Recent Episodes
Which Way Are Swing Voters Swinging on Climate?
August 20, 2021
In early August, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report unequivocally connecting global warming and extreme weather to...
30x30: This Land Is Whose Land?
August 13, 2021
This episode was underwritten in part by Resources Legacy Fund. President Biden has set a goal of conserving 30% of the nation’s land and waters...
Jay Inslee, BP and Washington’s Climate Story
August 6, 2021
Earlier this year, Washington state passed a bill to put a price on carbon pollution across a huge swath of its economy. But it didn’t get there...
Vandana Shiva and the Hubris of Manipulating Nature
July 30, 2021
What are the limits on how much humans should meddle with the natural world? Vandana Shiva is an eco-feminist, activist, editor, and author who...
How a Manufactured Car Culture Blocks Transit
July 23, 2021
Unless you live in one of the few dense, urban parts of the country, you probably rely on a car to get around. That culture of car dependency...
REWIND: A Feminist Climate Renaissance
July 16, 2021
Can a feminist renaissance save the climate? A feminist approach to the climate conversation begins over a hundred and fifty years ago. That’s...
Mark Carney, Fatih Birol and the Narrow Path to Net Zero
July 9, 2021
Five years ago, most of the world’s nations entered into an agreement to dramatically ratchet down their carbon dioxide emissions with the goal...
Clearing the Air on Carbon Offsets
July 2, 2021
For more than two decades, carbon offset programs have promised individuals and businesses that they can reduce their overall carbon footprint by...
Extreme Heat: The Silent Killer
June 25, 2021
Last week’s heat wave across the western United States busted more records – a trend that doesn’t seem to be going away. Despite the...
Shepard Fairey, Mystic and the Power of Art
June 17, 2021
Shepard Fairey is best known for creating the iconic Barack Obama “Hope” portrait during the 2008 presidential election. Fairey’s work is...