Podcast Episodes

Our Sweet Future Lives After we Solve Climate Change

Season 5 Episode 70

How should we think about a world that doesn’t yet exist?                                                           
Can you Imagine what a Post-carbon Future would look like?

For decades, visions of …

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

Climate Denial: Are you a Luke-Warmer?

Season 1 Episode 10

Most people are not climate deniers.  It is an unreasonable and frankly, a stupid position to take.  
Recent polling shows that the majority (73%) of Americans strongly believe that climate change is …

Published on 3 months ago

Rationing Paradise: How Permits and Fees Create Sustainable Tourism

From Colorado's Blue Lakes Trail limiting hikers to 40 per day, to Bhutan charging tourists $200 daily just to exist in the country, this episode explores the uncomfortable truth about environmental …

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

The Travel Paradox: How Mass Tourism Destroys What It Claims to Celebrate (Part 2 of 3)

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Flight shame is dead. Despite a brief pause during COVID, global aviation emissions hit record highs in 2024 and are projected to double by 2040. What makes this different from other climat…

Published on 4 months ago

The Travel Paradox: How Mass Tourism Destroys What It Claims to Celebrate (Part 1 of 3)

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The summer vacation isn't just leisure—it's become deeply woven into how we think about happiness and success. For generations, we've chased sunshine and escape as rewards for hard work, pr…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Playing God with the Planet: Engineering Our Way to Disaster

This episode explores geo-engineering - humanity's most audacious attempt to technologically control Earth's climate systems. From injecting sulfur particles into the stratosphere to mimic massive vo…

Published on 5 months ago

CAR-FREE and Loving It — The Future is Here

What if everything we've been told about cars and freedom is backwards? Journey into America's first car-free neighborhood rising from the sprawl of Phoenix, where residents know their neighbors' nam…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

The Progress Paradox- Technological Power Without Perspective

Season 7 Episode 106

Have you noticed how we often rush to create new technologies just because we can, without stopping to ask if we should? Our new episode looks at this dangerous pattern where we innovate without thin…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Becoming Earth: How Life Transformed a Rock into a Living Planet

Season 7 Episode 106

Ever wonder how our planet became the only known celestial body teeming with life? Our latest episode takes you on a 4.5-billion-year journey from Earth's fiery beginnings to today's interconnected l…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

From Hyper-Consumer to Active Global Citizen: Rediscovering Community in a Changing Climate

Season 7 Episode 105

As Trump's tariff policies trigger economic uncertainty, consumer confidence is dropping. 

With those new tariffs rattling global markets, we're seeing something remarkable: Americans consuming less w…

Published on 6 months ago