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Apple Rating 4.6 (5)
Since Mar 2025
Latest Episode May 2026

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Earthbound is a podcast about what it means to be human on a warming planet. Host Thomas Schueneman, a climate writer, global freelance journalist, and audio producer, talks with scientists, philosophers, activists, artists, Indigenous leaders, policy experts, and everyday people about how a changing Earth is reshaping our lives—and how our choices, values, and imaginations are reshaping the planet in return. From climate politics and planetary health to environmental justice, mental well‑being, psychology, and philosophy, the show explores the quiet work of repairing our relationship with nature and each other. Earthbound offers clear‑eyed, human‑centered stories from the Anthropocene.

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S2E32 The Psychology Behind Our Rage: Understanding Outrage Overload

May 16, 2026 46m Transcript

Your Brain is the Algorithm A conversation with David BeckemeyerWe are a storytelling species. Long before we had data, we had narrative. But in a media environment engineered to trigger our most…

S2E31 Diana Colleen: They Could Be Saviors | Curing Billionaire-ism

Apr 28, 2026 49m Transcript

What if the problem isn’t that the people with the most power don’t care? What if it’s that they’ve lost the capacity to?That’s the question at the center of Diana Colleen’s debut novel, They Could…

S2E30 From Dystopia to Liberation: Lee Schneider's Utopia Engine Trilogy

Apr 14, 2026 52m Transcript

Novelist Lee Schneider completes the Utopia Engine Trilogy with a story of climate collapse, AI dominance, and the stubborn possibility of liberation.What if the Earth pushed back?That’s the question…

S2E29 Bridget Lyons | Entwined: Dispatches From the Intersection of Species

Mar 27, 2026 57m Transcript

A Shift in PerceptionWhat if the climate crisis isn’t just about what we’re doing to the planet, but how we see it? What if it is our flawed perception of the world and our place within it that…

S2E28 Peter Solomon: 100 Years to Extinction

Mar 08, 2026 12m Transcript

Do We Need to Colonize Mars to Survive?A Book Review of Dr. Peter Solomon's 100 Years to ExtinctionIn 2017, Stephen Hawking warned that humanity had just 100 years to move beyond Earth or face…

S2E27 The Climate of Our Moral Character | Energy, Capital, and Human Well-Being

Feb 15, 2026 10m Bonus Transcript

Climate, Energy, Morality, and How We Thrive as a Species on a Finite PlanetWe tell ourselves stories to help us cope with existence, but too often we bend our stories to fit a misguided,…

S2E26 Climate and Peace | Lessons of Minneapolis

Feb 10, 2026 3m Bonus Transcript

This bonus episode features a short reading from my Thinking Out Loud section of my newsletter.Is empathy a strength or a weakness? How do we respond to forces that hide behind masks and seek to…

S2E25 Bill McKibben: Here Comes the Sun and How Renewables Can Power the Future

Jan 27, 2026 32m Transcript

What if the sun, the same star that’s powered life on Earth for billions of years, could finally free us from the fossil fuel stranglehold that’s choking our future? That’s the question at the heart…

S2E24 Katherine Lacefield: From Purity to Pragmatism

Jan 09, 2026 50m Transcript

In a world of either-or thinking, where you’re expected to choose between hugging trees or hugging flags, Katherine Lacefield offers a refreshing alternative. The founder of Just Be Cause Consulting…

S1E23 Blood and Cigarettes: The Christmas Truce of 1914-Finding Peace on Common Ground

Dec 23, 2025 4m Bonus Transcript

With this bonus holiday episode, I revisit a short article I originally wrote for a now-defunct website and republished on Medium back in 2022. Blood and Cigarettes takes us back to Christmas Eve and…

S1E22 Joshua Harrison: Art, Science, and Reconnecting with Our Roots in a Modern World

Dec 12, 2025 1h 21m Transcript

What Would The Ocean Say If You Could Ask It A Question?Exploring the intersection of art, science, and environmental activism, this episode features thought provoking conversation with Joshua…

S1E21 Black (Cyber) Monday: How the Sausage is Made in an Instantaneous, Digital World

Nov 29, 2025 7m Bonus Transcript

How I Felt Ridiculous When I Ordered Same-Day DeliveryIn this short bonus episode, I briefly examine the complexities of modern consumerism and the often-overlooked hidden costs of our…

S1E20 Sustainability Isn't a Dirty Word: A Conversation With Sustainable Business Expert Lee Stewart

Nov 21, 2025 42m Transcript

The 1970s “Crying Indian” campaign, as it came to be known, with its poignant imagery and simple message about littering, has left an indelible mark on American culture. Yet, as we unpack the history…

S1E19 The Fourth Turning Meets the Ways of the Duck | Responding With Calm in a Chaotic World

Oct 30, 2025 13m Transcript

Feed the inner duckNot with human news Or greedy things that suck,But give it quiet views;Comments from the moon.Opinions from the sky.The insights of a tune.The wisdom of a sigh.-Michael…

S1E18 Here Comes the Apocalypse: Jennifer Heller's Guide to Disaster Preparation for Non-Preppers

Oct 04, 2025 42m Transcript

Here Comes the Apocalypse! Panicked or Prepared?The art of preparation in today's polycrisis, conspiracy-driven world is far from straightforward. In all cases, it is an art that encompasses, among…

S1E17 Where Have All the Golden Toads Gone? A Tale of Extinction and Hope

Sep 14, 2025 50m Transcript

The Golden ToadIf you’re like me, by the time you first heard about the Golden Toad, it was already gone. A flash of gold high in the damp cloud forest of Costa Rica. This mysterious and elusive…

S1E16 Hollar: A Graphic Memoir of Rural Resistance with Denali Sai Nalamalapu

Aug 29, 2025 43m Transcript

The Mountain Valley Pipeline and Stories of Resistance in AppalachiaAmidst the Appalachian dawn, our exploration of community resilience and environmental justice unfolds through the lens of Denali…

S1E15 Anthrogs, Action, and Hope: A Conversation with Peter Blue Series Author Laurel Colless

Aug 16, 2025 43m Transcript

Vanquish the Storm Lords and Anthrogs!The power of stories to shape our understanding of the world is a central theme explored in this episode. We welcome Laurel Colless, an author dedicated to…

S1E14 Wildfire Days: A Woman, a Hotshot Crew, and the Burning of the American West

Aug 01, 2025 46m Transcript

Wildfire Days"Wildfire is actually a natural part of our ecosystems and our landscape, particularly in the American West. Fires had been burning naturally for millennia and keeping the forest…

S1E13 Raising Hope: Parenting in a Climate Crisis with Bridget Shirvell

Jul 18, 2025 37m Transcript

Raising Children in a Climate-Changed WorldMy conversation with Bridget Shirvell, author of 'Parenting in a Climate Crisis', explores the challenge of raising children in an era defined by…

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Earthbound is currently active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 32m.

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