Recent Episodes
Two Hemispheres, One Story: Reporting on Rising Seas
October 21, 2022
An undeniable reality of the climate crisis is that poorer countries in the Global South are experiencing climate-induced disasters first and...
Bonus COP27 Preview: Egyptian Ambassador Wael Aboulmagd
October 14, 2022
The Paris Agreement requires every country to declare their own nationally determined contributions, or NDCs, for reducing emissions. Last year at...
Countdown to COP27: Feeling the Heat
October 14, 2022
The United Nations Conference of the Parties, or COP, is the annual, international climate summit that began in Rio de Janeiro back in 1992. This...
Political Climate: The Midterm Forecast
October 7, 2022
With the US midterm elections looming, the window for enacting meaningful climate policy may be closing. November’s elections will decide which...
Risky Business: Underinsured Against Climate Disaster
September 30, 2022
Home and property insurance is complicated and typically boring – until a disaster happens to you. In recent years, hundreds of thousands of...
The Inflation Reduction Act Passed. Now What?
September 23, 2022
In August, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. The IRA allocates around $370 billion over ten years to invest in...
Molly Wood on Tech, Money and Survival
September 16, 2022
After a 20-year career as a tech reporter for CNET and the public radio program Marketplace, Molly Wood has come to see the climate crisis as an...
No Going Back: EVs and Clean Tech Tipping Points with Albert Cheung
September 9, 2022
In the tech world, there’s a common belief that once a new device hits 5% market penetration, it rapidly goes from fad to mass adoption. Think...
Bridging The Great American Divide
September 2, 2022
Most Americans support climate action, but you wouldn’t know it from Congress or the courts – or from most of the media. A recent study found...
Ukraine and the Middle East: Climate Action in Conflict Zones
August 26, 2022
Climate is often called a “threat multiplier,” because it can worsen already challenging situations. In places experiencing ongoing armed...