Episode 30: Twenty Sustainability Podcasts for 2020
20+ Podcasts for 2020: Recommendation List
Thank you to everyone who responded with a podcast recommendation! Here is our compiled list of great podcasts and specific episodes that our listeners and interviewees suggest checking out in this new decade.
Podcasts featured in Episode 30:
Podcast: Modern Energy Management Podcast
This podcast, hosted by Amber Artrip and Nate Nilles, acts as a platform for energy managers and innovators to share their stories and experiences. Episodes include interviews with industry trail blazers in higher education, realty companies, construction groups and other institutions.
Podcast: For the Wild
“With a wide range of diverse and thought-provoking topics, they focus on land- based protection, co-liberation and intersectional storytelling rooted in a paradigm shift from human supremacy towards deep ecology. My two favorite episodes have been Richie Raseda on Dismantling Patriarchy and Adrienne Maree Brown on Pleasure as a Birthright. All episodes I've listened to have forced me to rethink how I've approached the topic beforehand and gave me a deeper understanding and appreciation of the interconnectedness of all things.” – Spencer Turk, 3P Partners, Inc.
Podcast: The Energy Transition Show
“I like this podcast because it is technically sophisticated, or, more colloquially, the most wonky of all of the energy transition podcasts that I listen to. If most podcasts are geared towards the general public or undergraduate-level students, this one is at the expert/graduate level. I also like that it is a paid subscription, which I think keeps the technical quality high, but it also means that I listen to every episode, having paid for the privilege to do so.” – Dan Katzenberger
Podcast: A Sustainable Mind
“"A Sustainable Mind" by Marjorie Alexander is a sustainability-focused podcast that covers a variety of topics. The creator created the podcast after not being satisfied with existing podcasts on the topic and am pretty sure it's part of their master’s thesis project. I really enjoyed the latest episode on Angel’s Envy Whiskey's partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation because though I am graduate student, I also manage at a bar and restaurant and have a passion for the food and beverage world's participation in sustainability initiatives.” - Kori Armstrong, University of Southern Mississippi
Podcast: The Energy Gang
“Super wonky sometimes but gives you a really uncommon perspective on energy from a very pro-renewable standpoint.” - Mary Fischer, Brandeis University
A podcast following the trends in energy, cleantech, renewables and the environment to dive deeper into energy market forces. Check out the Campus Energy and Sustainability podcast’s interview with host Stephen Lacey in Episode 30.
Podcast: Political Climate
Three cohosts – a Democrat, a Republican and a journalist – debate the latest political news on climate and energy in this podcast. The show seeks to bring unique perspectives to light on how to address the political stalemate that occurs over clean energy and climate change issues.
Podcast: Watt it Takes
Host Emily Kirsch interviews clean tech company founders on how they started their businesses in front of a live audience. The show is produced as a partnership between Powerhouse and Greentech Media.
“Giving people a resource so that they can learn from other entrepreneurs and what they got right and wrong is really important. Emily does a great job interviewing folks and getting these deep dive backgrounds with them.” – Stephen Lacey, host of The Energy Gang and The Interchange
Podcast: Reset
“It's a new tech show hosted by a reporter, former Vice reporter, Arielle Duhaime-Ross. And it really just looks at how technology is infiltrating our lives. It's not a traditional tech show like, oh, what gadget is out? It's all about the unique ways that technology is integrated into our lives. And they do such a good job of spinning a narrative out of different interviews and really tapping into the issues of the day.” - Stephen Lacey, host of The Energy Gang and The Interchange
Podcast: Mid-Americana
“It isn’t exclusively about sustainability, but about sense of place, regional identity, and how this is changing (including changes in immigration, climate, agriculture, energy systems, and more). The podcast explores the sort of shifts and stories of place that determine whether middle America sees itself as growing in political and cultural support for sustainability or as the kind of place that fosters resentment and resistance to change. The first season, Homecoming, features stories of native Iowans who moved away and later chose to come back. Upcoming episodes feature interviews with Midwest sustainability leaders in business and agriculture.” – Brian Campbell, Central College
Podcast: Sustainable Nation
Josh: “Our podcast, Sustainable Nation, now has published 110 episodes of interviews with global leaders in sustainability (corporate, higher education and government). It was developed specifically as a resource for sustainability professionals.” - Josh Prigge, Sustridge Sustainability Consulting
Brian: “I use Sustainable Nation and the Impact Report as assignments for my business and sustainability classes, and I enjoy the mix of interviews with sustainability professionals from different sectors.” - Brian Campbell, Central College
Other Recommended Podcasts:
Podcast: The Dirtbag Diaries
Recommender: Jordan Garrett, University of New Hampshire
“I listen to this for fun and they have a series called Endangered Spaces which is about how development is impacting the communities and habitats in that area. My favorite episode is called “Endangered Spaces -- Cook Inlet” which discusses how pebble mining is impacting brown bear migrations.”
Podcast: The Impact Report
Recommender: Katie Boyle, Director of Enrollment and Marketing for Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability
“Our MBA in Sustainability students interview their sustainability heroes—from the Fortune 100 c-suite to social enterprises in rural Africa—about their personal career journeys and companies' missions to create a more sustainable future. Recent episodes have featured conversations with sustainability directors from McDonald's, NASDAQ, and GM.”
Podcast: The Technoskeptic
Recommender: Susan Legere, Technoskeptic marketing and editorial associate
“I like it because host/founder/publisher Mo Lotman (who happens to be a voice-talent and radio personality) is a great interviewer who asks interesting questions of compelling guests in a pleasing voice. The scope of the pod and mag are wider than sustainability - he and his colleagues cast a critical eye on the role of tech in all aspects of society and our lives. But along the way, they tackle many issues (such as industrial farming, environmental citizenship) relevant to any sustainability enthusiast.”
Podcast: A Small Acorn
Recommender: Amy Johns, consultant
“My son (who is eight) and I are doing a podcast called "A Small Acorn.” It's about the fun and practical things that kids and their grown-ups can do to address the climate crisis. It's relatively new (we have four episodes out), and we're releasing every other week on Fridays. We're using "Project Drawdown" as loose inspiration for our topics, and we do a combination of interviews and chatting. We're trying hard to make it accessible to kids while having enough information to be helpful to grownups as well.”
Podcast: Costing the Earth
Recommender: Tiffany Budd, Northern Kentucky University
“I like the BBC podcast for a few reasons. First, the episodes are on the shorter side, less than 30 minutes. I can make it through an episode while getting ready and driving in to work. Second, they discuss a variety of topics, so it’s a great way to learn more. Third, almost every episode shows both sides of the argument for the topic at hand, so it allows you to come to your own conclusion about that topic.”
Podcast: GreenBiz 350
Recommender: Josh Prigge, Sustridge Sustainability Consulting
GreenBiz 350 discusses and interviews the people and companies leading sustainable business and clean technology. The podcast is co-hosted by Joel Makower and Heather Clancy, and episodes cover topics like the sustainability of the Super Bowl and lab technologies for combatting food waste.
Podcast: Compact Nation Podcast
Recommender: Brian Campbell, Central College
“There are lots of ways sustainability can partner with and learn from civic engagement professionals in higher ed.”
The Compact Nation podcast covers community engagement in higher education, including new research and innovations in the field.
Podcast: 99% Invisible: Dead Cars episode
Recommender: Alexandra Hill, Arizona State Univeristy
“This is one episode on a great series that's not specifically focused on sustainability but often touches on it. This episode (Episode 371: Dead Cars) was so interesting because it talks about what happens when you can't get rid of your waste - it has to stay in your town and you have to live with it or use it. It made me think twice about what I'm consuming.”
Podcast: Sustainababble
Recommender: Office of Sustainability, Christopher Newport University
“For something on the lighter side.”
Described as a comedy podcast about sustainability, Sustainababble features co-hosts Ol and Dave discussing climate topics like the US chicken industry, the Australian bush fires and the sustainability benefits of eating insects with humor and guest interviews.
Podcast: No Place Like Home
Recommender: Kaia Findlay, Campus Energy and Sustainability Podcast
“I enjoy listening to this podcast because the hosts, Anna Jane Joyner and Mary Anne Hitt, are tackling the emotional, spiritual and cultural side of climate change. They interview activists, climate scientists and spiritual thinkers with powerful stories. I also like that both women are from the South and draw from that experience in their work.”
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Podcast: The Campus Energy and Sustainability Podcast
The campus energy and sustainability podcast interviews higher education sustainability professionals and leaders on their innovative projects and their responses to challenges in the field. Discussions range from energy systems and building science to food systems and finance.
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