Episode 185: Interview with leading French anthropologist Professor Philippe Descola on man’s relationship with nature.
Fascinating interview with leading French anthropologist Professor Philippe Descola, first posted in 2021, exploring man’s relationship with nature. Professor Descola argues that we can, and must today, learn from...
Episode 184: Interview with Dr. Matthew J. Bell, EY Global Climate Change and Sustainability Services Leader
In this frank interview Dr Matthew Bell, Global Climate Change and Sustainability Services Leader Leader at EY, the professional services firm discusses the firm’s role in providing sustainability related...
Episode 183 How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality: Interview with Professor Katharina Pistor, author of The Code of Capital.
In this fascinating discussion, first aired on December 13th, 2021, Professor Katharina Pistor highlights the various ways that debt, complex financial products, and other assets are selectively coded to...
Episode 182: Journalist Vincent Bevins discusses his new book If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution
In this revealing interview, journalist Vincent Bevins discussed his newly released book If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution, based on his research of a...
Episode 181: Environmental degradation, capitalism, and imperialism with Jason W Moore
In this fascinating, hard hitting interview, Jason Moore talks about the intertwining relations between environmental degradation, capitalism, imperialism, and climate change-stressing the need to recognize the role of imperialis–and...
Episode 180 Net Zero: Beyond the hype. Professor Angel Hsu on the reality of Net Zero Pledges
Fascinating discussion with Professor Angel Hsu on the significance and challenges surrounding the Net Zero emissions goals. While companies often tout their commitment to Net Zero, a recent report...
Episode 179: Jeremy Lent talks about finding our place in the universe by integrating science and traditional wisdom
In this wide-ranging interview, first published in 2021, Jeremy Lent discusses his fascinating new book Web of Meaning which combines findings in cognitive science, systems theory and traditional Chinese...
Episode 178: Discussion with Paula DiPerna of the pros and cons of a market based approach to our environmental problems.
In this in-depth, and spirited interview, we discuss the pros and cons of a market based approach to our environmental problems-and climate change in particular. Paula DiPerna discusses her...
Episode 177 Author Ned Beauman talks about his satirical extinction novel, Venemous Lumpsucker.First aired in September 2022.
In this interview, British novelist, journalist and screenwriter Ned Beauman discusses his latest novel Venomous Lumpsucker-a brilliant, darkly satirical and terrifying novel about endlings (the last of a species),...
Episode 176: Interview with Mike Davis, CEO of pioneering campaigning NGO, Global Witness, on their work unmasking global corruption, safeguarding the environment, and advocating for human rights.
In this revealing interview, Mike Davis CEO of pioneering campaigning NGO Global Witness provides an in-depth look at the work of the organization which is committed to uncovering and...
Episode 175: Dr. Samantha Montano: Understanding Emergency Management in the Climate Change Era
In this episode, Dr Samantha Montano, an expert in disaster policy, discusses the U.S.’s approach to emergency management, specifically in the context of climate change. She highlights the complexity...
Episode 174: Interview with Professor Daniel Aldrich on resilience and the importance of social capital in post-disaster recovery, first aired October 2021
In this deep dive on resilience, Professor Daniel Aldrich gives a fascinating overview of different ways of thinking about resilience—focussing in particular on the kind of resilience that allows...