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712: Guy Spier, part 1: The Education of a Value Investor
Episode 712
Guy is a successful, well-known hedge fund founder. He's famous for paying a lot of money for one meal with Warren Buffet (hundreds of thousands of dollars), which he found worth it.
He and I know eac…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
711: Kate Siber: "Should I Stop Flying? It’s a Difficult Decision to Make."
Episode 711
I was led to Kate's article Should I Stop Flying? It’s a Difficult Decision to Make. from a newsletter from Flight Free USA. I've read, heard, written, and said a lot about not flying. I found her ar…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
710: Madeline Ostrander, part 2: Finding Refuge on a Changed Earth
Episode 710
Since our last conversation, check out the reviews that have come in about Home on an Unruly Planet from past guests of this podcast:
“With deep, compassionate reporting and elegant prose … Ostrander …Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
709: Madeline Ostrander, part 1: At Home on an Unruly Planet
Episode 709
What's actually happening with our environmental problems? Scientists predict. Journalists in periodicals tend to write what gets attention and clicks, so we don't know how accurately they represent …
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
708: Chris Bystroff, part 2: Understanding the United Nation's Projections
Episode 708
Talking with Chris has made me more concerned about population projections that only show the possibility of collapse as error bars. I hope to bring him and past guest Wolfgang Lutz on the podcast to…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
707: Arnold Leitner, part 1: The founder of YouSolar, more than off-grid living
Episode 707
Do you like my work because of my nearly unique background of a PhD in physics, having cofounded a couple companies, and having an MBA? You're in luck with Arnold, who has done the same. We got our M…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
706: What I sound like talking sustainability when I forgot I was being recorded
Episode 706
You've heard me talk sustainability leadership on this podcast and probably others. Have you wondered what I sound like talking to friends unrecorded?
A friend who also teaches leadership at NYU knew …
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
705: Greg Bertelsen: A bipartisan climate roadmap including a carbon tax
Episode 705
Recent guest Bob Litterman spoke highly of Greg and his work at the Climate Leadership Council, a rare bipartisan effort on climate. He put us in touch. In the meantime, I was curious about a climate…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
704: Gernot Wagner, part 1: Guiding Misguided Economic Forces in the Right Direction
Episode 704
Gernot and I go back a few years from meeting online over sustainability issues, finding out that we lived about a mile from each other, then meeting in person. Our first meeting, we got annoyed at e…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
703: David Gessner, part 1: A Traveler's Guide to the End of the World
Episode 703
What does the world look like today with regard to our environmental situation? Not the latest news about a disaster we can write off as a one-time event, even if yet another once a once-in-a-century…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago