Biden’s Climate Opportunity (Part 2)

January 15, 2021

Can President Biden bring the country back together - and move it forward?
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel believes he can. “I think...

Biden’s Climate Opportunity (Part 1)

December 18, 2020

President-elect Joe Biden says he will infuse climate change into every corner of his agenda. That’s becoming evident looking at his emerging...

Mary Nichols: A Climate Champion’s Legacy

December 11, 2020

Mary Nichols is not a household name, but she arguably has done more than any other public official to reduce America's carbon pollution. As she...

The 2020 Election: Anxiety and Incrementalism

November 6, 2020

The 2020 campaign season has finally come to a close. And days after November 3rd has passed, the country is still reeling.
About seventy percent...

Steve Schmidt and Varshini Prakash on Disrupting Climate Politics

October 23, 2020

Can we break up the political logjam on climate? 
“The brokenness of our politics,” says Republican political strategist Stephen Schmidt, “is...

Climate Ambition with Gina McCarthy, Annie Leonard and Tamara Toles O’Laughlin

October 16, 2020

Will Joe Biden take bold action on climate if he becomes President? And what lessons can be drawn from the failure of Barack Obama and Joe Biden...

The 2020 Election with Tiffany Cross, Rick Wilson and Rich Thau

July 10, 2020

The conventional wisdom on this fall’s election is that it once again will come down to a handful of voters in a handful of states.
“This is a...

Will Climate Matter in the Election?

June 12, 2020

With America in turmoil amid protests and a pandemic, is anyone still thinking about climate in this November’s election?
“There is a climate...

Big Ideas with Dan Esty & Andy Karsner

March 6, 2020

Does solving climate change mean re-thinking old top-down approaches and embracing big change at high speed? A half-century after the first Earth...

High Risk, High Hopes: A Year of Climate Conversations

December 6, 2019

In this special episode, we look back at the climate stories of 2019 by listening to excerpts from a year of climate conversations:If You Won’t,...