Climate – Green and Red Podcast

Former Sierra Club Directors on Layoffs, Equity and Environmental Justice w/ Hop Hopkins and Michelle Mascarenhas

September 14, 2023Climate

The Sierra Club is one of the oldest and largest environmental groups in the U.S.. It also has a problematic history, from being founded by racist John Muir to members…

Trash Talk: The Global Garbage Crisis w/ Journalist and Author Oliver Franklin-Wallis

August 24, 2023Climate

In much of the developed world, waste is out of sight and out of mind. The world generates around 2 billion tons of municipal solid waste annually, with at least…

Scrappy Summer | Disasters in Hawaii and Ukraine plus Biden ❤’s Fossil Fuels

August 20, 2023Climate, Foreign Policy

Our latest Scrappy Sunday! We discuss the Maui fires, the war in Ukraine and Biden’s love for fossil fuels. Plus this week in radical history and the execution of Sacco…

Will Potter on How the State and the Media Go After Radical Movements

August 15, 2023Climate, Direct Action

We’re in an unprecedented rollback of civil liberties. States are passing laws to outlaw protests and direct action, charging non-violent protesters with “domestic terrorism” and legalizing the running over of…

Stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline w/ Appalachians Against Pipelines

August 8, 2023Climate, Direct Action

The Mountain Valley Pipeline is a 300 mile long fracked gas pipeline cutting across the mountains and waterways of Appalachia. For the past five years, Appalachians Against Pipelines (@stopthemvp) has…

It’s Scrappy 4th of July, w/ John Quincy Adams, Frederick Douglass, and Scott and Bob

July 4, 2023Climate, Peoples' History

This week we "celebrate" the Fourth of July by discussing two famous orations on that date, John Quincy Adams's famous "monsters to destroy" speech from 1821 and Frederick Douglass's legendary…

Why the Left Must Oppose Nuclear Power w/ Journalist Joshua Frank

June 12, 2023Climate, Peoples' History

In our latest episode, we talk with journalist Joshua Frank (@joshua_frank) about his book, "Atomic Days: The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America," which details the story…

Three Atlanta Legal Workers Arrested For Alleged “Financial Crimes” w/ CLDC’s Lauren Regan

June 7, 2023Climate, Direct Action

Since the murder of forest defender Tortuguita last January, we've seen an escalation on the Stop Cop City by both activists and police. 34 people have been charged with "domestic…

How To Blow Up A Pipeline: Interview w/ Director Daniel Goldhaber

June 5, 2023Climate, Direct Action

"How to Blow Up a Pipeline" is an environmental-climate crisis action-thriller film. It's based on Andreas Malm's book of the same name. The New York Times called it a "cultural…

War is Not Green ft. Teddy Ogborn w/CODEPINK

May 24, 2023Climate, Foreign Policy

The rise of militarism and the climate crisis are intertwined in a myriad of ways. The Pentagon is largest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions in the world. The U.S. has…