The Billionaire Machine w/Hettie O'Brien • John Merrick
Deputy Editor John Merrick speaks to Hettie O'Brien about what the explosive growth of private equity means for our lives and our planet.
The Break—Down Podcast
Nuclear is Not the Solution w/M.V. Ramana • M.V. Ramana
In a lecture from our partnership with How The Light Gets In festival in September 2025, M.V. Ramana breaks down the complexities of nuclear power.
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How Wall St. Gambles on Your Future w/Ann Pettifor • Ann Pettifor
Adrienne Buller speaks to esteemed economist Ann Pettifor about the power and perils of the financial system in a moment of extreme inequality, an AI bubble and a deepening climate crisis.
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Technology and the Climate Crisis • David Edgerton
Deputy Editor John Merrick and historian David Edgerton break down the relationship between technology, politics and narratives about the climate crisis.
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Markets, Freedom and the Politics of Nature • Alyssa Battistoni
Adrienne Buller speaks to Alyssa Battistoni about value, the politics of nature, and how we might live freely in a finite world.
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Survival of the Greenest • Amir Lebdioui
Adrienne Buller speaks to Amir Lebdioui about development economics, tariff wars and what we could be learning from China.
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Lula’s Dilemmas and COP30 • Sabrina Fernandes
Editor Adrienne Buller speaks to Sabrina Fernandes about the complexities of Brazilian ecological politics at the start of the COP30 climate conference.
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Legacies of Empire • Kojo Koram
Breaking down how empire continues to structure the global economy, and the unequal roots and impacts of the climate crisis.
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Capitalism Without Growth? • Hans Stegeman
Breaking down "post-growth" economics and the myths of green finance.
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After Overshoot • Andreas Malm
Breaking down the concept of "overshoot", the enduring power of fossil capital and the politics of geoengineering.
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Climate Change as Class War • Matt Huber
Breaking down the outcome of the US election, what “the working class” really means, and how to build broad-based support for climate action.
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Cycles of Extraction • Andrés Arauz
Breaking down Ecuador's ecological politics and the injustices baked into global economic institutions, from the IMF to ISDS.