Healthy Climate America
Episodes
Storytelling for Systems Change: Turning Purpose Into Action
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
At the 2026 Our Planet, Our Health Convention, three incredible health professionals courageously told the story of how and why they became the climat...
What a Beautiful Future Can Look Like: Three Physicians at the Wheel of Change
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Our annual conventions bring health professionals and advocates from around the country together to learn and innovate. This year, three participants ...
Caring Across Borders: Climate Migration and Health
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Climate change is increasingly shaping why people are forced to leave their homes, the risks they face along the way, and their health and safety in n...
Season 1 Finale: We'll Keep Showing Up
31 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special mini episode, we're taking a moment to reflect on where we've been this year and to look ahead at what the path forward may hold in...
Cancer Alley: Petrochemicals and the Battle to Survive
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cancer Alley is an 85-mile stretch of land from New Orleans to Baton Rouge. With the largest density of petrochemical operations in the world, the ...
Food as Medicine: Nourishing Ourselves and the Planet
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As families start gathering this holiday season, this episode invites us to consider how nourishing ourselves with thoughtful food choices can also...
The Organizer's Handbook Ep. 3: Insights From Youth Activism
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From global walkouts and strikes to protests and boycotts, youth climate activists are showing how collective action can drive real change by organ...
The Organizer's Handbook Ep. 2: Solidarity in Action
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The climate crisis is calling on health professionals to organize in new ways. Around the world, they're turning that concern into collective action. ...
The Organizer's Handbook Ep. 1: From Healing to Organizing
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As the effects of the climate crisis worsen, more and more health professionals are recognizing that healing their communities also means organizing f...
Faith in Action: Building Hope and Freedom Through Clean Energy
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Even in the face of exhausting headlines and deep division, communities are finding ways to care for one another, take bold local action, and imagine ...
Defending Science and Health: A Conversation With Gina McCarthy
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For the last 15 years, the endangerment finding has been a cornerstone of U.S. climate policy. Now, it and many other crucial protections are under at...
Sustainabil-ID: Healing People and the Planet
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sustainability in healthcare is no longer a distant goal—it's happening now. Across hospitals, health professionals are rethinking long-standing pra...
Heart Over Head: Bridging the Partisan Divide on Climate
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Climate change has become one of the most polarizing issues in American politics. For decades, the conversation has often fallen along party lines, fu...
The Summer Series: Extreme Heat and Cool Surfaces
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Extreme heat is a growing threat, and communities need practical solutions. In this episode, guest host Dr. Marc Futernick sits down with Jonathan Par...
The Summer Series: Extreme Heat and Pregnancy
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Extreme heat is becoming a major threat to pregnant people and their babies. In this episode, guest host Dr. Bruce Bekkar sits down with Dr. Santosh P...
The Summer Series: Extreme Heat and Housing
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Guest host Dr. Neda Frayha sits down with Delaney Nolan, a freelance journalist based in New Orleans, to talk about the critical intersection of extre...
The Summer Series: Extreme Heat and Medication Interactions
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From antidepressants to beta-blockers, common medications can make heat more dangerous. Guest host Dr. Neha Pathak sits down with Dr. Hayley Blackburn...
The Summer Series: Extreme Heat and Workers' Health
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Across the country, we're seeing the growing impacts of extreme heat, and workers are among those on the frontlines. As temperatures rise, so do the d...
The Summer Series: An Intro to Extreme Heat
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On the first episode of our Summer Series, Lisa Patel sits down with Marc Futernick, an emergency medicine physician in California (and future Summer ...
The Unseen Side of Wildland Firefighting
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From Los Angeles to Lahaina, wildfires are increasing in frequency and severity. The destruction is evident: destroyed homes, devastated communities, ...
Teaching the Choir to Sing: How Health Professionals Can Fight Misinformation
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Misinformation spreads fast, and we've all witnessed the consequences. Vaccine misinformation, climate denialism, and a host of medical conspiracy ...
Live Episode: Stories of Self
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for our first ever live episode, recorded at the Consortium's Annual Convention. We'll hear from four storytellers who shared what inspired th...
Nature, Disease, and a Changing Planet
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Host Lisa Patel sits down with Dr. Neil Vora for a conversation on the intersection of climate change and infectious disease. They explore how rising ...
Health Voices in the Courtroom: Supporting Youth in Held v. Montana
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In August 2023, a group of brave young Montanans took a stand for their right to a healthy environment—and they won. Join Lisa as she speaks with Dr...
How We Organize to Win for Climate and Health
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the past eight weeks, we've seen cuts to the federal workforce, a rolling back of environmental protections, and a host of other threats to our dem...
Threat Multiplier: Climate Change and National Security
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Climate change isn't just an environmental crisis—it's a national security threat. Today, we're diving into how climate change affects global stabil...
The End of Chevron: What It Means for Health and the Environment
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Host Lisa Patel talks with John Walke, senior advocate at the NRDC, about the Supreme Court's elimination of Chevron deference—a move that shifts in...
Building Momentum, Building a Movement: Advocacy Within Medical Societies
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you inspire a major medical society to take on climate action? Dr. Jerry Abraham has some powerful insights. Join him and host Lisa Patel as th...
The False Promise of Natural Gas: Exploring LNG Advocacy
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At just 12 years old, Dr. Laalitha Surapaneni's life was forever changed by a devastating explosion at a liquefied natural gas plant in her hometown. ...
Gas Stoves & Indoor Air: The Health Risks We Need to Talk About
26 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Healthy Climate America, host Lisa Patel discusses the hidden health hazard of indoor air pollution with guest Brady Seals, lead au...
From Anxiety to Action: Protecting Mental Health in a Changing Climate
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Healthy Climate America, host Lisa Patel speaks with Dr. Elizabeth Pinsky, a child and adolescent psychiatrist and pediatrician at ...
Local Voices, Big Impact: Building Healthy Communities
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the years ahead, we can expect that climate and clean energy work on a federal level will be severely curtailed, if not entirely eliminated. O...
Burning Up: Extreme Heat, Worker Health, and the New OSHA Rule
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Interested in taking action on the OSHA standard? See the links below. Join us as we dive into OSHA's groundbreaking proposal to safeguard indoor...
Communicating Climate Change for Impact with Dr. Ed Maibach
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In our inaugural episode, Dr. Ed Maibach, Director of the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication, shares his journey in cl...
Healthy Climate America — Trailer
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Dr. Lisa Patel, a pediatrician and Executive Director of the Consortium, this podcast focuses on how health professionals, policy makers, ad...