PODSHIP EARTH
In the next decade, the scale and scope of environmental change will test our ingenuity and strength. The fight for a livable planet is one that we must win. Each week we will meet people who can help us navigate this dynamic world and get us on a path to health. Hosted by Jared Blumenfeld, Podship Earth is a call to action.
Jared Blumenfeld was the regional administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency from 2009-2016 (appointed by President Obama). He also served as the Director of the San Francisco Department of the Environment, chaired the first United Nations World Environment Day held in the US, and founded the Business Council on Climate Change and Green Cities California. He worked for non-profits including the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) where he helped protect millions of acres for wildlife and held corporations accountable. He thru-hiked the Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada. He is a trusted source for environmental stories and appears frequently in the New York Times, BBC, Economist, Los Angeles Times, NPR and other media outlets.
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 34 minutes
- Episodes
- 124
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2021
Reuse
What happens when one person no longer has use for an object, and yet that product still has a lot of life left in it? The possibilities are endless: from building materials, to amazing furniture, t…
00:39:38 |
Sun 21 Mar 2021
Crossing
We talk with “Jesús Garcia” who at 19 left his home and family to escape violence in Mexico. He crossed into the U.S. by swimming at night into the Pacific ocean for eight hours - first west, then no…
00:36:35 |
Sun 07 Mar 2021
Beyond Words
Carl Safina explores non-human feelings. Dr. Safina an ecologist and author of many best selling books. Safina’s Book, Beyond Words; What Animals Think and Feel, has according to the New York Times R…
00:30:38 |
Sun 21 Feb 2021
Chocolate
I meet up with Amelia Gonzalez to find out where our love of chocolate comes from? After a career in radio, Amelia took her savings and founded Casa de Chocolates in Berkeley. By infusing her chocol…
00:29:29 |
Sun 07 Feb 2021
Birding
Our human relationship to birds is complex. They’re wellbeing is our wellbeing. Since 1970, US bird populations have plummeted by 3 Billion birds - that’s an insane 30% of all birds - gone forever! L…
00:35:07 |
Sun 24 Jan 2021
Lisa
Lisa Jackson grew up in New Orleans, trained and worked as an environmental engineer and was chosen by President Obama to lead EPA from 2009 to 2013. Lisa is now the Vice President for Environmental,…
00:38:27 |
Sun 10 Jan 2021
Erwin
At 18, my Grandfather was drafted into the German Army, and served as an ambulance driver in World War One. He wrote down the entire truly bizarre story with a great deal of irony and dark humor. Er…
01:21:09 |
Sun 27 Dec 2020
Native Knowledge
Thousands of years of tribal ecological practice is the key to reconnecting us to the planet. We talk with Matthew Teutimez, tribal biologist with the Kizh-Gabrieleño Band of Mission Indians, the abo…
00:32:51 |
Sun 13 Dec 2020
Youth v Gov
In 2015, 21 young people filed a climate lawsuit called Juliana v. United States, asserting that the government violated their rights to life, liberty, and property. We talk with plaintiffs Aji Piper…
00:28:52 |
Sun 29 Nov 2020
Food Fix
Dr. Mark Hyman uncovers the path to personal and planetary health. For Mark, health is about connecting the soil, with the farmer, with the grocer, with our diet. We talk with Mark about his health-f…
00:31:41 |
Sun 15 Nov 2020
Hotshot
Five of the six biggest fires in California’s recent history happened this year, resulting in 10,488 structures damaged and at least 31 fatalities. I talk with Justine Gude with the Texas Canyon Hots…
00:31:05 |
Sun 01 Nov 2020
Eating
Is a political act because according to Alice Waters, the chef and activist, which farmers you get your food from and how you celebrate this precious life sustaining resource can change our lives and…
00:42:05 |
Sun 18 Oct 2020
Invest
Invest - We talk with Tom Steyer about how he went from investing in distressed assets with a hedge fund to investing in the future of the planet with NextGen America. Along the way we talk about cli…
00:31:00 |
Sun 04 Oct 2020
Climate Strikes
Eleven million people from over 140 countries are climate striking by skipping school to tell us we need to act now!. Jerome Foster II, who at seven started watching documentaries about our planet, …
00:29:56 |
Sun 20 Sep 2020
Vote
It’s an action that enviros have yet to master. In looking at what led to the 2016 election debacle, it's hard to ignore a disturbing fact: environmentalists turned out to vote at rates significantly…
00:34:36 |
Sun 06 Sep 2020
Shane
Given the state of the world, we need all the friends we can muster. Shane Minogue and I met when we were four. Friends we make as children and manage to keep for a lifetime are rare. We talk about…
00:32:50 |
Sun 23 Aug 2020
Relativity
In 1852, my grandfather’s grandfather Henry Cohn at the age of 21 left the shtetl of Dobrzyn (Poland), to set sail for America. He wrote a slim journal of his adventures - stories of escaping the mil…
00:57:14 |
Sun 09 Aug 2020
Toxic Stress
We talk with Dr Nadine Burke Harris, an award-winning physician, researcher, advocate and California’s first Surgeon General. She is dedicated to changing the way our society responds to childhood tr…
00:28:39 |
Sun 26 Jul 2020
Reimagine
The scope of the societal impacts being both inflicted and uncovered by the COVID-19 pandemic are truly without precedent. With every disaster, whether it's an economic collapse or the damage inflict…
00:33:44 |
Sun 12 Jul 2020
Firefighters
Are now frontline responders in the battle against climate change: fighting raging wildfires, helping urban dwellers overcome extreme heat, and rescuing victims of rising seas. What is less known is…
00:30:33 |
Sun 28 Jun 2020
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