Episode 126: Nigel Topping, the UK’s High-Level Climate Action Champion, on COP26
A fascinating interview with Nigel Topping, the UK's High-Level Climate Action Champion on the prospects and expectations for the upcoming COP26 in November in Glasgow.
Episode 125: Interview with Jeremy Lent on finding our place in the universe by integrating science and traditional wisdom
Jeremy Lent discusses his fascinating new book Web of Meaning which combines findings in cognitive science, systems theory and traditional Chinese and Buddhist thought, to develop a framework that...
Episode 124: Interview with Professor Daniela Gabor on funding the transition to a low carbon economy
In this fascinating interview, Daniela discusses the eye-opening sums of money needed to achieve a transition to a low carbon economy --how this can be funded, the role of...
Episode 123: interview with economic anthropologist Dr Jason Hickel about his most recent book Less is more: How Degrowth will save the world
Thought provoking interview with economic anthropologist Dr Jason Hickel about his most recent book Less is more: How Degrowth will save the world—a deep dive into to the world...
Episode 122: Interview with Professor Wendy Brown, author In the Ruins of Neoliberalism: The Rise of AntiDemocratic politics in the West.
In this interview, Professor Wendy Brown discusses the recent history of neoliberalism, how this logic is everpresent in our ives today, and extend to the ways in which we...
Episode 121: Interview with Kevin Starr, the founder of the Mulago Foundation–which funds high-impact organizations working on alleviating poverty
In this wide ranging and stimulating interview, Mulago Foundation's CEO Kevin Starr shares his perspective on the role of social entrepreneurship in solving social and environmental problems, the reality...
Episode 120: Interview with Joanna Pocock, author of Surrender, exploring the changing landscape and cultures of the American West
A compelling, moving, and eye-opening exploration of the outsider eco-cultures blossoming in the new American West in an era of increasing climatic disruption, rising sea levels, animal extinctions, melting...
Episode 119: Interview with Dr Jeffrey Kiehl, climate scientist and Jungian analyst
In this fascinating interview, climate scientist Dr. Jeffrey Kiehl brings to bear two very different ways of thinking about climate change: the scientific and the psychological—and his journey as...
Episode 118: Interview with Professor Rupert Read, former XR spokesperson, author of Parents for a Future
In this thought provoking and spirited interview, Rupert Read shares lessons and insights from his decades long experience as an activist. He discusses his new book, Parents for a...
Episode 117: Interview with Dale Jamieson, Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy, New York University on environmental justice.
Dale Jamieson, Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy at NYY, talks about the importance of environmental justice and explores the importance of taking a philosophical approach to the environmental...
Episode 116: Interview with Johan Frijns, the director of BankTrack, whose mission is to stop banks from financing harmful business activities.
Interview with Johan Frijns, the director of BankTrack, a Netherlands based international tracking, campaigning and civil society support organisation whose mission is to stop banks from financing harmful business...
Episode 115: Interview with John Clark, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University, director of La Terre Institute for Community and Ecology
John Clark Professor Emeritus at Loyola University, and director of La Terre Institute for Community and Ecology, discusses his latest book Between Earth and Empire: From the Necrocene to...