Podcast Episodes

Precision Agriculture and Angry Optimism

Season 11 Episode 4

Dr. Kenneth Cassman joins to explore the state of innovation in agriculture. Where are the knowledge gaps? And what changes must take place if we hope to feed a growing and increasingly wealthy world…

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

One Billion Tons

Season 11 Episode 3

Rauli Partanen, an award-winning science communicator and energy analyst from Finland, comes on to discuss his new report, “One Billion Tons" on the wide-ranging consequences of Germany’s nuclear pha…

Published on 4 years ago

What's A Wind Drought? Europe's Lust for the Gust

Season 11 Episode 2

Dr. Hannah Bloomfield, a Climate Risk Analytics research associate at the University of Bristol, describes an extreme weather event that affected European energy output significantly this year: a win…

Published on 4 years ago

The James Hansen Interview

Season 11 Episode 1

In this very special episode, I am joined live in Berlin by the "Godfather of Climate Science," Dr. James Hansen.

Dr. James Hansen is the former director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studi…

Published on 4 years ago

Colonialism in Green

Season 10 Episode 10

Dr. Vijaya Ramachandran is tracking the lastest in eco-colonialism. Numerous countries and investment banks have blocked the financing of fossil fuels and even hydroelectric projects in Africa, the c…

Published on 4 years ago

Let The Market Decide? A History of Government Intervention in Energy

Season 10 Episode 9

In this episode, Dr. Keefer and economist Edgardo Sepulveda cover a lot of ground:

• Edgardo’s new website that includes the electricity profiles of 24 OECD countries and whether, using which tech an…

Published on 4 years ago

Darth Vader On Geoengineering

Season 10 Episode 8

The Dark Lord takes a break from singing 80s parodies outside the gates of COP26 to talk to us about his love for geoengineering. For an argument against Marine Cloud Brightening, here's a briefing f…

Published on 4 years ago

Can You Dig It? Should You Dig It? All About Mining

Season 10 Episode 7

Mining underpins nearly everything in our modern lives. Essentially, if we didn't grow it, we mined it. Dr. Richard Herrington, an academic geologist and Head of Earth Sciences at the Natural History…

Published on 4 years ago

Indigenous Climate Action

Season 10 Episode 6

Eriel Tchekwie Deranger is a member of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation and the Executive Director of Indigenous Climate Action. Eriel critiques pointing out that wealthy countries engaging in "c…

Published on 4 years ago

Is African Poverty a Climate Solution?

Season 10 Episode 5

Special Decouple Studios mini-doc from inside the walls of COP26. Decouple's Jesse Freeston follows two young nuclear energy advocates, Shirly Rodriguez and Princess Mbthobeni, as they roam the confe…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago