Listen on Spotify / Apple / Anchor / scroll down for our podcast player! Can you believe we’ve gone 2 1/2 years without creating our very own game show about us? Neither can we! Test your climate knowledge alongside us as we ask ourselves the burning questions: Where are tumbleweeds from? What are our favoriteContinue reading “Episode 74 – Burning Questions, Round 2!”
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Episode 73 – Burning Questions
Listen on Spotify / Apple / Anchor / scroll down for our podcast player! This week we’re having some fun with a trivia episode! Test your climate story knowledge (and your World Is Burning fan level). Topics include an unexpected TIME Person of the Year, favorite gorillas, and reminiscing on the worst year in humanContinue reading “Episode 73 – Burning Questions”
Episode 72 – It’s A Joke Until It’s Not – the Overton Window and AI
Listen on Spotify / Apple / Anchor / scroll down for our podcast player! This week we’re diving into some interesting (and relevant) ideas: the Overton window of political possibility and the use of artificial intelligence in the fight against climate change. We explore how an idea from a libertarian think tank caught the imaginationContinue reading “Episode 72 – It’s A Joke Until It’s Not – the Overton Window and AI”
Episode 71 – Oil Spills – Deepwater Horizon and Dawn Dish Soap
Listen on Spotify / Apple / Anchor / scroll down for our podcast player! As we approach the 13th anniversary of the BP oil spill, Olivia tells the story of the Deepwater Horizon disaster and the 87 days that helped it earn its title as the largest marine oil spill in human history. Then EliseContinue reading “Episode 71 – Oil Spills – Deepwater Horizon and Dawn Dish Soap”
Episode 70 – Deep Sea Explorers – Jacques Cousteau & Dr. Sylvia Earle
Listen on Spotify / Apple / Anchor / scroll down for our podcast player! We’re diving in deep! In this episode Elise traces the unconventional path taken by Jacques Cousteau to become the beloved adventurer, inventor, and prolific documentarian we all know. Then Olivia shares the story of the trailblazing oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle, whoContinue reading “Episode 70 – Deep Sea Explorers – Jacques Cousteau & Dr. Sylvia Earle”
Deep Sea Mining [Down the Rabbit Hole Minisode 10]
Listen on Spotify / Apple / Anchor / scroll down for our podcast player! This week we’re digging deep on why we maybe shouldn’t be digging into the depths of the ocean. Olivia covers the basics of deep sea mining, the potential “climate bomb” that could be set in July, and how we can amplifyContinue reading “Deep Sea Mining [Down the Rabbit Hole Minisode 10]”
Sharing Is Caring [Down the Rabbit Hole Minisode 9]
Listen on Spotify / Apple / Anchor / scroll down for our podcast player! This week we’re back with a minisode all about the sharing economy, or as they used to call it: sharing 🙂 Elise explains how community building can escalate quickly (in the best way) –– one day you’re bringing your wheelbarrow toContinue reading “Sharing Is Caring [Down the Rabbit Hole Minisode 9]”
Episode 69 – A Positive Obsession with Octavia E. Butler
Listen on Spotify / Apple / Anchor / scroll down for our podcast player! Today we’re dedicating an episode to Octavia E. Butler, the visionary writer and mother of Afrofuturism who transformed the way we think about climate stories. Olivia tells us about Octavia’s childhood, her days as a young daydreaming outsider, her early ambitionContinue reading “Episode 69 – A Positive Obsession with Octavia E. Butler”
Episode 68 – Climatepunk – Vivienne Westwood and David Byrne
Listen on Spotify / Apple / Anchor / scroll down for our podcast player! We’re bringing the punk spirit to our climate activism in 2023! Elise brings us through the rebellious history of fashion icon Vivienne Westwood and the politics of punk. Then Olivia covers David Byrne’s journey from new wave icon to bike enthusiastContinue reading “Episode 68 – Climatepunk – Vivienne Westwood and David Byrne”
Episode 67 – 2022 Rewind: The Good, The Bad, & The Updates
Listen on Spotify / Apple / Anchor / scroll down for our podcast player! It’s the end of the year and we’re in a reflective mood! In this episode we take a look back at the climate wins of the year, updates on stories we’ve covered, and share what we’re looking forward to in 2023.Continue reading “Episode 67 – 2022 Rewind: The Good, The Bad, & The Updates”
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