Recent Episodes

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...

Real Talk: Racism and Climate
June 11, 2020
This program was recorded via video on June 11, 2020The national outrage sparked by the murder of George Floyd has cast a spotlight on systemic...

A Decade of Oil: From Deepwater Horizon to Deflation
June 5, 2020
America's latest oil boom began with a bang, literally, on Earth Day, 2010. That’s when an offshore oil rig owned by BP exploded, killing eleven...

REWIND: Fate of Food / Plate to Planet
May 29, 2020
How will we feed a planet that’s hotter, drier, and more crowded than ever? Much of it starts with innovators who are trying to re-invent the...

COVID-19 and Climate: The Future of Energy
May 22, 2020
If you lived through the oil crisis of the 1970’s, you remember lines of cars at the gas stations, waiting to fill up on “alternate days.”...

Storytelling Through the Climate Crisis
May 15, 2020
How are writers using stories to help readers – and themselves – process the experience of climate change? Author Jenny Offill felt a...

Zero-Emission Cities
May 8, 2020
Can we solve the climate crisis by reimagining our cities? Climate activists have long envisioned the zero-carbon cities of the future. Now, with...

COVID-19 and Climate: Economic Impacts
May 1, 2020
The COVID-19 recession has happened faster and hit deeper than most people could have imagined. Perhaps not surprisingly, the people most at risk...

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...