Best Greentechnology Podcasts (2025)

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How The New Deal Changed American Power (w/ Sandeep Vaheesan) 53:28

4M ago53:28

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Prior to the New Deal, millions of rural Americans were quite literally living in the dark. Though electricity had been available for decades, it was out of reach for most living in America's countryside post-World War I. That all changed within a decade. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's approach to the power sector during the Great Depression tra…

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How Climate Change Was Covered In 2024 (w/ Evlondo Cooper) 55:05

5M ago55:05

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We're back for one last episode of 2024 with our most frequent guest on The Climate Pod! Evlondo Cooper is back on the show to review how climate change was covered in mainstream media over the course of the year. In this conversation, Evlondo Cooper discusses the evolving landscape of climate media, why it remains critical to connect extreme weath…

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Facing The World At 3-Degrees Of Warming (w/ David Spratt) 49:35

5M ago49:35

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What would the world look like at 3-degrees Celsius of warming above pre-industrial levels? In his latest work, Collision Course: 3-degrees of warming & humanity’s future, David Spratt explores the catastrophic implications of the planet we're heading towards as warming continues to accelerate. He argues we need to face up to realities of the crisi…

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The Complex Problems With Critical Metals (w/ Vince Beiser) 1:03:49

5M ago1:03:49

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We're undergoing a necessary renewable energy transition. And this transition will require an enormous amount of critical metals in order to power an economy without fossil fuels. Today, the processes we use to extract these materials - from copper, nickel, lithium, and more - are causing harm to both humans and our physical environment. So what do…

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A Philosophical Conversation On Climate Change With Todd May 53:03

5M ago53:03

53:03

What do human beings owe planet Earth? How are we responsible to future generations? Those are some pretty weighty questions. But in reality, if you're confronting the climate crisis, it should bring about some pretty weighty philosophical issues, shouldn't it? So to help, we called in popular philospher Todd May to guide us through tackling some o…

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How To Deal With Climate Anxiety (w/ Kate Schapira) 55:34

6M ago55:34

55:34

If you're a regular listener of this show or often engage with the facts of the climate crisis, it's likely you experience a fair deal of climate anxiety. I know I do. So I wanted to dive into those feelings and how to think about processing it all. For over a decade, Kate Schapira has been having these conversations as a part of her Climate Anxiet…

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COP29: Breaking Down The Results (w/ Dharna Noor) 42:25

6M ago42:25

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COP29 is over. A new agreement has been struck. So what the hell happened? Climate reporter Dharna Noor is here to explain. She was on the ground during the conference to cover it all and she's on the show this week to deep dive into the results and what it means for global climate action. Dharna discusses the complexities and stakes surrounding CO…

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The Threat Of Warming Oceans And Superstorms (w/ Porter Fox) 42:02

6M ago42:02

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“Among the growing effects of the climate crisis, the evolution of hurricanes is one of the more immediate and destructive.” Our oceans are warming. Superstorms are intensifying. In Porter Fox's new book, the accelerating danger resulting from these two realities of the climate crisis is on full display. And Fox is no stranger to the ocean - as a l…

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Climate Change Is Literally Transforming Our Brains (w/ Clayton Page Aldern) 1:09:27

7M ago1:09:27

1:09:27

As our environment changes, so do our brains. Climate changes impact our physical environments is many noticeable ways, but it's also changing us on the inside as well. Clayton Page Aldern is a neuroscientist turned environmental journalist who has unpacked this phenomenon in his new book, The Weight of Nature: How A Changing Climate Changes Our Br…

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Ed Begley Jr. On His Life in Entertainment And Climate Activism 56:03

8M ago56:03

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For 57 years, Ed Begley Jr. has been in literally hundreds of your favorite movies and television shows. And during those years, he's also established himself as one of the most prominent voices in Hollywood on environmental sustainability and climate action. Now, he’s with a new memoir, To the Temple of Tranquility…And Step On It!, which recounts …

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Will The Climate Movement Handle The Pressure Of 2024? (w/ Rev. Lennox Yearwood) 46:32

10M ago46:32

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The climate movement faces mounting pressure in 2024. Record-setting temperatures and extreme weather disasters continue to devastate over a turbulent summer. Prominent plans to roll back environmental regulations and stiffle climate mitigation and adaptation initiatives have movement leaders pushing back on attacks. Is the climate movement able to…

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Fragile Insurers, Risky Mortgages, and the Climate Crisis (w/ Prof. Pari Sastry) 32:01

10M ago32:01

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In 2008, the world economic system was rocked by a financial crisis that stemmed from risky mortgages being securitized and sold as safe investments to unknowing investors. Misaligned incentives, unpriced risk, deceptive selling practices, and a lack of regulatory scrutiny throughout the financial industry led to the Great Recession, the consequenc…

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How To Win Climate Arguments And Influence People (w/ Dr. Genevieve Guenther) 1:08:54

10M ago1:08:54

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Bad actors continue to push fake talking points to obscure the truth on climate change and slow down action. So how we combat these common myths and inspire people to do more? That's the focus of today's show and a new book by our guest, Dr. Genevieve Guenther. In her new book, The Language of Climate Politics: Fossil-Fuel Propaganda and How to Fig…

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Highways Are Horrible For Climate Change. How Does The Problem Keep Expanding? 1:07:48

11M ago1:07:48

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For 70 years, building out and expanding American highways have been core parts to the entire US transportation project. But the initial effort to connect cities and states has created gigantic problems in the subsequent decades. Instead of fixing many of these critical issues, too often we see cities and states double down on the problem and make …

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US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm on America's Clean Energy Mission 32:08

11M ago32:08

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President Biden campaigned on the promises of producing 100% of America's electricity with clean energy resources by 2035 and getting America's economy to Net Zero emissions by 2050. Since President Biden took office, the US Congress has passed the Bi-partisan Infrastructure Law, the Inflation Reduction Act, and the CHIPs and Science Act - all aime…

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Grief, Racism, and the Climate Crisis (w/ Mary Annaïse Heglar) 48:33

11M ago48:33

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Mary Annaïse Heglar is back on the show to discuss her new book "Troubled Waters", a fictional account of a young Black woman in Mississippi that uses direct action against the fossil fuel industry as a healing mechanism for her own grief, while also learning about the grief and trauma that her own grandmother carries with her from her days at the …

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What Will The Future Of Climate Denial Look Like? (w/ Tad DeLay) 56:42

12M ago56:42

56:42

The climate movement is used to fight denial. Few who do this work escape the need to push back against critics claiming that human-created carbon dioxide emissions don't cause dangerous warming. But as the crisis becomes more clear and everpresent, it's time to expand our definition of climate denial, argues author Tad DeLay. In his new book, Futu…

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How The New Deal Changed American Power (w/ Sandeep Vaheesan) 53:28

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How Climate Change Was Covered In 2024 (w/ Evlondo Cooper) 55:05

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Facing The World At 3-Degrees Of Warming (w/ David Spratt) 49:35

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The Complex Problems With Critical Metals (w/ Vince Beiser) 1:03:49

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A Philosophical Conversation On Climate Change With Todd May 53:03

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How To Deal With Climate Anxiety (w/ Kate Schapira) 55:34

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COP29: Breaking Down The Results (w/ Dharna Noor) 42:25

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The Threat Of Warming Oceans And Superstorms (w/ Porter Fox) 42:02

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Climate Change Is Literally Transforming Our Brains (w/ Clayton Page Aldern) 1:09:27

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Ed Begley Jr. On His Life in Entertainment And Climate Activism 56:03

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Will The Climate Movement Handle The Pressure Of 2024? (w/ Rev. Lennox Yearwood) 46:32

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Fragile Insurers, Risky Mortgages, and the Climate Crisis (w/ Prof. Pari Sastry) 32:01

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How To Win Climate Arguments And Influence People (w/ Dr. Genevieve Guenther) 1:08:54

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Highways Are Horrible For Climate Change. How Does The Problem Keep Expanding? 1:07:48

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US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm on America's Clean Energy Mission 32:08

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Grief, Racism, and the Climate Crisis (w/ Mary Annaïse Heglar) 48:33

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What Will The Future Of Climate Denial Look Like? (w/ Tad DeLay) 56:42

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