WHAT IF WE GET IT RIGHT?
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
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S4E5 What climate leadership looks like in Maine 🌲, with Hannah Pingree
This conversation had an odd effect on me. I found it... relaxing? To hear a politician speaking competently, calmly, clearly, practically and with nuance about climate policy was so soothing,…
S4E4 Climate Wayfinding 🧭 with Dr. Katharine Wilkinson
Today’s conversation is a special one. I’m joined by someone who’s been a collaborator and a dear friend in this work: Katharine K. Wilkinson.And tomorrow, May 5th, is publication day for Katharine's…
S4E3 An Ocean Love Story 🐠
In the spirit of the What If We Get It Right? paperback launch, sharing an excerpt of the audiobook. The heart of this audiobook is 20 interviews with people who have shaped my understanding of the…
S4E2 Rewind: That time we made a Climate Variety Show. 🤪
Back in September 2024, on the day my book What If We Get It Right? was published, I did one of the most absurd and delightful things I’ve ever done. I co-hosted an over-the-top goofy Climate Variety…
S4E1 For the love of nature, culture, and the future 💖 with Dr. Heidi Roop
Hello Earthlings, we are back with a new episode of the What If We Get It Right? podcast. This is the first episode of Season 4, which will be a short season — maybe 6 episodes? Not sure! We’ll see…
S3E13 Winning the narrative battle 🎥, with dream hampton
Hello Earthlings! Welcome back to What If We Get It Right?While you and I know that we already have most of the climate solutions we need — it’s more a matter of how quickly and justly we are going…
S3E13 Earth is our only shareholder 🌏, with Patagonia CEO Ryan Gellert
What if businesses got creative to unleash funding, political influence, and cultural clout to address our environmental challenges?What if corporations were driven not by maximizing quarterly…
S3E12 The Current Politics of Food and Farming 👨🌾 with Dave Herring
About a third of our climate problem is caused by agriculture and land use. So, what are we gonna do about it?One key solution is shifting to regenerative agriculture, aka growing food in ways that…
S3E11 How to deal with the heat 🌎🥵 with Jainey Bavishi and Jeff Goodell
Today’s episode is all about HEAT, that climate change bummer from which so many other impacts ripple out. The Earth is hotter now than at any other point in all of human history. From our homes and…
S3E10 How do you convince a room full of influential people to care about climate change… in 6 minutes? 🎤
Last week, I received the TIME Earth Award at the TIME100 Next gala. I worked really hard on my acceptance speech because it was an opportunity to recruit those 100 culture-shaping rising stars to…
S3E9 Climate hushing, fart jokes, and love. 😝 John Marshall on how to market climate action.
For those of us trying to advance climate solutions (go team!), there’s always the question of how to be more impactful, how to bring more people along with us into this work. And often the answer is…
S3E8 Presenting — Sabotage: The Splat 🥫🖼️
Almost exactly three years ago (Oct 14, 2022) a couple of climate activists hurled tomato soup at Vincent Van Gogh’s painting “Sunflowers.” It got a whole bunch of press. Do you remember this? Did…
What now for climate law? ⚖️ Abigail Dillen has answers.
This week I’m chatting with environmental lawyer Abigail Dillen, president of Earthjustice, a nonprofit law firm whose tagline is “because the Earth needs a good lawyer.” Indeed, it does.The stakes,…
S3E6 Climate Change vs. Coffee, Wine, and Chocolate ☕️🍷🍫 with Sam Kass
Food is a major driver of our environmental problems. It uses ~38% of Earth’s land, drives ~70% of our water use, and emits ~22-34% of our greenhouse gas pollution globally. I know it’s not popular…
S3E5 My conversation with Jane Goodall 🐒🌿🕊️, on hope, courage, and action.
"Every single day you live you make a difference in the world, and you get to choose the difference that you make." — Jane GoodallLast week, when I heard that Jane Goodall had died, it knocked the…
S3E4 What now for clean energy? ⛅️ with Jigar Shah
Today’s guest is Jigar Shah, a clean energy entrepreneur who served as director of the Loan Program Office in the US Department of Energy during the Biden administration. Previously, he was…
S3E3 We're going to the electric store, ⚡️ with Ari Matusiak
Earthlings, hello! 👋🏽 This week’s guest is Ari Matusiak, CEO of Rewiring America, a nonprofit focused on accelerating the clean energy transition.With the Inflation Reduction Act’s clean energy tax…
S3E2 How to Prepare for (Climate) Disasters 🚨, with Dr. Samantha Montano
This August marked 20 years since Hurricane Katrina, and the devastation that storm had across the Gulf South is still reverberating throughout the country. Today I’m talking with Dr. Samantha…
S3E1 Photons ☀️, Fogies 👴🏼, and Energy Liberation, with Bill McKibben
Welcome to Season 3 of the What If We Get It Right? podcast! 🥳 If you’re new here: This show is about what we need to do to address the climate crisis, and how to make those things happen. Here, we…
WIWGIR Season 3 Trailer 🎙️
Hey there Earthlings. 🌎 Season 3 is launching next week! Thus, here’s a trailer with tidbits from previous seasons to get you stoked. We’ve got a dozen ace guests booked, and 4 episodes already…
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