Hot & Bothered: A Dissent Climate Podcast

In the early 1990s, pathbreaking activist Judi Bari sought to ally forest workers and environmentalists against predatory Wall Street investors. What can we learn from her story today? The first in a three-part series from Hot & Bothered and our friends at Cited. The post Why Environmentalism Needs Class Politics appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

From the Rust Belt to the Big Apple, a coalition of grassroots groups across New York state is showing what local climate policy can do in the age of Trump. The post Hot & Bothered Podcast #11: A Just Transition for New York State? With Franchelle Hart appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Four guests join us for back-to-back interviews on how the climate movement is gearing up to resist Trump’s agenda and build toward a radically different future. The post Hot & Bothered Podcast #10: Into the Abyss appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Data scientist Kevin Ummel joins Daniel to discuss carbon, consumption, cities, and how climate policies should reflect them. The post Hot & Bothered Podcast #9: A Holiday Gift for Climate Wonks, with Kevin Ummel appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

What does fighting environmental racism really look like? Daniel talks to Dawn Phillips, a lead organizer with Causa Justa-Just Cause, which has been leading the fight against "green" gentrification in the Bay Area. And Kate reports from Standing Rock, where Native activists are looking ahead to the long term. The post Hot & Bothered Podcast #8: Why Climate Justice Means Racial Justice, with Dawn Phillips appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Kate and Daniel try to wrap their heads around climate politics in the age of Trump, and how movements can step up to defeat his extremist agenda. The post Hot & Bothered Podcast #7: What Trump’s Victory Means for the Climate Movement appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

After years of campaigning, London activists recently secured a commitment from the city's mayor to create a publicly-owned municipal energy company. James Angel of Switched On London explains what energy democracy means in the age of Brexit and Trump. The post Hot & Bothered Podcast #6: Taking Back Power, with James Angel appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Economist Robert Pollin joins us to introduce a new series on the promise—and practicalities—of a Green New Deal. We also get an update from Standing Rock, where the fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline continues. The post Hot & Bothered Podcast #5: Time for a Green New Deal, with Robert Pollin appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Leading Nigerian climate activist Ken Henshaw discusses fossil fuel resistance and the uphill battle for energy democracy in Africa’s largest oil-producing region. The post Hot & Bothered Podcast #4: Resisting Oil in the Niger Delta, with Ken Henshaw appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Leading climate scientist Michael Mann explains what “runaway” climate change, feedback mechanisms, and tipping points actually mean—and why there's still hope. The post Hot & Bothered Podcast #3: How Tipping Points Actually Work—And Why It’s Not Over Yet, with Michael Mann appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

In an extended interview, author and activist Naomi Klein discusses the Leap Manifesto, and what it will take to get us to a just, carbon-free world. The post Hot & Bothered Podcast #2: System Change on a Deadline, with Naomi Klein appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

In the inaugural episode of Hot & Bothered, we explore the growing fight against fossil fuel extraction, with guests Bill McKibben and Tara Houska. The post Hot & Bothered Podcast #1: Breaking Free from Fossil Fuels, with Bill McKibben and Tara Houska appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

In a special podcast dispatch, Daniel Aldana Cohen and Kate Aronoff discuss what the COP21 deal will mean for the climate movement in 2016. They hear from activists who were in the streets in Paris, and from UNFCCC veteran J. Timmons Roberts. The post Hot & Bothered Pilot Episode: After Paris, What’s Next? appeared first on Dissent Magazine.