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- The GigaTen Episode #20 July 2026
In this mid-summer GigaTen we discuss the additional, and substantial funding Frontier received, another almost billion dollars, and also the availability of funding in the US, who knew?, but it needs to start flowing. This and more in this 20th Episode of The GigaTen…and, Happy Birthday Sebastian!
18 min - The GigaTen Episode #19 June 2026
In this 19th Episode of The GigaTen with Sebastian Manhart, the CDR is going through a maturation process with new buyers and an adjustment to the target price of $100/ton.
For more on CDR, watch Legion 44: https://lnkd.in/dWMWi2fw
22 min - The GigaTen Episode #18 May 2026
In The GigaTen Episode 18, Sebastian and Leila cover the surprising survival of the US DAC hubs, the timeline for the success of CDR and many other pressing topics in the CDR Space.
22 min - The GigaTen Episode #17 April 2026
In this 17th Episode of The GigaTen that's a bit late due to a busy April, we get into the details of CDR policy around the world and with a touch at the finish on the Microsoft pause.
23 min - The GigaTen Episode #16 March 2026
Welcome to March and a tragic time of war. In this GigaTen we discuss how doing our daily work helps stay the good course and we survey some of the good news in the CDR sector.
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Tree Media http://www.treemedia.com26 min - The GigaTen Episode #15 February 2026
The February episode of the GigaTen is coming out a bit late, but as global events have transpired, this discussion hits different.
And as always for the deep dive on CDR, watch Legion 44 ( https://treemedia.vhx.tv/products/legion-44-to-buy )
28 min - The GigaTen Episode #14 January 2026
In this 14th Episode of the GigaTen, Sebastian Manhart and Leila Conners get into the New Year looking ahead to some rough waters while also looking at gains from 2025. Pragmatism is the key word here as we open up to new discussions in what was considered off limits topics. Welcome to the GigaTen in 2026.
26 min - The GigaTen Episode #13 December 2025
In the 13th Episode of the GigaTen, as the number might suggest, there are headwinds in the CDR industry, but overall there is forward movement. Who said building a new industry would be easy? Listen in on this month's GigaTen with Sebastian Manhart and Leila Conners.
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About The Giga Ten
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The Giga Ten is a conversation between the author of the Giga Ten, Sebastian Manhart, and Leila Conners, Founder of Tree Media and director and producer of Legion 44. More on Sebastian Manhart: he is the world’s most followed carbon dioxide removal (CDR) expert, providing daily market & policy insights to >33,000 followers. He is the Senior Policy Advisor of Carbonfuture, the leading platform for high-quality CDR credits. Sebastian is also the Chair of the Board of the DVNE, the German CDR Association, as well as a founding Director of the US Biochar Coalition and the Enhanced Weathering Alliance. Sebastian also founded and runs CDRjobs, the sector’s leading job platform. Previously, Sebastian spent a decade as a tech entrepreneur, advised Angela Merkel´s Chancellery, and worked with governments globally through the World Bank. Sebastian is an economist with a BA from UCL and an MPhil from Cambridge University. Leila Conners founded Tree Media Group in August of 1996. With a background in international politics and economics, Leila set out to build a production company that creates media to support and sustain civil society by telling inspiring stories. Most recently, Leila produced and directed Legion 44 a film on innovation and also founded N2K Need to Know, an online channel that streams stories and solutions about the pressing issues of our time.
Leila’s work with spans over 25 years of research and collaboration with scientists, institutions, governments both national and sub-national. Leila directed several films including The 11th Hour, a film that included 54 leading thinkers and scientists about the state of the world and the state of the human condition; Ice on Fire a film with HBO about methane, the arctic, the carbon cycle and how civilization can exist within the carbon cycle. Leila is collaborating and learning from innovators and is interested in community and locally inspired action.
Previously, Leila directed The Arrow of Time with Mikhail Gorbachev and We the People 2.0 about nature and community rights. She created a documentary film on the explosion of urban farming in Detroit called Urban Roots. Leila has also been published in newspapers and magazines around the world including the International Herald Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Yomiuri Shimbun and Wired Magazine among others. Projects over the last 25 years with Tree Media Group include work with NASA, JPL, Harvard University, and studios among others.