Better Planet

May 14 2024 14 ep. 24 mins 8
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This biweekly podcast features meaningful conversations with real planet heroes about their efforts to help the environment, as well as encouraging news and information that you need to help make this a Better Planet for everyone.  

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Taming the Power of the Sun (Feat. John Darnton)

May 14 2024 24 mins  
Burning Sky brings to life a nightmare scenario in the not-too-distant future when scientists undertake a misbegotten scheme to tame the power of the sun. Pulitzer-prize winning reporter and best-selling novelist John Darnton joins host Ellis Henican on Newsweek's Better Planet podcast. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.

The Conservative Environmentalist (Feat. Benji Backer)

Apr 26 2024 24 mins  
Host Ellis Henican speaks with Benji Backer, who provides an intrepid vision for both solving our climate crisis and prioritizing the American national interest. Politicians, pseudo-experts, and other partisans have led us to believe that there are only two approaches to climate change: doomerism or denial. Benji argues that both are dead ends. See Privacy Policy at https://art19

Climate Doomerism VS. Optimism (Feat. Brian Kateman)

Mar 04 2024 25 mins  
Brian Kateman, cofounder and president of the Reducetarian Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing consumption of animal products, joins Better Planet to discuss the dangers of climate doomerism and optimism alike with your host, Ellis Henican. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell

COP28 Transition Away From Fossil Fuels (Feat. Jeff Young)

Dec 21 2023 21 mins  
It took nearly three decades, but with COP28, the annual United Nations talks on climate change have for the first time called for a transition away from fossil fuels, the root cause of climate change. Newsweek's Jeff Young joins Better Planet to discuss. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Climate Grief Management (Feat. Dr. Kimberley Rain Miner)

Dec 07 2023 23 mins  
Dr. Kimberley Miner is a Scientist and Systems Engineer at the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab in California, where she researches and forecasts climate risks. Her research has taken place in the most extreme environments in the world- from Antarctica to Mt. Everest- where her team secured a Guinness World Record for identifying the highest altitude pollutants. She joins the Better Planet

The Case For Climate Capitalism (Feat. Tom Rand)

Nov 22 2023 29 mins  
Tom Rand joins host Ellis Henican to discuss his book: The Case For Climate Capitalism, Economic Solutions For A Planet In Crises, where he argues that a warming climate and a general distrust of Wall Street has opened a new cultural divide among those who otherwise agree we must mitigate climate risk. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notic

Protein-Based Eco-Friendly Raw Materials (Feat. Catherine Roggero-Lovisi)

Nov 09 2023 26 mins  
Dr. Lukas Kwietniewski, Director Health Care Analysis at Statista, joins us to introduce our listeners to the drive towards green hospitals and sustainability in healthcare. We're then Joined by Catherine Roggero-Lovisi, CEO of Modern Meadow, a biotech company that creates protein-based eco-friendly raw materials for a wide range of industries. Catherine will share how businesses a

Growing Greener (Feat. Dr. Michael Smyer)

Oct 25 2023 28 mins  
Dr. Michael “Mick” Smyer, founder and CEO of Growing Greener: Climate Action for a Warming World, joins Better Planet host Ellis Henican to discuss psychology, communication strategies and human-centered design to move people from anxiety about climate change to action and habit. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.co

Saving Energy, Using Less, Doing More (Feat. Paula Glover)

Oct 12 2023 29 mins  
Paula Glover, president of the Alliance to Save Energy, a bipartisan, nonprofit coalition, joins Better Planet to discuss using energy more productively to achieve economic growth, a cleaner environment, greater energy security, affordability, and reliability. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-

A New Level of Climate Awareness (Feat. Jeff Young)

Sep 27 2023 27 mins  
Newsweek's new environmental sustainability and governance editor, Jeff Young, joins host Ellis Henican to talk about pushing back against climate doomerism following Climate Week NYC. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.