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Season 4 Finale: We Made Solar and Wind Cheap. Now What
We made solar and wind cheap. But where do we go from here?
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Breakthrough Institute
- Jun 8, 2020
- 1 min
Agriculture in the Time of Coronavirus
We sat down with farmer Kyle Bridgeforth to ask him about the challenges facing his operation and the Ag industry during the pandemic.
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Breakthrough Institute
- May 18, 2020
- 1 min
Deployment-Led Innovation
When it comes to innovative technologies, which comes first: deployment, or the ability to financially compete?
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Breakthrough Institute
- May 4, 2020
- 1 min
For Decarbonization and Economic Recovery, Start with the Low-Hanging Fruit
How COVID-19 federal relief bills could also, quietly, help decarbonize.
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Breakthrough Institute
- Apr 20, 2020
- 1 min
Electricity Makes the World Go Round
Robert Bryce argues that electricity determines the fate and wealth of people to the same extent that guns, germs, and steel once did.
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Breakthrough Institute
- Apr 6, 2020
- 1 min
Avocado Politics
Nils Gilman has a warning for us: watch out for the coming Avocado Politics.
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Breakthrough Institute
- Mar 23, 2020
- 1 min
"You can't put a band-aid over an open artery."
We spoke with Leah Stokes right after Super Tuesday 2020. Tune in for the political commentary, stay for the energy expertise.
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Breakthrough Institute
- Mar 9, 2020
- 1 min
What went wrong with big nuclear?
An innovative nuclear sector will require tilting the playing field away from large firms and toward entrepreneurial startups.
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Breakthrough Institute
- Feb 24, 2020
- 1 min
Tasting is Believing
Jessica Appelgren, VP of Comms at Impossible Foods, on her theory of change, why taste matters, and "Frankenfoods."
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Breakthrough Institute
- Feb 10, 2020
- 1 min
Season 4 Premiere: A Former Congressman on Republican Climate Action
We’re thrilled to welcome Carlos Curbelo, a former Republican Congressman from Florida, for our season opener.
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Breakthrough Institute
- Nov 25, 2019
- 1 min
Half for Us, Half for Nature
We’re closing Season Three of the Breakthrough Dialogues with a lofty vision: what would it mean to leave half of the earth for nature?
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Breakthrough Institute
- Nov 11, 2019
- 1 min
Crunching the Climate Numbers
All your big climate science questions, answered.
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Breakthrough Institute
- Oct 28, 2019
- 1 min
An Elder Millennial's Climate Journey
Policy and activism as an "elder millennial" in a youth-led climate movement.
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Breakthrough Institute
- Oct 14, 2019
- 1 min
Ask Us Anything
Today’s episode is a little different: we're answering questions from YOU. Tune in for everything from electric scooters to climate deni
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Breakthrough Institute
- Sep 30, 2019
- 1 min
What Climate Communication Can Learn from Theater
There’s an underappreciated value in talking to another human like they’re a human — especially in science communications.
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Breakthrough Institute
- Sep 16, 2019
- 1 min
Wicked Problems and How to Solve Them
Climate change, Jane Flegal argues, does not have a deadline. Yes — it’s an urgent problem. But we're not about to fall from a cliff.
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Breakthrough Institute
- Sep 2, 2019
- 1 min
Apocalypse How?
Bryan Walsh has spent a lot of time thinking about existential risks, how to classify them, and whether we care about long-term futures.
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Breakthrough Institute
- Aug 19, 2019
- 1 min
Food (In)justice
Food studies scholar S. Margot Finn on what the food movement misses about poverty and inequality.
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Breakthrough Institute
- Aug 5, 2019
- 1 min
Building Bridges for a Stronger Climate Politics
On post-partisan politics, inclusive governance, and what a 14-month-old can teach us about a stronger democracy.
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Breakthrough Institute
- Jul 22, 2019
- 1 min
Energy Twitter Out Loud: Season Three Premiere
Vox's David Roberts and Breakthrough's Alex Trembath finally hash things out in our season three opener.
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Breakthrough Institute
- May 20, 2019
- 1 min
How to Change Your Mind
When was the last time you changed your mind? If you’re anything like the rest of the population, probably not very recently.
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Breakthrough Institute
- May 6, 2019
- 1 min
Transforming African Agriculture
Nassib Mugwanya, outreach officer at the Uganda Biosciences Information Center, on what actually helps farmers thrive.
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Breakthrough Institute
- Apr 22, 2019
- 1 min
Energy for Growth
It is universally true that all rich countries use a lot of energy. In today’s conversation, we talk with foreign energy policy expert Todd
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Breakthrough Institute
- Apr 8, 2019
- 1 min
Shrinking Agriculture's Footprint
For optimal sustainability, which farming practice is best? Miriam Horn says: it depends.
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Breakthrough Institute
- Mar 25, 2019
- 1 min
Meeting Meat-Eaters Halfway
Why, despite an ever-increasing abundance of vegan celebrities, restaurants, and meat substitutes, we just can’t stop eating meat.
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Breakthrough Institute
- Mar 11, 2019
- 1 min
What is the "Green" in the Green New Deal?
The Green New Deal has recently picked up social and political momentum, but federal interventions into energy and environmental problems ar
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Breakthrough Institute
- Feb 25, 2019
- 1 min
Animals as Citizens with Brandon Keim
The first step toward alleviating animal suffering, Brandon Keim argues, is to grant animals political representation.
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Breakthrough Institute
- Feb 11, 2019
- 1 min
Vomiting anarchists, burrowing owls, and the San Francisco housing crisis with Kim-Mai Cutler
If dense cities are so good for communities and the climate, why is it so hard to find an affordable home in the San Francisco Bay Area?
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Breakthrough Institute
- Jan 28, 2019
- 1 min
Science with a Capital "S" with George Sparks
Science as rugby, not chess, educational board games, and scientists' role in policy with George Sparks.
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Breakthrough Institute
- Jan 14, 2019
- 1 min
Zooming Out: Big Picture Data with Hannah Ritchie
We often think of progress and failure as mutually exclusive. Hannah Ritchie of Our World in Data says otherwise.
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Breakthrough Institute
- Aug 20, 2018
- 2 min
Episode 10: A Better Nuclear Story with Suzy Baker
Suzy Baker, the Communications Director at Third Way, and Alex, the equivalent at Breakthrough, often talk shop. Here are their science comm
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Breakthrough Institute
- Aug 6, 2018
- 2 min
Episode 9: On Naturalness with Alan Levinovitz
What is nature, and what isn’t? Is it helpful to make that distinction? If you had asked Alan Levinovitz a few years ago, he would have been
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Breakthrough Institute
- Jul 23, 2018
- 1 min
Episode 8: Ecomodernist Philanthropy with Rachel Pritzker
How can environmental philanthropy have the greatest impact? Rachel Pritzker has thought a lot about this question.
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Breakthrough Institute
- Jul 9, 2018
- 2 min
Episode 7: Taming the Sun with Varun Sivaram
Varun Sivaram, one of the world's foremost advocates for low-carbon innovation, on his vision for the future of solar energy.
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Breakthrough Institute
- Jun 25, 2018
- 2 min
Episode 6: Carbon wrangling with Julio Friedmann
Julio Friedmann is a carbon wrangler, which means he works on creating a circular economy where carbon from the air and oceans is used and r
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Breakthrough Institute
- Jun 11, 2018
- 1 min
Episode 5: Environmentalism's gender problem with Jennifer Bernstein
The “white guy problem,” naturalizing ideals of the farm, and cloth-diapering: gendered environmental discourse with Jennifer Bernstein.
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Breakthrough Institute
- May 28, 2018
- 1 min
Episode 4: Straddling environmental divides with Tisha Schuller
Tisha Schuller is an energy and environmental consultant; she used to be the president of the Colorado Oil and Gas Association. How does she
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Breakthrough Institute
- May 14, 2018
- 1 min
Episode 3: Climate innovation and global equality with Jon Symons
Jon Symons joins us to talk about the politics of inequality in climate change innovation. We discuss the risks, benefits, and governance of
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Breakthrough Institute
- Apr 30, 2018
- 1 min
Episode 2: Feedlots with Jenny Splitter
Jenny Splitter joins Alex and Emma to talk about her personal experience visiting a feedlot, and what that means for the future of meat.
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Breakthrough Institute
- Apr 12, 2018
- 1 min
Episode 1: Wizards and prophets with Charles Mann
We talk with science journalist Charles Mann about how humans use science, technology, and policy to confront our impact on the planet and,
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