Nate Hochman is a senior at Colorado College, a Young Voices associate contributor, and a former editorial intern at National Review and the Dispatch. Nate is part of a growing movement of conservatives that are energized about climate change. He is also a Conservative Fellow at the Citizens’ Climate Lobby, a non-partisan organization aiming to build bipartisan support across the U.S. for climate policies.

In this episode, we talk to Nate about his experience as a conservative in the climate change space. Nate elaborates on the partisan divide hindering Republicans and Democrats from working together and makes a case that conservatism and environmentalism should go hand and hand. To learn more about conservatism environmentalism, check out Nate’s piece in the National Review, “Toward a Conservative Environmentalism”: https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2020/09/21/toward-a-conservative-environmentalism/

Guest:

Nate Hochman

Writers:

Ryan Lou ‘24, Rishab Jagetia ‘24

Hosts:

Ryan Lou ‘24, Rishab Jagetia ‘24

Audio Editor:

Emily Nagamato ‘24

Music:

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