Recent Episodes
Fossil Fuels in the Ground and in Your Portfolio
April 24, 2020
Can your nest egg finance the transition to a cleaner economy? Universities, churches, pension funds and other organizations with $14 trillion in
COVID-19 and Climate: Implications for Public Health
April 17, 2020
Human incursion into remote ecosystems can have far-reaching effects on our health and well-being. Deforestation and changes in land use, often to
What’s the Future of Nuclear Power?
April 10, 2020
Nuclear power - revive it or allow a slow death? In middle of the last century, nuclear power promised an exciting new world of efficient and eternal
COVID-19 and Climate: Human Response
April 3, 2020
How do human beings respond to invisible threats like the coronavirus and carbon pollution? One threat is personal, direct, and close – touch an
REWIND: Aligning Profits with Planet / The Circular Economy
March 27, 2020
Can trees and businesses get along? Business leaders know that consumers are concerned about the environmental footprint of the products they buy
Me vs We: What Matters Most for Climate Action?
March 20, 2020
This program was recorded at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on February 26, 2020, just before coronavirus was declared a global pandemic and
What the 2030 Climate Deadline Really Means
March 13, 2020
Are we on track to meet our climate deadline?For years, scientists have been saying that the climate battle will be won or lost in the next decade
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 Day
Oil and Opioids on Trial
February 28, 2020
What do Big Pharma, Big Tobacco and Big Oil have in common?They’ve all been brought under fire, and into the courts, for knowingly causing public harm
Is California’s Climate Progress Going Up in Smoke?
February 21, 2020
California has been at the forefront of America’s climate fight since Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Assembly Bill 32, the country’s first