Season 2 Episode 1: Pollution and the Coronavirus vs. Prosperity
Release Date: 06/15/2020
S5 Episode 6: Dear Rich White People
The Meaning of Green
Yachts, inequalities reminiscent of the robber barons, and why we must target the rich with climate policies
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S5 Episode 5: The Silly Party Takes Westminster
The Meaning of Green
Labour's victory in the UK, aggressive climate plans, a famous lettuce, and an introduction to carbon inequality
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S5 Episode 4: European or Italian First?
The Meaning of Green
A guide to the European Parliament elections, the EU's climate and energy "moonshot," bicycling in Denmark, and the 10-50 rule
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S5 Episode 3: Will Panama Be Green?
The Meaning of Green
Panama's unprecedented elections, massive demonstrations over the environment and foreign influence, toucans, and a tragedy with echoes of the US's colonial presence in Panama
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S5 Episode 2: And Then There's Bhopal
The Meaning of Green
Why politicians have (at times) taken strong environmental action in the US, the UK, Brazil, Germany, and Japan, and why those who were killed at Bhopal "were the lucky ones"
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S5 Episode 1: The Greens, Tasmania, and Tricky Dick
The Meaning of Green
Greens in Europe and in Australia, Lake Pedder, "Iron Pants" Muskie, the Clean Water Act, and excerpts from Nixon's secret Oval Office tapes
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S5 Preview: Chain of Fools
The Meaning of Green
2024 and elections worldwide, the states in the US's national elections, and carbon inequality (or, the rich vs. everyone else)
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S4 Episode 10: The Devil's Hair Dryer
The Meaning of Green
Grass, leaf blowers, and environmental justice, with stops across the US and in Canada, Brazil, and the EU
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S4 Episode 9: The Unicorn and the Lion
The Meaning of Green
Scotland and the rest of the UK leave coal behind, Net Zero, modern struggles between the unicorn and the lion, and my Scottish grandfather
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S4 Episode 8: Smoke and Mirrors
The Meaning of Green
Smoky skies, hiking the Oregon desert, wolves, tightening an air pollution standard, Aristotle, and the gospel of GDP
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