Podcast Episodes

We are the Dead—Why I Love Armistice Day

Season 1

World War I profoundly changed the world. Nation-states replaced empires. Russia went communist. Fascism arrived. The West's claim to being the most civilized peoples on Earth was supremely undermine…

Published on 9 hours ago

373: Crucial Questions We Must Answer about Adapting to Climate Change—w/ Dr. Susannah Fisher, author of Sink or Swim

Season 1 Episode 373

Adaptation begins at home. But it doesn't end there. What do you plan on doing with your family as climate change gets worse? Are you already making plans whether to stay or go? How should states res…

Published on 6 days, 9 hours ago

372: Climate Change on the Battlefield: New Missions, New Kit, New Theaters—w/ Erin Sikorsky, Director of The Center for Climate and Security

Season 1 Episode 372

Is climate change a fringe and woke distraction in military planning that inhibits lethality? Or is it invaluable strategic context for this century's power projection? What kinds of missions will so…

Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago

371: Can Carbon Removal Grow with Sports? Why Athletic Media Goes Up and to the Right—w/ Aidan Preston of Milkywire

Season 1 Episode 371

Much of legacy media is dying. You know what isn't? Live sports. Where the outcome is uncertain, people want to watch.

That means bringing together large numbers of fans and athletes. And what does th…

Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago

370: This CDR Legend Just Catalogued (Nearly) All Carbon Removal Companies—w/ Grant Faber

Season 1 Episode 370

What happens when you build a list of very nearly every carbon dioxide removal company in existence? You get access to intriguing data and the pride of a very laborious job done well. Presumably you …

Published on 4 weeks ago

369: I See a Darkness—The Climate Movement Expects Deep Overshoot

Season 1 Episode 369

I came back from New York Climate Week energized. I loved seeing everyone. But many of the conversations I had profoundly scared me. We're staring into the abyss of deep overshoot, and it's staring b…

Published on 1 month ago

368: The World Will Be Saved by Beauty: Carbon Removal's Feature Film Debut, LEGION 44—w/ Leila Conners, filmmaker

Season 1 Episode 368

We all want to make sure carbon removal works. But who is working to make it beautiful? And could creating beauty be one of the most important jobs in all of climate?

Leila Conners is a filmmaker who …

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

367: Is CDR Even Using "Bankability" Correctly?—w/ Ryan Covington, Attorney at Philip Lee LLP

Season 1 Episode 367

Or "project finance", for that matter? Or are these just the current words we say at happy hours?

Today, we attempt to nail down some of these definitions so we might have a chance of achieving either…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

I'm sailing from Seattle to San Francisco. Want to tag along?

Season 1

Are you interested in sailing from Seattle to San Francisco on a sailing vessel older than World War 1?! Well, you can at the end of October 2025. Moreover, you'll be crewing alongside me.

I recently …

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

366: Raising Anti-Doomer Kids & Processing the Many Feelings of Climate Change—w/ Ariella Cook-Shonkoff, MFT; author of Raising Anti-Doomers

Season 1 Episode 366

Raising kids is hard enough. How do we do it now when existential dread is such a major part of youth experience? And how do we keep ourselves mentally healthy enough to be good at both our professio…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago