A Fighting Chance

A Fighting Chance

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A Fighting Chance episodes

  • Eat Your Way To A Better World - Hannah Lee, Chelsea Byers, Ali Frazzini

    Eating less meat is one of the most impactful things we can do for the climate. But food is personal. It's memory, culture, identity. So how do you change what people eat without telling them what to eat?

    Charles talks with Hannah Lee, a filmmaker and forager rethinking her own vegetarianism one ranch visit and indigenous salmon dish at a time. She has a new show out - “Geronimo Eats the Bay”! Then we sit down with Ali Frazzini, policy director at the LA County Sustainability Office, and Chelsea Byers, a West Hollywood City Councilmember, who've pioneered a plant-based food policy introducing vegetarian options across millions of meals a year. Change can be delicious.

    20 min
  • Love Is a Climate Solution - Josh Fox
    In a world facing climate crises seemingly everywhere, where can we find safety? We talk to award winning filmmaker and activist Josh Fox about his search for a solution to this daunting problem and his newest project The Welcome Table on HBO. And the solution he’s landed on might surprise you.
     
    28 min
  • Can AI Save Whales? | Callie Leiphardt and Rachel Rhodes of Whale Safe
    Whale Safe uses cutting-edge technology to help protect whales from deadly ship strikes. They map whale presence and alert nearby ships, encouraging them to slow down. It shows us what we all can do to save biodiversity in the midst of our climate crisis. We talked to Callie Leiphardt and Rachel Rhodes about their love of whales and what we can learn about protecting all animals.
     
    19 min
  • What Happens Inside the World's Biggest Climate Negotiation - Lia Newman
    Climate negotiator turned influencer Lia Newman spent years at the global climate conferences we only read about. She walked me through what it feels like to be inside the “room where it happens.” From negotiating on behalf of 330 million Americans to talking to them directly on social media, Lia shares why focusing on climate matters.
     
    29 min
  • Hank Green’s Secret To Getting Your Attention on Climate
    Hank Green is obsessed with what people pay attention to. He has spent nearly two decades making videos about complicated things like biology, physics, or the history of the universe, so accessible and entertaining that you actually want to share them with your friends. He talks about what gets him passionate about the climate fight and the vital solutions to motivate people to make real change.
    30 min
  • Bill McKibben: Solar Is Now Cheaper Than Oil. That Changes Everything.
    Bill McKibben wrote the first popular book on climate change, The End of Nature, and after nearly four decades in the climate fight, and seeing many of his most dire predictions come true, something is making him feel sunnier: solar. In his newest book, Here Comes the Sun, he shows how producing renewable energy is now actually cheaper than extracting fossil fuels. If politics gets out of the way, market forces can do the rest. Here’s how to get there.
    29 min
  • Jane Fonda is Unstoppable

    Jane Fonda shares profound stories from her life of activism, entertainment, and new film GASLIT - where she follows the fracking supply chain on a road trip through Texan oil fields and Gulf Coast, meeting locals protecting communities from the predatory industries dominating the region.

    For more on Gaslit: https://gaslitdoc.com/

     

    31 min
  • How To Get A Green Job - Kristy Drutman
    The climate movement has diversity and gatekeeping problems. Founder of Brown Girl Green and the Green Jobs Board, Kristy Drutman has a platform that connects over 150,000 job seekers with climate-focused employers. Every job, she says, can be a green job. You just have to know where to look.
     
    30 min

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