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 One, My Climate Journey, Volts, America Adapts, & A Matter Of Degrees.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 44 minutes
- Episodes
- 207
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
205: Trump vs. EPA’s Endangerment Finding
In this episode of A Climate Change with Matt Matern, a panel of leading climate attorneys and advocates unpacks the Trump administration’s attempt to repeal the EPA’s Endangerment Finding - the lega…
00:57:07 |
Thu 04 Sep 2025
204: Why Trump’s Wind Power Myths Are Hurting His Supporters the Most with Rob Verchick
In the fight against clean energy, who really wins? Trump supporters may think it’s them, but this episode of A Climate Change reveals another story altogether. In this eye-opening conversation with …
00:35:52 |
Thu 28 Aug 2025
203: How Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill is The Undoing of Climate Progress
The Trump administration's "One Big Beautiful Bill" threatens to reverse years of clean energy progress and environmental protections, raising urgent concerns about climate policy and public health.
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00:37:39 |
Thu 21 Aug 2025
202: Global Warming Solutions Need Multiple Winners with Beth Sawin
We’ve all heard the phrase “two birds, one stone,” and most of us love it. Now, what if this approach could be applied to large-scale climate action?
In the latest episode of A Climate Change, we sit …
00:30:34 |
Thu 14 Aug 2025
201: Patricia Lee on Embedding Sustainability in Higher Education
Global environmental change begins with a university that thoroughly understands sustainability. In this episode of A Climate Change, we speak with Patricia Lee, Sustainability Project Officer at Gri…
00:35:26 |
Thu 07 Aug 2025
200: CELEBRATING 200 EPISODES: A Look Back
We made it to Episode 200! Today, we look back at four and a half years of meaningful conversations with some of the brightest minds in the climate movement - scientists, policymakers, activists, and…
00:50:35 |
Tue 05 Aug 2025
199: Daniel Farber on How Technology Will Outpace Climate Denial
Legal expertise meets environmental activism in this revealing discussion about fighting back against anti-environmental policies through strategic litigation and state-level action.
In this episode o…
00:40:10 |
Thu 24 Jul 2025
198: How a Plane Crash Inspired a Lifelong Mission to Defend the Ocean with Dr. Deborah Brosnan
What happens when the ocean - which covers over 70% of the planet - reaches its breaking point?
Today we’re joined by Dr. Deborah Brosnan, a pioneering marine scientist and climate resilience expert,…
00:38:57 |
Thu 17 Jul 2025
197: How LA's Mega-Fires Created a 100-Mile Chemical Disaster with Tracy Quinn
We’ve tested the limits of our planet plenty, and the water war has officially begun. But what if there was an antidote to the toxins polluting the dominant color of the globe?
In this compelling epi…
00:34:44 |
Thu 10 Jul 2025
196: Why Health Must Be at the Heart of Climate Action with Shweta Narayan
What if health could be the key to driving climate action?
In this episode of A Climate Change, we sit down with Shweta Narayan, Campaign Lead at the Global Climate Health Alliance, about how public h…
00:39:24 |
Thu 03 Jul 2025
195: Peter Waggonner Explains Why Louisiana’s Coastal Future Matters to Us All
Can bold policy and innovative engineering reverse one of the world’s worst land loss crises?
In this episode of A Climate Change, we speak with Peter Waggonner, Senior Policy Adviser for Greater New …
00:36:56 |
Thu 26 Jun 2025
194: Apocalyptic Optimism and Climate Action with Dr. Dana R. Fisher
Can our current social movements overcome political inertia to save us from the climate crisis, or is apocalyptic optimism our best path forward?
In this episode of A Climate Change, we speak with Dr.…
00:24:43 |
Thu 19 Jun 2025
193: How Antoinette Vermilye Fights for Oceans and Environmental Justice
Antoinette Vermilye Bio:
Antoinette Vermilye is the co-founder of the Gallifrey Foundation and a passionate advocate for ocean conservation, plastic pollution reduction, and gender equity in climate l…
00:33:18 |
Thu 12 Jun 2025
192: Paasha Mahdavi Breaks Down the Power Politics Behind Climate Change
Climate solutions require more than innovation; they need policy, accountability, and informed citizens ready to demand change where it matters most.
You can find Paasha Mahdavi’s book, Power Grab: Po…
00:45:12 |
Thu 05 Jun 2025
191: A Climate Report Card on Trump 2.0 with Kiley Bense
Kiley Bense Bio:
Kiley Bense is a Reporter with Inside Climate News and covers climate change and the environment, focusing on Pennsylvania, politics, energy, and public health. She has reported on th…
00:18:51 |
Thu 29 May 2025
190: Funny, Fierce, and Fossil-Free: Comedy Meets Climate Action with Rasheda Crockett
You can catch Rasheda at this year’s Hollywood Climate Summit June 2nd-4th! Get your tickets now at www.hollywoodclimatesummit.com
If you want to help us reach our goal of planting 30k trees AND get a…
00:28:04 |
Thu 22 May 2025
189: How to Fund Climate Action with Mauricio Porras
If you want to help us reach our goal of planting 30k trees AND get a free tree planted in your name, visit www.aclimatechange.com/trees to learn how.
Mauricio Porras Bio
Mauricio Porras is the Co-Fou…
00:36:23 |
Thu 15 May 2025
188: Climate Action Is Not a Joke, But It Helps to Laugh with Esteban Jorge Gast
If you want to help us reach our goal of planting 30k trees AND get a free tree planted in your name, visit www.aclimatechange.com/trees to learn how.
Episode Resources
- Esteban Jorge Gast LinkedIn
- Gene…
00:31:33 |
Thu 08 May 2025
187: Saving the Planet, One Circular Economy At a Time with Elin Bergman
Elin Bergman Bio
Elin Bergman is the Executive Director of CradleNet Sweden and co-founder of the Nordic Circular Hotspot, alongside her role as Senior Advisor at SUCCESS Stockholm University. With ov…
00:37:05 |
Thu 01 May 2025
186: The Role of Hope-Based Communication in Climate Action with Kamila Camilo
Can the communication channels of today be used to serve the fight against climate change, rather than deter it? In our latest episode, we explore the climate action movement with Kamila Camilo, Foun…
00:40:05 |
Thu 24 Apr 2025
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