Episodes
Rock star Environmental Attorney, Durwood Zaelke, discusses how to save our planet!  Durwood is a self described "grizzled veteran" who has helped protect the environment from the Love Canal litigation 50 years ago to his work in strengthening the Montreal Protocol. Durwood describes how that treaty can be broadened and strengthened to limit methane emissions which are 80x more harmful than CO2. Durwood is going to COP28 to confront the Sultans of oil to get them to reduce methane emissions.
Published 09/25/23
Aaron Halimi is an expert in developing major solar projects. Listen in as Aaron describes what it takes to bring massive solar project from conception to reality! Aaron is a dreamer and a doer. With over a decade of solar project development, Aaron has helped design and implement "community solar" for massive scale solar energy adoption.
Published 09/18/23
Fighting climate change as an evangelical Christian Dr. Hayhoe is an Atmospheric Scientist whose research focuses on understanding the impacts of climate change on people and the planet. She doesn't accept global warming on faith: she crunches the data, analyzes the models and helps Engineers, City Managers and Ecologists quantify the impacts. Katharine doesn't let politics get in her way, but uses a scientific approach to address climate change rather than using a faith based approach that...
Published 09/11/23
A Rising Star! State Representative Justin J. Pearson is a devoted to getting Climate Justice and Racial Justice for all Americans!  Justin personifies courage and faith in action.  Justin was EXPELLED from the State House in Tennessee for protesting gun violence on the floor of the legislature.  This didn’t stop Justin it has emboldened him to advocate even more for the most disadvantaged in our society!  
Published 09/05/23
Listen in as Matt speaks with passionate environmental youth activist Elise Joshi. Elise is a 21-year-old Climate Activist and Executive Director at Gen-Z for Change. Her story of fighting climate change is truly inspiring! She recently made the news for boldly disrupting the US Press Secretary while visiting the White House to advocate for action on climate initiatives. Tune in to hear why she has over 150,000 followers on TikTok.
Published 08/28/23
Listen in to a chat with dynamic attorney, Melissa Sims, who is taking on big oil. This riveting interview about Melissa's literal "mission from God" to courageously and effectively confront the existential crisis that threatens us all: climate change.
Published 08/21/23
Peter Fiekowsky’s mission in life is to leave a world we’re proud of to our children. Matt interviews him about his book Climate Restoration: The Only Future That Will Sustain the Human Race.  Peter Fiekowsky is an MIT-educated physicist and engineer, serial entrepreneur, philanthropist, social innovator, and author. 
Published 08/07/23
Listen in as Jonathon Porritt delivers a riveting message: climate change is real, and we must not offer credibility to those who deny it!  For 30 years Jonathon has provided strategic advice to leading international companies to deepen their understanding of today’s converging environmental and climate crises.
Published 08/02/23
Matt speaks with Ethan Brown, founder and host of the award winning, tongue-in-cheek environmental podcast, The Sweaty Penguin, as well as the podcast, Tip of the Iceberg. Ethan will dazzle you with his in-depth knowledge about how to tackle climate change.  Ethan, the creator & found of Boston University's satirical publication, The Bunion, uses humor and the separation of facts vs. fiction to propose climate solutions and address our climate crisis head on.
Published 07/24/23
Listen in as Matt interviews Ted Talk celebrity and entrepreneur Inna Braverman.  Born in Ukraine, Inna started from scratch and is now CEO of Eco Wave Power. She innovated a patented technology that converts the power of the waves into electricity to fight climate change.  Inna is a ROCK STAR in the environmental movement you will want to hear how she is going to ROCK THE PLANET!
Published 07/17/23
Listen in to a conversation with Matt and Jeff Goodell, a leading expert on climate change. Jeff's latest book, The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet, will be published by Little, Brown in July 2023.
Published 07/10/23
Matt Matern's fascinating interview with Republican mayor and attorney Rex Parris, who has revolutionized the net zero energy city of Lancaster, California.
Published 07/07/23
Matt speaks with Iowa Meteorologist, Chris Gloninger, who quit his 18 year career after he received death threats over climate coverage. 
Published 07/05/23
Join Matt for an inspirational and enlightening chat with the trailblazing David Fenton. David is a Senior Advisor to Yellow Dot Studios https://yellowdotstudios.com/ and oversees communications campaigns for the environment.  He is also the author of The Activist’s Media Handbook. Yellow Dot is an anti-b******t media studio, founded by Adam Mckay. David Fenton, named “one of the 100 most influential P.R. people” by PR Week and “the Robin Hood of public relations” by The National Journal,...
Published 06/26/23
Listen in as Matt interviews breakthrough Author Tony Hiss. He explains how we could save millions of species from extinction by conserving about 50% of the planet's land and water by 2050. Tony Hiss is the author of fifteen books, including the award-winning The Experience of Place. He was a staff writer at The New Yorker for more than thirty years, was a visiting scholar at New York University for twenty-five years, and has lectured around the world. His most recent book, Rescuing the...
Published 06/20/23
Under Jad Daley's leadership, the healthy forest movement is gaining momentum, and American Forests helps to grow and maintain our forests to sequester BILLIONS OF TONS OF CARBON to reduce the threat of climate change.
Published 06/12/23
Listen in to this engaging interview with Kevin Chin, the CEO of sustainable energy solutions company, VivoPower.   VivoPower is an international battery technology, electric vehicle, solar, and critical power services company whose core purpose is to deliver sustainable energy solutions to its customers. They provide customers with decarbonization solutions by enabling them to move forward to a net zero carbon status.
Published 06/05/23
Professor Mann, one of the leading Climate Scientists in the US explains very clearly the scientific understanding of historic climate change based on the temperature record of the past thousand years.  Make sure not to miss this engaging interview with the Director of the Center for Science, Sustainability & the Media at the University of Pennsylvania.  
Published 06/01/23
Listen in as Christine dives deep into Matt’s past.  Learn about Matt’s story and what brought him to be passionate about the environmental movement and why he challenged Donald Trump for the Republican nomination in 2020.  
Published 05/31/23
Early member of Greenpeace and founder of the Sea Shepherd conservationist organization, Captain Paul Watson is an eco warrior! Having been the captain in the Sea Shepherd show “Whale Wars”, Captain Paul Watson is an eco interventionist and has now set up the Captain Paul Watson foundation to protect our oceans and to non violently but effectively stop whaling.  
Published 05/22/23
From CarbonBuilt to Equatic the technique of removing carbon and putting it in concrete to sequestration of carbon in oceans, Gaurav will amaze you with the different ways in which carbon dioxide emissions can be captured, stored and removed.
Published 05/16/23
Robert manages the Milkywire Climate transformation portfolio and sits on the board of Mistra sustainable consumption. Robert previously headed Oxfam Sweden's policy and communications team and took part in the Science-based Target Initiatives' Net-zero expert advisory group.
Published 05/08/23
Listen in as Matt interviews a dynamic TED Global environmental speaker, accomplished author, podcaster and coalition builder. Chad believes we must activate humanity to become a planet-positive species to create our regenerative future!
Published 05/01/23
 Is geothermal the solution to our environmental crisis? Is using the untapped power of the earth to power the grid a good idea? Let’s find out! 
Published 04/24/23
Lance Secretan is a spiritual thought leader and the world’s foremost authority on inspirational leadership. For twelve years running he has been voted one of the top thirty most influential leadership coaches in the world. He is the former CEO of a Fortune 100 company, university professor, award-winning columnist, poet, author, outdoor athlete and advisor and mentor to leaders.
Published 04/17/23