TILclimate Podcast
1) Update: Where we've been and where we're going
Our departing host Laur Hesse Fisher and new host Madison Goldberg sit down together to talk about the philosophies that have shaped TILclimate over seven seasons and take listeners behind the scenes ...Show More
2) Transmission: Power to the people
In this episode of TILclimate, we explore what we stand to gain from a bigger, better transmission system, and how we might make it happen.
3) Cleaner air
Here at TILclimate, we’re often asked about the health and environmental effects of materials in solar panels and batteries. But what if the greatest costs are the ones we’re already bearing—from the ...Show More
4) Dealing with dead batteries
The world’s demand for batteries to power electric vehicles is growing at incredible speed. What will we do with all these batteries when they die?
5) Geothermal: Earth’s infinite clean power
Deep beneath the Earth’s surface, a molten stew of metals radiates vast amounts of energy. Prof. Roland Horne, Director of the Stanford Geothermal Program, joins TILclimate to talk about the “geotherm...Show More
6) The great indoors
Modern buildings are complex machines, using heating, cooling and a host of other appliances to turn energy into comfort. But that energy comes with a cost: today, our buildings do more to warm the cl...Show More
7) Did climate change do that?
A new type of climate science is allowing us to draw clearer connections between our warming planet, and the extreme weather events this warming creates.
8) Hasn't the climate changed before?
The Earth has gone through massive climate change before—many times over, in fact!—but human civilization has not.
9) Farm to table, with a side of fossil fuels
The way we grow and distribute food today is deeply dependent on fossil fuels, yet that dependence can feel invisible. Sustainable food systems researcher Prof. Jennifer Clapp joins the show to walk u...Show More
10) 2°C: the story of the global climate goal
The landmark Paris Agreement of 2015 gave the world a shared target for halting climate change: that global warming should stop well short of 2 degrees Celsius. But how did that target come about, and...Show More