Podcast Episodes

DR. SHIV SOMESHWAR - Fmr. European Chair for Sustainable Development & Climate Transition - Sciences Po

Season 12

How do urbanization and rural development impact communities differently? How can we make public policy and enlightened self-interest advance climate action?

Dr. Shiv Someshwar is a Development Clinic…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

From Ancient Wisdom to the Language of the Earth - Scientists, Artists, Psychologists & Spiritual Leaders Share their Stories

Season 12

Scientists, artists, psychologists, conservationists, and spiritual leaders share their stories and insights on the importance of connecting with nature, preserving the environment, embracing diversi…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

What can thousand-year-old trees teach us about living sustainably on this planet? - Highlights - DOUG LARSON

Season 12

“The first guitar I built, I took it to a friend who has a guitar business. And he looked at it and he said this instrument has the approximate shape of a guitar, but it's not a guitar. It's a piece …

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

DOUG LARSON - Biologist - Expert on Deforestation - Author of Cliff Ecology - The The Dogma Ate My Homework

Season 12

What can thousand-year-old trees teach us about living sustainably? If we want to be sustained by this planet indefinitely, we need to stop trying to suck it dry.

Doug Larson is an award winning scien…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

How can we reverse biodiversity loss and restore our ecosystems? - Highlights - THOMAS 
CROWTHER

Season 12

“I had a very tangible interaction with a teacher that shaped everything in my life. I'm dyslexic, but I managed to get into a good university in the UK, and I was messing around in a class with 300 …

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

THOMAS CROWTHER - Ecologist - Co-chair of the board for UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration - Founder of Restor

Season 12

Although they comprise less than 5% of the world population, Indigenous peoples protect 80% of the Earth’s biodiversity. How can we support farmers, reverse biodiversity loss, and restore our ecosyst…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

PETER DITLEVSEN - Professor of Physics, Ice, Climate & Earth at the Niels Bohr Institute

Season 12

As we reach the tipping points of climate change, how will our world change? Greenland has already lost 4,700 billion metric tons of ice, an amount that is enough to flood the entire United States in…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Does having too many choices make us unhappy? - Highlights - DR. BARRY SCHWARTZ

Season 12

"This too is a skill, learning how to listen. It takes humility. It takes openness. It takes a certain kind of courage because if you really listen to someone else, there's a chance that your view of…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

DR. BARRY SCHWARTZ - Author of The Paradox of Choice & Why We Work

Season 12

Does having too many choices make us unhappy? How can we learn practical wisdom?

Dr. Barry Schwartz is the Dorwin P. Cartwright Professor Emeritus of Social Theory and Social Action in the psychology …

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

KOHEI SAITO on Degrowth Communism & the Need for Radical Democracy

Season 12

Can we stop talking about growth and mediate an environmental crisis through the structures of capitalism?

In this episode of the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liu speaks with…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago