Best Ted McCarthy Podcasts (2024)

The climate movement faces mounting pressure in 2024. Record-setting temperatures and extreme weather disasters continue to devastate over a turbulent summer. Prominent plans to roll back environmental regulations and stiffle climate mitigation and adaptation initiatives have movement leaders pushing back on attacks. Is the climate movement able to…

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A Stopgap Episode, Due to Technical Difficulties 1:59

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The moral of this story is: DON'T BE CHEAP.By Kevin

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Fragile Insurers, Risky Mortgages, and the Climate Crisis (w/ Prof. Pari Sastry) 32:01

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In 2008, the world economic system was rocked by a financial crisis that stemmed from risky mortgages being securitized and sold as safe investments to unknowing investors. Misaligned incentives, unpriced risk, deceptive selling practices, and a lack of regulatory scrutiny throughout the financial industry led to the Great Recession, the consequenc…

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How To Win Climate Arguments And Influence People (w/ Dr. Genevieve Guenther) 1:08:54

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Bad actors continue to push fake talking points to obscure the truth on climate change and slow down action. So how we combat these common myths and inspire people to do more? That's the focus of today's show and a new book by our guest, Dr. Genevieve Guenther. In her new book, The Language of Climate Politics: Fossil-Fuel Propaganda and How to Fig…

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Where Is My Mind: Patrick Hamilton's Gas Light 52:36

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Highways Are Horrible For Climate Change. How Does The Problem Keep Expanding? 1:07:48

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For 70 years, building out and expanding American highways have been core parts to the entire US transportation project. But the initial effort to connect cities and states has created gigantic problems in the subsequent decades. Instead of fixing many of these critical issues, too often we see cities and states double down on the problem and make …

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Dark Gods: T.E.D. Klein's Nadelman's God 52:16

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US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm on America's Clean Energy Mission 32:08

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President Biden campaigned on the promises of producing 100% of America's electricity with clean energy resources by 2035 and getting America's economy to Net Zero emissions by 2050. Since President Biden took office, the US Congress has passed the Bi-partisan Infrastructure Law, the Inflation Reduction Act, and the CHIPs and Science Act - all aime…

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Dark Gods: H.P. Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu 55:52

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Grief, Racism, and the Climate Crisis (w/ Mary Annaïse Heglar) 48:33

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Mary Annaïse Heglar is back on the show to discuss her new book "Troubled Waters", a fictional account of a young Black woman in Mississippi that uses direct action against the fossil fuel industry as a healing mechanism for her own grief, while also learning about the grief and trauma that her own grandmother carries with her from her days at the …

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A Stopgap Episode . . . and a Recommendation 8:36

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Sorry about this.By Kevin

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What Will The Future Of Climate Denial Look Like? (w/ Tad DeLay) 56:42

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The climate movement is used to fight denial. Few who do this work escape the need to push back against critics claiming that human-created carbon dioxide emissions don't cause dangerous warming. But as the crisis becomes more clear and everpresent, it's time to expand our definition of climate denial, argues author Tad DeLay. In his new book, Futu…

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We Need More Climate People (w/ Tom Steyer) 36:08

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Hundreds of billions of dollars have already been invested in clean energy projects in America since the Inflation Reduction Act was passed in 2022. With that level of spending, clean energy jobs are on the rise, meaning there's never been a better time to start a career focused on combating the climate crisis. The variety of roles in clean energy …

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Fear the Reaper: Week 4 - Cormac McCarthy's Outer Dark 1:01:05

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May - Fear the Reaper 5-7-24: Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Pardoner's Tale" 5-14-24: Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death" 5-21-24: Ray Bradbury's "The Scythe" 5-28-24: Cormac McCarthy's Outer Dark For more of 5laughterhouse’s music, visit his Bandcamp page: https://5laughterhouse.bandcamp.com/ To see what I’m reading, visit me or follow me on…

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The Complex Threat Of Sea Level Rise (w/ Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters Brady Dennis and Chris Mooney) 53:12

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This week, two Pultizer Prize-winning reporters join the show to discuss their new investigative series, “The Drowning South," and how the threat of sea level rise is causing a number of complex problems in America's southern coastal cities. The Washington Post's Chris Mooney, a reporter covering climate change, energy and the environment, and Brad…

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