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Hey Change Podcast
by Anne Therese Gennari
Welcome to Hey Change, the podcast where we grapple with the wisdom of uncertainty and choose inner development as a tool for radical change. Here, we talk about things like behavioral psychology, neuroscience, the power of visualization, climate optimism, and the mindset shifts to drive positive change.Most importantly, we're all for keeping an open-minded and empowering approach to change. Because, as has always been the case, the future is still unwritten and we create our tomorrow today. theclimateoptimist.substack.com
Episodes
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What if the Future Goes Right? With Jacob Simon
Less than 1% of climate media coverage talks about solutions. Jacob Simon is working to change that. Jacob trained as a pairs figure skater and spent five years on Team USA chasing the Olympics, until a dislocated shoulder ended his career overnight. Out of that loss he found a new path. A…
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3.3 Million Views and Climbing - Dax Dasilva is Back to Talk "Yanuni," Jane Goodall, and What's Next
Climate Week in New York brought Dax Dasilva back to Hey Change, fresh off the release of Yanuni, the documentary following Indigenous leader Juma Xipaia's frontline fight for the Amazon, which has already drawn millions of views on YouTube. Dax and I talk about why the film is resonating, what…
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Why reclaiming our stories is an act of power with Melissa Jun Rowley
“Every culture is sustained by the stories it repeats. Every institution is reinforced by the stories it rewards.” Our guest today has spent two decades at the front lines of that realization — tracking how narrative doesn't just reflect our world, but actively constructs our power, our policy…
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Re-share - From Climate Anxiety to Inner Transformation: The Neuroscience of Change
This week, we're sharing one of our favorite interviews from 2025! Anne Therese's conversation with neuroscientist Norman Farb is a great summer reset to help us tap into our inner wisdoms, reawaken our senses, and become enablers of positive change. Enjoy! What if our obsession with certainty is...
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Stop Focusing on Your Footprint! Climate Optimism with Sophia Li
What if we started to show up with new narratives? Ones that are rooted in nurturing and hope, instead of apathy and fear? Could our impact grow, and if so, how? Sophia Li is an award-winning journalist and Earthshot Prize correspondent who is quite literally rewriting the script of our future....
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115: Redefining the WIN, with Mara Hoffman and Dana Davis!
The courage to pause at the peak with Mara Hoffman & Dana Davis! What does it take to walk away from momentum at its peak? In fashion, the relentless pressure to produce more—more collections, more shows, more growth—is treated as gospel. This episode challenges that assumption at its core. In...
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114: The AI Paradox & The Future We Choose with Sinead Bovell
What if AI could actually help save the planet? We're flipping the script on the doom-and-gloom AI narrative! In this episode, Anne Therese sits down with Sinead Bovell — strategic futurist, Vogue's "AI Educator for Non-Nerds," and one of the most trusted voices in tech today — fresh off an...
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113. Dax Dasilva on the Tech-Conservation Paradox and Finding Our Way Back to Nature
What does it mean to restore our relationship with the Earth — not just protect it, but belong to it again? In this episode, Anne sits down with Dax Dasilva, entrepreneur, environmentalist, and author of Echoes from Eden, for a powerful conversation about restoration, belonging, and what it takes...
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112. Nature Is Nonpartisan: Reclaiming Conservation as a Shared American Value
Why is it that nature and climate change have become such difficult topics to talk about, especially with people with different political viewpoints than us? Why is climate change so politicized, and how can we come back to the fact that we all, truly, deep inside, care about the same things?…
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111. Holding Space for All Climate Emotions: Anger, Grief, and the Power of Inner Work
In this special episode, Anne Therese brings back two of the most impactful conversations from the Hey Change archives — featuring Mike Veny, mental health speaker and advocate, and Jack Adam Webber, author of Climate Cure. As the days get darker and we naturally turn inward, this episode invites...
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110. The Climate Optimist Venn Diagram
What exactly is climate optimism, and how can we be optimistic about the future, especially with the climate crisis right at our doorstep? That is a question I get a lot of the time, and something I like to remind people, as I remind myself so often, is that optimism isn’t a mindset or an…
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110. The Climate Optimist Venn Diagram: How to Turn Hope into A Practice for Change
What does it really mean to practice optimism in the face of the climate crisis? In this episode, I break down my signature Climate Optimist Venn Diagram — a simple yet powerful framework built on three essential pillars: inner development, taking action, and community. You’ll learn how optimism...
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109. Turning Deserts into Forests and Finding Hope in Restoration with James Godfrey-Faussett
Today’s episode is such a special one. I’m joined by James Godfrey-Faussett, a restoration ecologist and founder of the Healing Earth Project, who has spent over two decades bringing degraded land back to life — from city forests to desert landscapes. James shares what he’s learned from observing...
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108. Katharine Hayhoe on How to Talk About Climate Change with Love, Not Fear
Today, I’m bringing back one of my all-time favorite episodes from the archives of Hey Change. This conversation is between my former co-host Robin and me, along with Katharine Hayhoe, an atmospheric scientist, communicator, and one of the most inspiring voices in the climate space. Even though…
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107. Teaching Hope: Supporting Students Through Climate Anxiety
How do we navigate climate anxiety in the classroom? This episode is a special one, and one that feels close to my heart since I struggled with climate anxiety for such a big part of my youth. Pr.. Angus, a geography teacher in the UK, reached out a while back and asked if we could please have a...
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106. How New Yorker Cartoonist Tom Toro Uses Humor to Talk About Climate Change
Is it OK to laugh about serious issues? If so, what role does humor play in our important work for climate justice? Let’s talk about it! Today I’m joined by Tom Toro — a celebrated cartoonist whose work has appeared over 200 times in The New Yorker and who is best known for the now-iconic climate...
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105. From Pledge to Progress with Sally Fouts from The Climate Pledge
Anne Therese talks with Sally Fouts, Global Lead for The Climate Pledge at Amazon, about how businesses can accelerate climate action together. They discuss the origins of the pledge, why collaboration is crucial, the risk of “greenhushing,” and how progress — not perfection — drives change.…
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104. The 3 Narrative Shifts that Will Change How You Think About Climate Change
What if the stories we tell about climate change are keeping us stuck in fear — instead of moving us into action? In this solo episode, I dive into three narrative shifts that can help us move from overwhelm to opportunity, from minimizing ourselves to maximizing our impact, and from trying to...
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103. Regeneration Begins Within: Darin Olien on Joy, Health, and Healing the Planet
Do you ever feel the need to go really deep with someone and throw at them life’s biggest, most thought-provoking questions? That’s how I felt when preparing my interview with Darin Olien. And let me tell you - I didn’t hold back! In this episode, we talk about the root cause of so much of…
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102. What If Whale Poop Could Help Save the Planet?
In this episode, I sit down with the creators of Positive Polar, a love-passion-science project inviting you to directly participating in restoring our oceans. The mission? Biochemically mimic whales to restore marine ecosystems, sequester carbon, and turn tourism into a force for regeneration....
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101. Hope Dies Last - Stubborn Optimism From Around The World
What if the most powerful tool we have in facing climate collapse… is refusing to give up? In this episode, I talk with Alan Weisman, journalist and bestselling author of The World Without Us, about his new book Hope Dies Last. We explore stories of stubborn climate optimism from around the…
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100. A World Without Waste: The Radical Power of Smart Design
What if the solution to single-use waste wasn’t more effort, but better design? In today’s episode, I sit down with Mac Sellars from r.World, an award-winning company transforming concerts and sports venues by making the sustainable choice the easiest one. It’s a story of climate optimism…
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99. The New Face of Climate Denial - Why Your Voice Matters More Than Ever
A new climate change denial is spreading, and yes, we need to talk about it. So in this episode, I sit down with journalist Samantha Harrington to unpack how climate misinformation is evolving. It’s no longer about denying climate change. Instead, it claims that the solutions don’t work, that…
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97. This is Climate Optimism: Redefining Climate Action with Anne Therese Gennari
What does it look like to embrace optimism when forces around you want you to feel overwhelmed, defeated, and in despair? What is climate optimism, and how do we not mistake it for toxic positivity? And what does a healthy relationship to climate grief actually look like? In this bonus episode…
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96. What We Can Do - The Art of The Possible with Charlie Sellars
In this conversation, Anne Therese Gennari and guest Charlie Sellars explore the journey of sustainability, emphasizing that every job can contribute to climate action. They discuss the importance of maximizing opportunities in sustainability rather than focusing solely on minimizing negative...
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The Meditation Was Requested to be Translated Into French
Happy Friday, my beloved Climate Optimist community! You may have seen my post from Wednesday where I introduced you to the month-long activation I’m running, inviting you to IMAGINE. The idea was initially sparked (years ago) by a quote that completely changed my life: “Keep some room in your...
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E95. Mental Health & The Climate Crisis
What are eco-emotions and how are they affecting our everyday lives? What role do they play in our ability to – and desire to – make a difference? And how do we overcome these mental barriers that are keeping us paralyzed and stuck in place? Seeking answers to these questions could be one of the...
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E94. Use Your Anger For Good with Mike Veny
What does it mean to use your anger for good? Today's guest Mike Veny hasn't just learned to deal with his anger, he actively challenges it to better his work and do good in the world! As a mental health expert, advocate, and professional speaker, Mike tours the country helping companies and…
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E93. How To Heal Ourselves to Heal The Planet
Can climate grief and anger be catalysts for transformational healing? Is there such a thing as healthy denial? And how can we learn to work with our emotions in a way where our hearts break open and use that to serve ourselves, others, and the world? Those are only a few of the things we get…
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E92. Ecopsychology and The Power Of Emergent Systems
How do we restore our spiritual relationship with nature and find ourselves as embedded participants within the web of life? More importantly -- what does that look like in practice? In this fascinating conversation with Aaron, we talk Ecopsychology, how a culture of emergence within companies…
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E91. The Future of Recycled Fashion
What could the future of fashion look like if we learned to recycle and repurpose all material already created? That is what we'll get into in this episode with two innovators in the field -- Renewcell and Circ. Considering only 1% of textiles get recycled into new clothing today, this is a field...
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E90. The Importance of Climate Reporting
How important is it that we can track climate and environmental efforts in business? We'd like to say VERY. In this conversation with David Lammers from CDP Europe and Gilles Tisserand from Tetra Pak, we discuss how to bring transparency to the entire value chain as well as the business's role in...
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E89. Sustainable Money & Business
In today’s episode, we want to share with you two conversations to help us shift the narrative on business and money. We’ll talk about impact investing and how we can be creative when it comes to starting businesses that not only solve a problem but support a more sustainable world. First up we...
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E88. Sustainable Construction & The Future of Cities with Saint-Gobain
When we talk about climate change, we usually talk about how we have to fly less, drive less, eat less meat, cut down our plastic, etc. What we don’t often talk about is the impact of cities, yet cities are responsible for 80 percent of all greenhouse emissions! And cities are only expected to...
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E87. Mindful Holidays & Sustainable Fashion with Garik Himebaugh the Eco-Stylist
In this episode, we discuss what mindful gifting can look like during the holiday season and how we can be intentional with how we express love for the people we care about while being kind to the planet. Then Robin joins Garik Himebaugh, founder of Eco-Stylist, for a conversation about what…
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E86. Changing The Climate Conversation with Katharine Hayhoe
Katharine Hayhoe is an atmospheric scientist whose work has resulted in over 125 peer-reviewed papers. Her Ted talk has nearly 4 million views and she’s been named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People, one of the Huffington Post’s 20 Climate Champions, and has been named one of FORTUNE’s...
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E85. Ice Crisis 101, Reclaiming Pro-Life, and Female Climate Leadership with Sally Ranney
We had the pleasure of speaking with Sally Ranney, the President and Co-Founder of Global Choices, a women-led organization on a mission to drive action on the Ice Crisis and climate change. We spoke with Sally about the profound importance of polar ice and how we are - in fact - all ice…
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E84. Optimism in Activism with Zanagee Artis from Zero Hour
We had the pleasure of speaking with Zanagee Artis, the 21-year-old founder, co-executive director and policy director for the global, youth-led climate justice organization Zero Hour. Zanagee has been featured in a number of publications for his work on climate justice and climate policy,...
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E83. Rethinking Growth and Uncovering Psychological Barriers with Per Espen Stoknes
This episode is for every climate activist from all parts of the journey, from beginners to experienced eco-nerds, who want to learn how to better engage people into climate-positive actions and mindset! I learned all about Per Espen’s work last summer when I dove deep into his book on human...
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E82. Businesses Role for a Better World with Yvette Torres-Rahman
What roles should businesses play in fighting climate justice and co-creating a better world? We'll get into that and much more in this episode with Yvette Torres-Rahman, Co-Founder and CEO of Business Fights Poverty. Get FREE tickets to the UNGA summit on September 20-24, 2021. Use code...
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E81. Season 3 Finale - All You Need to Be An Optimist In Action
This has been an incredible season for the Hey Change Podcast, where we focused on Optimism in Action. We have learned so much from each of our guests, and in today’s episode, we will be sharing with you some of the gems from our conversations in season 3. This episode is going to be packed with...
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E80. Decolonize Your Dinner Plate with Kiani Conley-Wilson from Soul Fire Farm
Did you know that the roots of regenerative agriculture, organic farming, and the farm-to-table movement grew from the work of Black farmers like Dr. Booker T. Whatley and Dr. George Washington Carver? And yet today, Black farmers are highly underrepresented in farming and farm ownership. While…
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E79. Microplastics 101 with Madeleine MacGillivray
Did you know that there isn’t a single corner of the Earth where microplastics do not exist? Yes, plastics are taking over our world, but how bad is it, really? We sat down with our friend and colleague Madeleine MacGillivray to take a deep dive (no pun intended) into the topic of microplastics....
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E78. The Future of Plastic with Kendall Starkman from Lonely Whale
Lonely Whale’s #stopsucking campaign has eliminated approximately 20 billion single-use plastic straws from the waste stream. Today, we learned from Kendall Starkman, the Director of NextWave Plastics, about her work with the consortium of companies convened by the award-winning non-profit Lonely...
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Guided Meditation - Envisioning a New World with Anne Therese Gennari
A guided meditation to look beyond climate change and envision a new kind of world! Scripted, recorded, and edited by your host, Anne Therese Gennari. Visit the website for more resources: www.theclimateoptimist.com ----- What future could we find ourselves in if we kept some room in our hearts…
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E77. Val Emanuel On Doing The Inner Work and Changing The World
In this episode, we speak with Val Emanuel, sustainability advocate, animal activist, entrepreneur and co-founder, with Anne Therese, of the world’s first ethical modeling agency, Role Models Management. Val shares with us how growing up in an immigrant family shaped her views on sustainable...
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E76. From Refugee to Change-Maker, NYC Model/DJ Mari Malek
In this episode, you’ll hear the incredible story of refugee-turned-model/entrepreneur and humanitarian Mari Malek. Mari shares with us how she went from fleeing South Sudan as a child refugee to modeling and DJ'ing for top magazines and luxury brands in NYC. Mari has worked with clients like...
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E75. Believing in A Climate Positive Future with Scientist Dr. Julie Pullen
In this episode, we speak with the incredible Dr. Julie Pullen about the importance of building community around climate solutions. Dr. Julie Pullen is a climate scientist using advanced computing technology and open-source software to quantify climate risk in the financial sector and beyond.…
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E74. We Need Creatives to Change the World with Probably Tomfoolery
This episode is for the creatives and creators! We had the pleasure of speaking with 26 year old, London-based poetic phenomenon, Tom Roberts, aka Tomfoolery. His poem “The Great Realization” has been viewed over 60 million times and been transcribed into languages all over the world. Tom’s…
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Climate Optimist Fridays - Making Money Changing The World
Money is power but is it OK to use that power to change the world? Here are my few cents on this right now - tune in and see what resonates, contemplate what feels new and different, and please challenge me on whatever doesn't feel right! My four truths right now: It's OK to make (a lot of) money...
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Welcome to Hey Change, the podcast where we grapple with the wisdom of uncertainty and choose inner development as a tool for radical change. Here, we talk about things like behavioral psychology, neuroscience, the power of visualization, climate optimism, and the mindset shifts to drive positive change.Most importantly, we're all for keeping an open-minded and empowering approach to change. Because, as has always been the case, the future is still unwritten and we create our tomorrow today.
theclimateoptimist.substack.com
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Anne Therese Gennari
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