You've Been Warmed
44 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsHow can each of us help tackle climate change? Which businesses are bringing innovative solutions to the market to reduce our impact on the planet? And what political & social changes do we require for a true paradigm shift?
By interviewing the top scientists, entrepreneurs, activists & politicians, we seek to find answers to all of the above while uncovering the leaders behind our fight for the preservation of our planet.
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Degrowth & The European Green New Deal w/ Riccardo Mastini, PhD Candidate In Political Ecology
June 10, 2020 18:17 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBIn today's episode I have the pleasure of talking to Riccardo Mastini - Riccardo is a a PhD candidate in Political Ecology and Ecological Economics at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. The topic sounded extremely interesting, particularly since Riccardo is at the forefront of academic research into degrowth - the idea that we need to transform our society to optimize the well-being of everybody and sustain the na...
Climate Activism & The Case For A Green New Deal w/ Peter Kalmus, NASA Climate Scientist
April 17, 2020 14:07 - 43 minutes - 44.7 MBToday You've Been Warmed episode features Peter Kalmus - a NASA climate scientist very well-known for his activism, particularly in the way he completely changed his lifestyle to drastically reduce his individual emissions (and those of his family). Peter is very outspoken about the need to act on climate change with urgency and I wanted to get his take on solutions both from his standpoint as a scientist, but also as a human being. It's not a coincidence that his Twitter handle is...
Successful Climate Communication Based On Science w/ Max Boykoff, Director of CSTPR at CU Boulder
April 10, 2020 16:00 - 38 minutes - 40 MBToday's You've Been Warmed episode features Max Boykoff - The Director of the Center For Science & Technology Policy Research at the University of Colorado Boulder. Max also researches & teaches science-policy & society at the same University and he is the author of 'Creative (Climate) Communications' - a book that examines what mix of communication strategies can be effective in inspiring people to take action on climate change in an effort to recapture a common ground on the topi...
Greening The Web & Our Digital Infrastructure w/ Chris Adams, Director @ Green Web Foundation, Organizer @ ClimateAction.Tech
March 27, 2020 14:01 - 44 minutes - 45.2 MBThis episode of You've Been Warmed features Chris Adams - one of the directors of the Green Web Foundation, an organizer for ClimateAction.Tech and founder of a small consultancy called Greening.Digital As an avid techie, Chris is extremely knowledgeable when it comes to web technology and its implications for climate change. Because everything we use in our digital infrastructure is based on data centers - of which a lot run on energy derived from fossil fuels - it's important to ...
Microsoft's Net Zero 2030 Target & Greening Cloud Computing w/ Asim Hussain, Green Cloud Advocacy Lead at Microsoft
March 24, 2020 16:52 - 44 minutes - 38.8 MBToday's You've Been Warmed episode features Asim Hussain - Green Cloud Advocacy Lead at Microsoft. Asim is a developer, trainer, published author and conference speaker with almost 20 years of experience in the tech space with stints at the European Space Agency, Google and now Microsoft. He also teaches tech course on Udemy - an online course marketplace - where he has over 37,000 students. Asim is also an organizer for Climate Action Tech - an online community of people who work ...
Easily Digestible Climate Change Education On YouTube w/ Dave Borlace, Host of 'Just Have A Think'
March 06, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBToday's You've Been Warmed episode welcomes Dave Borlace - a growing YouTube star when it comes to the climate change conversation. Dave produces videos on his YouTube Channel - Just Have A Think - where he educates his over 50,000 subscribers on various topics related to climate change. The reason his content is so valuable is because he manages to condense heavy amounts of information into medium-sized videos - about 10-15 minutes long - which are easily digestible. Not everybod...
Hyperlocal Air Quality Data At Unprecedented Scale w/ Robert Murphy from Aclima
March 04, 2020 18:56 - 37 minutes - 34 MBToday on You've Been Warmed we dive deep into Aclima - a San Francisco-based company that aims to build a more environmentally intelligent society. They do this by deploying region-wide sensors at scale - both mobile and stationary - which map out air quality at previously impossible scales and with much much better precision. The result is an entire range of data that can is analysed by communities, regulators and local authorities and helps back their decision making with solid, t...
Consumption Efficiency & Waste Reduction via Blockchain Technology w/ Vinay Gupta, Founder & CEO of Mattereum
March 02, 2020 15:40 - 1 hour - 48 MBToday's You've Been Warmed episode features Vinay Gupta - Founder & CEO of Mattereum - a blockchain startup that creates digital identities for the world's physical goods. Vinay is also really well known for his humanitarian efforts - he created the 'hexayurt' structure which is a great option for providing refugees with shelter and scaling humanitarian response, he has worked extensively with the Rocky Mountain Institute and was also the release coordinator for the Ethereum proje...
The Power Of Visualizing Data In Climate Communication w/ Zack Labe
February 28, 2020 16:10 - 51 minutes - 43.7 MBIn this episode I had the pleasure to speak to Zack Labe - a PhD candidate in the Department of Earth System Science at The University of California Irvine. Zack's research revolves around the warming of the Arctic region and the degree to which sea ice varies every year. His work is quite popular especially on Twitter particularly because he creates really interesting graphs and GIFs which showcase the science in a visually compelling way that helps drive across the findings of hi...
Eco-Anxiety & The Impact of Climate Change in Kenya Now w/ Elizabeth Wathuti, Activist & Founder of the Green Generation Initiative
February 26, 2020 11:03 - 36 minutes - 36.1 MBToday's You've Been Warmed episode features an amazing guest - Elizabeth Wathuti - a climate activist from Kenya. She is the founder of the Green Generation Initiative which has helped plant over 30,000 trees in Kenya whilst educating children about climate change and its impacts. She is also the recipient of the Wangari Maathai scholarship award - named after the hero she never managed to meet - for her commitment to conserving the environment. Alongside Adenike Oladosu who was...
The WW2-Inspired Mobilization Effort To Decarbonize Our Economy w/ Jyri Engeström, Co-Founder @ Yes VC
February 24, 2020 16:32 - 1 hour - 53.6 MBToday's You've Been Warmed episode is one of the most impressive thus far. I had the pleasure to speak to Jyri Engeström - a Finnish serial entrepreneur and investor, currently based in Silicon Valley. He is the co-founder of YES VC - a pre-seed and seed stage fund focused on companies at the vanguard of movements. Before becoming an investor, Jyri had an impressive career as an entrepreneur, having founded Jaiku (which was acquired by Google) and Ditto (which was acquired by Group...
Why Civil Disobedience Can Lead To Systemic Change w/ Roger Hallam, Co-Founder of Extinction Rebellion
February 20, 2020 15:45 - 46 minutes - 37 MBToday's You've Been Warmed episode features Roger Hallam one of the co-founders of Extinction Rebellion - the mass civil disobedience movement that started in the UK which is credited by a lot of people for spreading awareness of our current climate crisis. Roger was kind enough to give his time and jump on a pod with me. It's important to state that he did so in a personal capacity, so everything you will hear on this episode is his personal opinion and not the opinions expressed ...
The Art Of Debating Climate Change Deniers w/ John Cook, Founder of SkepticalScience.com
February 17, 2020 10:21 - 53 minutes - 45.5 MBToday's episode of You've Been Warmed features John Cook - the founder of the very well-known website skepticalscience.com - an amazing resource that debunks the various myths that climate change deniers proliferate online. John founded Skeptical Science because he had amassed an encyclopedia's worth of climate change myths which he actively sought to debunk by using peer-reviewed scientific papers. He later studied a PhD in the cognitive psychology of misinformation in order to be...
Offset Your Carbon Footprint w/Landon Brand from Project Wren
February 12, 2020 14:38 - 40 minutes - 36.1 MBLandon Brand is the co-founder of Project Wren - a startup which makes it easy for anybody to offset their carbon emissions, essentially negating their individual footprint. They have a simple and intuitive way of calculating your individual emissions based on the flights you take, the miles you drive, the food you consume or the way you heat your home. After that you can take a subscription that offsets these costs & contribute to projects which help with carbon removal or offsetti...
The Evolution of Residential Solar w/ Mike Kirby, President of Lumina Solar
February 10, 2020 13:47 - 54 minutes - 46.6 MBThis episode features Mike Kirby - President & Co-Founder of Lumina Solar - a solar energy provider based in Baltimore, Maryland. Lumina Solar facilitates the installment of solar panels for residential buildings and have been in operation for nearly 2 years. With a long career in the solar industry spanning 11 years, Mike was the perfect guest to get into the nitty gritty details of installing solar panels in homes. I was super curious and had a ton of questions such as - how easy...
15: The Evolution of Residential Solar w/ Mike Kirby, President of Lumina Solar
February 10, 2020 13:47 - 54 minutes - 46.6 MBThis episode features Mike Kirby - President & Co-Founder of Lumina Solar - a solar energy provider based in Baltimore, Maryland. Lumina Solar facilitates the installment of solar panels for residential buildings and have been in operation for nearly 2 years. With a long career in the solar industry spanning 11 years, Mike was the perfect guest to get into the nitty gritty details of installing solar panels in homes. I was super curious and had a ton of questions such as - how easy...
Offset The Individual Emissions Of Your Purchases w/Antero Vartia, CEO of Compensate
February 06, 2020 14:34 - 40 minutes - 33.1 MBAntero is a serial entrepreneur who has been set on tackling climate change for a long time. Several years ago he joined the Finnish Green Party and was a member of Parliament for 4 years (2015-2019). He is the founder Compensate - a non-profit which aims to bring people and companies together to stop climate change. They want to enable companies to offer their customers effective ways to offset their emissions and even overcompensate for them by removing more carbon than they've e...
14: Offset The Individual Emissions Of Your Purchases w/Antero Vartia, CEO of Compensate
February 06, 2020 14:34 - 40 minutes - 33.1 MBAntero is a serial entrepreneur who has been set on tackling climate change for a long time. Several years ago he joined the Finnish Green Party and was a member of Parliament for 4 years (2015-2019). He is the founder Compensate - a non-profit which aims to bring people and companies together to stop climate change. They want to enable companies to offer their customers effective ways to offset their emissions and even overcompensate for them by removing more carbon than they've e...
13: How To Measure Positive Impact w/ Iulian Circo, Founder of Proof Of Impact
February 04, 2020 15:07 - 50 minutes - 41.5 MBIulian Circo is a former human-rights lawyer who has worked with a lot of NGOs and initiatives in both Africa and Asia, even working in conflict areas. He's more recently become a social entrepreneur as he is passionate to bring market forces into the mix to make the world more sustainable. His company - Proof of Impact - utlilises blockchain technology to measure the positive impact of various world problems - including climate change, health, sustainability or pollution. We went...
How To Measure Positive Impact w/ Iulian Circo, Founder of Proof Of Impact
February 04, 2020 15:07 - 50 minutes - 41.5 MBIulian Circo is a former human-rights lawyer who has worked with a lot of NGOs and initiatives in both Africa and Asia, even working in conflict areas. He's more recently become a social entrepreneur as he is passionate to bring market forces into the mix to make the world more sustainable. His company - Proof of Impact - utlilises blockchain technology to measure the positive impact of various world problems - including climate change, health, sustainability or pollution. We went...
12: COP 25 Madrid & International Climate Politics w/ Chloé Farand, Senior Reporter @ Climate Home News
February 03, 2020 15:06 - 36 minutes - 27.5 MBIn today's episode I spoke to Chloe Farand - a senior reporter for London-based Climate Home News - an independent news site which covers climate change. Her reporting around the UN climate talks & the recent COP25 conference in Madrid were fascinating, so I decided to get in touch. We spoke about her involvement with climate change news reporting, how things have shifted in the past few years due to Greta Thunberg, Extinction Rebellion and the IPCC 1.5 Degree Warming report. Then ...
COP 25 Madrid & International Climate Politics w/ Chloé Farand, Senior Reporter @ Climate Home News
February 03, 2020 15:06 - 36 minutes - 27.5 MBIn today's episode I spoke to Chloe Farand - a senior reporter for London-based Climate Home News - an independent news site which covers climate change. Her reporting around the UN climate talks & the recent COP25 conference in Madrid were fascinating, so I decided to get in touch. We spoke about her involvement with climate change news reporting, how things have shifted in the past few years due to Greta Thunberg, Extinction Rebellion and the IPCC 1.5 Degree Warming report. Then ...
The Shrinking of Lake Chad & Africa's Humanitarian Crisis w/Adenike Oladosu
January 29, 2020 14:17 - 42 minutes - 34.4 MBAdenike Oladosu is a climate change activist from Nigeria most well-known for her activism focused on the humanitarian crisis caused by the shrinking of Lake Chad. With millions of people displaced in 2019 and tens of thousands killed, the shrinking of the lake is causing a fight for resources, whilst also depriving people of water and food. Adenike dubs herself as the "eco-feminist" because she believes climate change is a crisis that affects women more than men, particularly in A...
11: The Shrinking of Lake Chad & Africa's Humanitarian Crisis w/Adenike Oladosu
January 29, 2020 14:17 - 42 minutes - 34.4 MBAdenike Oladosu is a climate change activist from Nigeria most well-known for her activism focused on the humanitarian crisis caused by the shrinking of Lake Chad. With millions of people displaced in 2019 and tens of thousands killed, the shrinking of the lake is causing a fight for resources, whilst also depriving people of water and food. Adenike dubs herself as the "eco-feminist" because she believes climate change is a crisis that affects women more than men, particularly in A...
10: Improving Energy Infrastructure & Transmission For Better Renewables Adoption w/ Joshua Rhodes
January 28, 2020 15:55 - 46 minutes - 38 MBJoshua Rhodes (Ph.D.) is a Senior Energy Analyst at Vibrant Clean Energy and Research Fellow in the Webber Energy Group. His current research revolves around smart grids, energy efficiency, resource planning and distributed generation & storage. He is also interested in policy that can help us implement clean energy as fast as possible, particularly policies that utilise market forces to increase efficiencies. Joshua also consults on a broad range of energy topics and he sits on ve...
Improving Energy Infrastructure & Transmission For Better Renewables Adoption w/ Joshua Rhodes
January 28, 2020 15:55 - 46 minutes - 38 MBJoshua Rhodes (Ph.D.) is a Senior Energy Analyst at Vibrant Clean Energy and Research Fellow in the Webber Energy Group. His current research revolves around smart grids, energy efficiency, resource planning and distributed generation & storage. He is also interested in policy that can help us implement clean energy as fast as possible, particularly policies that utilise market forces to increase efficiencies. Joshua also consults on a broad range of energy topics and he sits on ve...
The Language & Techniques Of Fossil Fuel Propaganda w/ Ben Franta
January 27, 2020 14:27 - 1 hour - 28.1 MBBenjamin Franta is a PhD student of History & Law at Stanford University and one of my absolute favourite people to follow on Twitter. Ben writes amazing threads covering the history of propaganda that the fossil fuel industry has created when it comes to climate change. He analyses their PR tactics, they language they use or what wording they create to deflect the attention from their products and place the responsibility on the consumers. We discussed what internal documents re...
09: The Language & Techniques Of Fossil Fuel Propaganda w/ Ben Franta
January 27, 2020 14:27 - 1 hour - 28.1 MBBenjamin Franta is a PhD student of History & Law at Stanford University and one of my absolute favourite people to follow on Twitter. Ben writes amazing threads covering the history of propaganda that the fossil fuel industry has created when it comes to climate change. He analyses their PR tactics, they language they use or what wording they create to deflect the attention from their products and place the responsibility on the consumers. We discussed what internal documents re...
08: Helping Companies Reduce & Offset Emissions w/ Lubomila Jordanova from Plan A
January 24, 2020 09:29 - 48 minutes - 40.3 MBLubomila Jordanova is the founder of Plan A - a Berlin-based startup which uses tons of data points to predict where climate change will hit the hardest and helps companies offset their emissions and reduce their carbon footprint through numerous data sets and monthly monitoring tools. We dove deep into a macro view of the world and what her experience with climate change has been so far, we looked at how Plan A has developed an encyclopedia for climate change mapping out a multitu...
Helping Companies Reduce & Offset Emissions w/ Lubomila Jordanova from Plan A
January 24, 2020 09:29 - 48 minutes - 40.3 MBLubomila Jordanova is the founder of Plan A - a Berlin-based startup which uses tons of data points to predict where climate change will hit the hardest and helps companies offset their emissions and reduce their carbon footprint through numerous data sets and monthly monitoring tools. We dove deep into a macro view of the world and what her experience with climate change has been so far, we looked at how Plan A has developed an encyclopedia for climate change mapping out a multitu...
07: Climate Change Investing & Scaling Your Individual Impact w/ Hampus Jakobsson
January 21, 2020 12:31 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBHampus Jakobsson is a Swedish serial entrepreneur & investor who has had numerous stints in the business world - including as the EMEA Mergers & Acquisitions Director for Blackberry and most recently as a venture partner with BlueYard Capital. Hampus brings a fascinating rational view to the climate change discussion which is rooted in his extensive business experience, scientific background and angel investing in climate companies. He views climate change investing as a currently ...
Climate Change Investing & Scaling Your Individual Impact w/ Hampus Jakobsson
January 21, 2020 12:31 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBHampus Jakobsson is a Swedish serial entrepreneur & investor who has had numerous stints in the business world - including as the EMEA Mergers & Acquisitions Director for Blackberry and most recently as a venture partner with BlueYard Capital. Hampus brings a fascinating rational view to the climate change discussion which is rooted in his extensive business experience, scientific background and angel investing in climate companies. He views climate change investing as a currently ...
4 Years Of Coal Phase-Out Policies In Europe w/ Dave Jones from Sandbag
January 17, 2020 10:26 - 51 minutes - 42.7 MBDave Jones is an electricity analyst leading the coal phase-out work for Sandbag - a London & Brussels-based non-profit climate change think tank. Dave spent 13 years working at E.ON analysing electricity & carbon markets. He is currently focused on an NGO campaign to help phase out coal in Europe. He recently published a report analysing the past 4 years of coal policy in the EU, what has been done well & what hasn't worked as well based on whether the policies were: Just, Ambiti...
06: 4 Years Of Coal Phase-Out Policies In Europe w/ Dave Jones from Sandbag
January 17, 2020 10:26 - 51 minutes - 42.7 MBDave Jones is an electricity analyst leading the coal phase-out work for Sandbag - a London & Brussels-based non-profit climate change think tank. Dave spent 13 years working at E.ON analysing electricity & carbon markets. He is currently focused on an NGO campaign to help phase out coal in Europe. He recently published a report analysing the past 4 years of coal policy in the EU, what has been done well & what hasn't worked as well based on whether the policies were: Just, Ambiti...
Blockchain Powered Carbon Removal Marketplaces w/ Nori
January 09, 2020 09:43 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBNori is a Seattle-based company which utilises the power of blockchain technology to enable carbon removal through their marketplace. They focus on actual tonnes of CO2 being removed from the atmosphere (thus avoiding offsets) and use blockchain to ensure that each removed tonne is only counted once and thus is unique. This combination is an innovative approach to the problem of double counting carbon offsets. In its initial phase, Nori is focusing on enabling farmers to get paid f...
05: Blockchain Powered Carbon Removal Marketplaces w/ Nori
January 09, 2020 09:43 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBNori is a Seattle-based company which utilises the power of blockchain technology to enable carbon removal through their marketplace. They focus on actual tonnes of CO2 being removed from the atmosphere (thus avoiding offsets) and use blockchain to ensure that each removed tonne is only counted once and thus is unique. This combination is an innovative approach to the problem of double counting carbon offsets. In its initial phase, Nori is focusing on enabling farmers to get paid f...
04: Making Reforestation Scalable Using Drones w/ DroneSeed
January 09, 2020 09:43 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBDroneSeed is a Seattle-based company focusing on post-wildfire reforestation using AI-powered drones & biological engineering. They serve forrest management companies & governments looking to quickly tackle forests that are taken down by fires. Acting fast is particularly important since waiting too long can result in forests not growing back, but instead having scrubby grasslands in their place which have way less capacity to absorb CO2. The company's approach to using drones has ...
Making Reforestation Scalable Using Drones w/ DroneSeed
January 09, 2020 09:43 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBDroneSeed is a Seattle-based company focusing on post-wildfire reforestation using AI-powered drones & biological engineering. They serve forrest management companies & governments looking to quickly tackle forests that are taken down by fires. Acting fast is particularly important since waiting too long can result in forests not growing back, but instead having scrubby grasslands in their place which have way less capacity to absorb CO2. The company's approach to using drones has ...
03: Emissions Reductions via Smart Homes w/ Builddie
January 09, 2020 09:43 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MBBuilddie is a home energy management solution which plugs into your smart thermostat to deliver you cost savings on your energy usage & ensure your home is efficient and comfortable. Builddie also utilises advanced AI to learn your patterns, analyse massive amounts of data and deliver the most efficient results for your particular situation. I was interested in speaking to Builddie because I wanted to better understand the role that smart homes will play in reducing CO2 emissions. ...
Emissions Reductions via Smart Homes w/ Builddie
January 09, 2020 09:43 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MBBuilddie is a home energy management solution which plugs into your smart thermostat to deliver you cost savings on your energy usage & ensure your home is efficient and comfortable. Builddie also utilises advanced AI to learn your patterns, analyse massive amounts of data and deliver the most efficient results for your particular situation. I was interested in speaking to Builddie because I wanted to better understand the role that smart homes will play in reducing CO2 emissions. ...
Climate Change Is Real & 100% Man-Made
January 09, 2020 09:43 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MB01:50 - How we consume information today 04:54 - Why some clever people deny climate change 07:50 - Why you shouldn't debate them on their facts 09:40 - How do you debate climate change deniers? 13:11 - First way to identify flawed climate change denial arguents 18:30 - The best media fact-checking website you should use 23:56 - Fact-checking for climate specifically 26:42 - The softer forms of denial & arguments against them LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE 97% or more scie...
02: Climate Change Is Real & 100% Man-Made
January 09, 2020 09:43 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MB01:50 - How we consume information today 04:54 - Why some clever people deny climate change 07:50 - Why you shouldn't debate them on their facts 09:40 - How do you debate climate change deniers? 13:11 - First way to identify flawed climate change denial arguents 18:30 - The best media fact-checking website you should use 23:56 - Fact-checking for climate specifically 26:42 - The softer forms of denial & arguments against them LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE 97% or more scie...
01: Why I Started This Podcast & My Objectives
January 08, 2020 17:50 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBTIMECODES 00:00 - Reasons behind this intro episode 00:56 - My journey with climate change 03:14 - The psychological bias we all have 06:04 - Who inspired me to dig deeper 08:24 - Discovering climate change through Twitter 09:46 - Climate change deniers 10:59 - On Greta Thunberg 13:03 - What approaches do people debate we should take 16:33 - My weekly Twitter thread
Why I Started This Podcast & My Objectives
January 08, 2020 17:50 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBTIMECODES 00:00 - Reasons behind this intro episode 00:56 - My journey with climate change 03:14 - The psychological bias we all have 06:04 - Who inspired me to dig deeper 08:24 - Discovering climate change through Twitter 09:46 - Climate change deniers 10:59 - On Greta Thunberg 13:03 - What approaches do people debate we should take 16:33 - My weekly Twitter thread