Podcast Episodes

AI’s Power Demands: Do We Really Have the Energy for This?

In a previous Climate One episode, we discussed the good, the bad, and the ugly impacts of artificial intelligence. But AI isn’t going away. Humans rarely give up a nifty new tool unless something be…

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago

The Energy Transition Challenge

The energy transition is a monumental task, still in its early stages, with only about 10 percent of the necessary low-emissions technologies deployed to meet 2050 targets, according to the McKinsey …

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago

Peter Som: Family Style

For Peter Som, nothing is quite as satisfying as the moment when everyone is gathered around the table and platters of food are set down for everyone to dig into together. Now culinary creator and li…

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago

What’s for Dinner? How Food Policy Affects What Is on Your Plate. Appetizers Provided by Michelin Star Chef Richard Crocker.

This evening, Vince Hall will give an overview of food policy, his work with Feeding America navigating the complexities of solving hunger in America with healthy, nutritious foods, while explaining …

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump Breaks Wind?

It’s no secret that President Trump is not a fan of wind energy. As a matter of fact, he signed an executive order on his first day back in office that paused leasing for any new or renewed offshore …

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

Women Empowering Women

March is International Women’s Month!

Celebrate with the Arts Member-led Forum of Commonwealth Club World Affairs and the Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art (NCWCA) panel of women leaders in t…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

Gary Krist: Love, Murder, and Madness in Gilded-Age San Francisco

Gold turned a sleepy Mexican outpost into what we now know as San Francisco. In just a few short years, thousands of migrants from every part of the globe made the treacherous journey to California, …

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

Paul Hawken: Carbon, Climate, and Humanity (EXPLICIT)

Join us live for a journey into the world of carbon, the most versatile element on the planet. Your tour guide is New York Times bestselling author Paul Hawken.

Carbon is the only element that animate…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

Alissa Wilkinson: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine

Joan Didion opened The White Album (1979) with what would become an iconic line: “We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” Today this phrase is deployed inspirationally, printed on T-shirts and p…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

Justice and Faith: Catherine Coleman Flowers and Justin J. Pearson

Catherine Coleman Flowers has dedicated her life to fighting for the most vulnerable communities — people who have been deprived of the basic civil right to a clean, safe and sustainable environment.…

Published on 8 months, 4 weeks ago