Best carbon Dioxide Removal Podcasts (2025)

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Financing Decarbonisation Ep31: Dr Nadine Moustafa & Paul Davies 38:53

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Financing Decarbonisation Ep 31: Dr Nadine Moustafa & Paul Davies Is Carbon capture an investable industry, and can it be financeable? Host Dr. Nadine Moustafa, Research Associate at Imperial, specialising in carbon management and decarbonisation technologies. Guest  Paul Davies - Director at 7CO2: The Severnside Carbon Capture and Shipping Hub Top…

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Future of Wind farms Ep 30: Dr Aidan Rhodes, Cristina Fernández Alonso, Sara Jiménez Alfaro. 39:40

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What are the key challenges in manufacturing wind turbines, and is the lifespan of wind turbines impacting the sustainable nature of wind farming? Host Dr. Aidan Rhodes, Research Fellow and Briefing paper at Energy Futures Lab Guest  Cristina Fernández Alonso, a product service engineer – and Blade Project manager at GE Vernova Sara Jiménez Alfaro,…

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The world's first durable CDR transaction under the Paris Agreement - with Veronika Elgart 26:58

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The Paris Agreement's carbon markets could be worth up to $250 billion annually and reduce or remove gigatons of CO2. But how do we operationalise it? How can countries start trading durable removals under the Paris Agreement’s Article 6.2 mechanism? Norway and Switzerland have just agreed on the first durable removals transaction under this framew…

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The Giga Ten Episode #7 June 2025 21:47

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In the 7th Episode of The Giga Ten, a discussion with Sebastian Manhart, we get into how *little* funding CDR gets if one considers the funds allocated to the whole green transition, even though many people assume otherwise. We get through other pressing topics, like the importance of keeping the EU-ETS tech neutral, SO important. Watch or listen t…

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353: Winning the Carbon Removal XPRIZE: Mati’s Enhanced Weathering in the Global South—w/ Shantanu Agarwal, CEO & Founder of Mati Carbon 43:33

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The Carbon Removal XPRIZE has been a major focal point of the CDR industry for years. And Mati Carbon just won the $50M Grand Prize. How did they do it, and how did their surprising and counterintuitive approach to enhanced rock weathering win over so many other contestants? Shantanu Agarwal is the Founder and CEO of Mati Carbon, and he's on the sh…

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Carol Craig: From a One-Woman Startup to the First Woman to Go Public in Space 42:13

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In this episode, we're joined by Carol Craig, Founder and CEO of Sidus Space and Craig Technologies. As the first female founder to take a space company public, Carol shares the journey that led her from a career in the Navy to building a legacy in space and defense. She also discusses the challenges she’s faced as a woman in the aerospace industry…

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352: How Cities Will Lead on Carbon Removal: Embedding CDR in Sub-National Political Units—w/ Christiaan Gevers Deynoot, Founder of City CDR Initiative 54:40

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Everyone thinks of national and international governments leading or failing on climate change. But what about cities and smaller political entities? How can they lead on climate and carbon removal when larger entities may be focused elsewhere? Since carbon removal infrastructure is likely to end up at least partially within urban or periurban envi…

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351: The Virgin Earth Challenge & the Early Days of Carbon Removal: Lessons of Curiosity, Discipline, & Grace—w/ Dave Addison, Founder of Planetary Practitioners 1:13:35

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Carbon removal isn't that old. So for someone who's been involved in it for almost fifteen years... that's an elder. And today he's bringing the wisdom he earned the hard way. Dave Addison is formerly the Virgin Earth Challenge Manager, an effort he began working on in 2010. That's about six years before I had even heard of CDR, so a long time inde…

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A European CDR Purchasing Programme 26:57

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A European CDR Purchasing Programme for Permanent Carbon Removal? Sounds too good to be true? Well, it may become a reality soon. On May 21st, the European Commission held a dedicated workshop on “A Purchasing Programme for CRCF Permanent Carbon Removal Credits”. As stated in its own excellent pre-read, Europe will need to fund CDR with up to €6 bi…

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350: Robert Höglund Presents: The Many Perils of Being Catalytic in a Carbon Accounting World 1:04:33

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Should every dollar spent in carbon removal be maximally catalytic? Or is it okay to try to get a really good deal for your net-zero target? What even is this industry for?! Joining the show today—somehow for the first time ever—is Robert Höglund, a long-time CDR-watcher and writer; Co-Founder of the carbon removal's data repository-of-record, CDR.…

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Laurie Labra: An Enduring Commitment to Human Space Flight 26:53

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In this episode, we’re joined by Laurie Labra, Vice President of the Science and Space Human Exploration Division at KBR. With a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Houston and a career in aerospace spanning more than three decades, Laurie leads a team of over 2,750 employees and oversees multiple high-value contracts that support …

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Public Subsidies + Carbon Credits: The winning combo? - with Erik Rylander 25:40

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Many projects want to blend public funding with revenue from voluntary carbon markets as carbon removal scales up. Meanwhile, governments have different approaches to it. And sceptics keep questioning whether it makes sense in the first place - what about additionality, corresponding adjustments, and real climate impact? We’re excited to welcome Er…

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The Giga Ten Ep 6. May 2025 32:09

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In this 6th episode of The Giga Ten we discuss how Microsoft is a huge buyer of removals in the space, how Climeworks might want to respond to that Icelandic paper and other CDR policy mechanisms emerging from the EU. This and much more in the following episode with Sebastian Manhart and Leila Conners.…

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349: How Will Carbon Dioxide Removal Fit into Compliance Markets?—w/ Mike Azlen, Carbon Cap Management LLP 1:00:32

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Everyone's focused on carbon credit offtakes and Voluntary Carbon Market purchases, but the compliance markets represent the vast majority of carbon assets in circulation. How do these markets work, and how might carbon removal interact with them in the future? Mike Azlen is the CEO and CIO of Carbon Cap Management LLP, a firm which trades within v…

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348: Is a Lack of Open Science Holding Carbon Removal Back?—w/ Freya Chay & Tyler Kukla of CDRXIV & CarbonPlan 47:49

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Seemingly everyone in carbon removal says they want more data transparency and the sharing of scientific results. Why isn't open science more present, and how can we get more of it? Could a pre-print server for CDR be part of the solution? Today is the official launch of CDRXIV ("cee-dee-archive"), a new initiative from CarbonPlan that aims to spur…

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Can we bank on Canada’s new PM to deliver carbon promises? - with Na'im Merchant 27:04

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Against all odds, the Liberal Party just won the Canadian general elections. Mark Carney’s party explicitly campaigned to turn Canada into a global leader in carbon dioxide removal. Canada plans to do so by - among other things - extending its investment tax credit to 2035, supporting a broad range of CDR tech, and introducing dedicated CDR targets…

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Meghan Pipitone: Revolutionizing Carbon Dioxide Removal for Sustainability in Space and on Earth 35:16

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In this episode, we’re joined by Meghan Pipitone, Advanced Project Engineer at Honeywell and co-inventor of life-sustaining technologies for spacecraft and marine environments. With a background in electrical engineering from the University of San Diego, Meghan has played a key role in developing CO₂ removal systems for NASA missions, including the…

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347: This Entrepreneur Holds the Record for Two Exits in Carbon Removal. What Does He Think Is Next for CDR?—w/ Jim McDermott, Rusheen Capital Management LLC 49:39

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Carbon removal only has a few exits. Today’s guest was involved in two of them, and he’s bringing his lessons. Jim McDermott is the founder and CEO of Rusheen Capital Management, LLC, an investment firm that makes a few early-stage bets and works with companies much more closely than most investors do. He's had a long and storied career in energy a…

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EU ETS: Is this the most important consultation of the year? 27:43

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It's out: the European Commission published a consultation to gather feedback on what the world's largest emission trading system - the EU ETS - should look like after 2031. For carbon removals, integration into the EU ETS represents one of the most promising paths to predictable demand at scale. Whether and how that will happen is still up for deb…

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346: How Structure Climate Financed Carba’s Biochar Offtake Agreement with Microsoft—w/ Andrew Jones of Carba & Matt Schmitt of Structure Climate 1:00:40

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In carbon removal, landing a major offtake agreement—like Microsoft’s purchase of 44,000 credits from Carba—is often seen as the holy grail. But what happens next? How does the money flow, and can debt financing bridge the gap between signature and scale? In this episode of Reversing Climate Change, host Ross Kenyon unpacks the deal between Microso…

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CO₂: Waste or commodity? - with Rachael Moore 27:00

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Are we scrubbing the smokestacks and skies of a waste gas, or creating a valuable resource for a net-zero world? As carbon management technologies like CCS, CCU, DACCS, and BECCS advance, policymakers and markets are narrowing down on CO₂’s role. In this CDR Policy Scoop, we dive into: What happens if we treat CO₂ only as waste? ⁠What is the real p…

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Kirsten Whittingham: Building the Future of Space Habitats 43:45

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In this episode, we’re joined by Kirsten Whittingham, President of MAX SPACE, the company developing expandable space habitats designed for greater livability, lower cost, and easier launches. With a background in aerospace engineering and leadership roles at Axiom Space and Pratt & Whitney, Kirsten brings a wealth of experience and a passion for o…

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345: Why Too Many TV Antiheroes May Be Bad for the Climate 48:02

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Fair warning: this episode spoils a lot of (older) media. Antiheroes make for great television. But why are we obsessed with them? Why are they in nearly all prestige dramas? Is this a result of our cultural beliefs, or is it (re)producing a culture of cynical realism? What impacts might it have for politics and climate change? This ascendancy of t…

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CBAM: The carbon removal catalyst? - with Dan Maleski 27:50

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How can the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism help scale carbon dioxide removal? Designed to put a price on imported carbon and prevent leakage, but could it also act as a catalyst for scaling CDR? This CDR Scoop cuts through the noise to explore this critical link. We're digging deep to uncover the potential synergies and challenges. To ensu…

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344: The Optimal Number of Travel Deaths Is Non-Zero: Carbon Removal Trade-Offs in Scale & Quality 25:47

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It's a jarring phrase. There's an even more jarring version of it in this episode. You've been warned. Economists are well-known for gnomic sentences that can sound cruel. For some, that's one of the job's many perks. But that doesn't mean that there isn't some truth in representing decisions as trade-offs. Today is a bonus monologue episode where …

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Maraia Tanner: Engineering Access to Space and a More Sustainable Future 38:04

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In this episode, we’re joined by Maraia Tanner, Chairwoman of the Board and CEO of STAR HARBOR, the company behind the world’s first publicly accessible spaceflight training facility. With a degree in astrophysics from UC Irvine, Maraia’s career spans the commercial and defense sectors, including engineering roles at TRW, Northrop Grumman, NASA, an…

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The Giga Ten Episode #5 April 2025 30:06

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In this 5th episode of The Giga Ten we discuss how Germany and Denmark are setting CDR benchmarks as well as standards. The Global South has a seat at the table and ERW and the carbon molecule is complex! This and much more in the following episode with Sebastian Manhart and Leila Conners. Thank you for listening! Relevant Links: https://tracker.ca…

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343: Two Climate People Talk about Their Feelings: Heidi Lim’s New YouTube Channel 1:10:17

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You should know about my friend Heidi Lim. She's a leading voice of carbon removal on TikTok. She's been making short-form content for ages but today's show is her first foray into long-form. I have the honor of being her first guest and co-releasing the episode. It is my sincere honor to help Heidi launch her new content on YouTube! We get real in…

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SHOWDOWN: Biochar vs Direct Air Capture - with Martin Freimüller 26:08

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A fun, interactive, first-of-a-kind live debate with over 1000 attendees signed up. We picked two real heavyweights: DAC, the poster-child of CDR, with over 200 DAC companies founded to date. On the other hand, biochar, responsible for a whopping 84% of all durable CDR deliveries to date. In the DAC corner: Martin Freimüller is the Co-Founder and C…

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Rethinking Net-Zero: Do international credits help or harm? 24:19

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On March 31st, EU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra floated various ideas for how Europe’s expected 90% emission reduction target for 2040 could be achieved. One of them: letting EU countries purchase United Nations Article 6 credits to meet EU's 2040 climate target. Similar suggestions are currently being proposed by the upcoming German governme…

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How I Got Into Climate Work and Carbon Removal 2:44

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If only there were a podcast that broke down all of the ways climate professionals broke into their industry... Michael Gold is a communications expert and consultant at Word Clouds Consulting and the host of the new podcast, Climate Swings. This show traces guests' stories and explains how they landed a job working on one of humanity's most signif…

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342: Carbon Removal & Appropriations: The US Budget During Trump 2—w/ Erin Burns, Executive Director of Carbon180 1:01:19

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Sometimes, we skip right over the life stories of guests. Othertimes, it's everything. Today, it's everything. Returning to the show after several years is Carbon180's Executive Director, Erin Burns. Erin grew up in a coal mining family in West Virginia, got her start in Joe Manchin's Senate office, and has had a long and impactful career in carbon…

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Lauren Fell: Bridging Quantum Cognition and the Future of Human Exploration 45:25

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In this episode, we’re joined by Lauren Fell, an Outreach and Marketing specialist at Lunar Outpost Oceania and a PhD candidate in Quantum Cognition. Lauren’s cutting-edge research explores how quantum concepts shape human intuition, particularly in trust-based decision-making. Lauren has contributed to projects like reforestation in the Galapagos …

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341: The War Below: Critical Minerals, YIMBY for Mining, & the Trade War—w/ Ernest Scheyder, author & journalist 26:38

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The clean energy transition sure needs a heck of a lot of mining. What do we do when there are environmental or spiritual costs to getting the materials we need for EVs and batteries? Ernest Scheyder is a Reuters reporter covering critical minerals, and the author of The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives. His repo…

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Future of Electric Vehicle Charging Ep27: Edoardo Taricco, Gregory Offer & Jade Edwards 1:04:48

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To reach net zero, we need to electrify transport—from personal vehicles to heavy goods trucks. In this episode, Edoardo Taricco, a mechanical engineer and recent graduate of the MSc in Sustainable Energy Futures programme at Imperial College London, explores the future of electric vehicles and sustainable travel. Guests Gregory Offer – Professor i…

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The GigaTen Episode #4 March 2025 25:30

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Carbon Gap has launched a funding tracker for CDR in Europe which is mighty helpful given it is hard to find pockets of funding for this important innovation. In this 4th episode of The Giga Ten Sebastian Manhart and I discuss this as well as the need to grow CDR companies post pilot. The rest of the conversation covers policies that emerged recent…

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The Keynesian Beauty Contest: Product-Market Fit in Climatetech & CDR 13:33

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Nearly a decade ago, I was introduced to the concept of the Keynesian Beauty Contest. It is one of those concepts that I keep coming back to time and time again. I recently participated in a two-month Product-Market Fit workshop led by Peter Nocchiero of Alternate Future and Koray Parmaks of Carbon Zero Capital. So I've been living and breathing PM…

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SBTi: Step forward or missed opportunity for CDR? - with Robert Höglund 27:43

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8,000 companies have emission reduction targets validated by the Science Based Targets initiative. Only around 50 of them have so far purchased durable carbon removal. Imagine if all of them purchased CDR? The impact could be >50Mt of demand. Per year. Starting from 2030. On March 18th, the SBTi released the draft net-zero standard 2.0 which marks …

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340: The Outlaw Ocean: Ocean Iron Fertilization, Seasteading, & the Chilling of American Journalism—w/ Ian Urbina, The Outlaw Ocean Project 46:12

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I first heard the idiom "worse things happen at sea" in Monty Python's Life of Brian, and it's true. Ian Urbina has made a career of telling stories of the ocean. From piracy, illegal fishing, and sea slavery to seasteading and rogue carbon removal experiments, he's covered the gamut. How does one continuously report on topics of concern to relativ…

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Energy Markets Reform EP26: Dr Aidan Rhodes & Tom Luff 47:16

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In this episode, Dr. Aidan Rhodes, Research Fellow at Imperial College London and Energy Policy Briefing Papers Fellow at Energy Futures Lab, is joined by Tom Luff, Practice Manager at Energy Systems Catapult. Together, they explore the crucial role of consumers in shaping the transition to a net-zero energy system. Topics covered: How consumer par…

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CORSIA vs ETS: What will actually clean up aviation? 28:25

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Aviation is responsible for almost 1Gt of CO2 emissions, or 2.5% of global emissions. Up to 4% when accounting for non-CO2 climate warming effects. And demand is only going up: 3-4% year-on-year. Aviation is also notoriously hard to decarbonise: most hope is placed on sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). Given there will always be considerable residua…

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339: A Good Drink: In Search of Sustainable Spirits—w/ Shanna Farrell, author 55:24

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For fans ages 21 and up! It's often hard to know how sustainable or ethical an alcoholic drink is. Very little disclosure is required on most labels, and many of the recipes are proprietary. What is a conscientious drinker to do? Shanna Farrell wrote A Good Drink: In Search of Sustainable Spirits in order to answer this exact question. She and host…

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Michelle Lucas: Inspiring the Next Generation to Look Towards the Stars 51:41

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In this episode, we’re joined by Michelle Lucas, a trailblazer in space and education. From working at NASA’s Johnson Space Center to becoming a technical instructor for astronauts and flight controllers, Michelle’s career has been driven by her passion for space. But her journey didn’t stop there. Michelle founded Higher Orbits, a nonprofit dedica…

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Industrial decarbonisation Ep26: Dr. Gbemi Oluleye & Adam Hearne 56:20

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Guest: Adam Hearne, CEO & Co-founder of CarbonChain Host: Dr. Gbemi Oluleye, Lecturer at Imperial College London In this episode, we explore the complexities of industrial decarbonisation and how energy-intensive sectors can transition to a net-zero economy. Key Topics Discussed: - The technical challenges in industrial decarbonisation - The role o…

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Will the EU need twice as much CDR as expected? 27:47

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Will the EU need 2x as much CDR? The highly anticipated 333-page milestone report on carbon removal by Europe's Scientific Advisory Board has landed, promising to be the most comprehensive analysis of CDR to date. Does this heavyweight report deliver the strategic guidance needed to shape effective EU CDR policy? What other crucial insights does it…

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338: Carbon Security & the Geopolitics of Carbon Removal—w/ Sarah Godek 50:34

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What is geopolitics, and has it returned? Did it ever really leave? And how will this affect the future prospects of carbon removal? Today's guest is Sarah Godek, a Washington DC-based international relations researcher. She and Grant Faber co-wrote an article on Carbon-Based Commentary called, "Carbon security and the geopolitics of carbon removal…

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Decarbonising Aviation Ep24: Dr. Nadine Moustafa, Dr. Rhea Liem and Kerri Moss 56:24

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Given the challenges the aviation industry faces in rapidly decarbonising, how are innovative solutions and collaborative efforts shaping the path toward sustainable air travel? In this episode, Dr. Nadine Moustafa, a Research Associate at Imperial College London specialising in carbon management and decarbonisation technologies, is joined by: Dr. …

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I Made AI-Generated Art and Now I’m Wondering What Is Art Even for? 15:04

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My podcasting editing platform Descript informed me of a new integration with ChatGPT where it would make me a custom video. I complied in perhaps the most annoying and meta way possible. That video exists at the end of this podcast, but first, I have thoughts I'd like to share on what this process made me feel and think about. I've heard so many t…

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How an Unusual 'Bloom' Positively Affected Marine Life and the Atmosphere | Into the Blue Podcast 12:47

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Phytoplankton, or marine algae, form the basis of the marine food chain and help to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by using it to grow then being eaten or dying and falling as organic matter to the seafloor. Professor Meric Srokosz joins the podcast to take a look at a particular phytoplankton 'bloom' off the coast of Madagascar that occ…

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CDR at DoE is dead... or is it? - with Noah Deich 29:10

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In February 2025, all probationary contract staff at the Department of Energy were terminated, including the most incredibly talented and experienced people who had turned the U.S. into a CDR powerhouse over the previous years. What does this - alongside the freezing of IRA and BIL funds - mean for CDR in the U.S. moving forward? How will DAC Hubs …

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