Show overview
The Meaning of Green has been publishing since 2019, and across the 7 years since has built a catalogue of 80 episodes. That works out to roughly 35 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a monthly cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 29 min and 31 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Science show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 weeks ago, with 4 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2020, with 27 episodes published. Published by Dr. Vivian Thomson.
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The podcast about solving environmental problems.
Latest Episodes
View all 80 episodesS7 Episode 2: All Politics Is Local
S7 Episode 1: Harry Potter and the Jante Law
S6 Bonus Episode: Thus Always to Tyrants
John Gaventa and Gabe Schwartzman on their provocative new book about power and a post-coal future in Appalachia, and Kathy Selvage, a coal miner's daughter and anti-coal activist, on exploitation by coal companies and The Nature Conservancy
S6 Episode 10: Scotland the Brave
Green-minded Scots demand a say in wind farm expansions, the UK's aggressive climate change program, Ralph Nader and Al Gore, and a dog theft law
S6 Episode 9: Greed, Groupthink, and Carbon Inequality
A new exposé called Profit vs. Progress, how the wealthy dump on the rest of us and what to do about it, and Democracy in America
S6 Episode 8: Trash and Power
Of manatees and Mata Hari, happiness vs. stuff, George Carlin, Mt. Trashmore in Miami, reducing waste in Canada, the US, and the EU, and a controversial trash incinerator
S6 Episode 7: Damming and Undamming
The Klamath River undammed, a dam proposal likened to flooding the Sistine Chapel, fighting to preserve the forests that feed the Panama Canal, and Brazil's energy transition
S6 Episode 6: Weapons of the Weak
Trembitas, community-based conservation in Ukraine, Europe's magnificent beech forests, and why we should care about biodiversity
S6 Episode 5: Germans Know How to Party
Trabis, asparagus fests, Germany's "two voices" elections, the Berlin Wall, Angela Merkel, the Greens, and climate/energy progress
S6 Episode 4: A Cruel Bargain
Class, race, and leaf blowers, Monticello, strong vs. weak local powers, The Birds, and Cate Blanchett
S6 Episode 3: Janis and the Sea of Forested Hills
Brazil's singular Atlantic Forest, coffee, gold, a creature named Janis, and the intertwined histories of indigenous people, slaves, British railroads, and Japanese immigrants in Brazil
S6 Episode 2: Let Them Drink Lead
Who could lose the most from overturning pollution standards for air pollution, toxic chemicals, and lead in drinking water, a box of chocolates, and the dry cleaners of Palm Springs
S6 Episode 1: All the President's Men
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre of 2025, why we have the federal civil service, "ambition must be made to counter ambition", SpaceX threatens ocelots, and the Everly Brothers
S5 Episode 10: The Great Rice Fiasco
Japan's 2024 elections, sea turtles, rice prices, recycling rules, Japan's energy insecurity, and the proximity principle
S5 Episode 9: Behind the Curtain in Wonderland
Trump voters on climate change, red state renewables, Republican tariffs that could lower our carbon footprints, and the March Hare's generous offer
S5 Episode 8: Will Climate Change Influence US Swing State Voters?
The potential impacts on swing state elections of climate change, the Inflation Reduction Act's largesse, extreme weather, state demographics, and surges in voter registration
S5 Episode 7: "A Crisis Waiting to Occur"
Why swing states rule in the US's presidential elections, legal experts' fears about election stealing in 2024, and how direct popular election failed in the US Congress
S5 Episode 6: Dear Rich White People
Yachts, inequalities reminiscent of the robber barons, and why we must target the rich with climate policies
S5 Episode 5: The Silly Party Takes Westminster
Labour's victory in the UK, aggressive climate plans, a famous lettuce, and an introduction to carbon inequality
S5 Ep 4S5 Episode 4: European or Italian First?
A guide to the European Parliament elections, the EU's climate and energy "moonshot," bicycling in Denmark, and the 10-50 rule