Recent Episodes
Climate & Democracy with Jamie Raskin, Heather McGhee and Rebecca Willis
April 21, 2022
As a member of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, Congressman Jamie Raskin has grilled fossil fuel executives on the industry’s long...
Breaking Down Climate Misinformation with Amy Westervelt and John Cook
April 15, 2022
Fossil fuel companies have spent decades casting doubt in public about climate facts that their own scientists validated in internal company...
Can We Get Clean Energy Without Dirty Mines?
April 8, 2022
In 2021, global sales of electric vehicles more than doubled. This year, automakers are projected to make another huge gain, driven by soaring gas...
Solar Flare-ups
April 1, 2022
Solar power has become one of the cheapest sources of electricity and is viewed as a cornerstone of our clean energy future. But it wasn’t...
Coping with COVID and Climate Fatigue
March 25, 2022
Since March, 2020, the global community has grappled with an unprecedented pandemic. As COVID lockdowns were spreading, few people understood how...
Playing With Fire: Russia, Ukraine and the Geopolitics of Energy
March 18, 2022
The past several weeks have shaken the world order and given us a lot to process all at once. The IPCC released its latest report the same day the...
Turning Air into Stone: Tech-Based Carbon Removal
March 11, 2022
The last time the atmospheric CO2 amounts were as high as they are today was more than 3 million years ago. At that time, sea levels were 50–80...
Peat, Kelp and Trees: Nature-Based Carbon Capture
March 4, 2022
Many climate efforts focus on carbon capture from power plants and refineries – preventing emissions before they reach the atmosphere. But even...
Cow Poop and Compost: Digesting the Methane Menace
February 25, 2022
Carbon dioxide isn’t only greenhouse gas being emitted into the atmosphere that’s damaging the climate. In a 20-year time frame, methane is...
Our Greatest Unintended Experiment
February 18, 2022
Our understanding of atmospheric and climate sciences has evolved significantly over the last century and a half, thanks to the work of many...