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Climate News Weekly: Coal and wind rise in 2023, we have more than two years, advances in home insulation

Climate Now - April 22, 2024 22:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
This week, Julio Friedmann and Darren Hau join James Lawler to talk about the latest climate news. The news of the week covers Executive Director of the International Energy Agency Fatih Birol's latest comments on Europe's energy plans, a new innovation in home insulation with Aeroseal that coul...

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Artificial Intelligence, Real Climate Impacts

Climate One - April 19, 2024 07:10 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 502 ratings
Artificial intelligence can do some pretty amazing things, including for the climate. AI can help optimize the electric grid, make heating and cooling buildings more efficient, and pinpoint exactly where greenhouse gas emissions are coming from all around the world. On the other hand, the energy...

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Escaping Technologyism: Dreams of AI Sheep and the Deadliest Word in Film History

Crazy Town - April 17, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 182 ratings
Modern humans have a Stockholm Syndrome relationship to technology, which has kidnapped us while convincing us it has our best interests in mind. But when one looks back at the history of plastics or the current frenzy around AI, it isn't hard to see the insanity of doubling down on new technolo...

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Escaping Technologyism: Dreams of AI Sheep and the Deadliest Word in Film History

Crazy Town - April 17, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour
Modern humans have a Stockholm Syndrome relationship to technology, which has kidnapped us while convincing us it has our best interests in mind. But when one looks back at the history of plastics or the current frenzy around AI, it isn't hard to see the insanity of doubling down on new technolo...

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Climate News Weekly: SEJ, green banks, solar sheep, and more

Climate Now - April 12, 2024 19:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
This week on Climate News Weekly, James Lawler is joined by Dina Cappiello. They discuss the latest on green banks, the recent turmoil at the SBTI, the power of solar sheep, and more. Follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram. Contact us at [email protected] Visit our websi...

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Nearly 2 Years In… Is the Inflation Reduction Act Delivering Yet?

Climate One - April 12, 2024 07:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 502 ratings
In August 2022, Congress passed the biggest piece of climate legislation in our nation’s history: The Inflation Reduction Act, which put $400 billion into boosting the transition to a clean energy economy over the next ten years. The IRA has spurred companies to announce nearly $110 billion of in...

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The New Generation of Proptech Venture Capital, with RE Angels GP & Managing Partner Alon Gorbonos

Tangent 💚 Proptech - April 11, 2024 10:43 - 44 minutes
Alon is the Founder and General Partner of RE Angels, a real estate technology angel fund solely composed of real estate experts with deep and diverse industry expertise focused on early stage startups. Alon also owns and manages several multifamily portfolios throughout the southeast (...

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The New Generation of Real Estate Tech Venture Capital, with RE Angels GP & Managing Partner Alon Gorbonos

Tangent 💚 Proptech - April 11, 2024 10:43 - 44 minutes
Alon is the Founder and General Partner of RE Angels, a real estate technology angel fund solely composed of real estate experts with deep and diverse industry expertise focused on early stage startups. Alon also owns and manages several multifamily portfolios throughout the southeast (...

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The New Generation of Real Estate Tech Venture Capital, with RE Angels GP & Founder Alon Gorbonos

Tangent 💚 Proptech - April 11, 2024 10:43 - 44 minutes
Alon is the Founder and General Partner of RE Angels, a real estate technology angel fund solely composed of real estate experts with deep and diverse industry expertise focused on early stage startups. Alon also owns and manages several multifamily portfolios throughout the southeast (...

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Episode 2: Think Seeing is Believing? Think Again

Science Talk - April 10, 2024 09:45 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 579 ratings
In this episode, we’ll talk with two researchers whose work probes the uncertainty surrounding how we perceive the world around us.  It turns out that what we see may not always be a perfect reflection of reality. 

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Escaping Speedism: How to Slow Down and Enjoy the Collapse

Crazy Town - April 10, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour
Consult your inner tortoise to find novel ways of slowing down and living the good life. In a world haunted by just-in-time delivery, hyperactive business, accelerating environmental calamities, and metric tons of stress, Jason, Rob, and Asher work at a fast and furious pace to savor the moments...

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Escaping Speedism: How to Slow Down and Enjoy the Collapse

Crazy Town - April 10, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 182 ratings
Consult your inner tortoise to find novel ways of slowing down and living the good life. In a world haunted by just-in-time delivery, hyperactive business, accelerating environmental calamities, and metric tons of stress, Jason, Rob, and Asher work at a fast and furious pace to savor the moments...

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Climate News Weekly: Richard Benedict, geoengineering test, and more

Climate Now - April 08, 2024 20:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
This week on Climate News Weekly, James Lawler sits down with Julio Friedmann and Darren Hau. They discuss the passing of climate leader Richard Benedict, a new geoengineering experiment, new California rules for energy distribution and use, and the emergence of a new biomass startup. Follow us...

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Climate News Weekly: Richard Benedick, geoengineering test, and more

Climate Now - April 08, 2024 20:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
This week on Climate News Weekly, James Lawler sits down with Julio Friedmann and Darren Hau. They discuss the passing of climate leader Richard Benedict, a new geoengineering experiment, new California rules for energy distribution and use, and the emergence of a new biomass startup. Follow us...

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Elizabeth Kolbert on Hope, Despair, and Everything In Between

Climate One - April 05, 2024 07:10 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 502 ratings
Even before Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” brought climate change to the mainstream, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Elizabeth Kolbert was on the beat. Her reporting in the early 2000s culminated in her book “Field Notes from a Catastrophe,” which sounded the alarm on the causes and effects ...

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Episode 1: Uncertainty is Science's Super Power. Make It Yours, Too

Science Talk - April 03, 2024 09:45 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 579 ratings
Welcome to Uncertain, a five-part podcast miniseries from Scientific American. Here we will dive head first into the possibilities of the unknowing. Over the next five episodes, I’ll be talking with people like her: explorers who work in the realm of uncertainty. Through them, we’ll discover the ...

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Escaping Urbanism: Green Acres, Climate Migration, and the End of the Megacity

Crazy Town - April 03, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour
Did a whimsical 1960s TV sitcom presage climate migration and a reversal of urban growth? We're not calling for a Godzilla-esque teardown of cities, but climate change is forcing a serious urban rethink. Jason, Rob, and Asher offer visions of better infrastructure, policies, and culture that you...

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Escaping Urbanism: Green Acres, Climate Migration, and the End of the Megacity

Crazy Town - April 03, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 182 ratings
Did a whimsical 1960s TV sitcom presage climate migration and a reversal of urban growth? We're not calling for a Godzilla-esque teardown of cities, but climate change is forcing a serious urban rethink. Jason, Rob, and Asher offer visions of better infrastructure, policies, and culture that you...

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Climate News Weekly: Coal plants closing, AI for climate, decarbonizing industry, and more

Climate Now - April 01, 2024 18:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
This week on Climate News Weekly, James Lawler and Julio Friedmann discuss coal-fired power plant closures in New England, how the DOE is spending billions to spur innovation in technologies to decarbonize top-emitting industries, the role that AI can play in a variety of climate change fighting...

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Rising Temperatures, Rising Prices: How Climate Drives Inflation

Climate One - March 29, 2024 07:10 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 502 ratings
Climate change means extreme weather, shifting landscapes, and generally more instability. More and more, you can feel the impacts of climate disruption in your wallets. Drought is pushing up the cost of candy and leading to shipping delays in the Panama Canal.  Globally, researchers say climate ...

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Coming Soon: 'Uncertain' - A New Short Series on the Thrill of Not Knowing

Science Talk - March 27, 2024 13:46 - 4 minutes ★★★★ - 579 ratings
Does the word "uncertainty" make you nervous? Does it rule your life? Would you say it kinda describes the state of the world these days?  Enter Uncertain, a new limited podcast series from Scientific American. In this series, host Christie Aschwanden will help to demystify uncertainty. She's goi...

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Escaping Consumerism: Why Crocheted Codpieces Are the Perfect Antidote to Fast Fashion

Crazy Town - March 27, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour
If American consumers ever come up for air under the pile of crap in their storage units, they find themselves face to face with a materialistic hellscape of megastores, McMansions, endless fleets of delivery trucks, and evil hordes of targeted ads. But help is on the way. Jason, Rob, and Asher ...

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Escaping Consumerism: Why Crocheted Codpieces Are the Perfect Antidote to Fast Fashion

Crazy Town - March 27, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 182 ratings
If American consumers ever come up for air under the pile of crap in their storage units, they find themselves face to face with a materialistic hellscape of megastores, McMansions, endless fleets of delivery trucks, and evil hordes of targeted ads. But help is on the way. Jason, Rob, and Asher ...

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How climate changes where people live

Climate Now - March 26, 2024 14:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
In the U.S. alone, 162 million people will experience a worse quality of life due to the changing climate within the next 30 years. Rising sea levels stand to displace 13 million Americans in the long run while wildfires and other risks are likely to displace millions more. With 3.2 million Amer...

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Future of Office | Coworking is Dead, Long Live Coworking: The New Flex Office Generation, with a16z-backed Codi CEO Christelle Rohaut

Tangent 💚 Proptech - March 26, 2024 10:44 - 36 minutes
Christelle Rohaut is the Founder and CEO of Codi (backed by a16z), where she's building the walk-to-work revolution. Codi offers turnkey, private office spaces with the most flexible terms on the market. In a matter of days, any company can find a space for their team, with full and par...

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Climate News Weekly: Increasing electricity demand, building more battery storage, and more

Climate Now - March 25, 2024 18:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
This week on Climate News Weekly, James Lawler is joined by Julio Friedmann and Canary Media Reporter Julian Spector. Julio reports on his experience at CERAWeek, and discusses rising energy demand. Julian shares his thoughts on new battery construction projects. Follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn,...

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Climate Migration: Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Climate One - March 22, 2024 23:22 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 502 ratings
The places that most people call home are coming under increasing threat from climate change. From rising seas and more frequent floods to stronger hurricanes and cyclones, to more devastating droughts and wildfires, the most habitable parts of our world are becoming far less so. Over time, our c...

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Charging Electric Fleets (3/3)

Climate Now - March 21, 2024 21:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
In 2023, electric vehicle drivers reported that, when pulling up to one of the more than 140,000 EV public charging stations across the United States, something went wrong about 21% of the time, leaving them unable to charge their vehicles. Such unreliability in charging availability could be cr...

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Climate News Weekly: SBTI updates, CERAWeek, and more

Climate Now - March 20, 2024 16:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
This week on Climate News Weekly, James Lawler is joined by GreenBiz Editor at Large Heather Clancy, as well as regular contributors Dina Cappiello and Julio Friedmann. They discuss the latest updates to the Science Based Targets Initiative dashboard and what they really mean for companies' clim...

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Escaping Industrialism: How to Avoid Pancakes on a Stick and Other "Miracles" of the Industrial Age

Crazy Town - March 20, 2024 09:00 - 57 minutes
Jason, Rob, and Asher take a tour of New Caledonia, California's Central Valley, Bhutan, and Cuba to uncover the ins and outs of industrialism, especially as it has been applied to agriculture. Along the way they riff on how the hell we can escape from an -ism that completely engulfs us. Warnin...