The scariest current parallel from Hitler's Mein Kampf
CW: this episode discusses genocide People reference the Weimar Republic's transition to Nazi Germany often. But I think they're missing per...
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The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way—Hitler, Chaplin, & The Great Dictator on climate
CW: this episode discusses genocide and suicide. I swear I didn't mean to make this episode. All I intended to do was to read the wonderful...
J. Maarten Troost on Kiribati's atolls, climate change, and what travel writing is for RERELEASE
This podcast has been running for almost a decade. There are some real gems buried in the catalogue that I am happy to have a chance to rere...
411: Why I love Poppy Russell of Counteract VC's CDR analysis
There are some people whom you know you just have to read whatever they write next. For me, one of those people is Poppy Russell. Poppy is t...
410: remove's new Latin American carbon dioxide removal accelerator program—w/ Hans Westerhof & Marian Krüger
There are many startup accelerators out there. There are fewer focused on climate tech. Fewer still for carbon dioxide removal. Lucky for us...
409: D.W. Pasulka on AI, the religion of UFOs, & the future of being human
When I have questions about how technology will change human life, our experience of it, and fundamentally what we are as conscious entities...
408: The impossible taxonomy of carbon dioxide removal
If we created an objectively correct and exhaustive categorization of carbon credits, would it solve everything? Would it solve anything? Li...
407: Charles C. Mann on the wizards & prophets of climate change
I interviewed Charles C. Mann in 2020 about his book, The Wizard and the Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Sha...
Climate Workers Anonymous, introducing a new podcast + collective art project I am curating
Working in climate is hard. We all have things we wish we could say. What if we could actually say them? If you love the Reversing Climate C...
406: Hyperstition, Dialectic, & Carbon Dioxide Removal
What happens when you care about climate and also want to explore space? What if you love technology but worry we've deeply misunderstood ho...
405: Does Managed MRV imply the existence of Unmanaged MRV?!—w/ Varsha Ramesh Walsh, Offstream
What even is MRV, let alone dMRV?! Or Managed MRV?! Doesn't that imply the existence of Unmanaged MRV? If everything is pretty much digital...
And was Jerusalem builded here, Among these dark Satanic Mills?—"Jerusalem" by William Blake
In the last Reversing Climate Change podcast episode , Tom Mills and I started talking about "Jerusalem ["And did those feet in ancient time...
404: When will insetting work for carbon dioxide removal?—w/ Tom Mills, Stripe Climate Fellow (former)
Everyone knows about offsetting. But what about insetting? Surely, that's easier. If only we could define it... In this episode of Reversing...
403: How to get max value from carbon market consultants—w/ David LaGreca, EcoEngineers
How do you actually work with a consultant without lighting money on fire? That's the question I've been wanting to tackle for a while, beca...
402: Reform vs. Revolution from Microsoft to the Salvage Yard—w/ Drew Wilkinson, Climate Leadership Collective
What do you do when you spent 20 years fighting climate change from every angle you could find: community organizing, Sea Shepherd, AmeriCor...
401: Emotional startup lessons from Nori cofounders—w/ Alexsandra Guerra of Calming Chaos
What happens when you ask a startup founder how a decision made them feel and their eyes start to water? What happens when you realize the p...
400: What kind of leader does my CDR company need me to be?—w/ Julia Reichelstein, Vaulted Deep
What do you do when you're a venture capitalist who can't stop talking about carbon removal at every meeting? You quit and start a carbon re...
399: How to Pitch Terraset (and other carbon removal buyers)—w/ Taylor Insley, Terraset
What do you think of a developer who pitches a carbon dioxide removal buyer as they are coming out of the restroom? Or can't even enjoy some...
398: Scientists vs. Engineers, & the Commercial Pressure on Carbon Dioxide Removal—w/ Erica Dorr & Samara Vantil, Rainbow
I wrote two pieces for Rainbow earlier this year. The first argued that carbon markets need field engineers, not just scientists. Erica Dorr...
397: Should Carbon Dioxide Removal Rejoin the Mainstream Carbon Market?—w/ Martin Freimüller of Octavia Carbon
Martin Freimüller is the co-founder and CEO of Octavia Carbon, a direct air capture company in Kenya. He's been listening to this show since...