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A Climate Change with Matt Matern is a weekly environmental podcast featuring influential guests from government, business, activism, academia, and culture. The show serves to inform its audience about environmental issues, while inspiring listeners to take action and create a coalition to save the planet.
Matt speaks with Planetary CEO Mike Kelland about helping the ocean absorb more CO2. They discuss mineral-based carbon removal, safety, the ocean’s climate potential, the Halifax plant’s progress, carbon markets, and the team’s XPRIZE-winning effort.
Drew Shula of Verdical Group explains why buildings drive 40% of global emissions, how energy and materials shape their carbon footprint, and why proven net-zero construction remains under 1% despite solutions being available today.
Matt Matern talks with Jim Murphy of the National Wildlife Federation about proposed EPA changes that could strip protections from streams and wetlands, threatening clean water, increasing pollution risks, and shifting responsibility to states.
Matt Matern talks with artist Rob Mullen about the vast boreal forest, its freshwater and climate importance, growing wildfire threats, conservation challenges, and the wilderness expeditions that shaped Mullen’s life and art.
GoodPower CEO Leah Qusba joins Matt Matern to discuss winning public support for clean energy, combating disinformation, engaging rural communities, and using authentic local voices to accelerate the transition to a cleaner energy future.
BrightSaver CEO Cora Stryker joins Matt Matern to explore how affordable plug-in solar could lower energy bills and expand clean energy access. They discuss new legislation, renters’ rights, battery storage, and the growing movement behind it.
Beewise CEO Saar Safra explains how AI, robotics, and solar-powered BeeHomes are helping save honeybees. Discover how the technology monitors and treats colonies 24/7, reduces colony collapse, and could help protect the global food supply.
Matt Matern talks with Rangeway Energy founder Zak Winnick about reinventing EV charging with reliable stations, comfortable amenities, renewable energy, and a hospitality-first approach designed to make electric road trips easier and more enjoyable.
GreenWave co-founder Bren Smith explains how regenerative ocean farming can restore ecosystems, create resilient jobs, and strengthen food systems—from kelp and shellfish farms to seaweed biostimulants that can reduce water and fertilizer use.
Matt speaks with Dr. Garrett Boudinot, CEO of Vycarb, about transforming industrial CO₂ into permanently stored bicarbonate using water. They explore scalable carbon capture, real-time verification, and how the technology could help decarbonize heavy industry.
Climate communications expert David Fenton explains why better storytelling—not more data—is the key to climate action. He and Matt Matern discuss messaging, media failures, fossil fuel accountability, and how ordinary people can help change the conversation.
Tom Chi, founding partner of At One Ventures and Google X pioneer, joins Matt to explain how AI, drones, and deep tech can restore mangroves, coral reefs, and seagrass while making nature recovery cheaper—and why expanding our “aperture of care” matters.
Dr. Linley Dixon explains how organic farming can fight climate change, restore soil health, and improve food quality. She discusses chemical agriculture, organic fraud, PFAS contamination, policy challenges, and how consumers can support local, truly organic farms.
More than 40% of Americans can’t charge an EV at home. Voltpost CEO Jeffrey Prosserman explains how retrofitting lampposts and utility poles into EV chargers could make charging affordable, accelerate adoption, and help drive America’s clean energy future.
In the final “250 for 250” episode, Matt explores how America’s founders viewed land, soil, and stewardship. From Jefferson’s weather journals to Washington’s farming practices, he reveals the ideals—and myths—that shaped our relationship with nature.
Biographer Brian Jay Jones explores the environmental legacy of Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, the surprising story behind The Cat in the Hat, and why storytelling shapes climate action. He also discusses his new book, The Capitol, and America’s evolving identity.
Matt speaks with Dr. Philip Nel about The Lorax and why Dr. Seuss’s environmental classic is more relevant than ever. They explore its lasting cultural impact, the power of storytelling, environmental activism, and why hope is essential for protecting our planet.
Matt explores the story behind America’s national parks – from Yellowstone’s creation in 1872 and John Muir’s influence on Theodore Roosevelt to today’s battles over public lands. Part of the “250 for 250” series on environmental history and civic action.
Matt speaks with Micah Loewinger, co-host of On the Media, about FEMA, disaster misinformation, and the politics of emergency management. They explore conspiracy theories, Hurricane Helene, climate-driven disasters, and the agency’s uncertain future.
Earth Day 1970 brought 20 million Americans into the streets, helping create the EPA, Clean Air Act, and Clean Water Act. This episode explores the era’s bipartisan support for environmental protection and asks how that shared commitment was lost.
Matt speaks with Jonathan Criss, CEO and co-founder of Vital Lyfe, about transforming access to clean drinking water. A former SpaceX engineer, Jonathan explains how his portable desalination technology can produce safe water from nearly any natural source, helping address global water challenges.
Matt speaks with CarbonCure CTO Dean Forgeron about injecting CO2 into concrete, where it mineralizes into limestone-like calcium carbonate. They discuss cutting cement use, storing 768,000 tons of CO2, and reducing emissions at the source.
Matt and Dan Miller of The Roda Group discuss why renewables beat fossil fuels on cost, AI’s climate impact, EV adoption, fossil fuel subsidies, and why Tom Steyer could reshape California’s energy future in the 2026 governor’s race. Plus utility reform plans.
Matt talks with Budderfly’s Ibhade Eigbobo about energy efficiency, virtual power plants, battery storage, and Budderfly’s energy-as-a-service model helping small and midsize businesses reduce utility costs and modernize aging equipment.