Episode 2: A (Not So) New Gold Rush • Adrienne Buller, Youssef Bouchi
A four-part series on the global rush for critical minerals and what it means for the North American continent and beyond.
The Break—Down Podcast
Episode 1: Free Market Fictions and Trade Frictions • Adrienne Buller, Youssef Bouchi
A four-part series on the global rush for critical minerals and what it means for the North American continent and beyond.
• 3 min read
LIVE: War and Peace in a Warming World • Adrienne Buller
On the intersections of conflict, security and the climate crisis with Guillaume Long, Adam Hanieh, Samar Al-Bulushi and Lorah Steichen.
• 1 min read
Iran, Oil and An Empire in Decline w/Laleh Khalili • Adrienne Buller
Our Editor Adrienne Buller speaks to Laleh Khalili about the US-Israeli war on Iran, the political economy of oil and the decline of US hegemony.
• 1 min read
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.
• 1 min read
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.
• 1 min read
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.
• 1 min read
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.
• 1 min read
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.
• 1 min read
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.
• 1 min read
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.
• 1 min read
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.