Épisodes

  • Which is More Unstable: The President, or the Global Fuel Supply?

    Which is More Unstable: The President, or the Global Fuel Supply?
    Apr 24 2026
    Let's pose the question: What is more unstable? The mind of the President of the United States, or the global supply of fossil fuels? Recent events have shown that both are highly, highly unstable. The President's profanity-laced social media posts threatening to wipe out an entire civilization comes at the very same time as the real possibility that Australia or Asian countries will run out of fuel. Both of these instabilities have dire consequences. We explore them in this episode.
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    28 min
  • What Climate Change is Doing to Coffee and Social Lives, Among Other Topics

    What Climate Change is Doing to Coffee and Social Lives, Among Other Topics
    Apr 12 2026
    In this episode we talk about some expected and unexpected bits of fallout from the climate crisis. One unexpected bit is what could happen to coffee shops and the social interaction that happens around them if, as expected, we lose a huge amount of the viable land that goes toward coffee cultivation. This isn't just a worry for latte-sippers. Cafes are almost the only indoor daytime social spaces in cities. Losing them could get even more lonely than we already are.
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    28 min
  • Climate Disasters of December 2025 and January 2026

    Climate Disasters of December 2025 and January 2026
    Apr 5 2026
    This installment in our occasional series on climate disasters covers the early part of winter 2025 into 2026, including the massive winter storm that pummeled and froze solid the eastern half of the United States"yes that was linked to climate change, including Iran literally running out of water long before the current war, and much more. Storm after storm, flood after flood, wildfire after wildfire is our current reality.
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    28 min
  • Soup-thick Ocean Water, and Much More Climate News

    Soup-thick Ocean Water, and Much More Climate News
    Mar 30 2026
    A big grant for J.D. Vance's favorite Ohio factory to convert from one fossil fuel to another, warming oceans so soup-thick with mucus that sunlight can't penetrate them, police attacking migrant small boats utterly failing to understand the problem, and much more in this commentary on climate news.
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    28 min
  • Why Oil and Gas Prices Will Stay High For A Long Time

    Why Oil and Gas Prices Will Stay High For A Long Time
    Mar 21 2026
    Many analysts predict that oil prices and general inflation will go back down after the Iran war ends. This episode argues that's wrong, for three main reasons: First, a hostile posture will continue for the next generation even if the bombing stops. There is no real off-ramp into long-term peace. Second, world authorities have already tried unprecedented measures to hold prices down and failed. Third, governments and major corporations will now want their own petroleum reserves, which will take years to build up, so there will be extra buying for a long time, pushing up prices.
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    28 min
  • Azerbaijan vs. Iran over the Climate Crisis

    Azerbaijan vs. Iran over the Climate Crisis
    Mar 16 2026
    One of the countries Iran bombed in retaliation for the Israeli-U.S. attack is Azerbaijan. This country exports oil that doesn't need to go through the Strait of Hormuz. It has water supply tensions with Iran going back years, and these tensions are caused by climate change. This week we speak with perhaps the leading water expert in the country to bring you an angle on the Iran conflict entirely missing from the mainstream news media.
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    28 min
  • A Senseless War Against Iran

    A Senseless War Against Iran
    Mar 7 2026
    This episode makes three points that aren’t getting explained well in the media coverage or in social media discussions. First, this is about fossil fuels. Iran and the Straight of Hormuz that it controls would be infinitely less strategic, and the fallout of this war infinitely less severe for other countries, were it not for our deep reliance on oil and gas. Second, there’s not really an off-ramp from this situation. The people saying there is are thinking from the American perspective, not the Iranian perspective. Third, this really was a wholly unprovoked attack against a government the U.S. does not like, but that posed no threat and with no credible pathway to change the regime into something better.
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    28 min
  • The Climate Response to the State of the Union

    The Climate Response to the State of the Union
    Feb 27 2026
    We offer a climate-oriented response to Trump's most recent State of the Union address. In contrast to the opposition party's response, this one has no poll testing, no superficial point-scoring seeking votes or quotes, and no partisanship. We talk about the bloody rhetoric, the in-chamber ceremonies, and the little bit of policy President Trump mentioned to explain why he did it this way.
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    28 min