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The Climate Pod
by 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 guests like Jane Goodall, Bill McKibben, Al Roker, David Wallace-Wells, Katharine Hayhoe, Adam McKay, Bill Nye, Robert Bullard, Catherine Coleman Flowers, Ted Danson, Gina McCarthy, Paul Krugman, and many more. Hosted by Brock Benefiel and Ty Benefiel.
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The Fossil Fuel Funding Behind Influential University Research (w/ Maddie Stone and Katie Worth)
Become a paid subscriber to our newsletter/podcast, The Climate Weekly, to help support this show! It's fun. All the cool kids are doing it! ------------- In 2004, Princeton professors Stephen Pacala and Robert Socolow published a paper in Science Magazine called "Stabilization Wedges: Solving…
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The Big Questions Facing Plant-Based And Cultivated Meats (w/ Bruce Friedrich)
Become a paid subscriber to our newsletter/podcast, The Climate Weekly, to help support this show! It's fun. All the cool kids are doing it! ------------- The meat industry is causing huge problems. It's accelerating climate change, increasing risks of pandemics and antibiotic-resistant diseases,...
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MS NOW's Jacob Soboroff on Covering Climate Change, Immigration, LA Fires, California Elections And More
Become a paid subscriber to our newsletter/podcast, The Climate Weekly, to help support this show! It's fun. All the cool kids are doing it! -------------------------------------------------------------- This week, MS NOW anchor Jacob Soboroff is on the show for a wide-ranging conservation. We...
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The Big Money Myths (w/ Arjun Jayadev and JW Mason)
Money is both a concrete thing and an abstract measure. If you only look at money as an abstract measure, as traditional economists have done for centuries, you'll miss out on the real role that money plays in our society. The decisions of governments, corporations, and everyday people are...
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The Paris Reckoning: Energy Revolution (w/ Kingsmill Bond)
Become a paid subscriber to our newsletter/podcast, The Climate Weekly, to help support this show! It's fun. All the cool kids are doing it! ------------- It's the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement. In this new series from The Climate Pod, we're looking back on the global pact to determine:...
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NEWS: What Did The EPA Actually Just Do? An In-Depth Review
Become a paid subscriber to our newsletter/podcast, The Climate Weekly, to help support this show! It's fun. All the cool kids are doing it! -------------------- On Thursday, the Trump Administration's announcement that the EPA was going to repeal the endangerment finding made huge news. Major…
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Why Reconsidering Reparations Is Core To Climate Justice (w/ Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò)
Become a paid subscriber to our newsletter/podcast, The Climate Weekly, to help support this show! It's fun. All the cool kids are doing it! -------------------- "The goal I set out in the book, this planet-sized system reconstruction of the world in the direction of justice, that's a big goal."...
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The Paris Reckoning: How Far Off Track Are We?
Become a paid subscriber to our newsletter/podcast, The Climate Weekly, to help support this show! It's fun. All the cool kids are doing it! ------------- It's the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement. In this new series from The Climate Pod, we're looking back on the global pact to determine:...
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How Do We Focus On Climate Action Now? (w/ Ryan Hagen)
Become a paid subscriber to our newsletter/podcast, The Climate Weekly, to help support this show! It's fun. All the cool kids are doing it! -------------------- This episode is another discussion between two Americans talking about climate action. To say it's a weird time to focus on climate...
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How Climate Change Is Being Covered Now (w/ Evlondo Cooper)
Become a paid subscriber to our newsletter/podcast, The Climate Weekly, to help support this show! It's fun. All the cool kids are doing it! -------------------- Before the end of the year, I had my annual conversation with the always wonderful Evlondo Cooper, senior writer with the climate and...
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What Motivates Climate Criminals? (w/ Dr. Julia Shaw)
Become a paid subscriber to our newsletter/podcast, The Climate Weekly, to help support this show! It's fun. All the cool kids are doing it! -------------------- This week, we explore a fundamental question at the heart of the climate crisis: why are so many people willing to destory the...
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A Fascinating, In-Depth Look At The State Of The Global Environment (w/ Sir Professor Robert Watson)
Become a paid subscriber to our newsletter/podcast, The Climate Weekly, to help support this show! It's fun. All the cool kids are doing it! ------ This week, we're taking a deep dive into the UNEP fascinating, new Global Environment Outlook with legendary climate scientist Sir Professor Robert...
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The Paris Reckoning: Adaptation (w/ Susannah Fisher)
Become a paid subscriber to our newsletter/podcast, The Climate Weekly, to help support this show! It's fun. All the cool kids are doing it! ------------- We're coming up on the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement. In this new series from The Climate Pod, we're looking back on the global pact...
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The Human Costs Of The US Anti-Green Agenda (w/ Sharon Lerner)
Become a paid subscriber to our newsletter/podcast, The Climate Weekly, to help support this show! It's fun. All the cool kids are doing it! ------------- When talking about climate change, it's easy to get caught up in the scientific terms. Carbon emissions, parts per million, global average...
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COP30: Examining The Results And Broken Process (w/ Oliver Milman and Joseph Winters)
Become a paid subscriber to our newsletter/podcast, The Climate Weekly, to help support this show! It's fun. All the cool kids are doing it! ------------- Another annual UN climate change conference is in the books. So, what did it accomplish? This week, The Guardian's Oliver Milman joins the…
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The Paris Reckoning: Extreme Heat (w/ Dr. Kristina Dahl)
Become a paid subscriber to our newsletter/podcast, The Climate Weekly, to help support this show! It's fun. All the cool kids are doing it! ------------- We're coming up on the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement. In this new series from The Climate Pod, we're looking back on the global pact...
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Why Global Climate Action Really Fails (w/ Jessica F. Green)
Become a paid subscriber to our newsletter/podcast, The Climate Weekly, to help support this show! It's fun. All the cool kids are doing it! -------- Are global leaders trying to solve the wrong climate problem? In this episode, Professor Jessica Green aruges that too often governments and...
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COP30 Preview (w/ TIME's Justin Worland)
Become a paid subscriber to our newsletter/podcast, The Climate Weekly, to help support this show! It's fun. All the cool kids are doing it! This week, Justin Worland, senior correspondent at TIME, is back on the show to delve into the COP30 and what you will want to know about this critical...
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How Car Dependency Makes Life Worse, More Dangerous, And Tears Society Apart (w/ Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon)
Become a paid subscriber to our newsletter/podcast, The Climate Weekly, to help support this show! It's fun. All the cool kids are doing it! This week, we dive into the transformative potential of a world less reliant on automobiles and ask the question: "why aren't we more honest about the harms...
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The Long History of Capitalism's Critiques (w/ John Cassidy)
There is no denying that capitalism has played a leading role in warming the planet. As the Industrial Revolution ushered in previously unseen levels of prosperity for some people, human beings' negative impact on the natural world exploded at a ferocious rate. While it's helpful for modern-day...
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Extraction And The Green Economy (w/ Thea Riofrancos)
The Climate Pod is going to be live in Chicago! Join us for our Chicago Climate Bash, the hottest comedy show on the planet! On Sunday, October 26th at 5 pm CT at The Lincoln Lodge, we're featuring an amazing lineup of great comedians and expert guests. There will be standup, panels, music, and...
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What Causes Societal Collapse? (w/ Luke Kemp)
The Climate Pod is going to be live in Chicago! Join us for our Chicago Climate Bash, the hottest comedy show on the planet! On Sunday, October 26th at 5 pm CT at The Lincoln Lodge, we're featuring an amazing lineup of great comedians and expert guests. There will be standup, panels, music, and...
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Remembering Jane Goodall
Dr. Jane Goodall died on Wednesday at the age of 91. After National Geographic published her groundbreaking work in 1963, she spent more than 60 years in the public spotlight as a prolific writer, speaker, and advocate for change. She founded the Jane Goodall Institute in 1977, which has grown…
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The Democracy Crisis And The Climate Crisis (w/ Osita Nwanevu)
WE'RE DOING A LIVE SHOW IN CHICAGO! SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26! 5 PM! GET TICKETS NOW: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chicago-climate-bash-tickets-1758346845749?aff=oddtdtcreator Congress just rolled back major climate provisions despite a majority of Americans looking for more government action on climate...
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Is A New Green New Deal Possible? (w/ Saikat Chakrabarti and Zack Exley)
Become a paid subscriber to our newsletter/podcast, The Climate Weekly, to help support this show! It's fun. All the cool kids are doing it! First, the conversation was centered on The Green New Deal. Then, Build Back Better, which turned into the Inflation Reduction Act. It was passed. A few…
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The Energy Transition Myth (w/ Jean-Baptiste Fressoz)
Become a paid subscriber to our newsletter/podcast, The Climate Weekly, to help support this show! It's fun. All the cool kids are doing it! This is an episode that fundamentally challenges the way I've thought about tackling climate change. I've always understood the history of energy as a…
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A Massive Climate Political Problem (w/ Nathaniel Stinnett)
Become a paid subscriber to our newsletter/podcast, The Climate Weekly, to help support this show! It's fun. All the cool kids are doing it! This week, Nathaniel Stinnett, founder and executive director of the Environmental Voter Project, is back on the show to explore one of the most frustrating...
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How Inequality Blocks Climate Action (w/ Tony Juniper)
You can't talk about climate action without discussing inequality. Afterall, the effects of climate change are distributed incredibly unequaly. Furthermore, it's the people who are responsible for the least amount of carbon emissions that most often face the deadliest and most damaging…
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20 Years After Hurricane Katrina, What Have We Learned About Disaster Response?
Five years ago, on the 15th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, we looked back with Vann Newkirk II on the complexities of the disaster. Newkirk did a thorough recounting of Katrina for his narrative podcast series, Floodlines. Since that conversation, I've often wondered about the role of the...
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Bill McKibben On What The Climate Movement Needs To Do Now
This has been a rough year for the US climate movement. And few people have spent as many years or invested as much time in thinking about the climate movement than Bill McKibben, author of the first book on climate change, The End of Nature. In this perilous moment we find ourselves in, McKibben...
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How Global Climate Litigation Is Changing After A Landmark Court Decision (w/ Dr. Maria Antonia Tigre)
On July 23, the International Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion that many are regarding as a groundbreaking legal moment for the fight against climate change. But what was included in the actual opinion? What does this mean for the future of climate litigation? And most importantly…
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Dr. Kate Marvel On Processing The Complexities of The Climate Crisis
This week, Dr. Kate Marvel, author of Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet, is on the show to discuss the complex ways she processes varying emotions while studying climate change and thinking about this planetary crisis. Marvel talks about her journey from a high school...
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The Hidden Climate Crisis In Pop Culture (w/ Mark Bould)
The climate crisis seems to be missing from the overwhelming majority of the popular culture that we consume. But is that really the case? In this compelling conversation Mark Bould, a distinguished professor of film and literature at the University of the West of England, explains how we might…
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David Wallace-Wells On The State of The Climate Crisis And Our Lack of Preparedness
This week, David Wallace-Wells is back on the show for a wide-ranging conversation on the climate crisis unfolding in 2025. I was struck by David's recent essay, "We Can Adapt and Prepare for Floods. But Will We?" in the wake of the horrific flooding in Texas. As David explains, the climate...
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Did Pollution Create Serial Killers? (w/ Caroline Fraser)
Why were there so many serial killers in the US in the 1970s and 80s? Why were so many in the Pacific Northwest? This week, we explore the Lead Crime Hypothesis with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Caroline Fraser. In her new book, Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers, she...
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What Happens To US Energy Now? (w/ Robbie Orvis)
We're living through a time of extraordinary change to the US energy landscape. As Robbie Orvis, Senior Director of Modeling and Analysis at Energy Innovation argues, the combination of surging demand for electricity with new policies designed to slow the build out of cheaper, cleaner, faster...
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David Roberts On The Major Setbacks To Climate Policy
This week, David Roberts is back on the show to discuss what has happened to the Inflation Reduction Act and what it means to clean energy and the climate movement to have such a major setback. We step back to think through the landscape of climate policy now and also reflect on pivotal moments…
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An Update On The Show
Hey, it's been quite a while since we last posted an episode. What is going on? We explain what's been happening and what to expect now. Please consider becoming a supporter of our show by signing up for a paid membership to our Substack, The Climate Weekly. This will give you exclusive member...
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How The New Deal Changed American Power (w/ Sandeep Vaheesan)
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…
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How Climate Change Was Covered In 2024 (w/ Evlondo Cooper)
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...
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Facing The World At 3-Degrees Of Warming (w/ David Spratt)
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.…
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The Complex Problems With Critical Metals (w/ Vince Beiser)
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...
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A Philosophical Conversation On Climate Change With Todd May
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...
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How To Deal With Climate Anxiety (w/ Kate Schapira)
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…
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COP29: Breaking Down The Results (w/ Dharna Noor)
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...
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The Threat Of Warming Oceans And Superstorms (w/ Porter Fox)
"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...
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Climate Change Is Literally Transforming Our Brains (w/ Clayton Page Aldern)
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...
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Ed Begley Jr. On His Life in Entertainment And Climate Activism
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...
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Will The Climate Movement Handle The Pressure Of 2024? (w/ Rev. Lennox Yearwood)
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...
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Fragile Insurers, Risky Mortgages, and the Climate Crisis (w/ Prof. Pari Sastry)
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…
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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 guests like Jane Goodall, Bill McKibben, Al Roker, David Wallace-Wells, Katharine Hayhoe, Adam McKay, Bill Nye, Robert Bullard, Catherine Coleman Flowers, Ted Danson, Gina McCarthy, Paul Krugman, and many more. Hosted by Brock Benefiel and Ty Benefiel.
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