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Live tours are being rethought from the ground up — from how shows are powered to how fans get there. 🎤🌍

On the latest episode of the Scientista Podcast, REVERB co-founder Lauren Sullivan shares how the music industry is working with artists to make touring more sustainable.

Your insurance rates aren’t going up because you filed a claim.

They’re going up because climate risk is being priced across the entire system.
In this clip, Sarah Kapnick explains how more frequent disasters, rising costs, and pooled risk are quietly driving higher premiums.

“This is gaslighting.” Dominique Browning of Moms Clean Air Force calls out methane rollbacks and false health messaging.

Mercury in the air. Toxic chemicals in our homes. And policymakers calling it acceptable. Dominique Browning of Moms Clean Air Force on why 1.6 million moms are fighting back.

We’ve been subsidizing polluters for 100 years — and paying the price with our health.
Dominique Browning of Moms Clean Air Force breaks it down.

🎧 Full episode on the Scientista Podcast.

We’re paying utilities to build more — not to save customers money.
That’s backwards.

🎧 Listen to the full conversation with former Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm on the Scientista Podcast.

If your fuel is free, guess what? Your electric bill comes down. That’s the power of clean energy.

🎧 Listen to the full conversation on the Scientista Podcast with former Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm.

Part of your electric bill is fuel. Clean energy takes fuel out of the equation — and brings costs down.
🎧 Listen to the full conversation with former Secretary of Energy, Jennifer Granholm, on the Scientista Podcast.

Karen Skelton doesn’t mince words.

On Greenland, NATO, and why treating geopolitics like a land grab puts global stability at risk.

🎧 Listen to the full conversation on the Scientista Podcast.

“We never imagined this could happen.”

Jennifer Granholm on clean energy grants being clawed back — even after approval — and what she’d do differently next time.

🎧 Listen to the full conversation on the Scientista Podcast.

Is Trump’s interest in Greenland really about national security?

Former Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm explains the 2021 mining law most headlines miss.

Extreme wealth isn’t ambition.
It’s hoarding.

@abigaildisney.bsky.social on why we don't need billionaires.

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AI Will Tell You to Walk Across the English Channel NRDC’s Chief Science Officer, Dr. Ticora Jones, Wants Us to Slow Down, Learn Together, and Defend Science in an Age of Chaos

Some interviews stick with you.
Our conversation with Dr. Ticora Jones is one of them.

If you haven’t heard it yet, take the time.

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M. Sanjayan grew up where Attenborough filmed his first expedition. As a kid, he rode logging trucks into the rainforest, felt the ground shake as the trees fell, and climbed the trunks to grab chameleons and pythons.
A wild beginning to a life in conservation.

Listen to the Scientista Podcast now.

Dr. M. Sanjayan wanted to study condors. His advisor told him: study gophers.
That “unsexy” choice is what led to published papers in Science and Nature before he even graduated.

Rigor over glamour.

Catch the full episode on the Scientista Podcast now.

M. Sanjayan: “People will jump onto a coin—jump onto any idea—if greed is at the end of it. But with nature, the risk bar suddenly becomes extraordinarily high. And even if your investment in nature sucks, you still do some good. Half a coral reef still provides benefit. Half a hotel does nothing"

Jean Oelwang: How Great Leaders Make Others Shine After years working alongside icons like Mandela, Tutu, and Mary Robinson, Jean Oelwang believes the future belongs to leaders who lift others up.

“The most successful partnerships are built on deep, trusting friendships.” — Jean Oelwang, CEO, Virgin Unite

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Jigar Shah: The Clean Energy Industry Needs Its Own “Got Milk?” Campaign “We invest twice as much as oil and gas—and yet we devote almost nothing to telling our story,” he says.

“If we can’t communicate what clean energy makes possible, we’ll never build it fast enough.” — Jigar Shah

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Jennifer Morris: Leading the World’s Largest Environmental Organization As CEO of The Nature Conservancy, she’s pushing bold solutions to the climate and biodiversity crises—from innovative finance to AI.

“Protecting nature is about protecting people.” — Jennifer Morris, CEO, The Nature Conservancy
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Leading Kamala Harris's Presidential Campaign: Lessons from Julie Chávez Rodriguez Campaign Manager, Julie Chávez Rodriguez shares what it was like to lead Harris’s historic run—and why it fell short.

“Organizing is about helping people see their own power.” — Julie Rodriguez, Campaign Manager for Kamala Harris 2024 Presidential Campaign

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Find your people.
Find your support system.
Find the ones who help you keep going.

Dr. Ticora Jones’ reminder that none of us should be doing this work alone.
New Scientista episode out now. 🎧

How TED Countdown Uses Storytelling to Grow the Climate Movement Lindsay Levin, Co-Founder of TED Countdown, joined the Scientista Podcast to discuss her journey and the power of storytelling in climate action.

“Real leadership begins when we stop pretending we have all the answers.” — Lindsay Levin, Co-founder, TED Countdown

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Yes, We’re Still Talking About Gender Helen Mountford on Gender, Climate, and Philanthropy

“We can have thriving economies that also protect the planet—we just have to decide that’s the future we want.” — Helen Mountford

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“The Plastics Treaty is a fossil fuels treaty.”

As fossil fuels lose ground in energy, oil companies are pivoting to plastics — and production is on track to triple by 2050.

🎧 From the Scientista Podcast with Holly Kaufman.

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Why Weather Forecasters May Be Our Best Climate Communicators Meteorologist Bernadette Woods Placky explains how local weathercasters have become key players in climate communication—and why more people trust them than you might think.

“Every forecast is a chance to start a conversation.” — Bernadette Woods Placky

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“Just the ‘weather girl’? Tell that to her five Emmys.” 🌀

🎧 New episode with @ambersullins.bsky.social Chief Meteorologist at ABC15 Phoenix.

The Greatest Victories in Health Are the Ones Where Suffering’s Avoided Altogether Dr. Raj Panjabi on why preemptive care is the future of medicine—and what we lose if we stop investing in it.

“Healthcare should never depend on a person’s zip code or birthplace.” — Dr. Raj Panjabi
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Ruth Marcus on Leaving The Washington Post, Jeff Bezos, and Journalism in the Age of AI After 40 years, 6 months, and 6 days at The Washington Post—where she rose from Justice Department beat reporter to Deputy National Editor, and then to revered opinion columnist—Ruth walked away.

“The most important question journalists can ask is still the simplest one: what’s true?” — Ruth Marcus

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Who Regulates Deep Sea Mining? Meet the Woman Taking on the World’s Most Powerful Interests A conversation with Leticia Carvalho, Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority, about deep-sea mining, ocean governance, and what it means to lead with integrity.

“The ocean is not a victim. It’s our partner.” — Leticia Carvalho

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