How to Save a Planet

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Episodes: 118


 Oct 5, 2021


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Henrik
 Jul 30, 2021
Sorry to losse this podcast from open podcast streaming.


 Feb 5, 2021

Dee Courtney
 Nov 9, 2020
Does what it says in the title! I'm feeling a lot more hopeful since I started listening.

Description

Climate change. We know. It can feel too overwhelming. But what if there was a show about climate change that left you feeling... energized? One so filled with possibility that you actually wanted to listen? Join us, journalist Alex Blumberg and a crew of climate nerds, as we bring you smart, inspiring stories about the mess we're in and how we can get ourselves out of it. Check out our Calls to Action archive here for all of the actions we've recommended on the show. Send us your ideas or feedback with our Listener Mail Form. And follow us on Twitter and Instagram. How to Save a Planet is reported and produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Rachel Waldholz, Anna Ladd, Daniel Ackerman, and Hannah Chinn. Our intern is Nicole Welch. Our supervising producers are Katelyn Bogucki and Lauren Silverman. Our editor is Caitlin Kenney. Sound design and mixing by Peter Leonard with original music from Peter Leonard and Emma Munger.

Episode Date
Should We Mine the Deep-Sea?
Oct 06, 2022
Am I The (Climate) A**hole?
Sep 29, 2022
Presenting: The Carbon Copy – Why Heat Waves Become Deadly
Sep 22, 2022
What are YOU Doing To Tackle Climate Change? Four Stories From Our Listeners
Sep 15, 2022
Is My Lawn Bad for the Climate?
Sep 08, 2022
Climate Change is Driving Migration. Could Smarter Ag Help?
Sep 01, 2022
Presenting: Catalyst - Solar Geoengineering: Is It Worth the Risk?
Aug 25, 2022
Make Biking Cool (Again)!
Aug 18, 2022
Holy Sh*t, the U.S. Just Got Serious About Climate Change!
Aug 11, 2022
Presenting: The Journal - Shein Took Over Fast Fashion. Then Came the Backlash.
Aug 04, 2022
What's the Most Climate-Friendly Way to Use My Land? A HTSAP House Call
Jul 28, 2022
Presenting: Science Vs - A Mystery in the Air
Jul 21, 2022
Are My Retirement Savings Invested in Fossil Fuels?? Help!
Jul 14, 2022
Air Conditioned Stadiums. Cruise Ships. New Hotels. Can the World Cup in Qatar Really Be Carbon Neutral?
Jul 07, 2022
Spark Tank! How Do We Solve the Energy Storage Problem?
Jun 30, 2022
Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson Helps You Find Your Climate Superpower
Jun 23, 2022
Presenting: Hot Farm – Grain of the Future
Jun 16, 2022
Meet The Influencer Who Wants You To Buy LESS Stuff
Jun 09, 2022
When ‘Electrify Everything’ Means Quitting Your Desk Job and Getting Your Hands Dirty
Jun 02, 2022
Why Is It So Hard To Fix Our Electronics, And What Can We Do About It?
May 26, 2022
Presenting: Not Past It - The "Crying Indian" Ad
May 19, 2022
Feeling Doomed? How to Tackle Climate Anxiety
May 12, 2022
Should I Give Up Beef?
May 05, 2022
Sacrifice Zones: ProPublica Takes Us Inside America’s Toxic Hotspots
Apr 28, 2022
Canvassing for Climate Action: Here's How to Make it Work
Apr 21, 2022
Presenting: Extreme Home Makeover - Threshold Edition
Apr 14, 2022
Bringing Climate Change to the Frontlines: The Fight to Get Militaries to Go Green
Apr 07, 2022
Kelp Farming, for the Climate
Mar 31, 2022
Mind Your Mines: The Push to Make Mining Safer and Cleaner
Mar 24, 2022
Waste, Worms and Windrows: Domingo Morales' Quest to Make Compost Cool
Mar 17, 2022
Are The Coral Reefs Really Doomed?
Mar 10, 2022
Fast Fashion's Dirty Little Secret (Hint: It's Oil)
Mar 03, 2022
Cold Hard Cash for Your Greenhouse Gas
Feb 24, 2022
What's it Like to Work at Exxon – and Then Quit?
Feb 17, 2022
Presenting: Science Vs. Joe Rogan: The Malone Interview
Feb 11, 2022
How Adam McKay Got Climate Change on the Big Screen
Feb 03, 2022
A Storm is Brewing. Is it Climate Change?
Jan 27, 2022
Presenting: TED Radio Hour - An SOS From the Ocean
Jan 20, 2022
How Oil Companies Greenwash (and the Campaign To Make Them Stop)
Jan 13, 2022
Electrify This!
Jan 06, 2022
The Fight to Stop Oil Pipelines: "For Water. For Treaties. For Climate."
Dec 30, 2021
How Amazon Workers Got Serious About Climate (and How You Can, too)
Dec 23, 2021
What's Your 2022 Climate Resolution?
Dec 16, 2021
The Evangelical Christians Taking On Climate Change
Dec 09, 2021
The Earth Gets Left Off the Balance Sheet. Let’s Fix That
Dec 02, 2021
Trying to Talk to Family about Climate Change? Here's How.
Nov 24, 2021
We Go Inside the COP26 Climate Talks
Nov 18, 2021
Presenting: Life Raft - Could We Just Make Our Houses Float?
Nov 11, 2021
The Tribe that's Moving Earth (and Water) to Solve the Climate Crisis
Nov 04, 2021
The Small Island Nations that Got Big Action on Climate
Oct 29, 2021
Sheep + Solar, A Love Story
Oct 21, 2021
Reintroducing How to Save a Planet!
Oct 21, 2021
Environmentalist Drag Queen Pattie Gonia Says The Outdoors Is for Everyone
Oct 14, 2021
How TV Weathercasters Went From Climate Skeptics to Champions
Oct 07, 2021
Presenting: Windfall
Sep 30, 2021
We Can’t Solve the Climate Crisis Without Gender Equality. We’ll Prove It To You.
Sep 23, 2021
How We Got our Grid and How We Get a Better One
Sep 16, 2021
Should We Go Nuclear?
Sep 09, 2021
The Unexpected Idea to Get Coal off the Grid
Sep 02, 2021
The Shareholders Vs. Exxon
Aug 26, 2021
Presenting: Ologies Dives into Coral
Aug 19, 2021
Are My Retirement Savings Invested in Fossil Fuels?? Help!
Aug 12, 2021
Climate Change is Driving Migration. Could Smarter Ag Help?
Aug 05, 2021
Is Your Carbon Footprint BS?
Jul 29, 2021
Like The Monarch, Human Migrations During Climate Change
Jul 22, 2021
Fighting Fire with Fire
Jul 15, 2021
Soil: The Dirty Climate Solution
Jul 08, 2021
Drs. Jane Goodall & Ayana Elizabeth Johnson Talk About Hope
Jul 01, 2021
Recycling! Is it BS?
Jun 24, 2021
An Origin Story of the Blue New Deal
Jun 17, 2021
Presenting: Gastropod
Jun 10, 2021
How Amazon Workers Got Serious About Climate (and How You Can, too)
May 27, 2021
Are Electric Cars Really Better for the Climate?
May 20, 2021
Is Biden’s Jobs Plan a ‘Skinny Green New Deal’?
May 13, 2021
Presenting: No Place Like Home
May 06, 2021
Listener Mail: Is Renewable Natural Gas a Scam?
Apr 29, 2021
Where’s Our Climate Anthem?
Apr 22, 2021
The Fight to Stop Oil Pipelines: "For Water. For Treaties. For Climate."
Apr 15, 2021
Presenting: Stolen
Apr 08, 2021
Presenting: Outside/In
Apr 01, 2021
The Beef with Beef
Mar 25, 2021
Is Your Carbon Footprint BS?
Mar 18, 2021
Solving a Rooftop Solar Mystery, and What’s a Nurdle?
Mar 11, 2021
Presenting: A Matter of Degrees
Mar 04, 2021
Kelp Farming, for the Climate (Part II)
Feb 25, 2021
Kelp Farming, for the Climate
Feb 18, 2021
Party Like It's 2035
Feb 11, 2021
The Tribe that's Moving Earth (and Water) to Solve the Climate Crisis
Feb 04, 2021
Presenting: Timber Wars
Jan 28, 2021
Recycling! Is it BS?
Jan 21, 2021
Meet Your New Climate Czar
Jan 14, 2021
Soil: The Dirty Climate Solution
Jan 07, 2021
Presenting: Resistance
Dec 31, 2020
Presenting: Science Vs
Dec 24, 2020
Answering Your Tree-Mail (and Nuclear) Questions
Dec 17, 2020
Breaking Buildings’ Addiction to Fossil Fuels
Dec 10, 2020
Should We Go Nuclear?
Dec 03, 2020
If Miami Will Be Underwater, Why Is Construction Booming?
Nov 26, 2020
Trying to Talk to Family about Climate Change? Here's How
Nov 19, 2020
Are Electric Cars Really Better for the Climate?
Nov 13, 2020
How Much Does the President Matter for the Climate?
Nov 05, 2020
Presenting: Drilled
Oct 29, 2020
Cold Hard Cash for Your Greenhouse Gas
Oct 22, 2020
Fighting Fire with Fire
Oct 15, 2020
How 2020 Became a Climate Election
Oct 08, 2020
Making Republicans Environmentalists Again
Oct 01, 2020
Black Lives Matter and the Climate
Sep 24, 2020
Unnatural Disasters
Sep 10, 2020
20 Million Trees
Sep 03, 2020
The Green Wave
Aug 27, 2020
The Witch of Wind
Aug 20, 2020
How Screwed Are We?
Aug 06, 2020
Introducing How to Save a Planet
Jul 31, 2020