About this podcast
Explore the fight against climate change through interviews with climate tech founders, investors, activists, academics, artists, and more.
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Episodes
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- That's a Wrap! 🎬 Most Played: Nature needs a better bank, with Martin Stuchtey · 30 min🗒️ A note from Ryan, your host: I'm so happy to have put these 80 interviews out into the world, and have made new friends, connections, and gained tons of inspiration along the…
- 🏖️ Summer Classics #3: Funniest Episode 😹 – Comedian Stuart Goldsmith · 44 minThis August and September, I’m stepping away from the mic to volunteer — but I’m not leaving your podcast feed empty. Instead, I’m revisiting fan favourites in a short Summer…
- 🏖️ Summer Classics #2: Investor Favourite 📈 – Jessica Burley of Planet A · 31 minThis August and September, I’m stepping away from the mic to volunteer — but I’m not leaving your podcast feed empty. Instead, I’m revisiting fan favourites in a short Summer…
- 🏖️ Summer Classics #1: Rising Star 🌟 – Shannon Falconer of BioCraft Pet Nutrition · 29 minThis August and September, I’m stepping away from the mic to volunteer — but I’m not leaving your podcast feed empty. Instead, I’m revisiting fan favourites in a short Summer…
- Summer "Break" - Ukraine Volunteering · 1 minI'm going to be spending the summer on the road, delivering humanitarian aid across Ukraine. And needless to say, it's not the best setup for recording a podcast. So things will…
- Smart Meters, Dumb Rules, and Why AI is the New Electrification, with Felix Krause of Vireo Ventures · 38 minFelix Krause is the Managing Partner at Vireo Ventures, a European VC fund betting that the future of energy is electric, distributed, and intelligently managed. Based in Berlin…
- Universities are Reshaping the Future of Food with Ismäel, Lisa, and Jorge of the Alt Proteins Project · 47 minIsmaël Bawah is the SciTech Community Coordinator at the Good Food Institute Europe and the man behind the Alt Protein Project, a global student-powered initiative to transform…
- Sticking with the Software Side of Energy Transition, with Veronique Hördemann of Future Energy Ventures · 26 minVeronique Hördemann is Managing Partner and CFO at Future Energy Ventures, a climatetech VC firm investing in the software layer of the energy transition. From her base in Essen…
- Volcanic Rock as a Carbon Sink, with Anastasia Pavlovic of Eion · 41 minAnastasia Pavlovic is the co-founder of Eion, a carbon removal company that accelerates Earth's natural rock weathering process to lock away CO₂—permanently. Eion works with…
- The Scully Effect is Alive and Fermenting, with Nemailla Bonturi of ÄIO · 27 minNemailla Bonturi is the co-founder of ÄIO, an Estonian startup fermenting fats and oils from yeast instead of palm oil or animal products. A Brazilian scientist-turned-founder…
- Your next battery might be made from coal tar, with Eugene Beh of Quino Energy · 29 minEugene Beh is the founder of Quino Energy, where he’s commercializing organic flow batteries that are safer, cheaper, and more scalable than their vanadium and lithium-ion…
- Your smartphone can cut home energy costs, with Selina Tobaccowala of HomeBoost · 31 minSelina Tobaccowala is a Silicon Valley veteran turned climate entrepreneur. With hits like Evite, Ticketmaster, and SurveyMonkey on her resume, she’s now taking aim at one of the…
- Cutting Heavy Industry Carbon through AI, with Leise Sandeman of Pathways · 31 minLeise Sandeman is co-founder of Pathways, a company using AI to make heavy manufacturing more sustainable. Based in Copenhagen, she brings deep expertise in steel production and…
- Climate Investing in Oil Country, with Eric Rubenstein of New Climate Ventures · 43 minEric Rubenstein is an oil and gas banker turned climate tech investor based in Houston. As founder of New Climate Ventures, he focuses on bridging the gap between traditional…
- Packaging Made to Disappear, with Julia Bialetska of S.Lab · 31 minJulia Bialetska is the founder of S.Lab, a Ukrainian company creating sustainable packaging solutions from agricultural waste. In this episode we talked about: 🌱 How S.Lab…
- Climate Resilience Is a Trillion-Dollar Opportunity with Jannik De Winter of PT1 · 29 minJannik De Winter is an investor at PT1, a Berlin-based VC focused on greening the built environment. He recently co-authored a white paper on adaptation tech—the technologies…
- The Utility Industry's Secret Weapon with Chris Bernkopf of Podero · 24 minChris Bernkopf is the founder of Podero, a tech company that helps utilities balance power loads by controlling distributed energy resources like heat pumps, batteries, and EVs…
- A Cool €250 Million to Green Buildings with Jess Clemans of noa · 38 minJess Clemans is an investor at noa, a VC that is raising its second €250M fund focused on making the built environment more sustainable. In this episode we talked about: 🎯 Why…
- Hydrogen hubs across the USA with Matthew Krayton of Publitics · 32 minMatthew Krayton directs communications and engagement for MACH2, the Mid-Atlantic Clean Hydrogen Hub. As someone who both works in-depth on the policy side but who is also…
- We have a CO2...shortage(?!) with Rob Van Straten of Skytree · 30 minRob van Straten is CEO of Skytree, a direct air capture company addressing CO2 shortages while removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. In this episode we talked about: 🌱…
