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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 Matern interviews Rob Gramlich, energy policy expert and Grid Strategies founder. Topics include grid expansion, renewables, tech impacts, battery storage, hydrogen, and corporate energy policy—plus global energy insights. Don’t miss it!
Dr. Davide Faranda joins Matt to discuss climate attribution science, linking fossil fuels to extreme weather, AI’s role in analyzing data, and holding polluters accountable. They explore Arctic warming, adaptation challenges, and the urgent need for renewable energy.
Nathaniel Stinnett, founder of the Environmental Voter Project, shares how mobilizing climate-focused voters can push politicians to prioritize climate policy urgently.
Matt Matern & Senator Ben Allen discuss 2024’s climate stakes, contrasting candidate agendas, California’s climate leadership, fossil fuel influence on GOP, swing state turnout, and misinformation’s impact.
Republican Mayor Rex Parris discusses Lancaster’s hydrogen energy push, drawing on Japan’s expertise. Matt and Rex highlight the urgent need for climate action, hindered by fossil fuel interests. While Lancaster has made progress, the global response remains too slow despite available solutions.
Matt Matern interviews Shara Mohtadi, co-founder of S2 Strategies and former White House Senior Advisor. Shara shares how witnessing humanitarian crises led her to clean energy policy, discussing how states can leverage the Inflation Reduction Act.
Paul Bledsoe warns of Trump’s radical “Project 2025,” which aims to dismantle key environmental protections. He contrasts this with Kamala Harris’s centrist, clean energy approach and stresses the importance of voter turnout to safeguard the climate and global stability.
Paul Bledsoe warns of Trump’s radical “Project 2025,” which aims to dismantle key environmental protections. He contrasts this with Kamala Harris’s centrist, clean energy approach and stresses the importance of voter turnout to safeguard the climate and global stability.
Dr. Susan Solomon discusses climate change solutions with Matt Matern, emphasizing renewables, grid modernization, and net zero by 2050. She highlights the importance of international cooperation and individual actions, remaining optimistic about a sustainable future.
Staci Roberts-Steele discusses her climate activism through films like “Don’t Look Up,” and her work at Yellow Dot Studios. She highlights the power of media in raising climate awareness and pushing for urgent action.
Aru Shiney-Ajay of the Sunrise Movement highlights their climate advocacy work. They support renewable energy, push for the Green New Deal, and emphasize federal action. Key priorities: green housing, transportation overhaul, and ending fossil fuel subsidies.
Walter Lamb and Bruce Robertson speak about preserving LA’s Ballona Wetlands. Walter emphasizes community stewardship, while Bruce shares his documentary work.
Matt speaks with David Doniger from NRDC discusses the impact of the Clean Air Act and the Supreme Court’s decision limiting EPA authority. David emphasizes state and federal action, citing California’s leadership and the Inflation Reduction Act. Advocacy and accountability are crucial.
Matt Matern and Nadia Colburn explore how personal experiences and poetry can deepen awareness of societal and environmental issues, urging active engagement in the arts for change.
Matt Matern speaks with grammy-nominated DJ and marine toxicologist, Jayda G, about her new environmental documentary, Blue Carbon.
Daniel Gutierrez, CEO of Saving the Amazon, emphasizes the critical need for global collaboration, indigenous involvement, and significant investment in conservation efforts to combat deforestation and safeguard the Amazon.
Jared Lipworth talks about using storytelling for conservation, highlighting the “Wild Hope” series & projects like the Billion Oyster Project to inspire environmental action.
Karthik Velayutham discusses Katrick Technologies’ oscillating wind turbines, a sustainable innovation transforming renewable energy in complex environments.
Matt Matern talks with Steve Fambro, CEO of Aptera, about the company’s innovative approach to electric vehicles (EVs).
Matt speaks with Captain Paul Watson, the star of Whale Wars, a founder of Sea Shepherd and Greenpeace, to discuss his dedicated efforts against illegal whaling and fishing.
Matt Matern speaks with Zachary Kirstein, CEO of Ocean Recovery Group, about recycling efforts, particularly in the Dominican Republic.
Matt, Gerard Bisshop & Mark Galvin discuss “Eating Our Way to Extinction,” stressing urgent action to address animal agriculture’s impact on deforestation, climate change. They advocate plant-based diets & activism for change.
Tracy Quinn, the CEO of Heal the Bay, discusses the impact of climate change on water sources and storm water capture initiatives like Measure W which is putting $300M/year into capturing this storm water!
Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant, host of “The Wild Kingdom” and author of “Wildlife,” shares her remarkable journey from childhood fascination with nature shows to breaking stereotypes as a black woman in the environmental movement.