Podcast Episodes

552: Hilary Link, part 2: colleges and universities talk sustainability but rarely act. This college president does.

Episode 552

Hilary describes her commitments as achieving some success and some failure, but learned from both.

We start with her personal experiences and memories of ice skating and cross country skiing as a chi…

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

551: Chad Foster, part 4: Flying to skiing, but not camping in the back yard

Episode 551

In this episode we talk about how to lead people, but I can't help notice on listening afterward how quick and easy it is for him to fly his whole family across the country several times a season, bu…

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

550: Rick Ridgeway: A Life Lived Wild: K2, Everest, and places no human had seen

Episode 550

Prepare to be awed at Rick's stories of adventure, discovery, nature, and humanity. He has summited K2, Everest, and more. He's visited places possibly no other human has. And he's an experienced, br…

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

549: Abdal Hakim Murad, part 2: High and low tech in the new green mosque in Cambridge, UK

Episode 549

Many people and mainstream society seem to view technology as the solution to our environmental problems---and the more and the newer the better. Abdal Hakim and I agree technology isn't the glowing …

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

548: Erik Bottcher, part 1: a New York City politician awesome enough to pick up litter

Episode 548

Erik Bottcher is my elected legislator. New York City's council presides over a budget bigger than most countries'.

Yet I met him picking up litter. He organized weekly clean-ups when the city dropped…

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

547: Michael Carlino, part 4: What does Christian scripture say about population?

Episode 547

Michael is becoming a regular. Would I have expected an extended conversation with a doctoral candidate at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary when I started? I don't think so, and I don't thin…

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

546: Maxine Bédat, part 2: Systemic Change Begins With Personal Change

Episode 546

Maxine shares her experience with her commitment across the country. She moved partly to enable living by her values. People often suggest it's easier for someone living in New York not to fly since …

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

545: Jesse Eisinger: Pulitzer-Prize winning investigative reporter for Propublica

Episode 545

How do you become one of the premier investigative journalists at one of the premier publishers of investigative journalism? In general, how do you excel in an area with no established path? I consid…

Published on 4 years ago

544: Michael Carlino, part 3: What would Jesus do with an iPhone?

Episode 544

Michael shares about avoiding using a smart phone, or at least using a minimally functional smart phone. Do you remember what life was like without yours? What does solitude mean to you?

How much time…

Published on 4 years ago

543: Hilary Link, part 1: a college president leading her school to carbon neutrality

Episode 543

Allegheny College was one of the first 10 institutions of higher education in the United States to be declared carbon neutral by an organization called Second Nature. Readers of my blog know my skept…

Published on 4 years ago