The Sustainability Agenda

Episode 201: Professor David Whyte on Corporate Power and Climate Breakdown

Episode 200: Exploring the Austin Edgelands: Christopher Brown discusses his latest book, A Natural History of Empty Lots.

Episode 199: : Author Manda Scott on Conscious Evolution, Systemic Change, and the Power of Storytelling

From Vision to Scale: Mulago's Kevin Starr shares his blueprint for transformative social impact

Episode 197: EcoVadis’ Bettina Grabymayr on the critical role of sustainability assessments in managing supply chain risks

Episode 196: Why Capitalism Won't Save the Planet. with Professor Brett Christophers

Episode 195: Interview with ClientEarth founder, James Thornton, about his latest book Nature, My Teacher: How to Be Alive in a World under Threat.

E197: John Elkington on five decades of pioneering corporate sustainability and his latest book, 'Tickling Sharks'

Episode 193: Deep dive with economist Guy Standing on the the destruction of fragile ocean ecosystems

Episode 193: Hard hitting analysis of the destruction of the blue commons, with economist Guy Standing

Episode 192: Dale Jamieson, Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy at NYU, talks about the importance of environmental justice and discusses the metaphysical challenges of climate change

Episode 191: Sir Ronald Cohen, "the father of social investment," discusses how to reshape capitalism to drive real change.

Episode 190: Dr. Xander Dunlap discusses how current environmental policies and "green" technologies are perpetuating ecological destruction.

Episode 189: Interview with Irish rewilding pioneer Eoghan Daltun in the Beara peninsula of Co. Cork, Ireland.

Episode 188: Interview with Bhutanese lama Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche...offering a distinctive Buddhist outlook on current environmental crises.

Episode 187: Interview with indigenous Australian academic and human and earth rights activist, Dr. Anne Poelina.

Episode 186: Interview with Steve Trent, founder of the Environmental Justice Foundation

Episode 185: Interview with leading French anthropologist Professor Philippe Descola on man's relationship with nature.

Episode 184: Interview with Dr. Matthew J. Bell, EY Global Climate Change and Sustainability Services Leader

Episode 183 Interview with Professor Katharina Pistor on How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality. First aired on December 13th, 2021.

Episode 182: Journalist Vincent Bevins discusses his new book If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution

Episode 181: Environmental degradation, capitalism, and imperialism with Jason W Moore

Episode 180 Net Zero: Beyond the hype. Professor Angel Hsu on the reality of Net Zero Pledges

Episode 179: Jeremy Lent talks about finding our place in the universe by integrating science and traditional wisdom

Episode 178: Discussion with Paula DiPerna of the pros and cons of a market based approach to our environmental problems.

Episode 177 Author Ned Beauman talks about his satirical extinction novel, Venemous Lumpsucker. First aired in September 2022.

Episode 176: Interview with Mike Davis, CEO of pioneering campaigning NGO, on their work unmasking global corruption, safeguarding the environment, and advocating for human rights

Episode 175: Dr. Samantha Montano: Understanding Emergency Management in the Climate Change Era

Episode 174: Interview with Professor Daniel Aldrich on resilience and the importance of social capital in post-disaster recovery, first aired October 2021

Episode 173: Interview with Scottish author Martin MacInnes on contemporary literature and the climate crisis

Episode 172: Professor Neta Crawford discusses the emissions of the Pentagon -- the world’s largest single greenhouse gas emitter.

Episode 171: Interview with Dr Jeffrey Kiehl, climate scientist and Jungian analyst.

Episode 170: Interview with renowned climate scientist Will Steffen, first aired in June 2020, on the dangers of “tipping cascades” that could post an existential threat to civilization.

Episode 169: Interview with environmental anthropologist Peter Sutoris on new models for schooling and environmental activism.

Episode 168: Veteran activist Stephen Corry, former CEO of Survival International, provides a coruscating analysis of the outcome of COP15

Episode 167: Interview with Professor Daniela Gabor on funding the transition to a low carbon economy, first aired June 2021

Episode 166. Pascoe Sabido from Corporate Europe Observatory reflects on the outcome of COP27

Episode 165 Interview with pioneering American political activist, urban theorist and Marxist environmentalist Mike Davis, first aired in January 2022

Episode 164 Harjeet Singh, head of Global Political Strategy at Climate Action Network International on his expectations for COP27

Episode 163: Interview with David Loy, professor, writer, and Zen teacher of Japanese Zen Buddhism

Episode 162: Groundbreaking nuclear scholar Professor Elaine Scarry shares her views on today’s growing nuclear threats – and discusses how citizens and communities can prepare for emergency situation

Episode 161 Interview with Indian Marxist historian Vijay Prashad –looking at today’s environmental problems through a Marxist lens.shad

Episode 160 Author Ned Beauman talks about his satirical extinction novel, Venemous Lumpsucker

Episode 159: Deep dive on the destruction of the blue commons, with economist Guy Standing

Episode 158: interview with McKinsey partner Peter Spiller on how to deal with Scope 3 emissions

Episode 157: Interview with American theologian, philosopher, and environmentalist John B. Cobb

Episode 156: interview with Dasha Karma Ura, President of the Center for Bhutan studies, and Gross National Happiness Research

Episode 155: Art curator and critic Hans Ulrich Obrist discusses the role of art in climate communications and activism

Episode 154: Interview with Professor Helen Thompson on her new book Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st century.

Episode 153: Lord Adair Turner on the role of Carbon Dioxide Removals (CDR) in meeting global climate objectives