A Climate Change with Matt Matern
A Climate Change with Matt Matern is a weekly show featuring influential guests from government, business, activism, academia, and culture. The show serves to inform its audience with a focus on environmental and climate issues. Join us as we commit to making "a climate change." Similar to these great podcasts: TED Climate, Reversing Climate Change, Climate Change and Happiness, My Climate Journey, Volts, America Adapts, & Climate Vision 2050.
Episodes
November 20, 2023 • 47 mins
Is seabed mining the answer? Listen in with Matt and two special guests this week. Dr. Lisa Levin, Distinguished Professor Emerita at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, who specializes in biological oceanography. Dr. Levin is a deep-sea biologist interested in the intersection of biodiversity, climate and human disturbance. Joining her is James McFarlane, Chief Operating Officer of Strategic Robotic Systems who brilliantl...
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November 14, 2023 • 47 mins
Join Matt with Saxon Metzger, Solar Project Development Manager of NuLife Power Services. He is passionate about solar sustainability on top of being a Professor of Sustainable Business.
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November 7, 2023 • 46 mins
Listen in to a very unique show, with Candor Bourne, representing the Congo, or the "left lung of the earth"; Director of Conservation Partnerships at Friends of Bonobos (an endangered great ape found only in the Congo). She is joined by Sean Willmore, representing the "right lung of the earth", the Founder and Director The Thin Green Line Foundation and works with the park rangers who courageously fight to protect to the Ama...
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October 24, 2023 • 47 mins
Matt speaks with Sarah Barth and Laura McClendon from Sempervirens, an organization dedicated to protecting redwood forests in California. They discuss the Redwoods’ role in sequestering carbon dioxide, contributing to climate change mitigation. Controlled burns and indigenous collaboration also play a crucial role in maintaining forest health and reducing the risk of catastrophic wildfires. Rising temperatures, shifting pre...
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October 17, 2023 • 47 mins
Matt Matern speaks with Zachary Frankel and Nick Halberg from the Utah Rivers Council. The discussion covers the council's efforts to safeguard rivers from proposed dams, the significance of the Great Salt Lake ecosystem, water usage challenges, conservation initiatives, and the need to reconsider the valuation and usage of water.
They discuss the Bear's Ears National Monument and the challenges faced by Lake Powell ...
They discuss the Bear's Ears National Monument and the challenges faced by Lake Powell ...
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October 2, 2023 • 47 mins
Listen in as Paul Hawken gives us a master class in how to HEAL THE PLANET and our SOCIETY! Paul has written numerous books including Regeneration-Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation. Paul founded Project Drawdown. Paul was in Selma and Montgomery with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr! Paul gives us practical advice and will inspire you to take action today.
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September 25, 2023 • 47 mins
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 co...
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September 18, 2023 • 47 mins
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.
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September 11, 2023 • 47 mins
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 add...
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September 5, 2023 • 47 mins
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!
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August 28, 2023 • 47 mins
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 Ti...
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August 21, 2023 • 47 mins
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.
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August 7, 2023 • 47 mins
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.
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August 3, 2023 • 47 mins
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.
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July 24, 2023 • 47 mins
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 sol...
Ethan, the creator & found of Boston University's satirical publication, The Bunion, uses humor and the separation of facts vs. fiction to propose climate sol...
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July 17, 2023 • 47 mins
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!
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July 10, 2023 • 47 mins
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.
He is the author of six previous books, including The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World, which was a New York Times Critics Top Book of 201...
He is the author of six previous books, including The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World, which was a New York Times Critics Top Book of 201...
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July 7, 2023 • 67 mins
Mayor Rex Parris is an exceptional, innovative leader who is passionate about making a difference, leading the nation's first net zero energy city.
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July 5, 2023 • 47 mins
Matt speaks with Iowa Meteorologist, Chris Gloninger, who quit his 18 year career after he received death threats over climate coverage.
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June 26, 2023 • 47 mins
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-bullshit media studio, founded by Adam Mckay.
David Fenton, named “one of the 100 most influential P.R. people” by P...
David Fenton, named “one of the 100 most influential P.R. people” by P...
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