Jan 15

Rewind: How private equity kills companies and communities

Hey everyone, it’s Nilay. We’re settling back in here after the winter break and CES, and we’ll have new episodes for you starting next Monday. In the meantime, we wanted to highlight one of our favorites from last year: an interview with journalist and author Megan Greenwell abo ... Show More

51m 44s

Jan 12

Dropout CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

We’ve got something special for you today. It’s my friend Hank Green, longtime YouTuber, science educator, and viral TikTok star, interviewing Dropout CEO Sam Reich. Hank did this episode as a guest host over the summer, and it’s a fan favorite, bringing together two internet per ... Show More

1h 4m

Dec 22

What’s next for Netflix and Paramount in the Warner Bros. battle

Hey everyone, it’s Nilay. Decoder is on our holiday break. We’ve got a lot of fun stuff coming up in the New Year, though, including a special Decoder Live at CES. Stay tuned for more details, including how to RSVP for free tickets. In the meantime, we’ve got a great episode of t ... Show More

43m 45s

Sep 2022

David Wallace-Wells on Empowering the Future

Ryan talks to journalist David Wallace-Wells about his new book <a href="https://geni.us/LziM1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming</a>, seeking out information, challenging assumptions, and becoming empowered through better un ... Show More

1h 11m

Mar 2024

Climate change can't overcome capitalism, and that's OK

It is now cheaper to save the world than destroy it. But is capitalism up to the challenge of preventing the climate crisis? In his new book <a href="https://akshatrathi.com/book/">Climate Capitalism</a>, Zero host Akshat Rathi introduces a dozen people who ar ... Show More

30m 48s

Aug 2020

The Uninhabitable Earth

David Wallace-Wells is a lifelong New Yorker. He is not a lifelong environmentalist—“at all,” he says. He came of age in the ’90s, drank a lot of “that development, globalization, neoliberal Kool-Aid and really felt the world was getting better and richer.” But learning more abou ... Show More

51m 23s

Oct 2023

Can climate capitalism work?

It is now cheaper to save the world than destroy it. But is capitalism up to the challenge of preventing the climate crisis? In his new book <a href="https://akshatrathi.com/book/">Climate Capitalism</a>, Zero host Akshat Rathi introduces a dozen people who ar ... Show More

30m 14s

Jan 2022

Climate Leviathan: A Political Theory of Our Planetary Future

In this episode of Red Menace, Alyson and Breht discuss and analyze <a href= "https://www.versobooks.com/books/3138-climate-leviathan">"Climate Leviathan" by authors Geoff Mann and Joel Wainwright.</a> Book description: "Despite the science and the summits, leading capi ... Show More

1h 57m

Sep 2019

19 September 2019: XKCD, and Extinction Rebellion

This week, absurd advice from XKCD’s Randall Munroe, and a conversation with climate lawyer turned activist Farhana Yamin.In this episode: 00:46 How to do things (badly)Cartoonist Randall Munroe tell us about his new book: How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Pr ... Show More

26m 8s

Feb 2020

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' $10B climate pledge

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said this week he will donate $10 billion to fight climate change — working with others "both to amplify known ways and to explore new ways of fighting thedevastating impact of climate change." Today on Front Burner, we ask: What can $10 billion do for the e ... Show More

22m 35s

Aug 2023

Defeating Doomerism: The Search For A New Climate Narrative

On the last Energy Gang we looked at the impact of record temperatures on the energy sector. This week, we discuss another impact of climate change: its effect on human psychology. We discuss how the way we talk about global warming affects how we respond to it.A recent ... Show More

57m 13s

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