In this final episode of the season, we speak with Senator Bill Frist, Global Board Chair, and Catherine Machalaba, TNC’s first planetary health scientist, to explore how environmental change is becoming a defining public health challenge—and how nature can help protect people. We then travel to Lynn, Massachusetts, to see how the environment is affecting community health. Together, the episode connects local lived experience with global science to show why a healthy planet is essential to healthy people.
Host: <a href="https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/who-we-are/our-people/kris-sarri/">Kris Sarri, Massachusetts State Director</a>
Also featuring: <a href="https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/who-we-are/our-people/senator-william-frist--m-d--/">Senator Bill Frist, TNC Global Board Chair</a>; <a href="https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/who-we-are/our-people/catherine-machalaba/">Catherine Machalaba, TNC Planetary Health Scientist</a>; Cardeliz Paez, <a href="https://www.lynnma.gov/city_government/citycouncil/councilors">Ward 5 City Councilor, Lynn</a>; Gargi Cooper, Nurse Practitioner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

In this final episode of the season, we speak with Senator Bill Frist, Global Board Chair, and Catherine Machalaba, TNC’s first planetary health scientist, to explore how environmental change is becoming a defining public health challenge—and how nature can help protect people. We then travel to Lynn, Massachusetts, to see how the environment is affecting community health. Together, the episode connects local lived experience with global science to show why a healthy planet is essential to healthy people. Host: Kris Sarri, Massachusetts State Director Also featuring: Senator Bill Frist, TNC Global Board Chair; Catherine Machalaba, TNC Planetary Health Scientist; Cardeliz Paez, Ward 5 City Councilor, Lynn; Gargi Cooper, Nurse Practitioner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this final episode of the season, we speak with Senator Bill Frist, Global Board Chair,&nbsp;and Catherine Machalaba, TNC’s first planetary health scientist,&nbsp;to explore how&nbsp;environmental&nbsp;change is becoming a defining public health challenge—and how nature can help protect people. We then travel to Lynn, Massachusetts, to see how&nbsp;the environment&nbsp;is affecting community health.&nbsp;Together, the episode connects local lived experience with global science to show why&nbsp;a&nbsp;healthy planet is&nbsp;essential to healthy people.
Host:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/who-we-are/our-people/kris-sarri/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kris Sarri, Massachusetts State Director</a>
Also featuring:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/who-we-are/our-people/senator-william-frist--m-d--/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Senator Bill Frist, TNC Global Board Chair</a>;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/who-we-are/our-people/catherine-machalaba/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Catherine Machalaba, TNC Planetary Health Scientist</a>; Cardeliz Paez,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lynnma.gov/city_government/citycouncil/councilors" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ward 5 City Councilor, Lynn</a>; Gargi Cooper, Nurse Practitioner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="noopener noreferrer">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

The Climate-Health Connection: Nature’s Role in Protecting People

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Episodes launch January 20, 2026! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Nature is the Solution is a podcast from The Nature Conservancy that tells climate stories like a stubborn optimist.&nbsp;

We shift the focus from fear to possibility, proving that hope, innovation, and nature itself are key to solving the challenges ahead.

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Nature is the Solution is a podcast from The Nature Conservancy that tells climate stories like a stubborn optimist.  We shift the focus from fear to possibility, proving that hope, innovation, and nature itself are key to solving the challenges ahead.

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