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Beyond batteries: What we need to store renewable energy

May 11, 2022 Environment, Global Issues

New Yorker contributing writer Matthew Hutson explains why there needs to be 100-times more storage for renewables by 2040, and why that goal is currently out of reach.

One way to save our forests? Move them.

October 21, 2021 Environment, Think

Journalist Lauren Markham joins us to discuss “assisted species migration,” or moving tree populations to save them from extinction.

Building Cities That Climate Change Won’t Wash Away

June 30, 2020 Environment, Science and Technology

Shayla Love, a senior staff writer at Vice covering science, medicine, health, drugs, and climate, talks to us about the hidden things that make a city run smoothly and why it’s not ready to face the reality of climate change.

What Indigenous Cultures Can Teach Climate Scientists

November 25, 2019 Environment, Global Issues, Science and Technology

Ecologist Alejandro Frid joins us to talk about integrating Western science with ancient traditions.

Tiny Nations, Giant Impact: The Politics of Climate Change

June 17, 2019 Current Events, Environment, Politics

Time’s Justin Worland joins us to talk about how Fiji and other tiny countries are leading the charge to address climate change.

Indigenous Vs. Invasive

September 9, 2015 Environment

This hour, we’ll talk about if protecting native species is a zero-sum game for invasive organisms.