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JIM SHEPARD - Author of The Book of Aron, Project X, The World to Come starring Casey Affleck, Vanessa Kirby, Katherine Waterston
Season 11
"In terms of what I'm writing, I'm always trying to make myself a more interesting human being. And so that means I'm coming across these human dilem…
2 years, 7 months ago
LESLEY HUGHES - Lead Author of IPCC 4th & 5th Assessment Reports - Director of Climate Council of Australia
Season 11
"Australia is generally considered one of the most vulnerable developed countries to the impacts of climate change, and I've been in the climate scie…
2 years, 7 months ago
JAMES BROWNING - Founder of F Minus: Calling for Divestment from Fossil Fuel Lobbyists
Season 11
"The lobbyists that represent the fossil fuel companies like ExxonMobil, Koch companies, and the American Petroleum Institute, they knew for years th…
2 years, 7 months ago
SHEHAN KARUNATILAKA - Booker Prize-winning Author of The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
Season 11
"So this was the decision to write in the second person. A lot of people ask me: why? There are not many examples of this technique. The reason I opt…
2 years, 7 months ago
Actress CATHERINE CURTIN (Stranger Things) & Artistic Director KATE MUETH (Neo-Political Cowgirls)
Season 11
"I don't know why we would really want to tell stories without being connected to the meaning.
And I think that's especially for women, but I do think…
2 years, 7 months ago
STEPHANIE FELDSTEIN - Author of The Animal Lover’s Guide to Changing the World & Take Action: Save Life on Earth
Season 11
"Pretty much everything we do in our lives from the moment we wake up and take a shower, we're using water – that's shared resources. We're using ene…
2 years, 8 months ago
Nobel Peace Prize-winning Climate Scientist MARK HOWDEN - Director, Climate Change Institute at ANU - Vice Chair of IPCC
Season 11
"One of the things we have to do is we have to increase the rate of learning. We are entering into increasingly uncharted territory and not just in t…
2 years, 8 months ago
MARK HOWDEN - Vice Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - Director, Climate Change Institute at The Australian National University
Season 11
"One of the things we have to do is we have to increase the rate of learning. We are entering into increasingly uncharted territory and not just in t…
2 years, 8 months ago
ERICA BERRY - Author of Wolfish: Wolf, Self, and the Stories We Tell About Fear
Season 11
"It's felt very anxious to imagine going towards the next few decades. And I do get a real sense of solidarity and hope by how wolves are navigating …
2 years, 8 months ago
JERICHO BROWN - Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet - Editor of How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill
Season 11
How do you find your voice? As a writer, how do you take what you know and what you believe to share your stories with the world? How do we let young…
2 years, 8 months ago