#24: The Stepchange Podcast: Coal Part I
Today I'm excited to introduce a new project, the Stepchange podcast, where we share the stories of human progress. Like Climate Papa, it's driven by a curiosity about the systems that shape our world...
21 Tammi 20252h 54min
#23: Making sense of the Los Angeles fires with Jay Ribakove from Convective Capital
There was a fire that burned for 29 hours. It destroyed over 17,000 buildings, killed over 300 people, and left more than 100,000 homeless. This was the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Out of the ashes, C...
17 Tammi 202539min
#22: Cooking as medicine for our bodies and our planet with chef Joel Gamoran
On this show, we’ve explored how people can make infrastructure changes in their lives that have long-term positive climate impacts—whether it’s upgrading your furnace to a heat pump or switching from...
1 Tammi 20251h 5min
#21: Digging down deep for (near) free heat with Kathy Hannun of Dandelion Energy
I sit down with Kathy Hannun--the founder of Dandelion Energy, a geothermal heat pump comany that she spun out of Google X. What is a geothermal heat pump? Well, if you go outside and drill a hole a f...
13 Marras 202457min
#20: The other half of Stepchange’s origin story: integrating fatherhood, investing, and a values-driven life with Anay Shah
A bit over a year ago Ben met Anay Shah. In the months that followed Anay and Ben spent hours, then days, then months bringing forth Stepchange. Anay has not only become a fund co-founder and close fr...
24 Loka 20241h 21min
#19: Unlocking home decarbonization and a side of bluegrass, with Jeff Coleman
How do we get the money from climate legislation into the hands of someone buying a heat pump or solar? Between passing legislation, like the Inflation Reducaiton Act (IRA), and a homeowner getting ne...
26 Heinä 20241h 1min
#18: A very special Father's Day
This episode is a bit more papa and a bit less climate. Ben shares some family news and processes it with his 6-year-old and 3-year-old. They hit on some climate topics, the purpose of ants, and what ...
18 Kesä 202411min
#17: Why we must understand the present with Nat Bullard
The presentation: Decarbonization: Stocks and flows, abundance and scarcity, net zero In 1995, a Morgan Stanley analyst named Mary Meeker released a report called The Internet Trends Report. In 2001 i...
11 Huhti 202442min
