Utopia is Now

Utopia is Now

Xavier Logan-Sievers

Episodes 40
Avg. Duration 1h 6m
Activity Sporadic
Since Jan 2021
Latest Episode Jul 2025

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Multi-disciplinary conversations with experts about the ecological crisis. Learn more: https://linktr.ee/utopiaisnow

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Recent Episodes

Power is Progress: The Fight for Global Energy Access | Bob Freling

Jul 28, 2025 56m

Bob has been the executive director of the Solar Electric Light Fund (or SELF for short) since 1997. Under his leadership, SELF has installed over 650 solar energy systems in 25 countries, making it…

Misinformation 101: Climate Change Denial and How to Fight Back | Dr. John Cook, PhD

Mar 13, 2025 1h 20m

IntroductionToday I am joined by Dr. John Cook. Dr. Cook is a Senior Research Fellow with the Melbourne Centre for Behaviour Change at the University of Melbourne. He obtained his PhD at the…

Carbon Markets 101: A Beginners Guide to Carbon Markets | Dr. Roger Cohen, PhD

Jan 27, 2025 1h 11m

Dr. Roger Cohen is an entrepreneur, focused on addressing climate change through innovative solutions. He leads C2Zero and the Real Carbon Price Index (RCPI), initiatives aimed at reducing carbon…

Why Climate Change Divides Us | George Marshall

Jan 06, 2025 1h 5m

George Marshall (born 1964) is a British environmental campaigner, communications specialist and writer. He is the founder of Climate Outreach and is a specialist in climate communication. He is the…

The Warming World Order: How Climate Change Fuels Geopolitical Risks | Prof. Dhanasree Jayaram, PhD

Dec 03, 2024 59m

Dr. Dhanasree Jayaram is a Senior Assistant Professor at Manipal Academy of Higher Education and serves as the co-coordinator of the Centre for Climate Studies. She specialises in geopolitics and…

The Language of Climate Politics | Dr. Genevieve Guenther, PhD

Oct 21, 2024 42m

Genevieve Guenther is the founding director of End Climate Silence and affiliate faculty at The New School, where she sits on the board of the Tishman Environment and Design Center. While writing the…

S1 Misreading Climate Change: An Anthropological Perspective on Bangladesh | Prof. Camelia Dewan, PhD

Sep 29, 2024 58m

Dr Camelia Dewan is an environmental anthropologist focusing on the anthropology of development. She holds a PhD in Social Anthropology and Environment from the University of London (SOAS/Birkbeck)…

The Social Psychology Behind Climate Change Inaction | Prof. Jeffrey Rotman, PhD

Jan 29, 2024 1h 16m

Dr Jeff Rotman is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Marketing and co-director of the Better Consumption Lab at Deakin Business School. He is the recipient of the 2021 Vice-Chancellor’s Early…

The Next Six Years Will Make or Break Our Climate Goal of 1.5°C Warming | Dr. Robin Lamboll, PhD

Dec 12, 2023 43m

Dr Robin Lamboll researches what humans emit into our atmosphere, what effects it will have on us, and what we can do about it. Robin completed a PhD in the physics of solar cells at the University…

S1 Climate Change in India: A Growing Environmental Crisis | Prof. Harini Nagendra, PhD

Nov 27, 2023 1h 15m

Professor Harini Nagendra is the Director of the Research Centre at Azim Premji University in Bangalore, India, and leads the University’s Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability. Nagendra is…

Business in a Post-Growth World | Prof. Donnie Maclurcan, PhD

Oct 07, 2023 51m

Donnie Maclurcan Ph.D. leads the Post Growth Institute, an international organization exploring how we thrive within ecological limits. Believing purpose-driven enterprise is at the heart of a…

Can Liberalism Solve Climate Change? | Dr. Christopher Shaw, PhD

Sep 10, 2023 1h 7m

Chris has more than 15 years of experience in researching climate policy and climate communications. Chris is also a contributing author for the IPCC Working Group I Sixth Assessment Report, serves…

S1 Awakening the Sleeping Giant: China's Green Energy Transition | Tim Buckley

Aug 12, 2023 1h 2m

Tim Buckley, Director, Climate Energy Finance (CEF) has 30 years of financial market experience covering the Australian, Asian and global equity markets from both a buy and sell side perspective. Tim…

EcoPsychology: The Psychological Practice Triggered by the Climate Crisis | Dr. Eshana Bragg, PhD

Jul 14, 2023 1h 3m

Dr Eshana Bragg is an ecopsychologist with over 30 years of experience in the field. Links _____________________ The Joyality Project: www.joyality.org Jagera EcoCommunity:…

Biological Annihilation: The Ongoing Sixth Extinction | Prof. Rodolfo Dirzo, PhD

May 13, 2023 1h 20m

Rodolfo Dirzo is Professor of Biology and Earth Systems Science at Stanford University. Rodolfo's scientific work examines the study of species interactions in tropical ecosystems from California,…

S2 Irrationality, Climate Change & Evolutionary Psychology | Prof. Lionel Page,PhD

Apr 28, 2023 1h 21m

Lionel Page is a Professor of Economics and the Director of the Behavioural and Economic Science Cluster at the University of Queensland. He has worked on a wide range of topics in behavioural…

S2 Cognitive Bias & Climate Change | Prof. Ben Newell, PhD

Mar 18, 2023 45m

Ben Newell Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Deputy Head of the School of Psychology at the University of New South Wales. Ben’s research focuses on the cognitive processes underlying judgment,…

S2 The Future is Degrowth? | Dr. Aaron Vansintjan, PhD

Feb 25, 2023 1h 23m

Aaron Vansintjan is the Author of 'The Future is Degrowth' & Co-Editor of Uneven Earth. Aaron completed his PhD Candidate in the Department of Film, Media, and Cultural Studies at Birkbeck,…

S2 Climate Change as Class War | Prof. Matt Huber, PhD

Feb 09, 2023 1h 22m

Matthew T. Huber is Professor of Geography at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. He is the author of Lifeblood: Oil, Freedom and the Forces of Capital and…

S2 The Moral Sentiments of a Climate Scientist | Dr. David Karoly, PhD

Jan 26, 2023 1h 8m

Professor Karoly was leader of the Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub in the Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Program, based in CSIRO, during 2018 to June 2021. During…

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