Inevitable
Episodes
Ep 90: Rich Sorkin, Co-Founder & CEO of Jupiter Intelligence
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, we cover:Jupiter and its missionRich’s journey from data analytics to climate changeParallels between the opportunity around c...
Ep 89: Jeffrey Schub, Executive Director at the Coalition for Green Capital
12 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, we cover:What is CGC and its mission as a nonprofit?Why “green bank” is somewhat of a misnomerThe history of green banks in ...
Ep 88: Daniel Huppmann, Energy Research Scholar at IIASA
09 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, we cover:Role, function and mission of IIASAThe context around SR15UN Sustainable Development GoalsDr. Huppmann’s work on the ...
Ep 87: Alessandra Biaggi, New York State Senator
05 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, we cover:Her journey to elected office and the challenges she faced in her campaignHer inspiration to run for state officeWhat s...
Ep 86: Zahra Hirji, Energy and Climate Reporter at Buzzfeed News
02 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, we cover:How Zahra landed at Buzzfeed covering climateThe Trump Administration and how its policies have affected climateHer aud...
Ep 85: David Heinemeier Hansson, Co-Founder & CTO at Basecamp
27 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, we cover:David’s influential career in techHis advocacy of various causesDHH’s view that, regardless of one’s background, ...
Ep 84: Roundtable with Shayle Kann from Energy Impact Partners and Abe Yokell from Congruent Ventures at the 1st SF MCJ Meetup!
24 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, we cover:• Shayle’s journey from energy transition in the market intelligence space to climate change venture capital at Ene...
Ep 83: Harry Saunders, Managing Director of Decision Processes Incorporated
20 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, we cover:● The Rebound Effect and the ironic implications of improving energy efficiency● Harry’s journey into Climate Cha...
Ep 82: Rob Hanson, Co-Founder & CEO of Monolith Materials
17 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Rob Hanson, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Monolith Materials, where he leads the development of next-generation technolog...
Ep 81: Matt Eggers, Investor & Company Builder at Breakthrough Energy Ventures
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Matt Eggers, Investor & Company Builder at Breakthrough Energy Ventures, a $1.1 billion, patient capital fund dedicated to building c...
Ep 80: Phil Duffy, President & Executive Director at Woodwell Climate Research Center
10 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Phil Duffy, President & Executive Director at Woodwell Climate Research Center.Expertise Climate modeling, extreme weather risk, so...
Ep 79: David Keith, Professor at Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Kennedy School, and Founder of Carbon Engineering
06 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is David Keith, Professor at Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Kennedy School, and Founder of Carbon Engineer...
Ep 78: BJ Fogg, Director, Behavior Design Lab at Stanford
03 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is BJ Fogg, Founder & Director, Behavior Design Lab at Stanford, with an appearance by William Shan, one of his students who is project ...
Ep 77: Clay Dumas, Partner at Lowercarbon Capital
31 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This was an experiment using a new app Talkshow, which is a live discussion broadcast via twitter where listeners can text questions as we talk!Today'...
Ep 76: Jigar Shah, President & Co-Founder at Generate Capital
30 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Jigar Shah, President & Co-Founder at Generate Capital.Jigar was the founder and CEO of SunEdison (NASDAQ: SUNE, TERP), where he pion...
Ep 75: Gary Cohen, President & Co-Founder of Health Care Without Harm
27 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Gary Cohen, President & Co-Founder of Health Care Without Harm.Gary has been a pioneer in the environmental health movement for thirt...
Ep 74: Timothy Freundlich, CEO of ImpactAssets
23 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Tim Freundlich, CEO of ImpactAssets.Tim is a long-time innovator in new financial instruments in the social enterprise sector, which ...
Ep 73: Akshat Rathi, Reporter at Bloomberg News
20 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Akshat Rathi, a London-based reporter, covering science, energy, and environment for Bloomberg News. He has a PhD in organic chemis...
Ep 72: Joey Bergstein, CEO of Seventh Generation
16 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Joey Bergstein, CEO of Seventh Generation, recently acquired by Unilever. Seventh Generation’s mission is to inspire a consumer rev...
Ep 71: Stephen Fenberg, State Senator for Colorado's 18th District
13 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Senator Stephen Fenberg, a Democrat who serves as state Senator in the 18th District in Colorado where he's served since 2017. He als...
Ep 70: Shreya Dave, Co-Founder & CEO at Via Separations
09 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Shreya Dave, co-founder and CEO of Via Separations.Via Separations has pioneered a new membrane based on graphene oxide for fine liqu...
Ep 69: David Perry, President, CEO, and Director of Indigo
06 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is David Perry, President, CEO, and Director of Indigo Ag, Indigo Ag is harnessing nature to help farmers sustainably feed the planet. ...
Ep 68: Jonathan Foley, Executive Director at Project Drawdown
02 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Dr. Jonathan Foley, Executive Director of Project Drawdown. Project Drawdown is a world-class research organization that reviews, ana...
Ep 67: Barney Schauble, Chairman, Nephila Climate
30 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Barney Schauble, Chairman, Nephila Climate, the world's largest asset manager dedicated to weather and catastrophe insurance risks....
Ep 66: Marilyn Waite, Program Officer, Climate & Clean Energy Finance at William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
26 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Marilyn Waite, Program Officer, Climate & Clean Energy Finance at William & Flora Hewlett Foundation.Marilyn manages the foundation...
Ep 65: Gene Berdichevsky, Co-Founder & CEO at Sila Nanotechnologies
23 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Gene Berdichevsky, Co-Founder & CEO of Sila Nanotechnologies. Prior to co-founding Sila, Gene was the seventh employee at Tesla Mo...
Ep 64: Shayle Kann, Managing Director at Energy Impact Partners
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Shayle Kann, Managing Director for Energy Impact Partners.EIP is an investment firm that invests in companies shaping the energy la...
Ep 63: Jason Jacobs, MCJ Host (Guest Host = MCJ Listener Remy Evard)
16 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Jason Jacobs, host of this podcast!That's right. Enough people were asking me to do an episode where someone interviews me to summa...
Ep 62: Sam Fankhauser, Director, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment (GRI)
12 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Professor Sam Fankhauser, Director of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and Director of the ESRC-funded Centre for ...
Ep 61: Julio Friedmann, Senior Research Scholar & Lead of CaMRI Initiative at Columbia University
09 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest Dr. Julio Friedmann, a Senior Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University.Dr. Friedmann recently ser...
Ep 60: Ilan Gur, CEO of Activate, Founder of Cyclotron Road
05 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Ilan Gur, the CEO of Activate and the Founder of Cyclotron Road. Cyclotron Road is an entrepreneurial fellowship program that pairs P...
Ep 59: Lara Pierpoint, Director of Technical Strategy at Exelon
02 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Lara Pierpoint, Director of Technical Strategy at Exelon.Exelon is America's leading competitive energy provider with one of the cl...
Ep 58: Shawn Murphy, Founder & CEO of Titan Advanced Energy Solutions
27 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Shawn Murphy, Founder & CEO of Titan Advanced Energy Solutions.Titan is an advanced battery management system technology company, w...
Ep 57: David Burt, CEO & Founder, DeltaTerra Capital
25 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is David Burt, the CEO and Founder of DeltaTerra Capital and the lead Portfolio Manager for DeltaTerra funds. DeltaTerra provides prop...
Ep 56: Melinda Hanson, Head of Sustainability at Bird
21 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Melinda Hanson, Head of Sustainability at Bird, a micromobility company based in Santa Monica, CA. Founded in September 2017, Bird ...
Ep 55: Ken Kimmell, President of Union of Concerned Scientists
18 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Ken Kimmell, President of Union of Concerned Scientists, a leading science-based nonprofit that combines the knowledge and influenc...
Ep 54: Paulina Jaramillo, Professor, Engineering and Public Policy, & Co-Director, Green Design Institute at Carnegie Mellon University
14 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Paulina Jaramillo, Professor, Engineering and Public Policy, & Co-Director, Green Design Institute at Carnegie Mellon University.Dr...
Ep 53: Justin Guay, Director of Global Climate Strategy at Sunrise Project
11 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Justin Guay, Director of Global Climate Strategy at Sunrise Project, and organization that grows social movements to drive the tran...
Ep 52: Phil Giudice, Current board member at FirstLight, PRIME Coalition, Clean Air Task Force and NE Clean Energy Council and former Board Member at Ambri, FirstFuel and EnerNOC (amongst others)
07 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Phil Giudice, Board Member at Ambri, FirstFuel, PRIME Coalition, Clean Air Task Force and NE Clean Energy Council. Most recently, P...
Ep 51: Bill Nussey, CEO & Founder at the Freeing Energy Project
04 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Bill Nussey, CEO & Founder at the Freeing Energy Project.Bill Nussey is the founder of the Freeing Energy Project, whose mission is...
Ep 50: Kelly Wanser, Executive Director at SilverLining
31 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Kelly Wanser, Executive Director of SilverLining, a mission organization driving research to ensure safe pathways for climate withi...
Ep 49: Albert Wenger, Managing Partner at Union Square Ventures
28 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Albert Wenger, Managing Partner at Union Square Ventures, a NY-based venture capital firm.Before joining USV, Albert was the presid...
Ep 48: Ramya Swaminathan, CEO of Malta, Inc.
24 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Ramya Swaminathan, CEO of Malta, Inc. Malta’s electro-thermal energy storage system is a new grid-scale technology that collects ...
Ep 47: Mark Reynolds, Executive Director at Citizens' Climate Lobby
21 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Mark Reynolds, Executive Director at Citizens’ Climate Lobby. Executive Director Mark Reynolds’ tenure at Citizens’ Climate L...
Ep 46: Ted Nordhaus, Founder & Executive Director at the Breakthrough Institute
17 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Ted Nordhaus, Founder & Executive Director at the Breakthrough Institute. Ted Nordhaus is a leading global thinker on energy, e...
Ep 45: Deepika Nagabhushan, Program Director, Decarbonized Fossil Energy at Clean Air Task Force
14 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Deepika Nagabhushan, Program Director, Decarbonized Fossil Energy at Clean Air Task Force, which develops policy and advocacy strat...
Ep 44: Emily Reichert, CEO of Greentown Labs
10 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Emily Reichert, CEO of Greentown Labs. Dr. Emily Reichert serves as Chief Executive Officer of Greentown Labs, the largest clean te...
Ep 43: Josh Bushinsky, Co-Founder & Partner at Trajectory Energy Partners
07 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Josh Bushinsky, Co-Founder & Partner at Trajectory Energy Partners. Trajectory Energy Partners brings together landowners, elec...
Ep 42: Dan Lashof, Director of World Resources Institute, United States
03 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Dan Lashof, Director of World Resources Institute, United States. He coordinates WRI’s work in the United States across climate, ...
EP 41: Todd Allen, Chair and Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at University of Michigan
30 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Todd Allen, Chair and Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at University of Michigan. An offer to skip history ...
EP 40: Josh Freed, SVP of the Clean Energy Program at Third Way
26 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Josh Freed, SVP of the Clean Energy Program at Third Way. Third Way is a national think tank that champions modern center-left idea...
Ep 39: Joseph Majkut, Director of Climate Policy at Niskanen Center
23 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Joseph Majkut, Director of Climate Policy at Niskanen Center. Joseph is an expert in climate science, climate policy, and risk and ...
Ep 38: Steve Oldham, CEO of Carbon Engineering
19 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Steve Oldham, CEO of Carbon Engineering. Founded in 2009, CE is a Canadian-based clean energy company leading the commercialization...
Ep 37: John Larsen, Director at Rhodium Group
16 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is John Larsen, a Director at Rhodium Group who leads the firm’s US power sector and energy systems research. John specializes in an...
Ep 36: Nathaniel Keohane, SVP of Climate at Environmental Defense Fund
12 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Nat Keohane, Senior Vice President of Climate at Environmental Defense Fund, where he leads EDF’s Climate program and helps to ...
Ep 35: Kathy Hannun, Co-Founder & CEO at Dandelion
09 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Kathy Hannun, the co-founder & CEO of Dandelion. Originally conceived at X, Alphabet’s innovation lab, Dandelion is now an in...
Ep 34: Jessica Lovering, Director of Energy at The Breakthrough Institute
05 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Jessica Lovering, Director of Energy at The Breakthrough Institute. Jessica is the director of Breakthough’s Energy program and h...
Ep 33: Jim McDermott, Managing Partner at Rusheen Capital Management, LLC
02 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Jim McDermott, Managing Director of Rusheen Capital Management, LLC. Rusheen Capital Management is a Santa Monica, CA-based private...
Ep 32: David Buzby, Private Impact Investor
29 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is David Buzby. David has been starting, building and investing in “impact” businesses for the last 27 years with an emphasis on r...
Ep 31: Gregg Dixon, CEO of Voltus, Inc.
26 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Gregg Dixon, the CEO . of Voltus, Inc. Gregg connects customers, investors, teammates, and the world with Voltus value, ensuring th...
Ep 30: Andrew Beebe, Managing Director at Obvious Ventures
22 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Andrew Beebe, Managing Director at Obvious Ventures. Andrew brings to Obvious Ventures a lifelong passion for building companies ar...
Ep 29: Bill Weihl, former Director of Sustainability at Facebook & Green Energy Czar at Google
19 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Bill Weihl.Bill was the Director of Sustainability at Facebook where he focused on energy efficiency initiatives. Prior to joining ...
Ep 28: Austin Whitman, Executive Director at Climate Neutral
15 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Austin Whitman, Executive Director of Climate Neutral. Climate Neutral is an independent non-profit organization working to acceler...
Ep 27: Marshall Moutenot, Co-Founder and Managing Director at Upstream Tech
12 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Marshall is the co-founder and Managing Director at Upstream Tech, a public benefit corporation that partners with nonprofit and for-profit organizati...
Ep 26: Armond Cohen, Co-Founder and Executive Director at Clean Air Task Force
08 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Armond Cohen, co-founder and Executive Director at Clean Air Task Force, an organization whose task is to reduce climate change by ...
Ep 25: Rob Day, General Partner at Spring Lane Capital
05 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Rob Day, General Partner at Spring Lane Capital. Spring Lane Capital partners with strong management teams who are selling or using...
Ep 24: Diego Saez Gil, Co-Founder & CEO of Pachama
01 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Diego Saez Gil, co-founder & CEO of Pachama. Diego Saez-Gil is Co-founder & CEO of Pachama, a company focused on restoring ...
Ep 23: Noah Deich, Founder & Executive Director of Carbon180
29 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Noah Deich, the Founder & Executive Director of Carbon180. Carbon180 is a new breed of climate-focused NGO on a mission to fund...
Ep 22: Alicia Seiger, Managing Director, Lecturer, Sustainable Finance at Stanford University
25 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Alicia Seiger, a lecturer at Stanford Law School who leads sustainability and energy finance initiatives at Stanford Law, Graduate ...
Ep 21: Pat Brown, CEO & Founder of Impossible Foods
22 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Pat Brown, CEO & founder of Impossible Foods, a company at the forefront of making nutritious, delicious meat and dairy product...
Ep 20: Saul Griffith, Founder of Otherlab
18 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Saul Griffith, the founder of Otherlab. Saul is a prolific inventor and entrepreneur but was trained as an engineer. He received hi...
Ep 19: Matt Rogers, Co-Founder at Nest and Incite.org
15 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Matt Rogers, the co-founder of Nest and now Incite.org. Incite turns big ideas to improve the world into big deals. They offer ear...
Ep 18: Joshua Posamentier, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Congruent Ventures
11 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Joshua Posamentier, Managing Partner and Co-Founder at Congruent Ventures. Congruent partners with entrepreneurs to build companies ...
Ep 17: Adele Morris, Senior Fellow and Policy Director, Climate and Energy Economics Project at Brookings Institution
08 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Adele Morris, a senior fellow and policy director for Climate and Energy Economics at the Brookings Institution. Her research informs...
Ep 16: Kiran Bhatraju, Founder and CEO of Arcadia Power
03 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I interview Kiran Bhatraju the Founder and CEO of Arcadia Power. Arcadia Power connects customers to local community solar projects an...
Ep 15: Rich Powell, Executive Director of ClearPath
01 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I interview Rich Powell, the Executive Director of ClearPath. Rich is the Executive Director at ClearPath and ClearPath Action, the DC...
Ep 14: Susanne Brooks, Senior Director, U.S. Climate Policy & Analysis at Environmental Defense Fund
27 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I interviewed Susanne Brooks, Senior Director, U.S. Climate Policy & Analysis at Environmental Defense Fund. Susanne’s areas of...
Ep 13: Bret Kugelmass, Managing Director at the Energy Impact Center
24 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I interviewed Bret Kugelmass, the Managing Director of the Energy Impact Center. We covered a number of topics, including Bret’s ba...
Ep 12: Alex Flint, Executive Director of The Alliance for Market Solutions
20 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I interviewed Alex Flint, the Executive Director of The Alliance for Market Solutions. Alex joined AMS as executive director in May 2...
Ep 11: Nathaniel Stinnett, Founder and Executive Director of the Environmental Voter Project
17 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I interview Nathaniel Stinnett, the Founder and Executive Director of the Environmental Voter Project. Nathaniel Stinnett founded the...
Ep 10: Gustaf Alstromer, Partner at Y Combinator
13 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I interview Gustaf Alstromer, Partner at Y Combinator and former Product Lead of Growth at AirBnB. Prior to AirBnB, he led Growth at ...
Ep 9: Matthew Nordan, Managing Director at Prime Impact Fund
10 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I interview Matthew Nordan, the Managing Director at Prime Impact Fund and the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of MNL Partners. Matth...
Ep 8: Gary Yohe, Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies at Wesleyan University
06 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I interview Gary Yohe, the Huffington Foundation Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies at Wesleyan University. Most of his...
Ep 7: Dan Yates, Co-Founder & former CEO of Opower
03 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I interview Dan Yates, the Co-Founder and former CEO of Opower, an energy software company he took public and ultimately sold to Orac...
Ep 6: Bob Mumgaard, Co-Founder & CEO of Commonwealth Fusion Systems
30 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I interview Bob Mumgaard, the Co-Founder & CEO of Commonwealth Fusion Systems. I was looking forward to this interview for many r...
Ep 5: Sarah Kearney, Founder & Executive Director of Prime Coalition
27 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I interview Sarah Kearney, founder and executive director of Prime Coalition. Sarah founded Prime Coalition in 2014 to build a tribe ...
Ep 4: Sanchali Pal, Co-Founder & CEO of Joro
23 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I interview Sanchali Pal, the co-founder and CEO of Joro, and app and community to help people automatically track their carbon footp...
Ep 3: Pamela Templer, Ecologist & Biology Professor at Boston University
20 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I interview Pamela Templer, ecologist and biology professor at Boston University. Pamela is broadly interested in ecosystem ecology...
Ep 2: Joseph Stagner Executive Director, Sustainability and Energy at Stanford University
16 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I interview Joseph Stagner, the Executive Director, Sustainability and Energy Management at Stanford University. Over the past sever...
Ep 1: Daniel Hullah, Managing Director at GE Ventures
13 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the inaugural episode! Our first guest is Daniel Hullah. Daniel is a longtime cleantech investor, who has seen it all, yet is still smiling...
Welcome to My Climate Journey
07 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello everyone, and welcome to My Climate Journey! I created this podcast to bring you along on my journey to better understand the climate change pro...