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The Fossil Fuel Funding Behind Influential University Research (w/ Maddie Stone and Katie Worth)

2

The Big Questions Facing Plant-Based And Cultivated Meats (w/ Bruce Friedrich)

3

MS NOW's Jacob Soboroff on Covering Climate Change, Immigration, LA Fires, California Elections And More

4

The Big Money Myths (w/ Arjun Jayadev and JW Mason)

5

The Paris Reckoning: Energy Revolution (w/ Kingsmill Bond)

6

NEWS: What Did The EPA Actually Just Do? An In-Depth Review

7

Why Reconsidering Reparations Is Core To Climate Justice (w/ Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò)

8

The Paris Reckoning: How Far Off Track Are We?

9

How Do We Focus On Climate Action Now? (w/ Ryan Hagen)

10

How Climate Change Is Being Covered Now (w/ Evlondo Cooper)

11

What Motivates Climate Criminals? (w/ Dr. Julia Shaw)

12

A Fascinating, In-Depth Look At The State Of The Global Environment (w/ Sir Professor Robert Watson)

13

The Paris Reckoning: Adaptation (w/ Susannah Fisher)

14

The Human Costs Of The US Anti-Green Agenda (w/ Sharon Lerner)

15

COP30: Examining The Results And Broken Process (w/ Oliver Milman and Joseph Winters)

16

The Paris Reckoning: Extreme Heat (w/ Dr. Kristina Dahl)

17

Why Global Climate Action Really Fails (w/ Jessica F. Green)

18

COP30 Preview (w/ TIME's Justin Worland)

19

How Car Dependency Makes Life Worse, More Dangerous, And Tears Society Apart (w/ Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon)

20

The Long History of Capitalism's Critiques (w/ John Cassidy)

21

Extraction And The Green Economy (w/ Thea Riofrancos)

22

What Causes Societal Collapse? (w/ Luke Kemp)

23

Remembering Jane Goodall

24

The Democracy Crisis And The Climate Crisis (w/ Osita Nwanevu)

25

Is A New Green New Deal Possible? (w/ Saikat Chakrabarti and Zack Exley)

26

The Energy Transition Myth (w/ Jean-Baptiste Fressoz)

27

A Massive Climate Political Problem (w/ Nathaniel Stinnett)

28

How Inequality Blocks Climate Action (w/ Tony Juniper)

29

20 Years After Hurricane Katrina, What Have We Learned About Disaster Response?

30

Bill McKibben On What The Climate Movement Needs To Do Now

31

How Global Climate Litigation Is Changing After A Landmark Court Decision (w/ Dr. Maria Antonia Tigre)

32

Dr. Kate Marvel On Processing The Complexities of The Climate Crisis

33

The Hidden Climate Crisis In Pop Culture (w/ Mark Bould)

34

David Wallace-Wells On The State of The Climate Crisis And Our Lack of Preparedness

35

Did Pollution Create Serial Killers? (w/ Caroline Fraser)

36

What Happens To US Energy Now? (w/ Robbie Orvis)

37

David Roberts On The Major Setbacks To Climate Policy

38

An Update On The Show

39

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

40

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

41

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

42

The Complex Problems With Critical Metals (w/ Vince Beiser)

43

A Philosophical Conversation On Climate Change With Todd May

44

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

45

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

46

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

47

Climate Change Is Literally Transforming Our Brains (w/ Clayton Page Aldern)

48

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

49

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

50

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

51

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

52

Highways Are Horrible For Climate Change. How Does The Problem Keep Expanding?

53

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

54

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

55

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

56

We Need More Climate People (w/ Tom Steyer)

57

The Complex Threat Of Sea Level Rise (w/ Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters Brady Dennis and Chris Mooney)

58

Groundbreaking Economic Study Suggests Greater Climate Damages (w/ Dr. Adrien Bilal and Dr. Diego Kaenzig)

59

Is Climate Anxiety Keeping People From Having Children? (w/ Dr. Jade Sasser)

60

Why Is Climate Change Missing In Our Movies? (w/ Anna Jane Joyner and Matthew Schneider-Mayerson)

61

The American Climate Corps Explained (with White House National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi)

62

CNN's Bill Weir On The Life Lessons Found In Climate Reporting

63

The Washington Post's Shannon Osaka On Microplastics, Extreme Weather Costs, And Covering Climate In 2024

64

Why Capitalism Won't Save the Planet (w/ Brett Christophers)

65

How Do You Behave Ethically In A Climate Crisis? (w/ Travis Rieder)

66

Elizabeth Kolbert on Climate Rhetoric vs Climate Reality

67

Degrowth, Malthus, and the Climate Crisis (w/ Giorgos Kallis)

68

The Adventurers Behind A Thrilling New Climate Documentary (w/ Dr. Lonnie Thompson, Danny O'Malley, and Dr. Alex Rivest)

69

How Can The Climate Movement Build Real Power? (w/ Dana Fisher)

70

What's Keeping Nuclear Energy From Playing a Larger Role in Decarbonization? (w/ Dr. Matt Bowen)

71

2024 is Forecasted to Pass 1.5 Degrees - What Does That Mean? (w/ Dr. Nick Dunstone and Dr. Richard Betts)

72

The New Politics Of The Climate Crisis Era (w/ Ajay Singh Chaudhary)

73

The Immediate Benefits of Decarbonization (w/ Dr. Drew Shindell)

74

An Optimistic Case for a Sustainable Future (w/ Dr. Hannah Ritchie)

75

What Did We Learn About Climate Media, Activism, and Justice in 2023? (w/ Evlondo Cooper and Mitzi Jonelle Tan)

76

The Unequal Climate Impacts on Natural Capital (w/ Dr. Bernie Bastien-Olvera)

77

COP28: What's Behind The Headlines? (w/ Nina Lakhani, Aderonke Ige, and Rachel Rose Jackson)

78

The Messages That Actually Motivate Climate Action (w/ John Marshall)

79

How To Earn Rural Support Of Climate Action (w/ Jane Kleeb)

80

What's At Stake At COP28? (w/ David Gelles and Pascoe Sabido)

81

The Fifth National Climate Assessment (w/ Allison Crimmins)

82

2023 State of the Climate (w/ Dr. Jillian Gregg)

83

Outer Space Won't Save You From Climate Change (w/ Zach Weinersmith)

84

How Has Energy Security Changed Since The 1973 Oil Crisis? (w/ Jason Bordoff)

85

Why Infrastructure is Critical to a Sustainable and Just Society (w/ Deb Chachra)

86

How Fragile Is Our Climate? (w/ Prof. Michael Mann)

87

Are Carbon Offsets Junk? (w/ Rachel Rose Jackson)

88

Ending Wealth Supremacy (w/ Marjorie Kelly)

89

Live at Farm Aid 2023! (w/ Nathaniel Rateliff, Greer Farms, and The Particle Kid, aka Micah Nelson)

90

Rhiana Gunn-Wright On How Climate Policy Falls Short On Racial Justice And The Green New Deal's Legacy

91

Is Capitalism Devouring the Planet? (w/ Professor Nancy Fraser)

92

Examining the Waste Crisis (w/ Oliver Franklin-Wallis)

93

Maui's Recovery And The Fight Against Disaster Capitalism (w/ Kaniela Ing)

94

Kurt Andersen On 'Command Z' And Why We Can Still Fix Things

95

Why Heat Is So Deadly (w/ Jeff Goodell)

96

David Wallace-Wells on 2023's Climate Crisis and the Uncertain Road Ahead

97

The Long History of Profit And Environmental Consequences (w/ Mark Stoll)

98

Al Roker - Live at TED Countdown Summit!

99

How The Pandemic Is Reshaping Our World (w/ Felix Salmon)

100

Confronting Climate Change's Disproportionate Impacts On Black Communities (w/ Heather McTeer Toney)