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The Climate Pod

The Climate Pod is a wide-ranging conversation with leading experts on the politics, economics, activism, culture, science, and social justice issues at the heart of the climate crisis. Hear from gues... Read more

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Australia is Burning, Pt. 1 - The Wildlife Crisis (w/ WWF Australia's Dr. Stuart Blanch)

Australia is Burning, Pt. 1 - The Wildlife Crisis (w/ WWF Australia's Dr. Stuart Blanch)

The Australian bushfires keep burning, creating a growing path of devastation and destruction in its wake. One of the ma... Read more

8 Jan 2020

41mins

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Vox's David Roberts on Energy Policy, Renewable Goals, and much more. Earther's Brian Kahn on ecofascism.

Vox's David Roberts on Energy Policy, Renewable Goals, and much more. Earther's Brian Kahn on ecofascism.

This is a wide-ranging and wonderful episode. First, we are joined by Earther's Brian Kahn to talk about ecofascism and ... Read more

21 Aug 2019

1hr 4mins

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A Decade of Climate Change (w/ The Verge's Justine Calma)

A Decade of Climate Change (w/ The Verge's Justine Calma)

Here it is - our big end-of-the-year, end-of-the-decade episode. First, we discuss some of the biggest stories of the pa... Read more

28 Dec 2019

1hr 4mins

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Exxon On Trial, Climate Litigation, and Mayors Fight for Clean Energy (w/ Vox's Umair Irfan and Sierra Club's Liz Perera)

Exxon On Trial, Climate Litigation, and Mayors Fight for Clean Energy (w/ Vox's Umair Irfan and Sierra Club's Liz Perera)

Busy week! Finally, one of the 14 climate lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry will go to court, as Exxon faces tri... Read more

23 Oct 2019

35mins

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What did the fossil fuel industry know? (w/ InsideClimate News' Nicholas Kusnetz, Earther's Yessenia Funes, and E&E News' Nick Sobczyk)

What did the fossil fuel industry know? (w/ InsideClimate News' Nicholas Kusnetz, Earther's Yessenia Funes, and E&E News' Nick Sobczyk)

Recently, the House held hearings on Big Oil to allow former Exxon scientists to testify and explain what the company kn... Read more

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Humans are Warming the Oceans and Burning the Amazon (w/ Dr. Miriam Goldstein of the Center for American Progress and Natasha Daly from National Geographic)

Humans are Warming the Oceans and Burning the Amazon (w/ Dr. Miriam Goldstein of the Center for American Progress and Natasha Daly from National Geographic)

This week we discuss the horrific, human-caused fires burning in the Amazon, and National Geographic's Natasha Daly tell... Read more

28 Aug 2019

52mins

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Assessing Climate Models and Driving the New Climate Movement (w/ Zeke Hausfather and 350.org's Tamara Toles O'Laughlin)

Assessing Climate Models and Driving the New Climate Movement (w/ Zeke Hausfather and 350.org's Tamara Toles O'Laughlin)

A recent study made news last week when it confirmed many past climate models were pretty damn accurate. We talk to Zeke... Read more

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Live in Chicago with Local Activists and Comedians!

Live in Chicago with Local Activists and Comedians!

Our first live show! This week, we were at Lincoln Hall in Chicago to discuss the climate crisis in the Windy City with ... Read more

20 Nov 2019

1hr 16mins

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Examining The U.N.'s "Bleak" Report And Understanding The Harvard-Yale Protest (w/ The Washington Post's Brady Dennis and Fossil Free Yale's Martin Man and Alex Cohen)

Examining The U.N.'s "Bleak" Report And Understanding The Harvard-Yale Protest (w/ The Washington Post's Brady Dennis and Fossil Free Yale's Martin Man and Alex Cohen)

On Tuesday, the United Nations released its annual "emissions gap" report to determine how the world is progressing towa... Read more

27 Nov 2019

39mins

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COP25 and the Climate Emergency (w/ The Guardian's Fiona Harvey and the Oxford English Dictionary's Fiona McPherson)

COP25 and the Climate Emergency (w/ The Guardian's Fiona Harvey and the Oxford English Dictionary's Fiona McPherson)

World leaders are meeting at COP25 in Madrid, Spain as a wave of new reports continue to be released outlining the growi... Read more

4 Dec 2019

36mins

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Climate Strike! UN Climate Action Summit! (w/ United Nations' Cassie Flynn and 350's Thanu Yakupitiyage)

Climate Strike! UN Climate Action Summit! (w/ United Nations' Cassie Flynn and 350's Thanu Yakupitiyage)

This is a big week! On Friday, activists across 150 countries will join #ClimateStrike. We discuss our plans for the cli... Read more

18 Sep 2019

43mins

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Lobbying For A Price On Carbon (w/ Mark Reynolds of Citizens' Climate Lobby)

Lobbying For A Price On Carbon (w/ Mark Reynolds of Citizens' Climate Lobby)

For many concerned with climate change, establishing a carbon fee is a step in the right direction when it comes to mark... Read more

7 Aug 2019

47mins

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The COP25 Failure and the Fight Against "Forever Chemicals" (w/ WWF's Vanessa Perez-Cirera and "Dark Waters" inspiration Rob Bilott)

The COP25 Failure and the Fight Against "Forever Chemicals" (w/ WWF's Vanessa Perez-Cirera and "Dark Waters" inspiration Rob Bilott)

This week, we discuss the underwhelming results at COP25, as the World Wildlife Fund's Vanessa Perez-Cirera joins the sh... Read more

18 Dec 2019

45mins

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The Problem With Plastics And A Case For Bipartisanship In Climate Legislation (w/ The Intercept's Sharon Lerner and Citizens' Climate Lobby's Danny Richter)

The Problem With Plastics And A Case For Bipartisanship In Climate Legislation (w/ The Intercept's Sharon Lerner and Citizens' Climate Lobby's Danny Richter)

This week, we look at the growing issue of plastics with Sharon Lerner of The Intercept. She explains how little plastic... Read more

9 Oct 2019

40mins

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NASA's Dr. Gavin Schmidt on the 2nd Hottest Year on Record | CCL's Daniel Palken on How To Talk To Conservatives

NASA's Dr. Gavin Schmidt on the 2nd Hottest Year on Record | CCL's Daniel Palken on How To Talk To Conservatives

This week, Dr. Gavin Schmidt, Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, joins the show to review the res... Read more

30 Jan 2020

52mins

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The Path to 100% Renewable Energy and Fires in New South Wales (w/ Dr. Mark Z. Jacobson and The Sydney Morning Herald's Peter Hannam)

The Path to 100% Renewable Energy and Fires in New South Wales (w/ Dr. Mark Z. Jacobson and The Sydney Morning Herald's Peter Hannam)

NEXT MONDAY: The Climate Pod is live at Lincoln Hall at 7 pm. GET YOUR TICKETS HERE *** This week, we discuss the outbre... Read more

13 Nov 2019

33mins

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Examining The Water Crisis (w/ Dr. Peter Gleick of Pacific Institute)

Examining The Water Crisis (w/ Dr. Peter Gleick of Pacific Institute)

Dr. Peter Gleick is a world-renowned scientist, who co-founded the Pacific Institute, received the MacArthur “Genius” Fe... Read more

31 Jul 2019

53mins

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Devastating Changes to the Endangered Species Act (w/ Huffington Post's Chris D'Angelo and Born Free USA's Angela Grimes)

Devastating Changes to the Endangered Species Act (w/ Huffington Post's Chris D'Angelo and Born Free USA's Angela Grimes)

On Monday, the Trump Administration announced changes to weaken the Endangered Species Act. This decision comes just thr... Read more

14 Aug 2019

44mins

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Methane Madness! Why Are Regulations on Emissions Being Rolled Back? (w/ Earther's Yessenia Funes and Environmental Defense Fund's Ben Ratner)

Methane Madness! Why Are Regulations on Emissions Being Rolled Back? (w/ Earther's Yessenia Funes and Environmental Defense Fund's Ben Ratner)

Last week, the Trump Administration announced rollbacks to Obama-era regulations on methane emissions. What's happening?... Read more

4 Sep 2019

43mins

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Picking A Climate Fight (w/ Javier Grillo-Marxuach of Netflix' "The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance" and Mighty Earth CEO Glenn Hurowitz)

Picking A Climate Fight (w/ Javier Grillo-Marxuach of Netflix' "The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance" and Mighty Earth CEO Glenn Hurowitz)

It's Climate Week! We're back from the Climate Strike in Chicago to share conversations with some amazing activists and ... Read more

25 Sep 2019

58mins

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