy Leavitt , about the health impacts of plastics and what Oceana is doing to stop plastic pollution. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E182 · Fri, April 29, 2022
Love Canal: The True Story Of An Environmental Disaster (w/ Keith O'Brien)
In his new book, Paradise Falls , New York Times bestselling author Keith O'Brien details the true story of a working-class neighborhood in western New York that is suddenly confronted with a wide-spread environmental crisis in the late 1970s. O'Brien joins the show to discuss how he researched his book, why he wanted to revisit this story that made national headlines for years, how the tragedy that unfolded almost 50 years ago is still incredibly relevant today, and what we can learn from the ordinary people in western New York that took on the responsibility to become environmental heroes to fight for justice in their community. Buy Paradise Falls: The True Story of an Environmental Catastrophe Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E181 · Wed, April 27, 2022
Environmental Justice Impacts of Offshore Drilling (w/ Dr. Gabriella Meltzer and Earthjustice's Chris Eaton)
This is Part Two of our four-part series, Waves of Change , in collaboration with Oceana . This week, we examine how offshore drilling for oil disproportionately impacts Black and Brown communities living near the coasts and what can legally be done to prevent future disasters. First, we speak with Dr. Gabriella Meltzer about the environmental justice impacts of oil spills and climate-fueled weather disasters and how the health of children in those communities are impacted by facing multiple fossil fuel-driven catastrophes in their lifetimes. Then, Chris Eaton , a senior attorney with the Oceans Program at Earthjustice , joins the show to talk about the legal strategies his organization has employed to help environmental justice organizations sue governments and businesses in order to protect their communities from fossil fuels. Check out Dr. Meltzer's papers: Adverse Physical and Mental Health Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Among Gulf Coast Children: An Environmental Justice Perspective The Effects of Cumulative Natural Disaster Exposure on Adolescent Psychological Distress Environmentally Marginalized Populations: the perfect storm for infectious disease pandemics, including COVID19 Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E180 · Wed, April 20, 2022
Preventing the Next Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster (w/ Healthy Gulf's Cynthia Sarthou, Oceana's Diane Hoskins, and Vipe Desai)
Introducing a new four-part series, Waves of Change, in collaboration with Oceana . Over the next four weeks, we'll explore the climate, economic, and environmental justice impacts of offshore drilling and plastics. 12 years after the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, fossil fuel companies are drilling deeper than ever before off of America's coasts. Lawmakers seem to have learned little from the oil rig explosion that killed 11 people and spilled more than 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf over 87 days. However, today's guests are pushing regulators and businesses to do more to prevent the next offshore oil disaster. Cynthia Sarthou is the Executive Director of Healthy Gulf , which is focused on protecting the Gulf and everyone and everything that calls the Gulf home. Diane Hoskins is Oceana’s Campaign Director focused on stopping offshore drilling. Vipe Desai is serial entrepreneur dedicated to protecting the ocean and coastal communities by sitting on the boards of organizations like Lonely Whale and AltaSea . Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E179 · Fri, April 15, 2022
Intersectional Environmentalism (w/ Leah Thomas)
In her brilliant new book, The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet , activist and eco-communicator Leah Thomas put forth a helpful introduction to understanding the intersection between environmentalism, racism, and privilege. She joins the show this week to talk about the book, how she first got inspired to study environmentalism, how her activism took off with post championing " Environmentalists for Black Lives Matter," and why the climate and environmental movements desperately need to improve with an intersectional approach to action and justice. Read The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E178 · Wed, April 13, 2022
Dr. Marshall Shepherd Explains The Extreme Weather Gap
As a warming planet makes extreme weather worse, some communities are more vulnerable and less capable to react than others to hurricanes, heat waves, floods, fires, and more. Dr. Marshall Shepherd describes this as the "Extreme Weather Gap", and he joined The Climate Pod to discuss the systemic inequities that have led to the disproportionate impacts of climate-worsened weather. Dr. Shepherd also discusses his incredible career, why the murder of George Floyd motivated him to write a book on justice, and the work he and his colleagues are doing to help cities adapt to the effects of urban heat islands. Dr. Marshall Shepherd is the Director of the University of Georgia’s Atmospheric Sciences program, where he is also the Distinguished Professor of Geography and Atmospheric Sciences. He previously held the position of President of the American Meteorological Society. Read " The Race Awakening of 2020 " Listen to Weather Geeks Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E177 · Thu, April 07, 2022
Climate Citizen: Preserving Biodiversity And Restoring Nature
This is Part Four of our four-part series, Climate Citizen , in collaboration with Global Citizen. This week, we look at the critical need to preserve biodiversity, protect natural ecosystems, and leverage nature-based solutions for decarbonization. To discuss this topic, we have three amazing guests. First, Dr. Stephanie Roe, the World Wildlife Fund ’s Global Climate & Energy Lead Scientist and Lead Author of the third installment of the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report, joins the show to discuss the report and the current state of global biodiversity concerns. Then, Max Almeida , a program project manager at the Center For Environmental Peacebuilding , where he is responsible for the partnerships and projects going on in Brazil, joins the show to discuss the impacts of deforestation and desertification, and ongoing issues with biodiversity loss and land degradation in Brazil. Finally, Dr. Will Turner , Senior Scientist and Senior Vice President For Natural Climate Solutions at Conservation International , joins the show to discuss big solutions that we can tackle with nature-based strategies and what can be accomplished in the near-term and for decades to come. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website! About Global Citizen Global Citizen is the world's largest movement of action takers and impact makers dedicated to ending extreme poverty now. With over 10 million monthly advocates, our voices have the power to drive lasting change around sustainability, equality, and humanity. Global Citizen posts, tweets, messages, votes, signs
S1 E176 · Mon, April 04, 2022
New IPCC Report on Mitigation of Climate Change (w/ Lead Author Dr. Paulina Jaramillo)
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) latest report, Mitigation of Climate Change , provides an update on the planet's current trajectory for global warming, the failings of governments to live up to their climate promises, and the solutions that need to be rapidly implemented to drastically reduce emissions and limit future warming. This is part three of its Sixth Assessment Report. Dr. Paulina Jaramillo joins us to discuss the report and the section of the report which she was the Coordinating Lead Author, the decarbonization of transportation. If you haven't already, listen to our conversation here with IPCC lead author Dr. Ed Hawkins on part one of Sixth Assessment Report, Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. And be sure to check our interview with Prof. Jörn Birkmann on part two of the Sixth Assessment Report, Climate Impacts, Adaptations, and Vulnerability. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E175 · Fri, April 01, 2022
Global Populations and The Climate Crisis (w/ Dr. Jennifer Sciubba)
The world is populated by almost 8 billion people. Is overpopulation actually a problem? As climate change disrupts and destroys the livelihoods of so many of those 8 billion people, how will countries react to the growing need for more welcoming immigration policies? This week, we spoke with Dr. Jennifer Sciubba about her new book 8 Billion and Counting: How Sex, Death, and Migration Shape Our World . Dr. Sciubba is an associate professor in the Department of International Studies at Rhodes College and a Global Fellow with the Environmental Change and Security Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E174 · Wed, March 30, 2022
Climate Citizen: Addressing Loss And Damage
This is Part Three of our four-part series, Climate Citizen , in collaboration with Global Citizen. This week, we look at the critical need to reckon with the loss and damage created by the climate crisis and hold accountable the nations most responsible for human-caused climate change as a result of the massive rise in greenhouse gas emissions. To discuss this topic, Professor Saleemul Huq , who has many roles including the Director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) in Bangladesh, Professor at the Independent University Bangladesh (IUB) and Associate of the International Institute on Environment and Development (IIED) in the United Kingdom. He explains what the Global North needs to do in order to address loss and damage, why the conversation on loss and damage has never been more critical, and what's happening in ongoing international negotiations in 2022. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website! About Global Citizen Global Citizen is the world's largest movement of action takers and impact makers dedicated to ending extreme poverty now. With over 10 million monthly advocates, our voices have the power to drive lasting change around sustainability, equality, and humanity. Global Citizen posts, tweets, messages, votes, signs, and calls to inspire those who can make things happen to act — government leaders, businesses, philanthropists, artists, and citizens — together improving lives. By downloading the Global Citizen app , Global Citizens learn about the systemic causes of extreme poverty, take action on those issues, and earn rewards with tickets to concerts, events, and experiences all over the wo
S1 E173 · Fri, March 25, 2022
David Sirota On Climate Change At The Oscars And The Power Of Storytelling
David Sirota is a journalist, author, founder and Editor in Chief of The Lever , podcast narrator, and now an Oscar nominee for his work co-writing Don't Look Up with Adam McKay. He joins us on the show days before the Oscars to discuss the importance of having a climate change film at the Academy Awards, how he came up with the idea for Don't Look Up , and how the film is even more relevant now during the rightwing push for more fossil fuel extraction. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E172 · Wed, March 23, 2022
Climate Citizen: Climate Funding And Impacts
This is Part Two of our four-part series, Climate Citizen , in collaboration with Global Citizen. This week, we look at the critical need for greater climate funding to help mitigate carbon emissions in the Global South and help the most vulnerable populations to adapt to climate impacts and why climate justice is only possible through fair, adequate financing. To discuss this topic, Harjeet Singh , senior adviser on climate impacts with Climate Action Network International and a strategic advisor on global partnerships with the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative , and Mwandwe Chileshe , a Global Citizen Campaigner focused on food security, agriculture, and nutrition issues. We talk about why inadequate climate financing can't be tolerated, what the Global North needs to deliver now, and how climate impacts our food system and food security and what we should do about it. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website! About Global Citizen Global Citizen is the world's largest movement of action takers and impact makers dedicated to ending extreme poverty now. With over 10 million monthly advocates, our voices have the power to drive lasting change around sustainability, equality, and humanity. Global Citizen posts, tweets, messages, votes, signs, and calls to inspire those who can make things happen to act — government leaders, businesses, philanthropists, artists, and citizens — together improving lives. By downloading the Global Citizen app , Global Citizens learn about the
S1 E171 · Wed, March 16, 2022
Climate Citizen: Halting Climate Change
Introducing a new four-part series, Climate Citizen , in collaboration with Global Citizen . Over the next four weeks, we will be discussing some of the biggest issues we face as we combat the climate crisis in 2022 and beyond. This week, we look at halting climate change and limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. To discuss this critical topic, Dr. Simon Evans , deputy editor and policy editor of Carbon Brief, and Azeez Abubakar , Global Citizen Fellow and Policy and Advocacy Chair of the Commonwealth Youth Climate Change Network, join the show. We talk about the current projections for global warming, how world leaders need to act in 2022, how activists and organizers can push policymakers, businesses, and individuals to do more, and how increased warming is driving inequality and deadly impacts across the globe. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website! About Global Citizen Global Citizen is the world's largest movement of action takers and impact makers dedicated to ending extreme poverty now. With over 10 million monthly advocates, our voices have the power to drive lasting change around sustainability, equality, and humanity. Global Citizen posts, tweets, messages, votes, signs, and calls to inspire those who can make things happen to act — government leaders, businesses, philanthropists, artists, and citizens — together improving lives. By downloading the Global Citizen app , Global Citizens learn about the systemic causes of extreme poverty, take action on those issues, and earn rewards with tickets to concerts, events, and experiences all over the world. Global Citizens have taken over 28.4 million actions since 2009. Today, these actions, in
S1 E170 · Wed, March 09, 2022
Climate Misinformation Surrounding The Russia-Ukraine War (w/ Media Matters for America's Evlondo Cooper)
In recent weeks, as tragedy has unfolded in Ukraine, a disturbing trend has emerged: climate misinformation flooding major media coverage of the war. Evlondo Cooper , senior writer with the climate and energy program at Media Matters, joins the show to discuss many of the bizarre, false claims that are circulating and why some are trying to use this tragedy to lock in fossil fuel use for decades. We also discuss the recent media coverage of the IPCC Report On Adaptation, Vulnerability, And Impact and why the connection was not made between climate change and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Check out Evlondo Cooper's author page and recent reporting: National TV news' coverage of the latest IPCC report missed a key opportunity to connect climate inaction to the war in Ukraine Fox is using the Ukrainian crisis to suggest the Biden administration’s climate policies emboldened Putin Listen to our recent episode on the IPCC report on adaptation, vulnerability, and impact with IPCC author Dr. Jörn Birkmann. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E169 · Mon, February 28, 2022
New IPCC Report On Adaptation, Vulnerability, And Impact (w/ IPCC's Dr. Jörn Birkmann)
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) latest report, Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability , provides another critical summary for policymakers on the growing threat of warming temperatures as well as the loss and damages that have already occurred. This is part two of its Sixth Assessment Report. Prof. Jörn Birkmann , one of the lead authors of the report, joins the show to discuss the IPCC latest findings, what it means for policymakers, and how the world needs to adapt to climate change, mitigate further climate risk, protect the most vulnerable communities around the globe, and recognize loss and damages. Listen to our conversation here with IPCC lead author Dr. Ed Hawkins on part one of Sixth Assessment Report, Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. Read Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E168 · Wed, February 23, 2022
Are EVs Actually Cheaper? (w/ Atlas Public Policy's Nick Nigro and Tom Taylor)
The biggest hurdle to the mass adoption of electric vehicles seems to be the sticker shock of higher prices. But what is the true cost of an EV versus an internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle? Nick Nigro, founder of Atlas Public Policy and Tom Taylor, policy analyst at Atlas Public Policy, have a new report out that answers this exact question. In this conversation, we explore the actual costs of maintenance and charging of EVs vs ICE maintenance and fuel, what wider EV adoption would mean for carbon emissions and cleaner air, the equity issues that prevent wider adoptions of EVs now, and what their analysis could predict for the next few years. You can read their full report here: Comparative Total Cost Analysis on Some of the Most Popular Vehicles in the Country Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website! Further Reading: How the Ukraine Conflict Looms as a Turning Point in Russia’s Uneasy Energy Relationship with the European Union
S1 E167 · Wed, February 16, 2022
Why America's Fossil Fuel Gamble Was A Financial Failure (w/ Dr. Shanti Gamper-Rabindran)
The burning of fossil fuels has warmed our planet, polluted our air, and poisoned our water. On top of all of that, fossil fuel companies require billions of dollars in subsidies just to stay alive, and even with those government handouts they were on their last leg in 2016. So why did the Trump Administration focus so much of its efforts on bolstering the dying industry? And what are the long term effects of the pro-fossil fuel administration? This week, we speak with Dr. Shanti Gamper-Rabindran about her new book " America's Energy Gamble ". Dr. Gamper-Rabindran is an associate professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh. Buy “ America's Energy Gamble " Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E166 · Wed, February 09, 2022
The Facts Of Saving Our Planet (w/ Professor Mark Maslin)
This week, we speak to one of the leading global experts on climate science to get straight to the most important facts in combating the climate crisis. Prof. Mark Maslin is a Professor of Earth System Science at University College London. He’s a prolific author of several books and academic papers and his newest book “ How To Save Our Planet: The Facts " is packed with essential knowledge of what you need to know about climate change - from Earth's early history, to how greenhouse gases rose to deadly levels, and how governments, individuals, and corporations can all work together to tackle the climate crisis. This conversation hits at the critical challenges we need to take on to protect our future. You're going to love it. Buy “ How To Save Our Planet: The Facts " Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E165 · Wed, February 02, 2022
Rep. Ro Khanna on Fixing Big Tech, Build Back Better, and Fossil Fuel Hearings
This week, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) joins the podcast to discuss his new book "Dignity in a Digital Age: Making Tech Work for All of Us", as well as what he thinks will happen with President Biden's climate legislation in the Build Back Better Act. He also gives us a preview of what to expect with the upcoming House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Environment's hearings featuring representatives from America's biggest fossil fuel organizations. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss the importance of a federal judge rejecting the Biden Administration's sale of millions of acres in the Gulf of Mexico to be used for oil drilling. Buy Dignity in a Digital Age Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website! Further Reading: Court Rejects Oil and Gas Leases, Citing Climate Change
S1 E164 · Wed, January 26, 2022
Billionaires Are Ruining The Planet (w/ Peter S. Goodman)
In Davos Man , an excellent new book by New York Times ’ Global Economics Correspondent Peter S. Goodman , the case is clear: billionaires are making massive profits off extracting resources from the planet while social services are being gutted. From climate change to COVID-19, Goodman shows how decades of slashing taxes on the richest people and cutting social spending has accelerated the 21st century's greatest crises and threatened liberal democracy around the globe. How is this happening? Why is this happening? What can we do about it? In this in-depth, fascinating conversation, Goodman explains the path we took to get here and the direction we need to take now to better govern our societies and protect the future. Buy Davos Man Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E163 · Wed, January 19, 2022
Major Global Shifts Amid The Climate Crisis (w/ Financial Times' Simon Mundy)
This is one of the most wide-ranging, comprehensive episodes we've ever had. Simon Mundy , who serves as the Moral Money editor of the Financial Times, spent years traveling through 26 countries on six continents finding a diverse set of stories and people who represent many of the massive shifts underway around the globe. In his new book, Race For Tomorrow: Survival, Innovation, And Profit On The Front Lines Of The Climate Crisis, he details those travels and the vast disparities and outcomes people are experiencing as unjust global transformations occur. We talk about ancient Mammoth tusk hunting in Siberia, Cobalt mining in the Congo, breakthrough innovation in Iceland, climate displacement in the Philippines, and much, much more. Read Race For Tomorrow: Survival, Innovation, And Profit On The Front Lines Of The Climate Crisis Watch the series of short films from Simon's journey Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E162 · Wed, January 12, 2022
Adam McKay On 'Don't Look Up'
Adam McKay is the writer/director of some of our favorite films over the years - from Anchorman to The Big Short to Vice and more. So when we heard he was making a disaster film that serves as an allegory for climate change, we...um...freaked out. And we freaked even more when he was kind of enough to join us on the show to discuss the film, the power structures behind the climate crisis he wanted to satirize, and what he hopes people will take from the movie. This is a fantastic conversation. Watch Don't Look Up on Netflix Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E161 · Sat, January 08, 2022
Remembering Dr. Thomas Lovejoy (w/ WWF's Carter Roberts)
The world lost a legendary biologist and conservationist when Dr. Thomas Lovejoy passed away in December at the age of 80. Carter Roberts , president and CEO of World Wildlife Fund in the United States, knew Dr. Lovejoy well. So we asked him to join us on the podcast today to honor the memory of Dr. Lovejoy and share what he meant to WWF and talk about the legacy he leaves behind. Carter also discusses the recent passing of another conservation legend, Dr. E.O. Wilson, and what he meant as a luminary in his field and his contributions to WWF. Later in the show, we replay our May 2020 interview with Dr. Thomas Lovejoy. Read Carter Roberts' "In Memoriam—Dr. Thomas Lovejoy" Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E160 · Wed, January 05, 2022
The 'Doomsday Glacier's' Disastrous Potential (w/ Dr. Richard Alley)
This week, we spoke with Dr. Richard Alley, a glaciologist and member of the International Thwaites Glacier Collaborative, about why this particular glacier - dubbed the 'Doomsday Glacier by Jeff Goodell - could raise sea levels beyond catastrophic levels and cause so much damage to coastal communities around the world. We also discuss how soon and how likely that might actually happen, and the latest findings that his group recently published. Dr. Richard Alley is the Evan Pugh University Professor of Geosciences at Penn State, where he focuses on glaciology, ice sheet stability, and understanding how Earth’s climate has changed by examining ice cores. Check out the International Thwaites Glacier Collaborative's presentation to the American Geophysical Union in December 2021. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website! Further Reading: The Return of the Urban Firestorm. What happened in Colorado was something much scarier than a wildfire.
S1 E159 · Wed, December 29, 2021
Climate Change In 2021: The Biden Era Begins (Part Two)
When Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in 2020, it marked a massive shift for the direction of the United States' action on climate change. And once President Biden was inaugurated in 2021, his administration brought big expectations to the Oval Office for how it would combat the crisis. So what would Joe Biden commit to through executive action? What would Congress pass to fight climate change? How would the United States repair its own reputation on climate action on the international stage? We answer all of those questions and more in Part Two of The Climate Pod's 2021 Year in Review: The Biden Era Begins, featuring clips from interviews we've conducted with guests like Governor Jay Inslee, Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Sen. Tina Smith, Dallas Goldtooth, Jane Kleeb, Rep. Sean Casten, Rep. Donald McEachin, Rep. Earl Blumenauer, Time's Justin Worland, Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, Dr. Michael Mann, and many more Be sure to listen to Climate Pod's 2021 Year in Review: Denial And Consequences Part One here. Check out the full length interviews of each guest featured in this episode: Dr. Jeffrey Sachs Governor Jay Inslee Sen. Tina Smith Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Dallas Goldtooth Jane Kleeb Rep. Donald McEachin Rep. Sean Casten - Part One and Part Two Rep. Earl Blumenauer J
S1 E158 · Wed, December 22, 2021
Climate Change in 2021: Denial and Consequences (Part One)
After decades of denial and delay tactics by the fossil fuel industry, in 2021, America was largely unprepared for multiple climate-fueled extreme weather disasters. Wildfires. Heatwaves. Hurricanes. Droughts. Floods. Tornadoes. How did a warming planet impact these weather events? Why haven't America's leaders done more to combat the climate crisis? What are fossil fuel companies still doing to delay action? We answer all of those questions and more in Part One of The Climate Pod's 2021 Year in Review: Denial and Consequences, featuring clips from interviews we've conducted with guests like Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, Dr. Ed Hawkins, Dr. Michael Mann, Dr. Jane Goodall, Dr. Andrew Dessler, David Wallace-Wells, Dr. Maria Neira, Dr. Peter Hotez, Dr. Naomi Oreskes, Ben Franta, Kathy Baughman-McCloud, Alex Steffen, Scott Kelly, Jeff Berardelli, Dr. Park Williams, and Tim Jackson. Subscribe to The Climate Pod and make sure you listen to Part Two next week! Check out the full length interviews of each guest featured in this episode: Dr. Katharine Hayhoe Dr. Ed Hawkins Dr. Michael Mann Dr. Jane Goodall Dr. Andrew Dessler David Wallace-Wells Dr. Maria Neira Dr. Peter Hotez Dr. Naomi Oreskes Ben Franta Kathy Baughman-McCloud Alex Steffen <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/po
Trailer · Thu, December 16, 2021
Trailer: 2021 Year In Review
In 2021 alone, record-breaking heat waves, wildfires, hurricanes, floods, and even tornadoes in December brought the climate crisis to centerstage. How are these extreme weather events influenced by a warming planet? Did world leaders step up to the challenge of our lifetimes and act? The Climate Pod's 2021 Year In Review answers these questions and more by interviewing the world's leading experts on the science, politics, and economics of the climate crisis. You'll hear clips from interviews we've conducted this year with guests like Dr. Jane Goodall, Gov. Jay Inslee, Commander Scott Kelly, former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, climate scientists Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, Dr. Ed Hawkins, and Dr. Michael Mann, economists Jeffrey Sachs and Tim Jackson, David Wallace-Wells, Senators Tina Smith and Sheldon Whitehouse, Congressmen Sean Casten, Earl Blumenauer, and Donald McEachin, and many more of the world's thought leaders on the climate crisis. Part One of our three part series will be available on December 22nd on all major podcast platforms. Subscribe today to make sure you don't miss this.
S1 E157 · Wed, December 15, 2021
How Is Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Still Getting Financed In Developing Nations? (w/ Jeffrey Ball)
This week, we talk to Jeffrey Ball , who lead the recent study " Hot money: Illuminating the financing of high-carbon infrastructure in the developing world ." In this conversation, we ask: if renewables are so cheap, why is fossil fuel infrastructure still being built in the developing world? Ball helps us understand what is happening and, more importantly, where the money is coming from to power the nation's most in need of more energy resources. He also explains the possible solutions and what to watch for as the politics and economics of decarbonization evolve. Jeffrey Ball is the scholar-in-residence at Stanford University’s Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance, leads the The Stanford Climate of Infrastructure Project , and is a lecturer at Stanford Law School. He is a long-time writer on energy and climate issues and has appeared in Fortune, Foreign Affairs, Mother Jones, Texas Monthly, The New Republic, The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, and Slate. You can check out more of his work on his website here . Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website! Further Reading: Revealed: Biden administration was not legally bound to auction gulf drilling rights <a href= "https://www.ny
S1 E156 · Wed, December 08, 2021
Centering Environmental Justice In Congress (w/ Rep. Donald McEachin)
This week, we speak with US Representative Donald McEachin (D-VA) about the environmental justice measures contained within the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill and the Build Back Better Act. Rep. McEachin, representing the 4th Congressional District of Virginia, co-founded the United for Climate and Environmental Justice Task Force in the House and has been instrumental in raising awareness for environmental justice in Congress. Co-hosts Ty and Brock Benefiel also discuss the prevalence of climate change in popular art, Elon Musk's recent comments about government subsidies, and who topped their Spotify Wrapped for 2021. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E155 · Wed, December 01, 2021
What Does The Build Back Better Act Mean To Biden's Climate Pledges? (w/ Rep. Sean Casten)
The House passed President Biden's Build Back Better Bill and now this historic climate legislation sits in the Senate waiting to get final approval. So what would the bill actually mean to Biden's climate pledges on the campaign trail if it makes it through the Senate? Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL) is back on the show to explain and also talk about some of the climate benefits for mitigation and adaptation in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill that's already been signed into law. Finally, we get Congressman Casten's reaction to COP26 results and what Congress still needs to do to address climate if the Build Back Better Act passes. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss how the 1970s energy crisis is back in the news and Biden's decision to tap into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website! Further Reading: Some climate campaigners praise Biden for releasing emergency oil reserves
S1 E154 · Wed, November 24, 2021
Is Geoengineering Worth The Gamble? (w/ Gernot Wagner)
This week, climate economist Gernot Wagner discusses his new book " Geoengineering: The Gamble ". Gernot Wagner was the co-founding director of Harvard's Geoengineering Research Program and provides an honest assessment of the pros, cons, and unknowns of solar geoengineering. This interview is a must-listen for anyone that wants to understand the climate, economic, political, and philosophical implications of geoengineering. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss the importance of the US House of Representatives passing the Build Back Better Act. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E153 · Wed, November 17, 2021
COP26 Is Over - Where Do We Go From Here? (w/ Global Citizen's Michael Sheldrick)
After a two year wait, COP26 has finally concluded. We are left with the Glasgow Climate Pact, which is no doubt disappointing and fails in several key areas. But all was not lost at COP26. Several major commitments were made and pressure continues to mount on world leaders to do more. We review the outcome with Michael Sheldrick , Co-Founder and Chief Policy, Impact and Government Affairs Officer at Global Citizen . Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also reflect on the year-long series covering COP26 and what to look forward now that meetings have concluded. Thank you to our sponsor Octopus Energy, a 100% renewable electricity supplier. Octopus Energy is currently serving millions of homes around the globe in countries like the United Kingdom , United States , New Zealand , and Germany . Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E152 · Fri, November 12, 2021
UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen On Why Climate Ambition Can't Stop At COP26
On this installment of our series, The Road To COP26 Presented By Octopus Energy , we speak with the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme, Inger Andersen about the UNEP gap reports, the meaning of the COP26 pledges, and the importance of real actions by world leaders to decarbonize and ensure a just transition. Co-hosts Ty and Brock Benefiel also discuss recent comments by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and the long work still ahead for COP26 negotiators. Thank you to our sponsor Octopus Energy, a 100% renewable electricity supplier. Octopus Energy is currently serving millions of homes around the globe in countries like the United Kingdom , United States , New Zealand , and Germany . Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E151 · Thu, November 11, 2021
COP26: How All Governments Can Address Climate Change (w/ Scotland Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero Michael Matheson)
On this installment of our series, The Road To COP26 Presented By Octopus Energy , we speak with Scotland's Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy, and Transport, Michael Matheson . He provides insight into what all levels of government, not just national governments, can do to deliver a just and sustainable transition and why future COPs should be inclusive of local governments as well. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss the first draft of the COP26 Cover Decision and the United States and China agreement to boost cooperation in combating climate change. Thank you to our sponsor Octopus Energy, a 100% renewable electricity supplier. Octopus Energy is currently serving millions of homes around the globe in countries like the United Kingdom , United States , New Zealand , and Germany . Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E150 · Wed, November 10, 2021
COP26: Technologies We Need To Fight Climate Change (w/ Bertrand Piccard)
On this installment of our series, The Road To COP26 Presented By Octopus Energy , we look at how to leverage science and technology to decarbonize the global economy with Bertrand Piccard , a legendary explorer, founder and chairman of the Solar Impulse Foundation , and first person to fly around the globe in a solar airplane. We discuss how to deploy sustainable solutions to improve people's lives and how to convince more people to join the fight for a better future. Thank you to our sponsor Octopus Energy, a 100% renewable electricity supplier. Octopus Energy is currently serving millions of homes around the globe in countries like the United Kingdom , United States , New Zealand , and Germany . Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E149 · Tue, November 09, 2021
COP26: Progressing Gender Equality In Climate Action (w/ Climate Outreach's Amiera Sawas)
On this installment of our series, The Road To COP26 Presented By Octopus Energy , we discuss gender equality and representation with Amiera Sawas , Director of Programmes and Research at Climate Outreach . She explains what we lose when women are underrepresented in climate media, climate negotiations, and climate science authorship, the specific burden women around the world face with the climate crisis, and how COP26 has faired when it comes to achieving its stated goal of achieving "the full and meaningful participation of women and girls in climate action." Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss what's at stake in the second week of COP26 and the depressing reality of nations undercounting emissions. Thank you to our sponsor Octopus Energy, a 100% renewable electricity supplier. Octopus Energy is currently serving millions of homes around the globe in countries like the United Kingdom , United States , New Zealand , and Germany . Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website! Further Reading: Countries’ climate pledges built on flawed data, Post investigation finds Negotiations at COP26 are about to get a lot toughe
S1 E148 · Mon, November 08, 2021
COP26: Why Migration Policy Is Critical To Climate Adaptation (w/ Julia Blocher)
On this installment of our series, The Road To COP26 Presented By Octopus Energy , we look at why global migration policy is crucial to adaptation in the face of climate change with J ulia Blocher , researcher on the linkage between climate change and migration at The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and President of the The International Youth Federation. We explore what people often get wrong about climate migration, why young people are so often on the frontlines of dealing with migration, and what policies are needed at COP26 to make migration safer and easier around the world. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss the underwhelming efforts to provide global financing for adaptation and mitigation and loss and damage and what may happen as a result. Thank you to our sponsor Octopus Energy, a 100% renewable electricity supplier. Octopus Energy is currently serving millions of homes around the globe in countries like the United Kingdom , United States , New Zealand , and Germany . Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E147 · Sat, November 06, 2021
COP26: Protect And Restore Nature (w/ Oceana's Jackie Savitz and World Resource Institute's Bernadette Arakwiye)
On this installment of our series, The Road To COP26 Presented By Octopus Energy , we celebrate COP26's Nature Day with two exceptional guests. Jackie Savitz , Oceana 's Chief Policy Officer of North America, joins the show to discuss how world leaders should act to protect oceans and how the Build Back Better Act can help progress in the United States. Then, Dr. Bernadette Arakwiye , manager of the World Resources Institute 's AFR100 Initiative, explains the importance of the announcement earlier in the week to end deforestation by 2030 and the biggest needs to further land and forest restoration across the globe. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss the tension between future climate pledges and actual progress, ongoing activism at COP26, and what to watch for at the rest of the conference. Thank you to our sponsor Octopus Energy, a 100% renewable electricity supplier. Octopus Energy is currently serving millions of homes around the globe in countries like the United Kingdom , United States , New Zealand , and Germany . Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E146 · Fri, November 05, 2021
COP26: Young Leaders Fight To Be Heard (w/ John Paul Jose)
On this installment of our series, The Road To COP26 Presented By Octopus Energy , we welcome Indian environmental and climate justice activist John Paul Jose to the show to discuss how young leaders are fighting to make their voices heard at COP26 and the strategies activists are using to make real change at this critical event and beyond. We discuss how young leaders are pushing climate action that delivers just and equitable outcomes, how to elevate the voices of more young people in the Global South, and why new climate organizations led by younger people are making a bigger impact. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss big (but complicated!) announcements on phasing out coal and the major ways in which youth leaders are transforming the climate conversation around the globe. Thank you to our sponsor Octopus Energy, a 100% renewable electricity supplier. Octopus Energy is currently serving millions of homes around the globe in countries like the United Kingdom , United States , New Zealand , and Germany . Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website! Further Reading: ‘A continuation of colonialism’: indigenous activists say their voices are missing at Cop26 Over 40 Countries Pledge at U.N. Climate Summit to End Use of Coal Power
S1 E145 · Thu, November 04, 2021
COP26: The Need For Clean Energy Now (w/ Rep. Sean Casten)
On this installment of our series, The Road To COP26 Presented By Octopus Energy , we welcome back Rep. Sean Casten to the show to discuss what global solutions we need to accelerate the adoption of clean energy and what needs to be accomplished at COP26 to help make it happen. We also talk about the obstacles facing the world's clean energy transition - from fossil fuel subsidies and misinformation across the globe to inaction in Congress at home - and what the state of U.S. domestic policy means for the world's ability to decarbonize. Finally, we discuss Rep. Casten's successful #HotFERCSummer campaign and why he wanted to shed spotlight on this crucial regulatory commission. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero and why governments and financial institutions need to quit funding and subsidizing fossil fuels if they want an inhabitable planet. Thank you to our sponsor Octopus Energy, a 100% renewable electricity supplier. Octopus Energy is currently serving millions of homes around the globe in countries like the United Kingdom , United States , New Zealand , and Germany . Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website! Further Reading: COP26: World leaders promise to end deforestation by 2030
S1 E144 · Wed, November 03, 2021
COP26: Financing A Sustainable Economy (w/ Tom Steyer)
On this installment of our series, The Road To COP26 Presented By Octopus Energy , we look at how to mobilize public and private finance for climate action with investor and former presidential candidate Tom Steyer. As COP26's Finance day unfolds, we discuss w hat governments need to do to increase private finance in climate solutions, how much needs to be invested, and how to center equity and justice to accelerate mitigation and improve adaptation across the globe. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss the Global Methane Pledge, the announcement to end deforestation by 2030, and the formation of the First Movers Coalition. . Thank you to our sponsor Octopus Energy, a 100% renewable electricity supplier. Octopus Energy is currently serving millions of homes around the globe in countries like the United Kingdom , United States , New Zealand , and Germany . Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website! Further Reading: COP26: World leaders promise to end deforestation by 2030
S1 E143 · Tue, November 02, 2021
COP26: Can World Leaders Stabilize the Climate? (w/ The Economist's Oliver Morton)
On this installment of our series, The Road To COP26 Presented By Octopus Energy , we look at the big picture of the climate crisis with The Economist's Oliver Morton to talk about their latest Special Report “ Stabilising the climate ." We go in-depth on the state of the crisis, greenhouse gas emissions, and what it will take to hit the goals set out in the Paris Agreement almost 6 years ago as we arrive at the second day of the World Leader's Summit. We discuss the realities world leaders face with the economics of clean energy, how the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) committed to in the Paris Agreement are measuring up, and the hurdles countries may face trying to achieve negative emissions. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also react President Joe Biden's speech at COP26 and Sen. Joe Manchin's reaction to it and discuss the WMO's " State of Climate in 2021: Extreme events and major impacts " report. Oliver Morton is an award-winning science writer and editor, author of multiple books including most recently 2019’s The Moon: A History for the Future . The Economist’s “To a lesser degree” podcast on climate change . . Thank you to our sponsor Octopus Energy, a 100% renewable electricity supplier. Octopus Energy is currently serving millions of homes around the globe in countries like the United Kingdom , United States , New Zealand , and Germany . Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spot
S1 E142 · Mon, November 01, 2021
What's At Stake At COP26? (w/ Time's Justin Worland)
On this installment of our series, The Road To COP26 Presented By Octopus Energy , we kickoff our two week special coverage of COP26 in Glasgow with Time Magazine's Justin Worland, s enior correspondent covering climate change, about what to expect from this year's critical United Nation's conference on climate change. Justin explains the biggest issues on the table at this year's negotiations, why this year's conference is a big test for multilateralism, and what it's like to be in Glasgow during the meetings. He also talks about his recent piece " The Diplomat: John Kerry Brings America Back To The Climate Fight " and what COP26 could mean for the legacy of the US Special Presidential Envoy on Climate. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also react to COP26 President Alok Sharma's kickoff press conference and discuss the stakes for world leaders as they gather for the opening days as the conference begins with a rocky start. Subscribe to Time Magazine's Climate Newsletter Thank you to our sponsor Octopus Energy, a 100% renewable electricity supplier. Octopus Energy is currently serving millions of homes around the globe in countries like the United Kingdom , United States , New Zealand , and Germany . Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website! Further Reading: <a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/30/cli
S1 E141 · Sat, October 30, 2021
Halloween Special: Frankenstein And Climate Change (w/ Michael Wysession)
We're mixing it up for this episode to celebrate our favorite spooky holiday with an exceptional guest that gives us the very real climate-related inspiration behind Mary Shelley's classic Frankenstein. Dr. Michael Wysession, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, talks about his 2018 essay " Frankenstein Meets Climate Change: Monsters of Our Own Making " and explains how not only was the story influenced by a brief period of extreme climate change, but it also provides many parallels to the climate crisis we’re facing today. Listen to last year's Halloween episode "Sea Fever" Is A Nightmare Climate Allegory (w/ Director Neasa Hardiman) Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E140 · Wed, October 27, 2021
Jane Goodall On COP26 And Using Hope To Inspire Climate Action
On this installment of our series, The Road To COP26 Presented By Octopus Energy , Dr. Jane Goodall , the legendary primatologist and anthropologist, joins the show to discuss why she wanted to serve as a COP26 Advocate, how everyone can get involved to fight climate change and the destruction of the natural world, and what she's learned over the course of her life and work that gives her hope for a better future. Dr. Goodall is the founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and the organization Roots & Shoots . Most recently, she is the author of The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times . Thank you to our sponsor Octopus Energy, a 100% renewable electricity supplier. Octopus Energy is currently serving millions of homes around the globe in countries like the United Kingdom , United States , New Zealand , and Germany . Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E139 · Wed, October 20, 2021
The Climate Chaos Of Ancient Civilizations (w/ Brian Fagan)
How did our ancestors handle catastrophic changes to their climate? Brian Fagan has been researching that very question for decades. As one of the world’s leading archaeological writers and recognized authorities on world prehistory, he has put together several great works on ancient climate change including the New York Times bestseller The Great Warming . Now, he's co-authored a new book Climate Chaos: Lessons on Survival from Our Ancestors with Cambridge University-trained archaeologist and writer Nadia Durrani. In this conversation with Fagan, we explore how ancient civilizations - from the Roman Emperors to Egyptian Pharaohs and many more - dealt with extreme environmental shifts and why climate change caused so many civilizations to eventually collapse. We explore the droughts, volcanoes, glacial melts, and other climate calamities that felled once-mighty civilizations and what we can learn from their example to lead us in our decisions today. Brian Fagan is a Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Buy Climate Chaos: Lessons on Survival from Our Ancestors Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E138 · Wed, October 13, 2021
How To Electrify Everything (w/ Saul Griffith)
This week, Saul Griffith joins the show to talk about his new book Electrify: An Optimists Playbook for Our Clean Energy Future . Saul is the co-founder and Chief Scientist of Rewiring America , a non-profit dedicated to widespread electrification and decarbonization. We discuss how replacing or adding just a handful of products in our homes and our businesses can help transform and decarbonize our electricity grid, making us all healthier and saving us money at the same time. Brock and Ty also discuss the "People vs. Fossil Fuels" protests happening in front of the White House. Check out Rewiring America Check out Saul's Sankey diagram of America's energy use Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E137 · Wed, October 06, 2021
Will We Decarbonize Transportation Fast Enough? (w/ National Geographic's Craig Welch and Sam Howe Verhovek)
This week, we look into the future of decarbonizing transportation with two great writers featured in National Geographic's October cover story on the issue. First, Craig Welch talks about his piece “The Future of Driving is here - and it's Electric” that examines the car industry and how quickly the electric vehicle market is developing all around the world. Second, Sam Howe Verhovek joined the show to discuss his article " How Green Can We Make Air Travel? And How Soon?" Sam outlines the problems the airline industry is facing as it tries to decarbonize and the future technologies that might hold the key. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group .
S1 E136 · Wed, September 29, 2021
How Climate Change Worsens Extreme Droughts and Wildfires (w/ Dr. Park Williams)
This week, we take a deep dive into how climate change is exacerbating extreme droughts and accelerating wildfires with bioclimatologist Park Williams. Dr. Williams is an associate professor at UCLA's Department of Geography . His particular expertise in the causes and consequences of drought guides us through a wide-ranging conversation on the transformative changes we are seeing in the American West as temperatures rise and how we should adapt to a future of more frequent droughts and dangerous wildfires. Dr. Williams is the recent co-author of the paper, " Uncertainties, Limits, and Benefits of Climate Change Mitigation for Soil Moisture Drought in Southwestern North America ," and he explains the biggest findings of the research, how bad drought has been over the past two decades, and how this compares to historic megadroughts. You can learn more about Dr. Williams and his research at his website here. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E135 · Fri, September 24, 2021
Road to COP26: Climate Displacement and the Need For Funding For Loss and Damage (w/ Runa Khan)
On this installment of our series, The Road To COP26 Presented By Octopus Energy , Runa Khan , founder and Executive Director of Friendship International, joins the show to talk about the work her organization has done to help people displaced by the climate crisis, and why more needs to be done by the richest countries in the world at COP26 and beyond to help developing nations mitigate emissions and adapt to a warming planet. Learn more about Friendship Alexander Kauffman's article about Biden's climate finance pledge Thank you to our sponsor Octopus Energy, a 100% renewable electricity supplier. Octopus Energy is currently serving millions of homes around the globe in countries like the United Kingdom , United States , New Zealand , and Germany . Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E134 · Wed, September 22, 2021
Katharine Hayhoe On Healing Dangerous Climate Divisions
This week, Dr. Katharine Hayhoe joins the show to talk about her new book, Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World . Her book is an incredibly helpful guide for anyone that wants to feel more comfortable talking about climate change, and talking about climate change is one of the most important things we can do. Dr. Katharine Hayhoe is an atmospheric scientist and an endowed chair and distinguished professor in the department of Political Scientist at Texas Tech. She’s also the Chief Scientist for the Nature Conservancy. Buy Saving Us Check out our YouTube explainer on the UN Synthesis Report As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website! Subscribe to our YouTube channel !
S1 E133 · Wed, September 15, 2021
How Fossil Fuel Interests Weaponized Economists To Delay Climate Action (w/ Ben Franta)
This week, Ben Franta joins the show to talk about his latest paper, " Weaponizing Economics: Big oil, economic consultants, and climate policy delay ”. He explains how fossil fuel companies knew for decades that their product was warming the planet and instead of investing in new energy options, leveraged economic experts to help slow necessary action to combat the climate crisis. We also discuss Harvard University's decision to divest from fossil fuels, which Ben advocated for as a student of Harvard University almost a decade ago. Ben is currently a graduate student at Stanford University focusing on the history of denial and delay tactics by the fossil fuel industry. He is also cofounder and current Director of Accountability Research for the Climate Social Science Network, a global network of social science scholars doing research on climate politics headquartered at Brown University. Follow Ben on Twitter and LinkedIn Check out Ben's TedTalk Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website! Subscribe to our YouTube channel ! We will be live on YouTube this Satu
S1 E132 · Wed, September 08, 2021
Road To COP26: Green Generation Initiative's Elizabeth Wathuti On Representing Youth And The Global South On Climate's Biggest Stage
On this installment of our series, The Road To COP26 Presented By Octopus Energy , we talk to Elizabeth Wathuti , the Global South Co-Chair of the COP26 Civil Society and Youth Advisory Council, about advocating for the Global South as one of the world's foremost young leaders in the climate movement. She explains how COP26 can better represent the needs and solutions of all people around the world and why most global leaders are failing to recognize the rampant inequality between nations during the COVID-19 and climate crises. Elizabeth also recalls how her early love of nature inspired her work and what she's doing to pass that on to a new generation. Elizabeth is the founder of Green Generation Initiative , which has planted 30,000 tree seedlings in Kenya. She is a recipient of a Wangari Maathai Scholarship and full member of the Green Belt Movement. She was named one of the 100 Most Influential Young Africans by the Africa Youth Awards. Learn more about the Green Generation Initiative Thank you to our sponsor Octopus Energy, a 100% renewable electricity supplier. Octopus Energy is currently serving millions of homes around the globe in countries like the United Kingdom , United States , New Zealand , and Germany . Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes ,</s
S1 E131 · Fri, September 03, 2021
Covering Extreme Weather and Climate Disasters (w/ CBS News' Jeff Berardelli)
Hurricane Ida was a Category 4 hurricane, first causing massive damage to Louisiana as it made landfall and later flooding New York City and other areas across the eastern half of the United States. At the same time, the Caldor Fire and Dixie Fire are burning across South Lake Tahoe and the Sierras. Why are we experiencing more extreme weather disasters? CBS News Meteorologist and Climate Specialist Jeff Berardelli explains how a warming planet has made hurricanes, wildfires, droughts, and floods so much worse. He also explains the importance and potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, also known as AMOC or the Gulf Stream. Jeff Berardelli has been a broadcast meteorologist for more than 25 years. He is currently the CBS News Meteorologist and Climate Specialist, reporting on extreme weather and the climate crisis across all CBS News broadcasts and platforms. Follow Jeff on Twitter: @WeatherProf Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our <span style= "font-
S1 E130 · Wed, September 01, 2021
Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Richard Thaler On The Role Of Behavioral Economics In Climate Change
This week, we talk to Dr. Richard Thaler about the new edition of his book, Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness , and what we can learn from behavioral economics that better helps us understand solutions to the climate crisis. Dr. Thaler is the 2017 recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to the field of behavioral economics. He is currently the Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Buy Nudge Check out Chad the Bird's latest Climate Pod video: Thanks, Humans! For the Western Water Crisis And check out Chad the Bird's Facebook page Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E129 · Wed, August 25, 2021
Road To COP26: WHO Director Maria Neira On The Public Health Crisis Caused By Air Pollution
On this installment of our series, The Road To COP26 Presented By Octopus Energy , we talk to the World Health Organization's Director of Public Health and Environment Dr. Maria Neira about the 7 million premature deaths caused by air pollution every year and what international leaders can do to adequately address the issue at COP26. Dr. Neira has been working for the WHO since 1993, except for the three years she served as Spain's Vice Minister of Health and Consumer Affairs from 2002 to 2005. She has served as the WHO Director of Public Health and Environment since 2005. Thank you to our sponsor Octopus Energy, a 100% renewable electricity supplier. Octopus Energy is currently serving millions of homes around the globe in countries like the United Kingdom , United States , New Zealand , and Germany . Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E128 · Wed, August 18, 2021
Road To COP26: New Zealand Minister For Climate Change James Shaw On Learning From COVID-19, COP25 Failure, And Unlocking Capital For Climate Action
On this installment of our series, The Road To COP26 Presented By Octopus Energy , we talk to the Hon James Shaw , New Zealand's Minister for Climate Change, Associate Minister for the Environment (Biodiversity), MP, and Co-Leader of the Green Party. We discuss what he learned from New Zealand's pandemic response and how that should inform global discussions on climate change. We also dig into why COP25 was such a big failure, what could be the biggest obstacles at COP26, and some of the biggest considerations at the intersection of climate action and adaptation and international finance. Listen to Minister Shaw's podcast What Comes After What Comes Next Thank you to our sponsor Octopus Energy, a 100% renewable electricity supplier. Octopus Energy is currently serving millions of homes around the globe in countries like the United Kingdom , United States , and Germany . Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E127 · Mon, August 16, 2021
Legendary Oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle On A Lifelong Fight To Protect The Oceans
Dr. Sylvia Earle is the perfect guest for a deep dive into a very important conversation: ocean exploration and conservation. As a National Geographic Explorer At Large, Dr. Earle is an internationally renowned oceanographer and author of the forthcoming book National Geographic Ocean: A Global Odyssey , Dubbed TIME Magazine’s first ‘Hero of the Planet,' Dr. Earle serves as President & Chairman of Mission Blue/The Sylvia Earle Alliance and was the first female chief scientist of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The Library of Congress called her a “Living Legend” and we couldn’t agree more. In this wide-ranging conversation, we find out what first made Dr. Earle fall in love in the ocean, why we need to rethink and reimagine our relationship with marine life, and what we stand to lose if we don't take the necessary steps to save the ocean. Check out The Climate Pod's YouTube Summary of the IPCC Report Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , <a href="http
S1 E126 · Mon, August 09, 2021
Road To COP26: The IPCC's New Report "Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis" (w/ Dr. Ed Hawkins)
On this installment of our series, The Road To COP26 Presented By Octopus Energy , we talk about the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) release of part of a major report on the current state of the climate crisis, AR6 Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis . Hundreds of climate scientists were tasked with providing a physical science basis for policymakers to understand the past, present, and future of global warming. This is the IPCC's Sixth Assessment Report on the state of the climate crisis. Dr. Ed Hawkins , one of the lead authors of the report, joins the show to explain some of the report's biggest findings, what it means for our climate future, and what we should learn to act now to avoid the worst consequences yet to come. Dr. Hawkins is a professor of climate science at the University of Reading and internationally known for the creation of the climate stripes , which are the visualization of warming over time. Everywhere you look you see Dr. Hawkins' climate stripes, on social media with #ShowYourStripes, on t-shirts, even during the opening ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympics. Check out The Climate Pod's YouTube Summary of the IPCC Report Thank you to our sponsor Octopus Energy, a 100% renewable electricity supplier. Octopus Energy is currently serving millions of homes around the globe in countries like the United Kingdom , United States , and Germany . Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website! Further Re
S1 E125 · Wed, August 04, 2021
What Keeps A Climate Scientist Up At Night? (w/ Dr. Andrew Dessler)
Extreme weather events have devastated communities across the globe in 2021. Wildfires, floods, and heatwaves have been made worse by human-caused climate change, just as climate scientists have warned us about for decades. This week, we talk to Dr. Andrew Dessler , one of those climate scientists who has been heeding those warnings and communicating the science and policy needed to address the climate crisis. He discusses both the extreme weather he and many others have predicted for decades and things he's seen in 2021 that he didn't expect. Dr. Dessler is the Reta A. Haynes Chair in Geosciences at Texas A&M University. He worked as the Senior Policy Analyst in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy under President Bill Clinton. He’s written books about both the science and the politics behind global warming. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website! Further Reading/Listening: Volts podcast: Rep. Sean Casten on Hot FERC Summer
S1 E124 · Wed, July 28, 2021
Gov. Jay Inslee On The Pacific Northwest Heatwave And The Blueprints For Climate Success
Washington Governor Jay Inslee made a big splash on the national stage centering his 2020 Democratic Presidential campaign on the climate crisis. Now, after his home state of Washington and much of the Pacific Northwest was devastated by a heatwave that was the deadliest weather-related disaster that area has ever experienced, he is continuing his decades-long advocacy for faster, more ambitious climate action. Governor Inslee joined us this week to talk about how he thinks about protecting his state from climate-related disasters. He also gave insights into how under his leadership Washington mounted one of the most successful efforts against COVID-19 in America. And finally, we talk about how Governor Inslee and his team have created the blueprints other local, state, and federal leaders (including President Biden) can use to successfully address the climate crisis and center environmental justice. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E123 · Wed, July 21, 2021
David Wallace-Wells On 2021's 'Off The Charts' Climate Emergencies
David Wallace-Wells is no stranger to contemplating the most disruptive and devastating outcomes of the climate crisis. His pivotal 2019 book, The Uninhabitable Earth , and 2017 article of the same name detailed some of the worst disasters that awaited humanity if action on climate was further delayed. Still, in 2021, even he's surprised by what he's seeing unfold. Record floods, out of control wildfires, and sweltering heatwaves are all placing constant pressure on nations and delivering tragic outcomes around the globe. "We are already not prepared for the warming we have today," Wallace-Wells told us. In this wide-ranging conversation, Wallace-Wells talks about his new piece " How To Live In A Climate 'Permanent Emergency ,'" how this year's unprecedented climate catastrophes should shape adaptation measures immediately, how his thinking has changed since the publishing of The Uninhabitable Earth, what he thought about the recent leaked IPCC report, and what he hopes global leaders will do to address climate change at the upcoming COP26 and beyond. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website! Further Reading/Listening Dr. Thomas Lovejoy on Avoiding Catastrophic Biodiversity Loss in the Amazon Parts of the Amazon Go From Absorbing Carbon Dioxide to Emitting It <a hr
S1 E122 · Fri, July 16, 2021
1970s Energy Crisis - Part 2: Public Panic And Political Shifts (w/ Dr. Meg Jacobs)
This is Part 2 of our two-part series covering the 1970s oil crises in America. You can listen to Part 1 with Jay Hakes here . Professor Meg Jacobs joins the show to discuss her fantastic book Panic At The Pump: The Energy Crisis and the Transformation of American Politics in the 1970s . We discuss the rise of young Conservatives in the 70s and how the decade empowered them to influence policy for a half century, what Americans were doing when panic set in, and how the experience impacted long-term trust of government in the United States. The 70s were pretty weird! Meg Jacobs is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. She is also the author of Pocketbook Politics: Economic Citizenship in Twentieth-Century America , which won the Organization of American Historians’ Ellis W. Hawley Prize and the New England Historical Association’s James P. Hanlan Book Award. She is also the coauthor of Conservatives in Power: The Reagan Years, 1981–1989 . Buy Panic At The Pump: The Energy Crisis and the Transformation of American Politics in the 1970s Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E121 · Wed, July 14, 2021
1970s Energy Crisis - Part 1: Presidential Policies And Energy Economics (w/ Jay Hakes)
This is Part 1 of our two-part series covering the 1970s oil crises in America. The conversations in this series help us understand how the oil crises in the 1970s reshaped American politics and our ability to combat the climate crisis for the next 50 years. Jay Hakes joins the show to discuss his book Energy Crises: Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Hard Choices in the 1970s . Jay was the Administrator of the US Energy Information Administration under President Bill Clinton and the Director for Research and Policy for President Obama’s BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Commission. Jay also served 13 years as the Director of Jimmy Carter’s Presidential Library. Be sure to check out " Energy Crises " Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E120 · Wed, July 07, 2021
Road To COP26: UK MP David Lammy On The Inextricable Links Between Racial and Climate Justice
This episode kicks off The Climate Pod's "Road To COP26", our months-long series of conversations with world leaders about the importance of the United Nations' COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, and what must be accomplished in order to successfully combat the climate crisis happening around the globe. The United Kingdom's Shadow Secretary of State for Justice David Lammy joins our show to explain why international leaders at COP26 must include the voices of the Global South in all conversations about climate solutions and why racial justice must be addressed every step of the way toward a more sustainable planet. David Lammy has served in the UK Parliament for more than 20 years and is also the co-founder of The Sophia Point Rainforest Research Centre in Guyana. And be sure to check out David's book, " Tribes: How Our Need to Belong Can Make Or Break the Good Society" Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E119 · Wed, June 30, 2021
Sen. Tina Smith On The Need For A Clean Electricity Standard | Media Matters' Allison Fisher On Climate On Fox News' Flagship News Hour
With a bipartisan agreement reportedly in place on a smaller Senate infrastructure package, President Biden has signaled he will not sign the bill without additional legislation to address climate change. Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) joins to talk about why the clean electricity standard is essential to good climate policy and action on the crisis, how it can pass through the Senate's reconciliation process, and how the standard actually works. Then, Allison Fisher , director of the climate and energy program at Media Matters , joins the show to talk about their new study on Special Report with Bret Baier and how Fox News' flagship news hour is using its platform to spread climate misinformation and doubt. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website! Further Reading: 6 crucial climate actions the Senate left out of its infrastructure deal Biden Administration Backs Oil Sands Pipeline Project
S1 E118 · Wed, June 23, 2021
Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull On The Anti-Democratic Forces Opposing Climate Action
Malcolm Turnbull , the 29th Prime Minister of Australia, joins the show this week to discuss the growing threat of misinformation to liberal democracy, the role Rupert Murdoch and News Corp are playing to exacerbate the problem, the obstacles to international cooperation on reducing emissions, the responsibility and needed role of the United States and Australia on the global stage, and his hopes for what can be accomplished in 2021 to tackle climate change. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also reflect on The Climate Pod's 2-year anniversary. Buy Malcolm Turnbull's memoir A Bigger Picture Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E117 · Wed, June 16, 2021
Stopping Pipelines (w/ Dallas Goldtooth and Jane Kleeb)
Dallas Goldtooth and Jane Kleeb have been fighting pipelines for years. Like so many others, opposing the Keystone XL pipeline has been a remarkable experience in their political and personal lives and part of an ongoing fight to bring about greater racial, economic, and environmental justice. As news last week confirmed TC Energy was finished with the Keystone XL pipeline and water protectors in Minnesota brought more attention to the construction of the Line 3 pipeline, Goldtooth and Kleeb joined the show to discuss how to continue to fight against pipelines, what President Biden needs to do now, and what's at stake as organizers keep up the pressure. Dallas Goldtooth is a Keep It In The Ground Campaign Organizer for the Indigenous Environmental Network . Jane Kleeb is the a uthor of Harvest the Vote , Chair of the Nebraska Democratic Party , and President of Bold Nebraska . Also, check out Pipeline Fighters and Stop Trump Pipelines . Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E116 · Wed, June 09, 2021
Why Post Growth Economics Is Key to Sustainable Progress (w/ Tim Jackson)
This week, Tim Jackson joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Post Growth: Life after Capitalism . He discusses how we reshape our economy to be in better balance with our natural world, prioritize our well-being, and truly value the aspects of our society that create real prosperity - and how we got so far off-track. Tim Jackson is the Director of the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity and Professor of Sustainable Development at the University of Surrey in the UK. His previous book, Prosperity without Growth , was a Financial Times book of the year and UnHerd’s book of the decade! Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website! Learn more about the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity
S1 E115 · Fri, June 04, 2021
Alex Steffen On The Climate Conversation Necessary Snap Forward | Evlondo Cooper On Environmental Justice In Broadcast TV Coverage
Two great guests discuss a few of the most important aspects of the climate crisis conversation. First, Alex Steffen , author, speaker, and futurist, talks about his new newsletter, podcast, and book project called The Snap Forward . He discusses what he's most passionate about exploring in his writing after 30 years of covering the space, how we should reimagine our future and present as we face the climate crisis, our current discontinuity with the planet, and how to push past predatory delay efforts. Then, Evlondo Cooper , senior writer with the climate and energy program at Media Matters , discusses his new report, How broadcast TV news covered environmental justice over the past four years . He explains why broadcast TV often ignores or inadequately examines the most critical issues in environmental justice, how the most prominent stories were covered, and what news organizations should be doing to improve. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website! Support Media Matters by donating here: https://action.mediamatters.org/secure/donate Subscribe to Alex Steffen's The Snap Forward
S1 E114 · Wed, June 02, 2021
Naomi Oreskes On Exxon's Decades-Long Doubt Campaign And Big Oil's Bad Week
Last week, we saw massive news break for some of the world's biggest fossil fuel companies. ExxonMobil was one of the companies that received backlash for climate inaction and our guest this week, Dr. Naomi Oreskes, has been following the company for a long time. Her recent paper with Dr. Geoffrey Supran, “Rhetoric and frame analysis of ExxonMobil’s climate change communications” looks at the company's decades-long campaign to sow climate doubt. We discuss their findings as well as the major developments last week and what it could mean for the future. Dr. Naomi Oreskes is the Professor of the History of Science and Affiliated Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University. She is the author of 7 books, including the groundbreaking and widely popular “Merchants of Doubt” . Dr. Oreskes has authored or co-authored over 150 papers. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website! Further Reading: Why Big Oil should be worried after a day of reckoning Exxon May Be Corporate America’s Canary in the Coal Mine <a href= "https://i
S1 E113 · Fri, May 28, 2021
How Do We Live With Hotter 'Climate Normals'? (w/ Dr. Aaron Bernstein, Kathy Baughman McLeod, and Dr. Laurence S. Kalkstein)
Recently, NOAA released their new U.S. Climate Normals map, which is updated every ten years. It's yet another reminder that we are living in an increasingly warm world. So how will we adapt? Three expert guests join us for a roundtable discussion on how we deal with the health, economic, justice, and climate repercussions of a hotter country and planet. Kathy Baughman McLeod is the Senior Vice President and Director of the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center at the Atlantic Council and leads the Extreme Heat Resilience Alliance (EHRA), a global group that has proposed naming and ranking heat waves. Dr. Laurence S. Kalkstein is the President of Applied Climatologists, Inc., a climate scientist, and member of EHRA . He also serves as principal investigator and co-founder of the Los Angeles Urban Cooling Collaborative (LAUCC) Dr. Aaron Bernstein is the I nterim Director of The Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Harvard Chan C-CHANGE) — also a member of EHRA, pediatrician at Boston Children’s Hospital, and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly
S1 E112 · Wed, May 26, 2021
Preventing Pandemics In A Time Of Science Denial And Climate Change (w/ Dr. Peter J. Hotez)
How do we prevent future pandemics? As COVID-19 has continued to rage across the globe, Dr. Peter J. Hotez has been working tirelessly to answer that question - in addition to leading efforts to develop a COVID-19 vaccine and explain crucial details about the current pandemic to the public. In his new book, Preventing the Next Pandemic: Vaccine Diplomacy in a Time of Anti-science , Dr. Hotez explains the biggest drivers behind the spread of disease across the globe, including climate change, war and conflict, extreme poverty, and widespread science denial. This week, he joins the show to talk about the book and the power of vaccine diplomacy in the 21st century. He discusses the commonalities in fighting both climate denial and vaccine denial and what he hopes for in a post-COVID-19 pandemic world. Peter J. Hotez, MD, PhD , is a professor of pediatrics and molecular virology and microbiology. He is the founding dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, where he is also the co-director of the Texas Children's Center for Vaccine Development. Buy Preventing the Next Pandemic: Vaccine Diplomacy in a Time of Anti-science Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E111 · Wed, May 19, 2021
Why Protecting Land Is Critical To Rescuing the Planet (w/ Tony Hiss)
This week, Tony Hiss joins the show to talk about his new book, Rescuing the Planet: Protecting Half the Land to Heal the Earth . Tony talks about the history of conservation biology and highlights several people who have led conservation efforts in North America over the last 100 years. Tony Hiss is the author of 15 books, including the award-winning book, The Experience of Place . Previously, Hiss was a staff writer at The New Yorker for more than thirty years and a visiting scholar at New York University for twenty-five years. Buy Rescuing the Planet Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E110 · Wed, May 12, 2021
How Policymakers Can Make Better Decisions To Avoid Catastrophe (w/ Cass Sunstein)
This week, Cass Sunstein joins the show to discuss his new book, Averting Catastrophe: Decision Theory for COVID-19, Climate Change, and Potential Disasters of All Kinds . His book lays out how policymakers can make decisions that avoid our natural biases and result in better outcomes, especially in the face of catastrophic outcomes like those posed by the climate crisis. Cass Sunstein is a professor at Harvard Law School, Advisor of the World Health Organization, and Senior Counselor and Regulatory Policy Officer in the Department of Homeland Security. Previously, he was the Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs during the Obama Administration. Buy Averting Catastrophe: Decision Theory for COVID-19, Climate Change, and Potential Disasters of All Kinds Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E109 · Wed, May 05, 2021
Parker Molloy On Right-Wing Media Climate Lies | Tyler J. Kelley On Living With American Rivers In A Climate Crisis
This week, Parker Molloy , editor at large at Media Matters For America , joins the show to discuss how recent lies about Biden's climate plans became widespread on right-wing media outlets. We discuss the bogus origins of Biden's #Burgergate, how it took hold on Fox News, and why some mainstream media outlets accepted the false premise in their coverage. Then, Tyler J. Kelley, a journalist who has written for the New York Times , The Wall Street Journal , and The New Yorker, talks about his new book Holding Back the River - The Struggle Against Nature on America's Waterways . We talk about the long, complex history of river management in America, how that's been impacted by climate change, how government leaders in The Netherlands have more effectively implemented adaptation measures, and the true stories of the people that are most affected by river flooding and the struggle of those attempting to manage our waterways. Buy Holding Back the River - The Struggle Against Nature on America's Waterways Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E108 · Wed, April 28, 2021
Is Capitalism Overheating The Planet? (w/ Kate Aronoff)
This week, Kate Aronoff , staff writer at The New Republic and author of the new book, Overheated: How Capitalism Broke the Planet- And How We Fight Back , joins the show to discuss neoliberalism’s influence over bad climate policy and how America can combat the climate crisis best by building a more democratic society that benefits the lives of everyone. We also talk about how a Green New Deal can create a just transition that helps build a larger, stronger coalition for Democrats. Buy Overheated: How Capitalism Broke the Planet- And How We Fight Back Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E107 · Wed, April 21, 2021
Rep. Earl Blumenauer On Making Polluters Pay | Dr. Robbie Shilliam On Decolonizing Politics
This week, Rep. Earl Blumenauer joins the show to discuss his new legislation to reinstate superfund taxes and make polluters pay for toxic cleanup. He discusses why eliminating tax breaks are essential to the cleanup of toxic and hazardous waste sites throughout the United States. Then, Dr. Robbie Shilliam discusses his new book Decolonizing Politics: An Introduction and how international political scholars need to recontextualize, reconceptionalize, and reimagine some of the most prominent political ideas to discontinue colonial logic and improve international relations for just policies. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website! Further Reading/Watching/Listening: https://robbieshilliam.wordpress.com/
S1 E106 · Wed, April 14, 2021
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse on Dark Money And Climate Politics | Maurice Mitchell On Racial And Economic Justice In Infrastructure Plans
This week, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) talks to us about dark money in politics, the biggest obstacles to passing big, bipartisan climate laws, and what he hopes President Joe Biden can accomplish during this term. Then, Maurice Mitchell , National Director of the Working Families Party , joins the show to talk about centering racial and economic justice in infrastructure plans and how to build back to battle climate change. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website! Further Reading/Watching/Listening: Coronavirus Is a Dress Rehearsal for Climate Change How Biden's $2tn infrastructure plan seeks to achieve racial justice Sen. Whitehouse Gives Presentation On 'Dark Money' Influence On Supreme Court Nomination Kurt Andersen on "Evil Geniuses" and The Unmaking of Environmental and Climate Protection‪s ‬
S1 E105 · Wed, April 07, 2021
Jeffrey Sachs on Biden's Infrastructure Goals | Yonah Freemark on American Jobs Plan's Transportation Priorities
This week, two expert guests, Professor Jeffrey Sachs and Yonah Freemark , join the show to talk about the American Jobs Plan and how we can better decarbonize our economy with smart infrastructure spending. Professor Sachs explains how to best aim spending plans to create sustainable jobs, build up a green economy, and reduce inequality in the process. Freemark tells us why transportation emissions keep increasing, how to get fewer cars on the road, and the importance of federal and local coordination on transportation plans. About Our Guests: Jeffrey Sachs is the Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, the President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, a commissioner of the UN Broadband Commission for Development, and an SDG Advocate for UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. He is the author of several books including The End of Poverty , The Age of Sustainable Development , and The Ages of Globalization: Geography, Technology, and Institutions . He hosts the new podcast Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs . Yonah Freemark is a senior research associate in the Urban Institute’s Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center, where he researches the intersection of land use, affordable housing, and transportation. You can read his recent Op-Ed " How to ensure Biden's climate-focused transportation plans turn out sustainable and equitable" in The Hill. You can follow his work at Urban.org or his blog The Transport Politic . Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t
S1 E104 · Wed, March 31, 2021
Living In A World Remade (w/ Nathaniel Rich)
This week, Nathaniel Rich , award-winning journalist and author of Second Nature: Scenes From a World Remade joins the show to talk about what he's learned covering the scientists, politicians, and corporations that are reshaping our planet and its inhabitants for better and for worse. About Our Guest: Nathaniel Rich is an award-winning journalist and author. In 2019, he wrote "Losing Earth: A Recent History", and his 2016 New York Times Magazine article "The Lawyer Who Became DuPont's Worst Nightmare" was turned into the feature film "Dark Waters". Buy Second Nature: Scenes From a World Remade Further Reading/Listening: Our conversation with Rob Bilott Our conversation with Zephyr Teachout Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E103 · Wed, March 24, 2021
"The Ministry For The Future" Author Kim Stanley Robinson On The Systemic Breakdown At the Core of the Climate Crisis
This week, Kim Stanley Robinson, renowned science fiction writer and author of "The Ministry For The Future," joins the show for a wide-ranging discussion on the systemic collapse that's led to the climate crisis, the power and importance of language and fiction in dissecting complicated policies and decisions, his problem with most economists, and what keeps him optimistic about what could happen in the future. He also tells us how the American leftist tradition helped shape his politics in the 1970s as a student and what it has been like writing fiction amid the parallel rise of neoliberalism over the course of his career. About Our Guest: Kim Stanley Robinson is an award-winning novelist and New York Times bestseller. He has authored more than 20 books and won the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards. He is well known for his bestselling Mars trilogy and in 2008, he was named a “Hero of the Environment” by Time magazine. Buy The Ministry For The Future Further Reading/Listening: Our conversation with Dr. Stephanie Kelton on MMT Our conversation with Zachary Carter on Keynes and Climate Zachary Carter's New York Times OpEd Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our <a href= "https://www.theclimat
S1 E102 · Wed, March 17, 2021
The Successes And Failures Of The Conservation Movement (w/ Michelle Nijhuis)
This week, Michelle Nijhuis , author of Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction , joins the show to discuss the history of the conservation movement. Michelle explains how conservation expanded beyond local efforts to an international movement, why so many inspiring and problematic people alike have taken up the conservation fight, and what climate activists can learn from the historic fight to stave off extinctions. About Our Guest: Michelle Nijhuis is a project editor at the Atlantic , a contributing editor at High Country News , coeditor of The Science Writers’ Handbook, and has has been published in National Geographic and the New York Times Magazine . Buy Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction Subscribe to our new Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E101 · Wed, March 10, 2021
Debunking the Deficit Myth to Help Save the Planet (w/ Dr. Stephanie Kelton)
This week, Dr. Stephanie Kelton joins the show to discuss how American politicians totally misunderstand the national debt and how the Federal government can use fiscal policy to create a just and sustainable society. Her book, The Deficit Myth , explains Modern Monetary Theory and shows why America can and must spend big on just climate solutions or we'll create the real intergenerational debt that matters. Buy The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy Subscribe to our new Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E100 · Wed, March 03, 2021
The True Crime Story Behind 'Dirty Gold' (w/ Nicholas Nehamas, Jim Wyss, and Jay Weaver)
This week, three of the authors behind Dirty Gold: The Rise And Fall Of An International Smuggling Ring join the show to talk about the tragic human and environmental loss stemming from illegal gold mining and the illegal international trade that fuels the issue. Authors Jay Weaver , Jim Wyss , and Nicholas Nehamas explain how the true crime story at the center of their reporting unfolded, how this became such a big issue, and why it matters to the climate movement. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also reflect on completing 100 episodes of the show. Buy Dirty Gold: The Rise And Fall Of An International Smuggling Ring Subscribe to our new Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E99 · Wed, February 24, 2021
Renewable Energy and Climate Lessons From Winter Weather Disasters (w/ Dr. Gabriel Filippelli and American Clean Power CEO Heather Zichal)
This week, we look back on the winter weather disaster in Texas and assess the lessons moving forward: how do we properly adapt to a changing climate that's affecting our winters? Dr. Gabriel Filippelli , Professor of Earth Sciences at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, explains why winter weather is getting weirder and American Clean Power CEO Heather Zichal discusses the accelerated need for more clean energy to combat the crisis. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss America officially re-entering the Paris Agreement, partisan motivation behind renewable opposition, and natural gas nonsense. Subscribe to our new Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website! Further reading: Joe Biden's climate envoy admits US and Australia not on 'same page' As Cities Grapple With Climate Change, Gas Utilities Fight To Stay In Business How Much the Oil and Gas Industry Paid Texas Republicans Who Are Lying About Wind Energy Dr. Leah Stokes' Texas Twitter Thread
S1 E98 · Wed, February 17, 2021
How To Understand The Next Great Migration (w/ Sonia Shah)
Sonia Shah 's new book The Next Great Migration is an essential read for the climate movement. What are most people missing when it comes to migration across the globe? Shah discusses the common misconceptions, where it originated, and the awful history of many environmental leaders promoting xenophobia and ecofascism. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss the Texas winter weather emergencies, renewable energy myths in a crisis, and how the most energy insecure are being impacted. Subscribe to our new Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website! Further reading: Dr. Jesse Jenkin's Twitter Thread Jeff Beradelli's Polar Vortex Explanation Energy Efficiency for All
S1 E97 · Wed, February 10, 2021
Scott Kelly Gives Us An Astronaut's View On Climate Change
Commander Scott Kelly is here! The renowned space explorer and author of the new children's book Goodnight, Astronaut , joins the show to discuss the adventures he documents in the book, why he wants to inspire kids to dream big, what space is like, growing up with his twin brother Sen. Mark Kelly, and how looking down on Earth affected his outlook on climate change. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss why renewable energy standards in Arizona matter to the entire country. Subscribe to our new Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website! Further Reading/Listening: Goodnight, Astronaut
S1 E96 · Wed, February 03, 2021
Climate Activism In The Biden Era (w/ 350.org and 350 Action's May Boeve)
What do activists do when you have a U.S. president that actually takes climate change seriously? May Boeve , co-founder and Executive Director of 350.org and 350 Action , has a plan and she's ready to accelerate action by continuing to push for just, equitable transition to a sustainable future. She joins the show this week to discuss the beginning of the Biden Era and the end of the Trump presidency, and how she finds inspiration to keep fighting for climate. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss Climate Day, executive orders, and state rollbacks on protecting wetlands and clean energy standards. Subscribe to our new Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website! Further Reading/Listening: Biden is blitzing by David Roberts New bill would strip protections for many of Indiana's wetlands by Sarah Bowman and London Gibson
S1 E95 · Wed, January 27, 2021
Why Climate Needs You To Run For Office (w/ Run For Something's Amanda Litman)
This week, Amanda Litman , executive director of Run For Something , joins the show to talk about why running for local office matters greatly to climate issues and how you can get involved now. We discuss the importance of electoral politics in climate action and what the new generation of activists might mean for the movement. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss how democracy and climate action are inextricably linked. Subscribe to our new Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website! Further Reading/Listening: Run For Something: A Real-Talk Guide to Fixing the System Yourself Run For Something podcast
S1 E94 · Wed, January 20, 2021
Dr. Michael Mann On The New Climate War
Dr. Michael Mann is back on the show! The world-renowned climate scientist and author of the recently released book, The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet , discusses how public opposition to climate action has shifted, the ongoing fight against misinformation, and the choices we have to avoid the greatest crises to come. Subscribe to our new Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ Dr. Michael E. Mann is the Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science at Penn State University, with joint appointments in the Department of Geosciences and the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute. In 2020, Dr. Mann was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website!
S1 E93 · Fri, January 15, 2021
How To Make Climate Policy Work (w/ Danny Cullenward and David Victor)
What happens when market-based climate policies meet real world politics? That's exactly what Danny Cullenward and David Victor wanted to explore in their new book Making Climate Policy Work . The authors join the show to discuss the shortcomings of cap-and-trade reforms and how better regulations can deliver solutions instead. Cullenward is Policy Director at CarbonPlan and a lecturer at Stanford Law School. Victor is Professor of International Relations at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at UC San Diego. He co-heads the initiative on energy and climate at the Brookings Institution. Subscribe to our new Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" : https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Join our Facebook group . Check out our updated website! Further Reading: The Capitol Riot and Climate Disinformation
S1 E92 · Wed, January 13, 2021
Tom Steyer On What Biden's Victory and Georgia Senate Wins Mean For Clean Energy Jobs
This week, Tom Steyer is back! We talk about the Georgia Senate wins, upcoming Biden Administration, renewed Trump impeachment calls, and how better leadership sets the stage for a renewed effort for spurring clean energy jobs. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss what a Democratic majority in the Senate means for climate action. Subscribe to our new Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly": https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Check out our updated website! Further Reading: What Democrats Should Do On Climate Now What the Georgia Senate wins do (and don't) mean for climate policy
S1 E91 · Wed, January 06, 2021
Michael Grunwald On Clean Energy Lessons From The Obama Era
This week, Michael Grunwald , senior writer for Politico Magazine and author of The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era , joins the show to discuss how the Obama Administration transformed clean energy with the 2009 stimulus package and what President-elect Joe Biden is likely to learn as a result of leading the effort. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss their lessons learned from Obama Administration's climate efforts and what executive actions Biden can take on Day One. Subscribe to our new Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly": https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Check out our updated website! Further Reading: Day One Actions to Fulfill Biden Pledges on Climate and the Environment
S1 E90 · Wed, December 30, 2020
"A Children's Bible" Author Lydia Millet On Climate Fiction And Envisioning Crisis
This week, Lydia Millet, author of "A Children's Bible" , a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction and one of the New York Times' Ten Best Books of the Year, joins the show to talk about why she wanted to explore intergenerational responses to the climate crisis in her new novel. We discuss coping mechanisms, the role of religion, parenting, and much more. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also talk about their expectations for what may drive climate politics in 2021. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Check out our updated website! Further Reading: An Epic Storm Turns a Summer Holiday Into Potent Allegory Rise Up and Save Us, Joe Biden
S1 E89 · Wed, December 23, 2020
Ian Haney López On Building Multiracial Coalitions For Climate Action
This week, Ian Haney López , author of Merge Left: Fusing Race and Class, Winning Elections, and Saving America and Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Public Law at the University of California, Berkeley, joins the show (3:30) to explain the race and class narrative, dog whistle politics, and how defeating racism is essential to combat the climate crisis. We discuss strategies for building a broad, multi-racial progressive coalition, how this compares to historical efforts, and how we got here. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss the new climate cabinet picks by President-elect Joe Biden and the clean energy benefits in a recent spending bill. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Check out our updated website! Link to Race Class Academy Further Reading and Watching: Michael Regan, Biden’s E.P.A. Pick, Faces ‘Massive Reconstruction and Rebuilding' Class Left Episode on the Race Class Academy Biden To Pick North Carolina Regulator Michael Regan To Lead EPA With Biden's Boost, 2 Obama Veterans Are 'Ready To Run' Climate Efforts The Senate Agrees to a Plan to Phase Out a Dangerous Greenhouse Gas Who is Ali Zaidi? He migh
S1 E88 · Wed, December 16, 2020
Climate Change In 2020: America Confronts Compounding Crises
America faced an inflection point in the climate crisis in 2020. Record-setting fires and environmental devastation were inescapable sights on the news, as the tragic consequences of a warming planet were on display at home and abroad. Meanwhile, the COVID-19 pandemic showed us the reality of living under multiple ecological disasters and the murder of George Floyd and ongoing police and environmental violence further demonstrated the importance of an intersectional approach to environmental justice. And finally, how would American respond? With a historic presidential election and sharp contrasts between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, it was clear much was at stake with the result. This week, host Ty Benefiel takes you through this year in climate change with excerpts from 2020 guests like Dr. Michael Mann, Dr. Robert Bullard, Jamie Margolin, Bill Nye, Julian Brave Noisecat, Tamara Toles O'Laughlin, Rainn Wilson, Rep. Kathy Castor, John Podesta, Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali, Catherine Coleman Flowers, Tom Steyer, Dr. Gavin Schmidt, and many more. Learn More From This Episode Hear the full interview with Dr. Michael Mann Hear the full interview with Bill Nye Hear the full interview Dr. Robert Bullard Hear the full interview with Jamie Margolin Hear the full interview with Rainn Wilson Hear the full interview with Julian Brave Noisecat Hear the full interview with Tamara Toles O'Laughlin Hear the full interview with Tom Steyer Hear the full interview with Dr. Leah Stokes Hear the <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dr-mustafa-santiago-ali-on-environmental-justice-during/id1469270123?i=100047517
S1 E87 · Wed, December 09, 2020
What Motivates Environmental Voters? (w/ Nathaniel Stinnett of Environmental Voter Project)
This week, Nathaniel Stinnett , founder and executive director of the Environmental Voter Project , joins the show to answer one basic question: what the hell is going on with environmental voters? Just kidding...kinda. We dig into the facts with Nathaniel to better understand what motivates environmentally-friendly voters, why it matters that many don't vote, and how to build long-term change in the electorate. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss the Trump Administration's soot rule and the selection of Xavier Becerra to run the Department of Health and Human Services. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Check out our updated website! Further Reading: Trump Administration Refuses to Update Soot Rule, Condemning Thousands to Death Xavier Becerra Brings Environmental Justice to Forefront
S1 E86 · Wed, December 02, 2020
Catherine Coleman Flowers On The Sanitation Inequality At The Heart Of "Waste"
Catherine Coleman Flowers is the author of "Waste: One Woman's Fight Against America's Dirty Secret" and the founder and current director of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice. Since 2008, Catherine has been the rural development manager at the Race and Poverty Initiative of the Equal Justice Initiative. She also serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the Climate Reality Project, and as a Senior Fellow for the Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary. This week, she joins the show to talk about her career as an environmental justice advocate and her fight against sanitation inequality and the devastating impacts caused by the inability to provide affordable means to properly dispose of waste. We discuss the widespread and harmful problem of wastewater, how it stems from structural racism and class inequality, why it's been a long overlooked issue, and how to address the problem. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss 2020's historically active Atlantic hurricane season. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Check out our updated website! Further Reading: The 2020 Hurricane Season in Rewind
S1 E85 · Wed, November 25, 2020
Heather McTeer Toney on Building An Equitable Environment, Climate, and Future For All Children
This week, Heather McTeer Toney , Senior Director of Moms Clean Air Force , joins the show to discuss raising the next generation for climate action and the "mom-partisan" approach to the environment. She also discusses her prior work in the EPA, addressing the BP oil spill with the impacted local communities, environmental justice initiatives, and her early days fighting water issues as Mayor of Greenville, Mississippi. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss John Kerry's new climate envoy role and the new focus on climate in various agencies and for cabinet officials. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Check out our updated website! Further Reading: With John Kerry Pick, Biden Selects a ‘Climate Envoy’ With Stature John Kerry’s Appointment as Climate Envoy Shows the World We’re Back in the Game As The World Burns Are We Insane? Black Women are Leaders in the Climate Movement
S1 E84 · Wed, November 18, 2020
Jamil Smith on How the Biden Administration Should Fight Environmental Racism
This week, Jamil Smith , Senior Writer at Rolling Stone for national affairs and culture and an Emmy winner, joins the show to discuss his piece " Another Reason We Can’t Breathe " and the importance of fighting environmental racism during the Biden Administration. We discuss the president-elect's plan, the role of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, and how experience with frontline communities should be prioritized when choosing leadership. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss Ron Klain's selection as chief of staff and drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Check out our updated website! Further Reading: Trump Administration, in Late Push, Moves to Sell Oil Rights in Arctic Refuge The Crisis that Forged Biden’s Chief of Staff What likely voters want to see in a Biden Cabinet Kamala Harris Is the Right Pick for Every Reason That Should Matter ‘RS Interview: Special Edition’ With Al Gore
S1 E83 · Wed, November 11, 2020
Dr. Mark Hyman on the Food Fix Our Planet Needs
This week, Dr. Mark Hyman , author of Food Fix : How to Save Our Health, Our Economy, Our Communities, and Our Planet—One Bite at a Time , joins the show to discuss how to fix our broken food system, sequester more carbon from soil, and eat better for the planet. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss the 2020 election results and proof that climate organizing and pushing climate action is a winning strategy. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Check out our updated website! Further Reading: https://drhyman.com https://foodfixbook.com The Doctor's Farmacy: Meat That Is Good For You And For The Planet The Green New Deal Didn't Sink Democrats
S1 E82 · Tue, November 03, 2020
Pulitzer Prize Winner Chris Hamby on the Abandoned Miners In "Soul Full Of Coal"
This week, Chris Hamby , New York Times investigative reporter and author of " Soul Full of Coal Dust: A Fight for Breath and Justice in Appalachia," joins the show to discuss his new book on how coal companies endangered coal miners and prevented workers from receiving health benefits. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss false promises made to coal mining towns and the need for a just transition in a clean energy economy. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Check out our updated website! Further Reading: This Is What a Just Transition Looks Like "The Coal Industry Is Back," Trump Proclaimed. It Wasn't.
S1 E81 · Fri, October 30, 2020
"Sea Fever" Is A Nightmare Climate Allegory (w/ Director Neasa Hardiman)
This week, Neasa Hardiman , writer and director of Sea Fever , joins the show to discuss her ecological thriller film and why she was thinking about the climate crisis while telling the story. We explore how science and scientists are portrayed in film and why environmental destruction can be some of the scariest stories to tell. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel are also joined by special guest Cody Benefiel (total coincidence on the name), who talks about climate change in film. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Check out our updated website!
S1 E80 · Wed, October 28, 2020
Sean McElwee of Data For Progress on Changing Climate Politics
This week, Sean McElwee , Co-founder and Executive Director of Data for Progress , joins the show to discuss how the political landscape is changing to affect climate issues. How should Democrats talk about fracking? How do we pass progressive climate legislation? What are the biggest political shifts in climate? We dig into it all. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss the better presidential debate questions on climate, the distorted debate coverage on oil, and turning Texas blue . As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Check out our updated website! Further Reading: Climate news Trump can use How down-ballot candidates could help Democrats flip Texas As the World Burns (How the Senate and the White House missed their best chance to deal with climate change)
S1 E79 · Wed, October 21, 2020
The Supreme Court and Climate Change Law (w/ Michael Gerrard of Columbia University)
This week, Michael Gerrard of Columbia University's Sabin Center for Climate Change Law joins the show to discuss the changing Supreme Court, Judge Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation hearing and comments on climate change, the EPA, climate liability lawsuits, and how climate action can be accomplished in the courts. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss the rising costs of the California wildfires and the federal response to relief . As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Check out our updated website! Further Reading: TRUMP V. THE CLIMATE, ROUND TWO: WHAT FOUR MORE YEARS OF TRUMP MIGHT MEAN FOR CLIMATE REGULATION Legal Pathways to Deep Decarbonization in the United States
S1 E78 · Wed, October 14, 2020
How Does Climate Change Affect Individual Extreme Weather Events? (w/ "Angry Weather" author Dr. Friederike Otto)
This week, Dr. Friederike Otto , author of Angry Weather , and acting director of the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford and co-investigator on the international project World Weather Attribution , joins the show to talk about how climate change impacts individual extreme weather events like wildfires, hurricanes, droughts, heatwaves, and more. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss the President's ability to ban fracking, the number of fracking jobs in Pennsylvania, and how a clean energy transition can generate a ton of new jobs. Buy Angry Weather here: https://greystonebooks.com/products/angry-weather Join our book club and read All We Can Save : https://www.theclimatepod.com/post/join-us-for-the-climate-pod-book-club-all-we-can-save Further Reading: Data for Progress Memo: https://www.dataforprogress.org/memos/battlegrounds-gnd CBS/YouGov Poll: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/joe-biden-leads-wisconsin-pennsylvania-covid-opinion-poll/ Frack Check: Trump Inflates Pennsylvania Fracking Job Numbers by 3500 Percent: https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/frack-check-trump-inflates-pennsylvania-fracking-job-figures-by-3500-percent/Content?oid=17937555 <span class= "css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcq
S1 E77 · Wed, October 07, 2020
Zephyr Teachout on Why Breaking Up Big Business is Critical to Climate Action
This week, Zephyr Teachout , Fordham law professor and author of Break 'Em Up , joins the show to discuss how weakened antitrust regulations have led to environmental and employee harm, how fossil fuel subsidies have prevented stronger competition from renewables, and why breaking up monopolies is good for the planet. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss the 60 Minutes segment on climate change and the differences between the Green New Deal and Joe Biden's Clean Energy Plan . Buy Zephyr Teachout's Break 'Em Up here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250200891 Join our book club and read All We Can Save : https://www.theclimatepod.com/post/join-us-for-the-climate-pod-book-club-all-we-can-save Further Reading: What Joe Biden was trying to say about the Green New Deal How Joe Biden's climate plan compares to the Green New Deal
S1 E76 · Wed, September 30, 2020
Dr. Genevieve Guenther on Ending Climate Silence in Media
This week, Dr. Genevieve Guenther , f ounder and director of End Climate Silence , joins the show to discuss how to improve media coverage on climate topics. She tells us what strategies she uses, explains how language plays an important role in climate action, and why her past non-climate career helps her better understand how to communicate the crisis. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss Australia's medical costs due to the 2020 bushfire smoke pollution and efforts to commercialize an Alaskan national forest . As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Check out our updated website! Check out the End Climate Silence website
S1 E75 · Wed, September 23, 2020
Kurt Andersen on "Evil Geniuses" and The Unmaking of Environmental and Climate Protections
This week, Kurt Andersen , best-selling author, co-founder of Spy magazine, former editor-in-chief of New York magazine, and legendary journalist, joins the show to discuss his new book, Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America - A Recent History . Kurt discusses how a paradigm shift in recent decades has radically transformed the American economy for the worse and set the conditions to accelerate the climate crisis. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss the Sébastien Roblin's recent piece on how the U.S. military will have to respond to climate change at home. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Buy Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America - A Recent History
S1 E74 · Wed, September 16, 2020
Rep. Mike Levin on California Wildfires and Climate Change at the Debates
This week, Rep. Mike Levin (D-CA) , who represents California's 49th district, joins the show to discuss how Congress should handle the ongoing wildfires, why he's leading an effort to urge more climate change questions at the upcoming presidential debates and vice president debate, and how his experience fighting for climate action inspired him to run for Congress. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss misinformation around the Western wildfires and Hiroko Tabuchi's reporting on secret recordings of oil executives' private views on climate change. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Further Reading: A Secret Recording Reveals Oil Executives’ Private Views on Climate Change Fox News host Tucker Carlson says only liberals believe climate change and systemic racism are real Democratic lawmakers demand climate questions in presidential debates
S1 E73 · Wed, September 09, 2020
Zach Carter On the Keynesian Approach to Climate Action And a Green New Deal
This week, Zach Carter , author of The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy and the Life of John Maynard Keynes , joins the show (14:58) for a wide-ranging and in-depth conversation on the legendary economist and what a Keynesian approach to green recovery should look like. Would Keynes support a Green New Deal? We dig into it. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss the record-setting heat in California and wildfire outbreaks across the Western states. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Further Reading: California wildfires: Fire chief says dozens of major blazes have state in 'dire situation' 80% of the buildings in an eastern Washington town were destroyed during a Labor Day firestorm Record Heat Wave Creates 'Kiln-Like' Conditions In California California Facing Santa Ana Winds After Sweltering in All-Time Record Heat and Wildfire Smoke https://weatherwest.com/ PG&E power shutoffs expected to last through Wednesday https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-generate Nothing to see here, folks
S1 E72 · Wed, September 02, 2020
Vann R. Newkirk II on "Floodlines" and Hurricane Katrina's 15th Anniversary | Bob Henson on Hurricane Laura
This week, Bob Henson gives us an update on the 2020 hurricane season and what happened when Hurricane Laura made landfall last week (3:07). Then, Vann R. Newkirk II joins the show to talk about " Floodlines, " which looks back on the 15th anniversary of the levees breaking after Hurricane Katrina and the unnatural disaster that followed (32:33). Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss their thoughts on Hurricane Laura, the 15th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, and the E.P.A. removing protections from toxic waste from coal plants . Further Reading: The Thinking Person's Guide to Climate Change, 2 ed. by Bob Henson Typhoon Maysak on track to slam South Korea E.P.A. Relaxes Rules Limiting Toxic Waste From Coal Plants 2020’s “extremely active” hurricane season, explained Some Louisiana residents won't have power for weeks, if not months, after Hurricane Laura A post-Laura heat wave has no name
S1 E71 · Wed, August 26, 2020
Rainn Wilson on "An Idiot's Guide to Climate Change" | Kathy Baughman McLeod on Naming Heat Waves
This week, actor Rainn Wilson joins the show to discuss his new docuseries with SoulPancake , " An Idiot's Guide To Climate Change ." We discuss how he became passionate about the climate crisis, what he wanted to explore in the series, and what he and the SoulPancake team hope to accomplish with it. Then, Kathy Baughman McLeod , Director of the Adrienne Arsht–Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center at the Atlantic Council , joins to talk about naming heatwaves. She helps us better understand the danger of extreme heat and how to raise awareness on the issue. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss Hurricane Laura, updates on the California wildfires, and the New South Wales (NSW) Bushfire Inquiry report, and something about Exxon Mobil and the Dow Jones that Brock didn't entirely understand. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Further Reading: Laura is now a hurricane and is forecast to strengthen more before hitting the Gulf Coast Australian bushfires likely to happen again -- and they could be even worse, inquiry warns California Has Australian Problems Now Exxon Mobil Exits: The Dow Drops Its Oldest Member
S1 E70 · Tue, August 25, 2020
The West is Burning (w/ SF Chronicle's Lizzie Johnson and UCLA and Weather West's Dr. Daniel Swain)
With wildfires breaking out in the western United States, we talk to reporter Lizzie Johnson at the SF Chronicle and Dr. Daniel Swain , climate scientist at UCLA and author of the Weather West blog , about the epicenter of the devastation in California. We discuss the conditions that caused the fire, the stress on firefighting resources, how long-term climate disruption is leading to more intense, prolonged fires, and how residents are coping with the devastation. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Further Reading: Over 1 million California acres have burned since July as monster fires rage in Bay Area How Can We Plan for the Future in California? Colorado wildfires update Record heat, unprecedented lightning fire siege in Northern California; more dry lightning to come Northern California ‘drastically short’ of firefighters while an onslaught of blazes rages
S1 E69 · Sat, August 22, 2020
Climate Experts React to DNC Convention (w/ Climate Power 2020's Lori Lodes, Sunrise Movement's Mattias Lehman, Data for Progress' Danielle Deiseroth, and Evergreen Action's Sam Ricketts)
This week, the DNC held the first-ever virtual convention by a major party. Meanwhile, for the climate crisis, the week of was both historic and eventful. We dig into all of it - from Calimari Man to the DNC platform controversy to the amazing climate advocacy on display during the convention - with four exceptional experts fighting for climate action. Featuring: Lori Lodes , Executive Director of Climate Power 2020 Danielle Deiseroth , Climate Data Analyst for Data for Progress Mattias Lehman , Digital Director of Sunrise Movement Sam Ricketts , Senior Fellow at CAP Energy Policy and Co-Founder of Evergreen Action As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Learn more about these organizations: https://www.climatepower2020.org/ https://www.dataforprogress.org/ https://evergreenaction.com/ https://www.sunrisemovement.org/
S1 E68 · Wed, August 19, 2020
Jamie Margolin on Powering the Youth Climate Movement | Dr. Michalea King on Greenland Ice Sheet's Point Of No Return
This week, author and climate activist Jamie Margolin joins the show to talk about her new book, Youth to Power . We discuss how she found her voice in activism, how the youth movement is help powering climate action, what it's been like dealing with politicians, and activism in the COVID era. Then, Dr. Michalea King joins the show to discuss being the lead author on a new study on the Greenland Ice Sheet. What does it mean if the ice sheet has hit the "point of no return"? We dig into the science. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss wild temperatures in Death Valley and a new study on air pollution. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Further Reading: Buy Youth to Power by Jamie Margolin World Economic Forum: 2020 set to be first or second warmest year on record Excessive Heat Awareness Future of Human Climate Niche Ditching fossil fuels would pay for itself through clean air alone By David Roberts Death Valley reaches 130 degrees, hottest temperature in U.S. in at least 107 years by Jeff Berardelli
S1 E67 · Wed, August 12, 2020
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed on the Public Health Case for Climate Action | Wes Siler on Public Lands Under Threat
This week, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed , an epidemiologist, former public health official, host of the "America Dissected" podcast , and author of "Healing Politics" , joins the show to explain why understanding the climate crisis is essential for a better health care system. We discuss the Green New Deal, Medicare for All, an excellent episode on his podcast he recently did on his podcast, "Environmental Justice & COVID-19," and much more. Then, Outside Magazine columnist Wes Siler explains exactly how Republican politicians aim to transfer public lands into private ownership . We also discuss his recent piece on the inconsistent mask regulations at national parks, and he even gives us a tip about bears. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss methane rollbacks going into effect , Canada's ice shelf breakup , and the Mauritius oil spill . As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Further Reading: Pre-order Dr. El-Sayed's next book with Micah Johnson, "Medicare for All: A Citizen's Guide"
S1 E66 · Wed, August 05, 2020
Revisiting Australia's Bushfires (w/ The Guardian's Graham Readfearn)
This week, we talk to Australian reporter Graham Readfearn , who's part of an incredible environment and climate team at The Guardian Australia that is putting together the remarkable series " After the bushfires ." We discuss what scientists have discovered regarding the devastating impacts to Australia's wildlife, biodiversity, and natural habitat, and how Australians are coping with the back-to-back disasters now that COVID-19 has hit and another bushfire season looms. We also finish talking about Graham's incredible wildlife feature story about a love story that rose from the ashes of the disaster. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss the New York Times' reporting on the flooding in Bangladesh . As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Further Reading: Australia after the bushfires by Graham Readfearn Life and death: what readers in Australia are seeing post-bushfires by Phoebe Weston and Guardian Readers Australia's environment in unsustainable state of decline, major review finds by Lisa Cox Support The Guardian Past Episodes on The Bushfires <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/australia-is-burni
S1 E65 · Wed, July 29, 2020
Eric Holthaus On His Vision Of The Future Earth
This week, we're joined by Eric Holthaus , meteorologist and writer, to talk about his new book " The Future Earth ." Eric shares his radical vision for what he expects in the coming decades, explains how the book came to be, and identifies what is most lacking right now. We also discuss how the future he lays out in the book seems even more relevant during the current pandemic. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss Lisa Friedman's piece " E.P.A. Inspector General to Investigate Trump’s Biggest Climate Rollback " and a new report on climate sensitivity . As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Thank you to our sponsor Hero Power . Learn more about Hero Power's nationwide Solar Share program . Buy "The Future Earth" by Eric Holthaus
S1 E64 · Wed, July 22, 2020
Tom Steyer on Biden's Climate Plan and Voter Turnout | Dr. Johan Rockström on Concerning New Climate Data
This week, Tom Steyer joins the show again to talk about his new role as chairman of Joe Biden's Climate Engagement Advisory Council and get his thoughts on the vice president's new climate plan. We also discuss how to drive climate-concerned voters to the polls, what he's learned founding and working with NextGen America, and how he plans to help win down ballot races with GiveGreen . Then, world-renowned climate scientist Dr. Johan Rockström , Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, explains why he's deeply concerned with new climate modeling data that could suggest greater climate sensitivity to carbon emissions and faster global warming as a result. Dr. Rockström explains how we should react and why 2020 is still a super year for climate action. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss their reaction to Biden's climate plan. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Thank you to our sponsor Hero Power . Learn more about Hero Power's nationwide Solar Share program . Further Reading: The Gap in Joe Biden's $2 Trillion Climate Plan Reveals the Biggest Fight to Come by Brian Kahn Joe Biden has endorsed the Green New Deal in all but name by Julian Brave NoiseCat
S1 E63 · Wed, July 15, 2020
Bill Nye on the Importance of Science During COVID-19 and Climate Change | Wawa Gatheru on Black People's Erasure in Environmental Studies
This week, Bill Nye joins the podcast to talk about the importance of sticking to science when it comes to handling the current pandemic and understanding how to address the climate crisis. We discuss his podcast Science Rules! with Bill Nye , how he became passionate about climate issues, what he thinks of social media, battling science skeptics, and that amazing appearance on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Then, Wawu Gatheru joins the show to talk about her piece in VICE, " It's Time for Environmental Studies to Own Up to Erasing Black People ." She tells us how environmental scholarship often excludes Black people, what a better climate and environmental movement need, and how we should fight against Black criminalization in nature. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss Emily Atkin's conversation with Jamie Margolin and former Gov. John Kasich and Hiroko Tabuchi's piece " Fracking Firms Fail, Rewarding Executives and Raising Climate Fears. " As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel ! Thank you to our sponsor Hero Power . Learn more about Hero Power's nationwide Solar Share program .
S1 E62 · Wed, July 08, 2020
John Podesta on Trump's Climate Weakness and Facebook's Failure | Rep. Kathy Castor on House Dems' Climate Plan
This week, John Podesta, former White House Chief of Staff and founder of the Center for American Progress, joins the show to talk about Climate Power 2020's memo on President Trump's electoral weakness on climate change. We also discuss Facebook's failure to stop climate misinformation and the Democrats can win back power and pass meaningful legislation. Then, Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL) , Chair of the House Committee on the Climate Crisis, joins the show to discuss the House Democrats' massive climate plan released last week. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss the big pipeline defeats and what it could mean going forward. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Thank you to our sponsor Hero Power . Learn more about Hero Power's nationwide Solar Share program .
S1 E61 · Wed, July 01, 2020
Climate Reality's William J. Barber III on Training Activists on Environmental Justice | UN Report on Gender, Climate, and Security
This week, Climate Reality's Strategic Partnerships Manager William J. Barber III joins the show to tell us about the organization's upcoming Leadership Corps' Global Training from July 18-26. Barber III explains how this year's event will provide a greater focus on environmental justice and discusses the piece he recently co-authored in The Nation with Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, "Racism and Covid-19 Are a Lethal Combination." Then, Silja Halle , Coordinator of Women, Natural Resources, Climate & Peace for the United Nations' Environment Programme, and Dr. Amiera Sawas , Senior Climate and Gender Justice Advisor at ActionAid UK, join the show to discuss the new UN report that highlights links between gender, climate, and security. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss Dharna Noor's " Apparently It's Sue Big Oil Week " and " Climate Lawsuits Are Coming For Koch Industries " As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Thank you to our sponsor Hero Power . Learn more about Hero Power's nationwide Solar Share program .
S1 E60 · Wed, June 24, 2020
How To Get To 90% Clean Energy By 2035 (w/ 2035: The Report's David Wooley and Energy Innovation's Sonia Aggarwal)
Happy 1st Anniversary to The Climate Pod! This week, co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel talk to two clean energy policy experts about a new study, 2035: The Report , which outlines an economically beneficial path to transforming the electricity sector to 90% clean energy in the next 15 years. We speak to David Wooley , co-author of the report and visiting professor UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy, about the report's findings. Later, we talk to Sonia Aggarwal , Vice President at Energy Innovation, who co-authored a policy memo that accompanies the report. Sonia tells us about the policies that necessary to make this change possible. Ty and Brock also discuss warming temperatures in Siberia , Russian government's approach to climate change, and memories from the first year of the podcast. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Thank you to our sponsor Hero Power . Learn more about Hero Power's nationwide Solar Share program .
S1 E59 · Fri, June 19, 2020
Dr. Robert Bullard on the Past, Present, and Future of Environmental Justice| Plus, Brandi Colander on Research Connecting Climate Change to Pregnancy Complications
On this episode, we talk with Dr. Robert Bullard , who is often referred to as the "Father of Environmental Justice." We talk about the connection between COVID-19 and air pollution, how racial inequality is present during hurricane seasons and after flooding events, how racist housing practices have lead to environmental injustice, how he got involved in the movement, and where he thinks the movement is headed. Then, we speak with former Obama Administration official Brandi Colander about a disturbing new report that was published on Thursday that identifies how increased air pollution and heat exposure lead to pregnancy complications, especially for pregnant Black women. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss May's record-setting temperature and the bizarre PR mishap by Chevron to sow mistrust in the Green New Deal. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Thank you to our sponsor Hero Power . Learn more about Hero Power's nationwide Solar Share program .
S1 E58 · Wed, June 17, 2020
How Do Americans Feel About Climate Justice Policies? (w/ Dr. Parrish Bergquist)
This week, Dr. Parrish Bergquist joins the show to talk about her new study with Dr. Leah Stokes and Dr. Matto Mildenberger about Americans attitudes toward linking climate policy with other social and economic considerations. Do Americans support the fundamental ideas behind the Green New Deal? She reveals the results. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss Rebecca Leber's piece on Trump's new environmental brags , Lisa Friedman's article on the war against climate science , and David Roberts' piece on how air pollution impacts Black communities . As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Thank you to our sponsor Hero Power . Learn more about Hero Power's nationwide Solar Share program . Follow Dr. Parrish Bergquist on Twitter
S1 E57 · Wed, June 10, 2020
MN350's Sam Grant on Fighting Climate and Racial Injustice in Minneapolis| Plus, Data For Progress' Marcela Mulholland on How Joe Biden Can Win w/ Climate
This week, we talk to MN350 Executive Director Sam Grant about climate activism and racial justice in Minneapolis. What's the role of a climate organization in the city where the protests started? Sam tells us what he and MN350 plan to do to fight for a more just and safe society. Then, Data For Progress' Deputy Director for Climate Marcela Muholland on the opening Joe Biden has to win more younger voters. How can climate issues drive voter turnout? Marcela explains. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Thank you to our sponsor Hero Power . Learn more about Hero Power's nationwide Solar Share program . Follow MN350 on Twitter Follow Data For Progress on Twitter Follow Marcela Muholland on Twitter Articles Reference on The Show And Further Reading: Great Britain heads for record coal-free period during lockdown New bill would prohibit the president from nuking a hurricane
S1 E56 · Wed, June 03, 2020
350.org's Tamara Toles O'Laughlin on Fighting Racial Injustice in the Climate Movement | Plus, Director Josh Wakely Talks About Making Pearl Jam's "Retrograde" Video
Tamara Toles O'Laughlin , North American Director for 350.org , joins us again this week to discuss the importance of racial justice in the climate fight, how organizers should respond now, and how the movement can become more inclusive. Then, Josh Wakely, director of the new Pearl Jam "Retrograde" video, takes us behind the scenes of the making of the video. He explains why he wanted Greta Thunberg involved in the project and why he wanted to address the climate crisis in his art. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Thank you to our sponsor Hero Power . Learn more about Hero Power's nationwide Solar Share program . Follow 350.org on Twitter Follow Josh's production company Grace on Instagram Articles Reference on The Show And Further Reading: The climate movement's silence by Emily Atkin There Is No Climate Justice Without Defunding the Police by Brian Kahn
S1 E55 · Wed, May 27, 2020
Dr. Michael Mann on 2020 Hurricane Season, Australian Bushfires, and More| Plus, Evergreen Action's Jamal Raad on 2020 Climate Policy
This week, Dr. Michael Mann joined the show! The renowned climate scientist (newly elected to the National Academy of Sciences!) talks about his group's new study on the 2020 North Atlantic Hurricane Season , what it was like being in Australia during the bushfire disaster, and why humans are responsible for more than 100% of warming temperatures. Then, Evergreen Action Co-Founder Jamal Raad tells us what's needed in climate policy in 2020. He explains what it was like working for Gov. Jay Inslee on climate solutions and how his campaign for president inspired more political action. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss the terrible flooding in central Michigan last week. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Thank you to our sponsor Hero Power . Learn more about Hero Power's nationwide Solar Share program . Follow Evergreen Action on Twitter Articles Reference on The Show And Further Reading: How a spring rainstorm became a 500-year flood event in mid-Michigan Dow critics skeptical of company’s claim floodwaters pose no threat of contamination Torrent Breaks Michigan Dam and Reveals Climate Risks Thousands of run-down US dams would kill people if they failed, study finds ‘Planet Of The Humans’ EP Michael Moore & Director Jeff Gibbs Blast “Blatant Censorship” After Controversial Documentary Yanked From YouTube
S1 E54 · Wed, May 20, 2020
Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali on Environmental Justice During COVID-19|Plus, Climate Power's Lori Lodes on New Election Messaging
This week, we talk to Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali about the concerns of the most vulnerable and front-line communities during COVID-19. He talks to us about the connection between air pollution and COVID-19 deaths and how communities face additional dangers as the worst weather 2020 is likely on its way. Then, we talk about the newly-launched organization Climate Power 2020 with Executive Director Lori Lodes. She tells us how her group plans to improve climate messaging during the upcoming election. Ty and Brock also talk about April's record-setting temperature. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Thank you to our sponsor Hero Power . Learn more about Hero Power's nationwide Solar Share program . Follow Climate Power 2020 on Twitter Follow Lori Lodes on Twitter Follow Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali on Twitter Further Reading: In a First, Renewable Energy Is Poised to Eclipse Coal in U.S. Both conservatives and liberals want a green energy future, but for different reasons April 2020: Earth’s 2nd Warmest April on Record E.P.A. Opts Against Limits on Water Contaminant Tied to Fetal Damage China's Air Pollution Is Now Worse Than Pre-Coronavirus Levels Americans See Climate
S1 E53 · Wed, May 13, 2020
Former Senator Russ Feingold and Dr. Thomas Lovejoy on Avoiding Catastrophic Biodiversity Loss
This week, two remarkable guests help us better understand the ongoing biodiversity crisis and what to do about it. Former Senator Russ Feingold tells us about his work with the Wyss Campaign for Nature and their goal to conserve 30% of the planet in its natural state by 2030. How do we get it done? Sen. Feingold explains what should be done at the local, national, and international levels. Then, Dr. Thomas Loveyjoy, "The Godfather of Biodiversity," tells us why he first fell in love with studying the Amazon rainforest, why we've hit a tipping point with deforestation, and how this will impact biodiversity loss. Ty and Brock also discuss GOP talking points on climate during COVID-19, the dramatic number of environmental rollbacks piling up, and a recent study on fossil fuel companies' climate pledges. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Thank you to our sponsor Hero Power . Learn more about Hero Power's nationwide Solar Share program . Follow Sen. Russ Feingold on Twitter Follow Dr. Thomas Lovejoy on Twitter Follow Wyss Campaign for Nature on Twitter Further Reading: The Trump Administration Is Reversing Nearly 100 Environmental Rules. Here’s the Full List. Axios' Generate Newsletter G.O.P. Coronavirus Message: Economic Crisis Is a Green New Deal Preview Climate change: Study pours cold water on oil company net zero claims
S1 E52 · Wed, May 06, 2020
Ed Begley Jr. on Sustainable Living and the DeSmog Team on the COVID-19 and Climate Denial Connection
New podcast! New format! This week, we discuss sustainable living and climate action with legendary actor and environmental activist Ed Begley Jr. He tells us about his career fighting for change, what inspires him now, and what he's doing to take action. Then, we conduct our first-ever virtual roundtable discussion with the brilliant team from DeSmog to talk about their new report " COVIDeniers: Anti-Science Coronavirus Denial Overlaps with Climate Denial " We're joined by Executive Director Brendan DeMelle as well as reporters Steve Horn , Sharon Kelly , and Editor of DeSmog UK Mat Hope . As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Thank you to our sponsor Hero Power . Learn more about Hero Power's nationwide Solar Share program . Lean more about Begley Living and Begley's Earth Responsible Products . Further Reading: Sharon Kelly's " Meet the Climate Science Deniers Who Downplayed COVID -19 Risks" Steve Horn's " COVID -19 'Liberate' Groups Are the Same Ones Pushing Climate Denial " Zak Derler's " Climate Science Deniers Use Coronavirus to Downplay Environmental Threats "
S1 E51 · Mon, May 04, 2020
Tom Steyer on the Path Forward to a Green Economic Recovery
On today's show, we speak to Tom Steyer, former presidential candidate and co-chair of California's Task Force on Business and Jobs Recovery, about fighting climate change and this economic downturn simultaneously. This is a wide-ranging and fascinating conversation. Why hasn't the federal government done more to put forth climate legislation? Is climate change the greatest market failure? Are divestment campaigns a good idea? Tom weighs in on all of this and more. Ty and Brock also discuss Maddie Stone's piece in Grist about online grocery shopping and Earth's new record for CO2 in the atmosphere. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Thank you to our sponsor Hero Power . Learn more about Hero Power's nationwide Solar Share program . Follow Tom Steyer on Twitter Follow NextGen America on Twitter
S1 E50 · Wed, April 29, 2020
Ted Danson on Environmental Activism, Ocean Conservation, BP Oil Spill, and More
This week, we talk to legendary actor and long-time environmental activist Ted Danson. He tells us what inspired him to advocate for the environment and climate, his work with Oceana , his reflections on the 10-year anniversary of the BP oil spill, what is what like getting arrested protesting climate inaction with Jane Fonda, and much more. He's very cool. Ty and Brock also discuss what has changed since the Deepwater Horizon disaster 10 years ago and why the expected drop in emissions this year might surprise you. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Thank you to our sponsor Hero Power . Learn more about Hero Power's nationwide Solar Share program . Follow Ted Danson on Twitter Follow Oceana on Twitter Further Reading/Viewing Leah Stokes on the Clean Energy Narwhal Curve Sammy Roth's Boiling Point newsletter Ted Danson: The BP Oil Spill Should Have Been a Wake-up Call The Economy Is at a Standstill, and Yet Carbon Emissions Have Only Dipped Slightly. Why? by Shannon Osaka Deepwater Horizon: A Decade Of Disaster by Justine Calma
S1 E49 · Fri, April 24, 2020
How is the Coronavirus Impacting Clean Energy? (w/ LA Times' Sammy Roth)
Happy 50th Earth Day! This week, Ty and Brock discuss a wide-range of climate news! With oil prices dropping like a surprise Beyonce album, what could that mean for the fossil fuel industry? Also, how can we use the current pandemic to reshape our cities in a better, healthier way? Brock once read a Jane Jacobs' book in college so maybe he can answer (he can't). Finally, should we watch this new Michael Moore documentary (we won't)? Then, we're joined by the LA Times' clean energy reporter Sammy Roth to talk about how COVID-19 is impacting the renewable industry. We discuss how California may differ from the federal response to clean energy and why past stimulus efforts have made a difference. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Follow Sammy Roth on Twitter Further Reading by Sammy Roth Clean energy can be a ‘huge job creator’ as economy recovers, Tom Steyer says Oil prices collapse below zero, scrambling the clean energy transition More than 100,000 clean-energy workers lost their jobs in March Should we spend billions on clean energy? It worked during the last crisis Cow poop could fuel California’s clean energy future. But not everyone’s on board Other stories we mentioned on the show: Planet of the Humans Comes This Close to Actually Getting the Real Problem, Then Goes Full Ecofascism <span style="fo
S1 E48 · Wed, April 15, 2020
Coronavirus Climate Profiteers Exploit Crisis
This week, Mighty Earth CEO Glenn Hurowitz joins the show again to discuss his group's new report " The Coronavirus Climate Profiteers... and the Climate Heroes Doing the Right Thing in a Time of Crisis." Glenn explains which corporations are doing the most to exploit the pandemic to pollute more and how deregulation and new policy could help them do it. Also, Ty and Brock discuss Robinson Meyer's story on Trump's new auto rollback and how it seems to be objectively bad by the administration's own accounting. And they review a new Stanford study that demonstrates the link between forest loss and the spread of disease. Ya know, the usual fun stuff. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Follow Mighty Earth on Twitter
S1 E47 · Fri, April 10, 2020
Climate Advocacy In Lockdown
This week, we talk to Madeleine Para, VP of Program for the Citizens' Climate Lobby. We discuss how climate advocates can adjust during life in quarantine and use this time to their advantage. Madeleine explains what her organization is doing. Also, Ty and Brock discuss Lisa Friedman's piece on new research that shows how air pollution can cause higher deaths rates in coronavirus patients. Then, they talk about the possible upside of the COP26 delay and even go local with Indiana's lack of environmental protections . As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Follow Citizens' Climate Lobby on Twitter
S1 E46 · Wed, April 01, 2020
How to 'Short Circuit' Clean Energy Policy Now (w/ Dr. Leah Stokes)
This week, we feature a lengthy and remarkable interview with Dr. Leah Stokes, author of the new book " Short Circuiting Policy ," about the pathway to clean energy laws. What have we learned from previous decades? How have powerful interest held back progress? Has the urgency for clean energy policy changed in the era of the coronavirus? We ask Dr. Stokes all this and more on this week's show. Also, Ty and Brock discuss the EPA regulation freeze, the weakening of auto emissions standards, and growing mullets in the time of quarantine. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Follow Dr. Leah Stokes on Twitter Further Reading: The EPA appears to be using coronavirus to make huge concessions to polluters by Zeeshan Aleem New Trump mileage standards to gut Obama climate effort b y Ellen Knickmeyer and Tom Krisher
S1 E45 · Wed, March 25, 2020
The Bizarre Connection Between Coronavirus and Air Pollution
This week, we look at the very strange relationship between air pollution and COVID-19. Dr. Marshall Burke, Stanford University Earth System Science Professor and Deputy Director of Center on Food Security and the Environment, explains his piece " COVID-19 reduces economic activity, which reduces pollution, which saves lives. " What happens when you calculate the health impacts of the drop of emissions? Dr. Burke explains. Then, Dr. Sara De Matteis, Associate Professor in Occupational and Environmental Medicine at Cagliari University in Cagliari, Italy, talks about how the long-term exposure to air pollution impacts COVID-19 patients. Can air pollution make the coronavirus more deadly? As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Follow Dr. Marshall Burke on Twitter Follow Dr. Sara De Matteis on Twitter Further Reading: Air pollution likely to increase coronavirus death rate, warn experts by Damian Carrington
S1 E44 · Wed, March 18, 2020
Coronavirus Sparks New Climate Change Fears (w/ TIME's Justin Worland and GreenBiz's Joel Makower)
How is the novel coronavirus creating new concerns in the fight against climate change? This week, we dig into the subject with a couple of great guests. First, TIME's Justin Worland joins the show to talk about how the global pandemic could impact international negotiations, the Paris Agreement, oil price wars, and climate activism. Then, Joel Makower, chairman and co-founder of GreenBiz, tells how he'd like to see our response to the coronavirus favor sustainability and making businesses more green. How can we build a better future out of this mess? He gives some tips to charting that path. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Follow Justin Worland on Twitter Follow Joel Makower on Twitter Further Reading: How Coronavirus Could Set Back the Fight Against Climate Change by Justin Worland COVID-19 and climate change: A healthy dose of reality by Joel Makower Answers to Six Key Questions About the Oil Price Collapse by Justin Worland
S1 E43 · Wed, March 11, 2020
Rep. Sean Casten on Fighting For Climate in Congress| Washington Post's Chris Mooney on the Coronavirus and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
This week, we talk to Rep Sean Casten (D-IL) about his career as an energy entrepreneur before joining Congress, how climate change factored into his decision to run for a House seat in 2018, and what bills he is sponsoring to address the issue. Then, Washington Post's Chris Mooney joins the show to discuss how the coronavirus is impacting global greenhouse emissions. What does this mean in both the long-term and short-term? Chris tells about his reporting on the subject. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Follow Rep. Sean Casten on Twitter Follow Chris Mooney on Twitter Further Reading: Coronavirus could halt the world’s emissions growth. Not that we should feel good about that. by Chris Mooney, Brady Dennis, and John Muyskens
S1 E42 · Wed, March 04, 2020
Julian Brave NoiseCat on the Green New Deal, Changing Climate Policy, and Much More | Plus Conversations on National Security in a Climate Crisis and the Oregon GOP Walkout
This week, we talk to Julian Brave NoiseCat about a variety of climate issues. He tell us about his journey to the climate movement, how the Green New Deal developed, how the Democratic Primary process has influenced climate policy, and how the experience of Indigenous communities should help inform our adaptation to the climate crisis. Plus, The Hill's Rebecca Klar discusses a recent study that examines some of the national security concerns that we face as global temperatures warm. And returning guest Chad The Bird interviews climate activist Brian Ettling about the GOP walkout in Oregon. What the hell is going on there? As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Follow Julian Brave Noisecat on Twitter Follow Rebecca Klar on Twitter Follow Brian Ettling on Twitter Follow Chad The Bird on Twitter Further Reading: THE FINGERPRINTS OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL ARE ALL OVER THE CLEAN FUTURE ACT by Julian Brave NoiseCat, Leah C. Stokes and Narayan Subramanian Report warns climate change could become 'catastrophic' global, national security threat by Rebecca Klar Oregon Republicans are subverting democracy by running away. Again. by David Roberts Rising Sea Levels, Coastal Erosion: New Report Says Half the World's Sandy Beaches at Risk From Climate Change By 2100 by Frank Jordans
S1 E41 · Sat, February 29, 2020
National Environmental Protection Act Under Threat | Plus Sunrise Scientists Explain Their Support For A Green New Deal (w/ WE ACT's Kerene Tayloe, Sunrise Scientist's Isaac Larkin, and Dr. Emily Grubert)
This week, a coalition headed to Washington D.C. to try to halt changes to the National Environmental Protection Act. WE ACT's Kerene Tayloe, Director of Federal Legislative Affairs, was part of the coalition and joins the show to explain what is under threat, how to oppose the changes, and what WE ACT is doing as an organization to help support environmental justice. Then, the Washington Post published an Op-Ed this week comparing Sen. Bernie Sanders' approach to climate to President Trump's just weeks after refusing to publish an Op-Ed by scientists that support the Green New Deal. We talk to two of the scientists that signed their name to the Op-Ed about the content of the piece, why they wanted it published, and why it's important for scientists to have a voice on the Green New Deal. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Follow We Act on Twitter Follow Kerene Tayloe on Twitter Follow Isaac Larkin on Twitter Follow Dr. Emily Grubert on Twitter Follow Sunrise Scientists on Twitter Learn more about WE ACT Further Reading Here's the Pro-Bernie Climate Scientist Op-Ed the Washington Post Wouldn't Run by Brian Kahn
S1 E40 · Thu, February 20, 2020
New Record Temperatures and the Looming Extinction Crisis (w/ Washington Post's Matthew Cappucci and University of Arizona's Dr. John J. Weins and Cristian Román-Palacios)
Both the continent of Antarctica and the month of January hit new record temperatures in 2020. How did this happen? We talk to Matthew Cappucci of The Washington Post about these weather patterns, how a meteorologist spots the impact of climate change in bizarre weather, and also talk about the Broomstick Challenge, the movies "Sharknado" and "Twister," and even Al Roker. Then, we are joined by the University of Arizona's Dr. John J. Wiens and Cristian Román-Palacios, who recently published a study that made headlines for its analysis on the potential extinction crisis looming if warming temperatures continue. They explain the major drivers behind extinction patterns and where plant and animal most likely to occur. Ty and Brock also discuss BP's new climate announcement, Jeff Bezos' big donation, the 2019 SEAL Awards, and that time they broke a picture frame in their parents' house and lied about it. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Follow Matthew Cappucci on Twitter Follow Cristian Román-Palacios on Twitter Learn more about the Wiens Lab Learn more about Cristian's work Further Reading Recent responses to climate change reveal the drivers of species extinction and survival by Dr. John J. Weins and Cristian Román-Palacios Antarctica just hit 65 degrees, its warmest temperature ever recorded by Matthew Cappucci The viral ‘broomstick challenge’ always works by Matthew Cappucci Beware oil execs in environmentalists' clothing - BP could de
S1 E39 · Wed, February 12, 2020
Climate Media in 2020 (w/ Mary Annaïse Heglar and Mark Hertsgaard)
This week, we take a look at ways to improve media coverage around the climate crisis with two of the most innovative, important voices in the industry. First, we're joined by Mary Annaïse Heglar, writer and co-host of the Hot Take podcast, a great new show on media criticism on climate coverage. Mary discusses her own approach to climate writing and vision for better coverage this decade. Then, Mark Hertsgaard, veteran climate journalist and co-creator of Covering Climate Now, discusses his new initiative to foster better media collaboration on covering the crisis and how to make climate issues more prominent in news coverage. This is a wide-ranging and fascinating discussion! As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Follow Mary Annaïse Heglar on Twitter Follow Mark Hertsgaard on Twitter Learn more about the Hot Take podcast Learn more about Covering Climate Now
S1 E38 · Wed, February 05, 2020
Felix Salmon on Davos' Hypocrisy Gap and Climate Economics | Rolling Stone's Justin Nobel on the Massive Danger of Toxic Waste from Oil-And-Gas Wells
Big show this week! First, Felix Salmon (chief financial correspondent for Axios, Slate's Money podcast, Axios Edge Newsletter) joins the show to discuss why all that talk at the World Economic Forum in Davos may be cheap, why Greta wasn't speaking in a bigger room, where he sees some of the biggest needs for economic policy to address climate change, and how attitudes are changing on the financial prospects of fossil fuel companies. We ask Felix: Is Jim Cramer the Greta Thunberg of financial cable television? (Spoiler alert: he's not). Then, we talk to Justin Nobel, who's remarkable investigation for the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Rolling Stone reveals a shocking truth around the dangers we face with toxic waste coming from oil-and-gas wells. The threat is deadly and most of us are simply unaware it exists. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Follow Felix Salmon on Twitter Follow Justin Nobel on Twitter Learn more about the Economic Hardship Reporting Project Further Reading: America's Radioactive Secret by Justin Nobel Axios Edge: Davos Hypocrisy by Felix Salmon
S1 E37 · Thu, January 30, 2020
NASA's Dr. Gavin Schmidt on the 2nd Hottest Year on Record|CCL's Daniel Palken on How To Talk To Conservatives
This week, Dr. Gavin Schmidt, Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, joins the show to review the results of NASA and NOAA analyses on 2019 climate data. He explains what the second hottest year on record means for an increasingly concerning trend. Then, Citizens' Climate Lobby's Daniel Palken explains to us about how to talk to conservatives and Republican lawmakers. He discusses what motivates right-leaning voters, how CCL approaches reaching out to this group, and their upcoming event in Washington D.C. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Follow Dr. Gavin Schmidt on Twitter Follow Daniel Palken on Twitter Further Reading: NASA, NOAA Analyses Reveal 2019 Second Warmest Year on Record Trump Removes Pollution Controls on Streams and Wetlands by Coral Davenport in The New York Times To learn more about Citizens' Climate Lobby's conservative lobby day on The Hill, Feb. 3-4, check out https://citizensclimatelobby.org/ or follow CCL on Twitter .
S1 E36 · Wed, January 22, 2020
Buzzfeed Investigates A Former CDC Climate Official | Examining Flooding and Air Pollution in Jakarta (w/ Buzzfeed's Zahra Hirji and Vice's Adi Renaldi)
Two interviews this week discussing two major topics we haven't covered on the podcast. First, Zahra Hirji returns to the show to discuss her investigative reporting into George Luber, a former official in the CDC's climate program, and explains what former and current staffers told her about his dismissal. Then, Vice's Adi Renaldi joins us from Jakarta to talk about the devastating flooding in the Indonesian city, how climate change is impacting Jakarta, and the growing issue of air pollution. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Follow Zahra Hirji on Twitter Follow Adi Renaldi on Twitter Further Reading: How A Bad Boss Remade Himself As A Climate Hero by Zahra Hirji Jakarta's Flood Are Yet Another Wake-Up Call On Climate Change by Adi Renaldi It's Not Just Australia - Indonesia is Facing Its Own Climate Disaster by Rachel Ramirez Australia's Weird Weather Is Getting Even Weather by Umair Irfan
S1 E35 · Wed, January 15, 2020
Australia is Burning, Pt. 2 - Widespread Damage and Misinformation (w/ Earther's Brian Kahn, and UNSW's Dr. Bin Jalaludin and Dr. Stuart Khan)
This week, we look at the widespread destruction that has been caused by the Australian bushfires and misinformation circulating to create a bizarre counter-narrative to argue against climate change as a main factor driving the crisis. Brian Kahn of Earther joins the show to explain how this misinformation started spreading and what impact this has had on news coverage. Then, Dr. Bin Jalaludin of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney explains how these ongoing bushfires cause air quality and health problems. Finally, Dr. Stuart Khan (also of UNSW) talks about potential water quality issues caused by the bushfires and how water systems are damaged by the disaster. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Follow Brian Kahn on Twitter Follow Dr. Bin Jalaludin on Twitter Follow Dr. Stuart Khan on Twitter Further Reading: Dr. Stuart Khan for The Guardian, Bushfires threaten drinking water - and the consequences could last decades Brian Kahn for Earther, It's Not Arson, You Absolute Fucking Morons Jessie Yeung for CNN, Australia Wildfires: Here's what you need to know Sarah Martin for The Guardian, Emergency payments for people affected by Australia's bushfires 'seriously inadequate' Ben Butler for The Guardian, Josh Frydenberg demands insurers provide unprecedented detail about bushfire property losses Lily Mayers for ABC, NSW bushfires leave many struggling without insurance on their homes Amaani Siddeek for The Guardian, <a href= "htt
S1 E34 · Wed, January 08, 2020
Australia is Burning, Pt. 1 - The Wildlife Crisis (w/ WWF Australia's Dr. Stuart Blanch)
The Australian bushfires keep burning, creating a growing path of devastation and destruction in its wake. One of the many horrific aspects of the crisis is the havoc these bushfires have wreaked on Australia's wildlife. It's estimated that more than one billion animals have been killed. Dr. Stuart Blanch, senior manager of Land Clearing and Restoration for WWF-Australia, joins the show this week to talk about how the bushfires have impacted local wildlife, what this means for the endangered koala population, and how climate change is increasingly creating conditions that threaten these habitats from ever being able to recover from the disaster. This is a hard conversation that confronts the reality of the climate crisis, but it is a necessary one. Dr. Blanch is a truly remarkable person. To donate to WWF Australia and learn more about the bushfire emergency, visit their website here: https://donate.wwf.org.au/ Follow WWF Australia on Twitter Follow Dr. Stuart Blanch on Twitter As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Further Reading: David Roberts, " 1.5 degrees Celsius: The sad truth about our boldest climate target " Reuters, " Australia's leaders unmoved on climate action after devastating bushfires "
S1 E33 · Tue, December 31, 2019
The Future of Energy (w/ Jigar Shah of Generate Capital and Julia Pyper of Political Climate)
Just in time for the New Year! Two exceptional guests talking about the future of energy! This episode, we're joined by Jigar Shah of Generate Capital and "The Energy Gang" podcast AND Julia Pyper, host of the "Political Climate" podcast and contributing editor for Greentech Media. We dive into a wide range of energy topics - storage, hydrogen fuel cells, the path to renewable energy, litigation against fossil fuel corporations, and much more on the policies, politics, and predictions that will shape the next decade. We also leave you with an indie Canadian music recommendation and discuss our favorite Jimmy Buffett song. I'm not sure how that happen either, but this is an extraordinary hour of podcasting. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more!
S1 E32 · Sat, December 28, 2019
A Decade of Climate Change (w/ The Verge's Justine Calma)
Here it is - our big end-of-the-year, end-of-the-decade episode. First, we discuss some of the biggest stories of the past ten years with The Verge's Justine Calma. Then, we review the first year of The Climate Pod, featuring clips from past guests like Drilled's Amy Westervelt, UCB's Connor Ratliff, Axios' Amy Harder, Huffington Post's Chris D'Angelo, Earther's Yessenia Funes, WWF's Vanessa Perez-Cirera, and many more from some of our favorite episodes and the biggest topics of the year. This episode was sponsored by Hero Power , Chicago's newest 100% renewable energy option that provides affordable, reliable electricity to Illinois residents at the same price as ComEd. Learn more at myheropower.com . As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Follow Justine Calma on Twitter Further Reading: This was the decade climate change slapped us in the face by Justine Calma
S1 E31 · Wed, December 18, 2019
The COP25 Failure and the Fight Against "Forever Chemicals" (w/ WWF's Vanessa Perez-Cirera and "Dark Waters" inspiration Rob Bilott)
This week, we discuss the underwhelming results at COP25, as the World Wildlife Fund's Vanessa Perez-Cirera joins the show to talk about her experience in Madrid and where she feels the summit fell short. An incredibly insightful and informative discussion. Then, Rob Bilott, author of "Exposure" and the real-life inspiration for the film "Dark Waters," talks to us about the dangers of "forever chemicals" and his years-long legal battle against polluting corporations. How did this happen? What do we do now? Rob helps us better understand the issue. This is a great conversation with a true environmental hero. This episode was sponsored by Hero Power , Chicago's newest 100% renewable energy option that provides affordable, reliable electricity to Illinois residents at the same price as ComEd. Learn more at myheropower.com . As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Follow Rob Bilott on Twitter Follow Vanessa Perez-Cirera on Twitter Further Reading/Action: COP25: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Madrid Get Rob Bilott's book "Exposure" https://www.amazon.com/Exposure-Be-Confirmed/dp/1501172816 Learn more about "Fight Forever Chemicals" here Learn more about the World Wildlife Fund here
S1 E30 · Wed, December 11, 2019
Assessing Climate Models and Driving the New Climate Movement (w/ Zeke Hausfather and 350.org's Tamara Toles O'Laughlin)
A recent study made news last week when it confirmed many past climate models were pretty damn accurate. We talk to Zeke Hausfather, one of the study's co-authors, about why his group did the study, what exactly they found, and what it means to climate science. Then, we talk to Tamara Toles O'Laughlin, who was named 350.org's North American Director in 2019. This is a fascinating, wide-ranging conversation about building a better climate movement and driving real change in the face of a growing threat to the planet and powerful interests pushing back against progress. This episode was sponsored by Hero Power , a 100% renewable energy option that provides affordable, reliable electricity to Illinois residents at the same price as ComEd. Learn more at myheropower.com . As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Follow Zeke Hausfather on Twitter Follow 350.org on Twitter Further Reading/Watching: Evaluating the performance of past climate model projections Ty's appearance on Hal Sparks Radio Program Megaworldwide (13 min mark)
S1 E29 · Wed, December 04, 2019
COP25 and the Climate Emergency (w/ The Guardian's Fiona Harvey and the Oxford English Dictionary's Fiona McPherson)
World leaders are meeting at COP25 in Madrid, Spain as a wave of new reports continue to be released outlining the growing climate crisis. Will this make a difference? What's at stake for COP25? The Guardian's Environmental Correspondent Fiona Harvey joins the show from Madrid to report on the summit. Then, Fiona McPherson, Senior Editor at the Oxford English Dictionary, joins the podcast to explain why "climate emergency" was 2019's Oxford Word of the Year. This is a very good conversation with a lot of really good words. Two Fionas in one show! Give it a listen and thanks for being great. This episode was sponsored by Hero Power , a 100% renewable energy option that provides affordable, reliable electricity to Illinois residents at the same price as ComEd. Learn more at myheropower.com . As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Follow Fiona Harvey on Twitter Follow Oxford English Dictionary on Twitter Further Reading: Climate crisis: what is COP and can it save the world by Fiona Harvey Word of the Year 2019 by Oxford Dictionaries
S1 E28 · Wed, November 27, 2019
Examining The U.N.'s "Bleak" Report And Understanding The Yale-Harvard Protest (w/ The Washington Post's Brady Dennis and Fossil Free Yale's Martin Man and Alex Cohen)
On Tuesday, the United Nations released its annual "emissions gap" report to determine how the world is progressing towards the goals set in the Paris Agreement. The Washington Post's Brady Dennis joins to show to explain the findings in the report, what this means for world leaders set to meet in Spain to discuss climate next month, and how scientists are viewing the bleak reality outlined in their report. Then, we talk to two protesters from Fossil Free Yale about Saturday's demonstration during the Harvard-Yale football game. Martin Man and Alex Cohen tell us what it was like to be on the field, why they felt the protest was a necessary step in their divestment campaign, and what happens now to all the students that were arrested and still face pending charges. To learn more about their organization visit https://nobodywins2019.home.blog/ . This episode was sponsored by Hero Power , a 100% renewable energy option that provides affordable, reliable electricity to Illinois residents at the same price as ComEd. Learn more at myheropower.com . As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Follow Brady Dennis on Twitter Follow Fossil Free Yale on Twitter Further Reading: In bleak report, U.N. says drastic action is only way to avoid worst effects of climate change by Brady Dennis 2°C: Beyond The Limit - Extreme climate change has arrived in America by Steven Mufson, Chris Mooney, Juliet Eilperin and John Muyskens
S1 E27 · Wed, November 20, 2019
Live in Chicago with Local Activists and Comedians!
Our first live show! This week, we were at Lincoln Hall in Chicago to discuss the climate crisis in the Windy City with inspiring local activists and hilarious comedians for a night benefiting Friends of the Chicago River. With a panel that includes Naomi Davis of Blacks In Green, Justin Goldberg of the Sunrise Movement Chicago, Jenny Kendler of Extinction Rebellion Chicago, Amelia Diehl of Rising Tide Chicago, Melissa Brice of 350 Chicago, and comedian Adam Burke ("Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me," "Doug Loves Movies"). Plus, performances by Jill Hopkins (Vocalo Radio's "The Morning AMp," WBEZ' "Making Beyoncé") and Chad The Bird, and an interview with Margaret Frisbie, executive director of Friends of the Chicago River. This is the best show ever. Our guests were amazing. We put a bird puppet on the stage. This episode was sponsored by Hero Power , a 100% renewable energy option that provides affordable, reliable electricity to Illinois residents at the same price as ComEd. Learn more at myheropower.com . As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , and more! Follow Friends of Chicago River on Twitter Follow 350 Chicago on Twitter Follow Blacks In Green on Twitter Follow Extinction Rebellion Chicago on Twitter Follow Rising Tide Chicago on Twitter Follow Sierra Club Chicago on Twitter Follow Sunrise Movement Chicago on Twitter Follow Adam Burke on Twitter Follow Jill Hopkins on Twitter Follow Chad The Bird on Twitter
S1 E26 · Wed, November 13, 2019
The Path to 100% Renewable Energy and Fires in New South Wales (w/ Dr. Mark Z. Jacobson and The Sydney Morning Herald's Peter Hannam)
NEXT MONDAY: The Climate Pod is live at Lincoln Hall at 7 pm. GET YOUR TICKETS HERE *** This week, we discuss the outbreak of bushfires in New South Wales in Australia. Peter Hannam of The Sydney Morning Herald joins the show to discuss the situation in New South Wales and how climate change is contributing to the problem. Then, we talk to Stanford University's Dr. Mark Z. Jacobson about strategies and timelines for a 100% renewable energy future. He explains where he has found success, what technologies aren't working well, and what gives him hope about the transition to renewable sources. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and more! Follow Peter Hannam on Twitter Follow Mark Z. Jacobson on Twitter Further Reading: Is there a link between climate change and bushfires? by Peter Hannam The health and climate impacts of carbon capture and direct air capture by Dr. Mark Z. Jacobson
S1 E25 · Wed, November 06, 2019
Leaving The Paris Agreement. Plus, The First Anniversary Of The Camp Fire In Paradise (w/ Axios' Amy Harder and California Sunday Magazine's Mark Arax)
ANNOUNCEMENT - The Climate Pod Live is happening on November 18th at 7 pm at Lincoln Hall in Chicago! GET TICKETS HERE *** This week, the Trump Administration announced formal plans to exit the Paris Climate Agreement. What does this mean? What happens next? How will voters feel about it? Axios' Amy Harder joins the show to explain the stakes and weigh in on our attitudes toward the agreement and climate change overall. Then, Mark Arax, author of The Dreamt Land , discusses revisiting Paradise, California, on the first anniversary of The Camp Fire for his piece in California Sunday Magazine. Mark helps explains the myriad factors that have contributed to California wildfires, how the history of Paradise shaped the event, and who bears the most responsibility for the damage. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and more! Follow Amy Harder on Twitter Follow Mark Arax on Twitter Further Reading: Trump begins formal withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement by Amy Harder Gone by Mark Arax
S1 E24 · Wed, October 30, 2019
What did the fossil fuel industry know? (w/ InsideClimate News' Nicholas Kusnetz, Earther's Yessenia Funes, and E&E News' Nick Sobczyk)
Recently, the House held hearings on Big Oil to allow former Exxon scientists to testify and explain what the company knew about climate change and when they knew it. E&E News' Nick Sobczyk breaks down the day and what Democrats in the House may want to accomplish with these hearings. Also, as a prominent Republican lawmaker complains about the hearings being held by the Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee, Earther's Yessenia Funes explains why that's exactly the right place for these hearings to occur. Finally, InsideClimate News' Nicholas Kusnetz reviews the first week of Exxon's trial in New York, tells us the central question that will likely decide the case, and describes some of the courtroom drama that has already occurred. AND WE ANNOUNCED A LIVE SHOW WOOHOOO! Get tickets to The Climate Pod Live at Lincoln Hall in Chicago on November 18th at 7 pm here. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and more! Follow Yessenia Funes on Twitter @yessfun Follow Nick Sobczyk on Twitter @nick_sobczyk Follow Nicholas Kusnetz on Twitter @nkus Further Reading: Yessenia Funes' " Why the Oil Industry's Climate Denial Is a Civil Rights Issue" Nick Sobczyk's " Democrats Target Big Oil, Starting With Exxon " Nicholas Kusnetz' "Key Question As Exxon Climate Trial Begins: What Did Investors Believe?"
S1 E23 · Wed, October 23, 2019
Exxon On Trial, Climate Litigation, and Mayors Fight for Clean Energy (w/ Vox's Umair Irfan and Sierra Club's Liz Perera)
Busy week! Finally, one of the 14 climate lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry will go to court, as Exxon faces trial this week. We talk to Umair Irfan of Vox about what's at stake with these litigation efforts, how it compares to the Big Tobacco in the 1990s, and what the 2020 Democratic candidates are saying about it. Then, we are joined by Liz Perera, Sierra Club's Climate Policy Director, talks about why mayors around the country will be flying into Washington D.C., to advocate for a federal clean energy bill. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and more! Follow Umair Irfan on Twitter @umairfan Follow Sierra Club on Twitter @SierraClub Further Reading: Pay attention to the growing wave of climate change lawsuits: https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/2/22/17140166/climate-change-lawsuit-exxon-juliana-liability-kids What 2020 Democrats will do to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for climate change: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/10/14/20908335/2020-democratic-debates-climate-change-fossil-fuel-companies-lawsuits
S1 E22 · Wed, October 16, 2019
PG&E Blackouts and Honduras' Extreme Drought (w/ The Guardian's Susie Cagle, Wired's Paris Martineau, and California Sunday Magazine's Jeff Ernst)
This week, we look at a few of the more disastrous aspects of climate adaptation and energy management in the face of changing weather and rising temperatures. First, we untangle the messy Pacific Gas and Electric blackouts last week with The Guardian's Susie Cagle, who explains why the power was shutoff for almost one million people and why it's so difficult for the utility to change. Then, Paris Martineau, Staff writer, WIRED, joins us to discuss why big tech HQs were spared from the PG&E blackouts despite many of their close neighbors losing power. Finally, investigative journalist Jeff Ernst talks about the essay he wrote for California Sunday Magazine and the climate movers in Honduras, who are unable to farm and must relocate to live. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and more! Follow Susie Cagle on Twitter @susie_c Follow Paris Martineau on Twitter @parismartineau Follow Jeff Ernst on Twitter @jeffgernst Further Reading: Paris's story, "Why the Pacific Gas and Electric Blackouts Spared California's Big Tech HQs" is up on WIRED.com. https://www.wired.com/story/why-the-pgande-blackouts-spared-californias-big-tech-hqs/ Susie's story in The Guardian: "California power shutoffs: when your public utility is owned by private investors" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/11/california-power-shutoffs-when-your-public-utility-is-owned-by-private-investors Susie's story in Vice: "This Is Why California Will Keep Burning" ll-keep-burning" https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qvygeq/this-is-why-california-will-keep-burning Jeff's story in California Sunday Magazine: "You can't make a living here anymore." The Honduran climate-movers https://story.californiasunday.com/honduras-climate-movers
S1 E21 · Wed, October 09, 2019
The Problem With Plastics And A Case For Bipartisanship In Climate Legislation (w/ The Intercept's Sharon Lerner and Citizens' Climate Lobby's Danny Richter)
This week, we look at the growing issue of plastics with Sharon Lerner of The Intercept. She explains how little plastic we recycle, how the plastics industry fights meaningful change, and the threat to our health and climate that we face because of plastics. Then, we talk to Danny Richter, vice president of government affairs at Citizens' Climate Lobby, about the value of bipartisanship in climate legislation and how to turn climate change into a bridge issue instead of a wedge issue. Danny also provides us with an update on the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and more! Follow Sharon Lerner on Twitter @fastlerner Follow Citizens' Climate Lobby on Twitter @citizensclimate For more information on the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act: https://citizensclimatelobby.org/energy-innovation-and-carbon-dividend-act/ Further Reading: The Plastic Industry's Long Fight To Blame Pollution On You: https://theintercept.com/2019/10/03/plastics-industry-plastic-pollution/ How the Plastics Industry is Fighting to Keep Polluting The World: https://theintercept.com/2019/07/20/plastics-industry-plastic-recycling/
S1 E20 · Wed, October 02, 2019
Two Genius Scientists and a Baseball Legend (w/ Dusty Baker, Dr. Andrea Dutton, and Dr. Stacy Jupiter)
Dr. Andrea Dutton and Dr. Stacy Jupiter, two MacArthur "Genius" Fellows (just named last week!), join the podcast this week to talk about their research and careers, what it was like to receive this incredible honor, and how this grant will impact their careers. We also get their take on last week's IPCC report on the state of our oceans. Plus, Dusty Baker, legendary baseball manager, player, and now, solar entrepreneur, talks to us about why he got into the renewable energy business (and also a little baseball...because, hey, it's October!). As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and more! Follow Dr. Andrea Dutton on Twitter @DrAndreaDutton Follow Dr. Stacy Jupiter on Twitter @StacyDJupiter The MacArthur Fellow video profile on Dr. Andrea Dutton: https://www.macfound.org/fellows/1035/ The MacArthur Fellow video profile on Dr. Stacy Jupiter: https://www.macfound.org/fellows/1041/ For more info on the Baker Energy Team: https://www.bakerenergyteam.com/ Further Reading: The Oceans We Know Won't Survive Climate Change (by Robinson Meyer at The Atlantic): https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/09/ipcc-sea-level-rise-report/598765/ The IPCC's "Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate" https://www.ipcc.ch/srocc/home/
S1 E19 · Wed, September 25, 2019
Picking A Climate Fight (w/ Javier Grillo-Marxuach of Netflix' "The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance" and Mighty Earth CEO Glenn Hurowitz)
It's Climate Week! We're back from the Climate Strike in Chicago to share conversations with some amazing activists and entertainers doing their part in the fight for a better planet. First, we talk to writer/producer Javier Grillo-Marxuach ("Lost," "The Middleman") about working on the new Netflix show, "The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance." He talks about the show's deliberate climate change themes, the legacy of Jim Henson, and even shares an amazing Mark Hamill story. Then, we talk to Glenn Hurowitz, CEO of Mighty Earth, about the international corporations that are tied to the deforestation and burning in the Amazon. He discusses what these companies are doing to make the problem worse and how consumers can help push back. In Chicago, we talk to members of Climate Reality Chicago, the Illinois Environmental Council, and the contemporary ensemble Lakeshore Rush. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and more! Follow the Javier Grillo-Marxuach on Twitter @OKBJGM Follow Glenn Hurowitz on Twitter @glennhurowitz Follow Mighty Earth on Twitter @StandMighty Follow Climate Reality Chicago on Twitter @realitychicago Follow the Illinois Environmental Council on Twitter @ilenviro Learn more about Lakeshore Rush: http://www.lakeshorerush.com/ and follow Lakeshore Rush on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lakeshore_rush/ Further Reading: Deforestation Continues Because Companies Aren't Trying http://www.mightyearth.org/deforestation-continues-because-companies-arent-trying/
S1 E18 · Wed, September 18, 2019
Climate Strike! UN Climate Action Summit! (w/ United Nations' Cassie Flynn and 350's Thanu Yakupitiyage)
This is a big week! On Friday, activists across 150 countries will join #ClimateStrike. We discuss our plans for the climate protest and talk to 350's Thanu Yakupitiyage, who is the epitome of cool, about climate activism and expressing beliefs through art. Then, we chat with Cassie Flynn of United Nations Development about the UN Climate Action Summit 2019, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, The Paris Agreement, and how to get really important world leaders to agree on major climate initiatives. She's brilliant and this was fun. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and more! Follow Cassie Flynn on Twitter @cassie_flynn Follow Thanu Yakupitiyage on Twitter @ty_ushka Learn more about The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015/transformingourworld Check out the trailer's for Thanu Yakupitiyage's MigrantScape: http://www.migrantscape.com/ NBC News, "Thanu Yakupitiyage Is Amplifying Sounds, Immigrant Voices" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/thanu-yakupitiyage-amplifying-sounds-immigrant-voices-n600761 NPR, "EPA Makes Rollback Of Clean Water Rules Official, Repealing 2015 Protections" https://www.npr.org/2019/09/12/760203456/epa-makes-rollback-of-clean-water-rules-official-repealing-2015-protections Thanu Yakupitiyage, "If You Care About Climate Change, You Should Care About Anti-Immigrant Policy" https://350.org/climate-change-and-immigration/
S1 E17 · Wed, September 11, 2019
Fighting Climate Injustice w/ Sierra Club's Leslie Fields. Plus New York Times' John Schwartz on Hurricane Dorian and Climate Change, NOAA and more.
Two great guests this week! First, Leslie Fields, senior director of environmental justice and healthy communities for The Sierra Club, joins the show to talk about how The Equitable and Just Climate Platform aims to help those most impacted by climate change. Then, John Schwartz, science writer for The New York Times, reviews his reporting on how climate change affected Hurricane Dorian, what scientists fear most with increasingly intensifying storms, and tries to untangle this very strange situation occurring at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Ty and Brock also talk climate denial and, after Jonathan Franzen melted Climate Twitter with his piece in The New Yorker, irrational climate pessimism. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and more! Follow the Sierra Club on Twitter @SierraClub Follow John Schwartz on Twitter @jswatz Further Reading: Learn more about the Equitable and Just Climate Platform here: https://ajustclimate.org/ John Schwartz in the New York Times, "How Has Climate Change Affected Hurricane Dorian" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/03/climate/hurricane-dorian-climate-change.html NOAA Chief, Defending Trump on Dorian, Also Tries to Buoy Scientists https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/10/climate/neil-jacobs-noaa-hurricane-dorian.html Commerce Chief Threatened Firings at NOAA After Trump's Dorian Tweets, Sources Say https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/09/climate/hurricane-dorian-trump-tweet.html What on EARTH?! Newsletter: https://app.convertkit.com/landing_pages/455050/
S1 E16 · Thu, September 05, 2019
Climate Town Hall Reactions (w/ The Intercept's Akela Lacy and Buzzfeed's Zahra Hirji)
CNN hosted a 7-hour #ClimateTownHall on Wednesday night. We watched all of it. To review the marathon climate discussion with us, we have Buzzfeed's Zahra Hirji. And to talk about her breaking news story that rocked the Climate Town Hall, The Intercept's Akela Lacy joins the show. She finally settles the Joe Biden Fossil Fuel Fundraiser controversy once and for all. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and more! Follow Zahra Hirji on Twitter @Zhirji28 Follow Akela Lacy on Twitter @akela_lacy Further Reading: Read Zahra's recap of the Town Hall: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zahrahirji/democratic-presidential-candidates-are-embracing-bigger Read Akela's breaking news on the Biden fundraiser: https://theintercept.com/2019/09/04/after-climate-forum-biden-heads-to-a-fundraiser-co-hosted-by-a-fossil-fuel-executive/
S1 E15 · Wed, September 04, 2019
Methane Madness! Why Are Regulations on Emissions Being Rolled Back? (w/ Earther's Yessenia Funes and Environmental Defense Fund's Ben Ratner)
Last week, the Trump Administration announced rollbacks to Obama-era regulations on methane emissions. What's happening? Why is this so bad? What can be done about it? We're joined this week by Earther's Yessenia Funes and Environmental Defense Fund's Ben Ratner to discuss the changes and to answer those questions. Also, we review updates on the Amazon wildfire recovery and discuss rain forest protections in the United States. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and more! Follow Yessenia Funes on Twitter @yessfun Follow Ben Ratner on Twitter @ratnerben Further Reading: Read Yessenia's piece on California's incarcerated fire fighters: https://earther.gizmodo.com/california-is-blaming-prison-reform-for-incarcerated-fi-1837612038 Read Yessenia's piece on the rollback of methane regulations: https://earther.gizmodo.com/trump-epa-moves-to-gut-clean-air-act-by-deregulating-a-1837705618 Read the New York Times' piece (where Ben is quoted) on last week's decision by Trump's EPA: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/29/climate/epa-methane-greenhouse-gas.html
S1 E14 · Wed, August 28, 2019
Humans are Warming the Oceans and Burning the Amazon (w/ Dr. Miriam Goldstein of the Center for American Progress and Natasha Daly from National Geographic)
This week we discuss the horrific, human-caused fires burning in the Amazon, and National Geographic's Natasha Daly tells us how the millions of plant and animal species living in the world's largest tropical rainforest are affected by these fires. Next, we talk to Dr. Miriam Goldstein, the Director of Ocean Policy at the Center for American Progress, about all the ways that humans are negatively impacting the ocean and the species that call it home. Chad the Bird is back this week to talk about algae blooms in Lake Eerie. As always, follow us on @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com . Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion HiFi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review, and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and more! Follow Dr. Miriam Goldstein on Twitter @miriamgoldste Follow Natasha Daly on Twitter @natashaldaly Further Reading: Read Natasha Daly's piece on the plight of wildlife in the Amazon fires: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/08/how-the-amazon-rainforest-wildfires-will-affect-wild-animals/ Read Aaron Mak's coverage of the Amazon fires: https://slate.com/technology/2019/08/the-amazon-fires-what-you-need-to-know.html
S1 E13 · Wed, August 21, 2019
Vox's David Roberts on Energy Policy, Renewable Goals, and more | Earther's Brian Kahn on Ecofascism
This is a wide-ranging and wonderful episode. First, we are joined by Earther's Brian Kahn to talk about ecofascism and the dangerous discourse occurring around climate around the globe. Then, we ask Vox's David Roberts a whole lot of energy policy questions that span carbon taxes, electric vehicles, renewable energy goals, the filibuster, The Green New Deal, Waxman-Markey, New York's new plan and the devastating impact of the dying coal industry in Wyoming. Pretty wide-ranging, right?! As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and more! Follow Brian Kahn on Twitter @blkahn Follow David Roberts on Twitter @drvox Further Reading: Read Brian's piece on ecofascism: https://earther.gizmodo.com/how-climate-change-is-becoming-a-deadly-part-of-white-n-1837010929 Read David's piece on methane and fracking: https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/8/15/20805136/climate-change-fracking-methane-emissions Ben Smee's piece on Michael McCormack in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/aug/16/pacific-islands-will-survive-climate-crisis-because-they-can-pick-our-fruit-australias-deputy-pm-says?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Tweet Tom McKay's piece on Iceland: https://earther.gizmodo.com/icelanders-mourn-loss-of-okjokull-glacier-with-ceremony-1837354287
S1 E12 · Wed, August 14, 2019
Devastating Changes to the Endangered Species Act (w/ Huffington Post's Chris D'Angelo and Born Free USA's Angela Grimes)
On Monday, the Trump Administration announced changes to weaken the Endangered Species Act. This decision comes just three months after the United Nation's Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) released a study that reported up to 1 million species are now threatened with extinction around the globe. We discuss these changes and what it means with Chris D'Angelo, environmental reporter for the Huffington Post, and Angela Grimes, CEO of Born Free USA. Also, Chad the Bird is back to talk about feral hogs and animal migration. Read Chris' story on the changes to the ESA here: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-endangered-species-rule_n_5cf7b7b4e4b01713bed4df9b You can follow Born Free USA on Twitter and Facebook @bornfreeusa and Chris D'Angelo on Twitter @c_m_dangelo. Follow Chad The Bird on Twitter @chadthebird and listen to his podcast, "Chad The Podcast." As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and more!
S1 E11 · Wed, August 07, 2019
Lobbying For A Price On Carbon (w/ Mark Reynolds of Citizens' Climate Lobby)
For many concerned with climate change, establishing a carbon fee is a step in the right direction when it comes to market-based solutions. Mark Reynolds of the Citizens' Climate Lobby argues that the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, a bill his group is pushing for in Congress, is a bipartisan way to do exactly that. Mark discusses the bill, his organization's goals, and even tells a few Don Cheadle and Bradley Whitford stories. Also, Chad the Bird is back to talk about the damaging deforestation taking place in the Amazon as a result of the policies of Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and more!
S1 E10 · Fri, August 02, 2019
Democrats Debate Climate! (w/ Emily Atkin of Heated)
Two more nights of debates! Democrats squared off for round two of the primary debates and the climate talk was...better, maybe? We review the climate discussion with Heated's Emily Atkin, who explains which candidates stood out, how these debates could be better, and what climate topics she hopes will be explored in the future. Emily rocks. This was a lot of fun. You can read Emily's piece on this week's debates here: https://newrepublic.com/article/154470/climate-change-finally-getting-attention-deserved-20-years-ago Follow Emily on Twitter @emorwee As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and more!
S1 E9 · Wed, July 31, 2019
Examining The Water Crisis (w/ Dr. Peter Gleick of Pacific Institute)
Dr. Peter Gleick is a world-renowned scientist, who co-founded the Pacific Institute, received the MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship, was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and received the 2018 Carl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization. As an expert on water and climate issues, Dr. Gleick joined the podcast to talk about the crisis we face, what needs to be done about it, and the importance of science in the public debate. You can follow Dr. Gleick at @PeterGleick on Twitter and learn more about the Pacific Institute at https://pacinst.org . Also, we bring Chad The Bird back to talk about a danger lurking in the water...and it's not sharks. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and more!
S1 E8 · Fri, July 26, 2019
Is Nuclear Power Necessary? (w/ Fmr Deputy Sec of Energy Daniel Poneman)
This week, we're joined by Daniel Poneman, former Deputy Secretary of Energy for President Obama and current President and CEO of Centrus Energy Corp, to talk about his book "Double Jeopardy, Combating Nuclear Terror and Climate Change." Daniel makes his case for why nuclear energy is necessary in 2019. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and more! Buy Daniel Poneman's book here: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/double-jeopardy
S1 E7 · Wed, July 24, 2019
How To Be A Climate Activist (w/ Sunrise Movement's Aracely Jimenez)
This week week we talk to Aracely Jimenez, digital media manager for the Sunrise Movement, to talk about the organization's goals, how they plan to push legislation forward and keep politicians accountable, and how you can help as a climate activist. It's a great conversation about an awesome organization. Ty and Brock also discuss that press conference by Democrats from the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Tuesday that was an odd mix of light promises and maybe comedy performance art. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and more! Check out more about the Sunrise Movement here: https://www.sunrisemovement.org/
S1 E6 · Fri, July 19, 2019
Air Pollution's Nightmare Reality (w/ "Choked" author Beth Gardiner)
Beth Gardiner is the author of "Choked: Life and Breath in the Age of Air Pollution." In this episode, we talk to Beth about the shocking statistics she discovered on air pollution and the remarkable damage it's doing to public health. Beth explains why this is happening and the best way to start attacking this problem that causes 7 million premature deaths each year. And Chad The Bird is back with an essay on air pollution as well! As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and more! Buy Beth's book here: https://www.amazon.com/Choked-Life-Breath-Age-Pollution/dp/022649585X/ref=pd_sbs_14_1/143-1038534-5380427
S1 E5 · Wed, July 17, 2019
Who's Running the EPA? (w/ Rolling Stone's Andy Kroll)
This week, we talk to Andy Kroll, Washington D.C. bureau chief for Rolling Stone, about his feature story "The Shadow Cabinet: How a Group of Powerful Business Leaders Drove Trump's Agenda" and the impact the fossil fuel industry has had on the EPA. We also discuss possible investigations into the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and getting to know Jay Inslee. Ty and Brock also talk about the NYC blackout, the Climate Emergency resolution, and our newfound love for Rep. Earl Blumenauer. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com . Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and more!
S1 E4 · Wed, July 10, 2019
2020 Democrats on Climate and Trump's Environmental Speech (w/ Rebecca Leber, Katherine Hamilton, and Connor Ratliff)
Three guests this week! First, Rebecca Leber (Mother Jones) recaps Trump's wild environmental speech on Monday and talks about the Green New Deal and Climate Debate! Next, Katherine Hamilton (The Energy Gang Podcast) helps us understand the issues that might define the 2020 Democratic Primary and what policies she hopes to see implemented! Finally, comedian Connor Ratliff (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Chris Gethard Show) explains #TeamEndlessWinter! As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com . Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and more! Buy Connor's album at https://statechampionrecords.bigcartel.com/product/the-spirit-of-ratliff
S1 E3 · Wed, July 03, 2019
A Real-Life Account Of The Chernobyl Disaster (w/ Felicity Barringer)
In 1986, Felicity Barringer was freelancing for the New York Times in Moscow when the Chernobyl Disaster occurred. She recounts her experience from that time as an American journalist in the Soviet Union, talks about being followed by the KGB, and shares what she liked about the HBO miniseries' "Chernobyl" and what she believes it got wrong about the disaster. This is a fascinating conversation. Also, Chad The Bird delivers his weekly essay on Chernobyl. As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com . Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and more!
S1 E2 · Thu, June 27, 2019
HBO's "Ice on Fire" (w/ Director Leila Conners)
This week, we review the new HBO documentary "Ice on Fire" and talk to director Leila Conners, who worked on this documentary with Leonardo DiCaprio and Thom Hartmann. Conners tells us why the group that made "The 11th Hour" got back together address climate change and innovation again. Then, our avian op-ed columnist, Chad the Bird warns us of the dangers of melting permafrost in his weekly essay. Follow us @climatepod on Twitter. Email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hi-Fi
S1 E1 · Wed, June 19, 2019
The Power of Misinformation (w/ Amy Westervelt of "Drilled")
For decades, misinformation campaigns have effectively muddied the waters when it comes to Americans understanding the truth about climate change. We're joined this week by the creator and host of the Drilled podcast, Amy Westervelt, to talk about the origins of climate misinformation and how this still persists today. Also, our climate correspondent, Chad The Bird, delivers an audio essay on ExxonMobil. It's a great first show! Follow us on Twitter @climatepod Email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com Please rate, review, subscribe on iTunes and subscribe on Spotify! Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion HiFi. Follow him at thepassionhifi.com.

The Climate Pod

How The New Deal Changed American Power (w/ Sandeep Vaheesan)

How Climate Change Was Covered In 2024 (w/ Evlondo Cooper)

Facing The World At 3-Degrees Of Warming (w/ David Spratt)

The Complex Problems With Critical Metals (w/ Vince Beiser)

A Philosophical Conversation On Climate Change With Todd May

How To Deal With Climate Anxiety (w/ Kate Schapira)

COP29: Breaking Down The Results (w/ Dharna Noor)

The Threat Of Warming Oceans And Superstorms (w/ Porter Fox)

Climate Change Is Literally Transforming Our Brains (w/ Clayton Page Aldern)

Ed Begley Jr. On His Life in Entertainment And Climate Activism

Will The Climate Movement Handle The Pressure Of 2024? (w/ Rev. Lennox Yearwood)

Fragile Insurers, Risky Mortgages, and the Climate Crisis (w/ Prof. Pari Sastry)

How To Win Climate Arguments And Influence People (w/ Dr. Genevieve Guenther)

Highways Are Horrible For Climate Change. How Does The Problem Keep Expanding?

US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm on America's Clean Energy Mission

Grief, Racism, and the Climate Crisis (w/ Mary Annaïse Heglar)

What Will The Future Of Climate Denial Look Like? (w/ Tad DeLay)

We Need More Climate People (w/ Tom Steyer)

The Complex Threat Of Sea Level Rise (w/ Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters Brady Dennis and Chris Mooney)

Groundbreaking Economic Study Suggests Greater Climate Damages (w/ Dr. Adrien Bilal and Dr. Diego Kaenzig)

Is Climate Anxiety Keeping People From Having Children? (w/ Dr. Jade Sasser)

Why Is Climate Change Missing In Our Movies? (w/ Anna Jane Joyner and Matthew Schneider-Mayerson)

The American Climate Corps Explained (with White House National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi)

CNN's Bill Weir On The Life Lessons Found In Climate Reporting

The Washington Post's Shannon Osaka On Microplastics, Extreme Weather Costs, And Covering Climate In 2024

Why Capitalism Won't Save the Planet (w/ Brett Christophers)

How Do You Behave Ethically In A Climate Crisis? (w/ Travis Rieder)

Elizabeth Kolbert on Climate Rhetoric vs Climate Reality

Degrowth, Malthus, and the Climate Crisis (w/ Giorgos Kallis)

The Adventurers Behind A Thrilling New Climate Documentary (w/ Dr. Lonnie Thompson, Danny O'Malley, and Dr. Alex Rivest)

How Can The Climate Movement Build Real Power? (w/ Dana Fisher)

What's Keeping Nuclear Energy From Playing a Larger Role in Decarbonization? (w/ Dr. Matt Bowen)

Why Is 'New Climate Denial' So Popular On Social Media? (w/ Imran Ahmed)

2024 is Forecasted to Pass 1.5 Degrees - What Does That Mean? (w/ Dr. Nick Dunstone and Dr. Richard Betts)

The New Politics Of The Climate Crisis Era (w/ Ajay Singh Chaudhary)

The Immediate Benefits of Decarbonization (w/ Dr. Drew Shindell)

Can Mass Protest Movements Deliver Climate Revolution? (w/ Vincent Bevins)

An Optimistic Case for a Sustainable Future (w/ Dr. Hannah Ritchie)

How Are Progressives Transforming US Climate Policy? (w/ Ryan Grim)

What Did We Learn About Climate Media, Activism, and Justice in 2023? (w/ Evlondo Cooper and Mitzi Jonelle Tan)

The Unequal Climate Impacts on Natural Capital (w/ Dr. Bernie Bastien-Olvera)

COP28: What's Behind The Headlines? (w/ Nina Lakhani, Aderonke Ige, and Rachel Rose Jackson)

The Messages That Actually Motivate Climate Action (w/ John Marshall)

How To Earn Rural Support Of Climate Action (w/ Jane Kleeb)

What's At Stake At COP28? (w/ David Gelles and Pascoe Sabido)

The Fifth National Climate Assessment (w/ Allison Crimmins)

2023 State of the Climate (w/ Dr. Jillian Gregg)

Outer Space Won't Save You From Climate Change (w/ Zach Weinersmith)

How Has Energy Security Changed Since The 1973 Oil Crisis? (w/ Jason Bordoff)

Why Infrastructure is Critical to a Sustainable and Just Society (w/ Deb Chachra)

How Fragile Is Our Climate? (w/ Prof. Michael Mann)

Are Carbon Offsets Junk? (w/ Rachel Rose Jackson)

Ending Wealth Supremacy (w/ Marjorie Kelly)

Live at Farm Aid 2023! (w/ Nathaniel Rateliff, Greer Farms, and The Particle Kid, aka Micah Nelson)

The Extraordinary Costs of Climate Denial (w/ David Lipsky)

Rhiana Gunn-Wright On How Climate Policy Falls Short On Racial Justice And The Green New Deal's Legacy

Is Capitalism Devouring the Planet? (w/ Professor Nancy Fraser)

Examining the Waste Crisis (w/ Oliver Franklin-Wallis)

Maui's Recovery And The Fight Against Disaster Capitalism (w/ Kaniela Ing)

Kurt Andersen On 'Command Z' And Why We Can Still Fix Things

Why Heat Is So Deadly (w/ Jeff Goodell)

David Wallace-Wells on 2023's Climate Crisis and the Uncertain Road Ahead

The Long History of Profit And Environmental Consequences (w/ Mark Stoll)

Al Roker - Live at TED Countdown Summit!

How The Pandemic Is Reshaping Our World (w/ Felix Salmon)

Confronting Climate Change's Disproportionate Impacts On Black Communities (w/ Heather McTeer Toney)

3 Critical Changes Needed To Decarbonize 5X Faster (w/ Simon Sharpe)

What's Causing the Ocean Heat Wave? (w/ Jeff Berardelli)

A Week Of Deadly Wildfire Smoke (w/ Heatmap's Robinson Meyer, Emily Pontecorvo, Jeva Lange)

A Path Out of the Water Crisis (w/ Dr. Peter Gleick)

Why "Emergency Mode" Climate Activism Is Essential (w/ Dr. Margaret Klein Salamon)

Exploring How a Utopian Future Can Turn Dystopian (w/ Michelle Min Sterling)

How to Deploy Clean Energy While Minimizing Environmental Impacts (w/ The Nature Conservancy's Jessica Wilkinson and Nels Johnson)

Why Economic Rights Are Critical To Climate Action (w/ Professor Mark Paul)

Systemic Racism and Rising Seas Collide in Charleston (w/ Susan Crawford)

Climate Film Club - "There Will Be Blood" (w/ Adam Nayman)

Upton Sinclair's "Oil!" New Edition (w/ Professor Michael Tondre)

What Does The IPCC Report Mean For Fossil Fuel Expansion? (w/ Greenpeace's Tim Donaghy and Data For Progress' Danielle Deiseroth)

Why We Need Fewer Cars (w/ Daniel Knowles)