Better Planet
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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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Biopharma’s Path to a Greener Tomorrow
Newsweek's Environment and Sustainability Editor Jeff Young has a conversation with two of the industry leaders in the biopharma industry to discuss how things are evolving to meet urgent…
Taming the Power of the Sun (Feat. John Darnton)
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…
The Conservative Environmentalist (Feat. Benji Backer)
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…
Climate Doomerism VS. Optimism (Feat. Brian Kateman)
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…
COP28 Transition Away From Fossil Fuels (Feat. Jeff Young)
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…
Climate Grief Management (Feat. Dr. Kimberley Rain Miner)
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…
The Case For Climate Capitalism (Feat. Tom Rand)
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…
Protein-Based Eco-Friendly Raw Materials (Feat. Catherine Roggero-Lovisi)
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…
Growing Greener (Feat. Dr. Michael Smyer)
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…
Saving Energy, Using Less, Doing More (Feat. Paula Glover)
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…
A New Level of Climate Awareness (Feat. Jeff Young)
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…
Wealth and Climate Competitiveness (Feat. Bruce Piasecki)
New York Times bestselling author Bruce Piasecki joins host Ellis Henican to talk about his latest book, Wealth and Climate Competitiveness: The New Narrative on Business and Society. See Privacy…
Shifting the Narrative on Climate Change (Feat. Anne Therese Gennari)
Author Anne Therese Gennari joins host Ellis Henican to discuss her 2022 release, The Climate Optimist Handbook, in which she offers encouragement, wisdom and practical tools to help us let go of…
Climate Optimism and Resilience (Feat. Professor Robert Verchick)
Host Ellis Henican speaks with Professor Robert Verchick about what we can do to combat the doom and gloom of climate change pessimism in our first episode of Better Planet at Newsweek.See Privacy…
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Better Planet has published 15 episodes since August 2023, covering topics in Earth Sciences, Education.
Better Planet is currently dormant with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 26m.
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