The Meaning of Green

The podcast about solving environmental problems.

S6 Episode 9: Greed, Groupthink, and Carbon Inequality

A new exposé called Profit vs. Progress, how the wealthy dump on the rest of us and what to do about it, and Democracy in America

12-02
32:11

S6 Episode 8: Trash and Power

Of manatees and Mata Hari, happiness vs. stuff, George Carlin, Mt. Trashmore in Miami, reducing waste in Canada, the US, and the EU, and a controversial trash incinerator 

11-01
30:41

S6 Episode 7: Damming and Undamming

The Klamath River undammed, a dam proposal likened to flooding the Sistine Chapel, fighting to preserve the forests that feed the Panama Canal, and Brazil's energy transition

09-28
31:17

S6 Episode 6: Weapons of the Weak

Trembitas, community-based conservation in Ukraine, Europe's magnificent beech forests, and why we should care about biodiversity

08-31
29:49

S6 Episode 5: Germans Know How to Party

Trabis, asparagus fests, Germany's "two voices" elections, the Berlin Wall, Angela Merkel, the Greens, and climate/energy progress 

07-31
30:17

S6 Episode 4: A Cruel Bargain

Class, race, and leaf blowers, Monticello, strong vs. weak local powers, The Birds, and Cate Blanchett 

06-30
29:59

S6 Episode 3: Janis and the Sea of Forested Hills

Brazil's singular Atlantic Forest, coffee, gold, a creature named Janis, and the intertwined histories of indigenous people, slaves, British railroads, and Japanese immigrants in Brazil

05-31
29:39

S6 Episode 2: Let Them Drink Lead

Who could lose the most from overturning pollution standards for air pollution, toxic chemicals, and lead in drinking water, a box of chocolates, and the dry cleaners of Palm Springs

04-14
32:09

S6 Episode 1: All the President's Men

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre of 2025, why we have the federal civil service, "ambition must be made to counter ambition", SpaceX threatens ocelots, and the Everly Brothers

03-06
32:26

S5 Episode 10: The Great Rice Fiasco

Japan's 2024 elections, sea turtles, rice prices, recycling rules, Japan's energy insecurity, and the proximity principle

01-11
30:34

S5 Episode 9: Behind the Curtain in Wonderland

Trump voters on climate change, red state renewables, Republican tariffs that could lower our carbon footprints, and the March Hare's generous offer 

11-30
30:09

S5 Episode 8: Will Climate Change Influence US Swing State Voters?

The potential impacts on swing state elections of climate change, the Inflation Reduction Act's largesse, extreme weather, state demographics, and surges in voter registration 

10-18
30:36

S5 Episode 7: "A Crisis Waiting to Occur"

Why swing states rule in the US's presidential elections, legal experts' fears about election stealing in 2024, and how direct popular election failed in the US Congress

10-15
30:23

S5 Episode 6: Dear Rich White People

Yachts, inequalities reminiscent of the robber barons, and why we must target the rich with climate policies

08-31
31:26

S5 Episode 5: The Silly Party Takes Westminster

Labour's victory in the UK, aggressive climate plans, a famous lettuce, and an introduction to carbon inequality

07-28
30:16

S5 Episode 4: European or Italian First?

A guide to the European Parliament elections, the EU's climate and energy "moonshot," bicycling in Denmark, and the 10-50 rule

06-09
30:45

S5 Episode 3: Will Panama Be Green?

Panama's unprecedented elections, massive demonstrations over the environment and foreign influence, toucans, and a tragedy with echoes of the US's colonial presence in Panama

05-05
31:19

S5 Episode 2: And Then There's Bhopal

Why politicians have (at times) taken strong environmental action in the US, the UK, Brazil, Germany, and Japan, and why those who were killed at Bhopal "were the lucky ones"

04-03
28:58

S5 Episode 1: The Greens, Tasmania, and Tricky Dick

Greens in Europe and in Australia, Lake Pedder, "Iron Pants" Muskie, the Clean Water Act, and excerpts from Nixon's secret Oval Office tapes

03-01
31:30

S5 Preview: Chain of Fools

2024 and elections worldwide, the states in the US's national elections, and carbon inequality (or, the rich vs. everyone else)

01-17
30:47

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