Climate Conversation with Ben Franta: Scientist, Historian, Activist (II)
We have a guest on the show today - Ben Franta. Ben is a scientist, science historian, science writer, and activist. He studied for a PhD at Harvard working on solar cells; while he was at Harvard, he...
22 Feb 201840min
Climate Conversation with Ben Franta: Scientist, Historian, Activist (I)
We have a guest on the show today - Ben Franta. Ben is a scientist, science historian, science writer, and activist. He studied for a PhD at Harvard working on solar cells; while he was at Harvard, he...
14 Feb 201839min
TEOTWAWKI: The Psychology of the End
Why are we so fascinated with the end of the world? How do we think about it? How do cognitive biases impact how we conceive of it? How can we account for existential risks to humanity? What is millen...
8 Feb 201837min
Climate Change - Mitigation and Controversies
In this episode, I try to explore a little more the politics behind the simple question: why is it that virtually every other proclamation of physicists is accepted, but the consensus around anthropog...
26 Jan 201827min
Climate Change and the Ozone Layer: Lessons from Montreal
You may remember not so long ago the hole in the ozone layer was the major scientific apocalypse story out there in the world. It could have proved devastating for society, but - after the Montreal pr...
19 Jan 201839min
TEOTWAWKI, Climate Change - Part II
In this second part of the climate change episode, I will talk about what climate change is going to do to us - what the worst case scenarios are - and what we can do, as individuals and as a collecti...
12 Jan 201834min
TEOTWAWKI 2.2, Climate Change - Part I
Our environment links us all: and we know that we are doing immense harm to that natural environment with our human activities. But where are the weak links? What are the potential pitfalls for the na...
5 Jan 201830min
TEOTWAWKI 2.1: Ecotastrophe
Our environment links us all: and we know that we are doing immense harm to that natural environment with our human activities. But where are the weak links? What are the potential pitfalls for the na...
29 Des 201751min
