Utopia is Now
Episodes
Power is Progress: The Fight for Global Energy Access | Bob Freling
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bob has been the executive director of the Solar Electric Light Fund (or SELF for short) since 1997. Under his leadership, SELF has installed over 650...
Misinformation 101: Climate Change Denial and How to Fight Back | Dr. John Cook, PhD
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
IntroductionToday I am joined by Dr. John Cook. Dr. Cook is a Senior Research Fellow with the Melbourne Centre for Behaviour Change at the University ...
Carbon Markets 101: A Beginners Guide to Carbon Markets | Dr. Roger Cohen, PhD
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Roger Cohen is an entrepreneur, focused on addressing climate change through innovative solutions. He leads C2Zero and the Real Carbon Price Index...
Why Climate Change Divides Us | George Marshall
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
George Marshall (born 1964) is a British environmental campaigner, communications specialist and writer. He is the founder of Climate Outreach and is ...
The Warming World Order: How Climate Change Fuels Geopolitical Risks | Prof. Dhanasree Jayaram, PhD
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Dhanasree Jayaram is a Senior Assistant Professor at Manipal Academy of Higher Education and serves as the co-coordinator of the Centre for Climat...
The Language of Climate Politics | Dr. Genevieve Guenther, PhD
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Genevieve Guenther is the founding director of End Climate Silence and affiliate faculty at The New School, where she sits on the board of the Tishman...
Misreading Climate Change: An Anthropological Perspective on Bangladesh | Prof. Camelia Dewan, PhD
29 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Camelia Dewan is an environmental anthropologist focusing on the anthropology of development. She holds a PhD in Social Anthropology and Environmen...
The Social Psychology Behind Climate Change Inaction | Prof. Jeffrey Rotman, PhD
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Jeff Rotman is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Marketing and co-director of the Better Consumption Lab at Deakin Business School. He is the ...
The Next Six Years Will Make or Break Our Climate Goal of 1.5°C Warming | Dr. Robin Lamboll, PhD
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Robin Lamboll researches what humans emit into our atmosphere, what effects it will have on us, and what we can do about it. Robin completed a PhD ...
Climate Change in India: A Growing Environmental Crisis | Prof. Harini Nagendra, PhD
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Harini Nagendra is the Director of the Research Centre at Azim Premji University in Bangalore, India, and leads the University’s Centre fo...
Business in a Post-Growth World | Prof. Donnie Maclurcan, PhD
07 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Donnie Maclurcan Ph.D. leads the Post Growth Institute, an international organization exploring how we thrive within ecological limits. Believing purp...
Can Liberalism Solve Climate Change? | Dr. Christopher Shaw, PhD
10 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chris has more than 15 years of experience in researching climate policy and climate communications. Chris is also a contributing author for the IPCC ...
Awakening the Sleeping Giant: China's Green Energy Transition | Tim Buckley
12 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Buckley, Director, Climate Energy Finance (CEF) has 30 years of financial market experience covering the Australian, Asian and global equity marke...
EcoPsychology: The Psychological Practice Triggered by the Climate Crisis | Dr. Eshana Bragg, PhD
14 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Eshana Bragg is an ecopsychologist with over 30 years of experience in the field. Links _____________________ The Joyality Project: www.joyality...
Biological Annihilation: The Ongoing Sixth Extinction | Prof. Rodolfo Dirzo, PhD
13 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rodolfo Dirzo is Professor of Biology and Earth Systems Science at Stanford University. Rodolfo's scientific work examines the study of species in...
Irrationality, Climate Change & Evolutionary Psychology | Prof. Lionel Page,PhD
28 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lionel Page is a Professor of Economics and the Director of the Behavioural and Economic Science Cluster at the University of Queensland. He has worke...
Cognitive Bias & Climate Change | Prof. Ben Newell, PhD
18 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Newell Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Deputy Head of the School of Psychology at the University of New South Wales. Ben’s research focuse...
The Future is Degrowth? | Dr. Aaron Vansintjan, PhD
25 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Aaron Vansintjan is the Author of 'The Future is Degrowth' & Co-Editor of Uneven Earth. Aaron completed his PhD Candidate in the Departmen...
Climate Change as Class War | Prof. Matt Huber, PhD
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew T. Huber is Professor of Geography at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. He is the author of Lifeblo...
The Moral Sentiments of a Climate Scientist | Dr. David Karoly, PhD
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Karoly was leader of the Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub in the Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Program, based...
Artisanal Mining: The Hidden Cost of the Green Transition | Rob Karpati
17 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rob Karpati is a long-term finance leader in multi-national corporate environments. Focusing on strategic transformation and on global process optimiz...
Western Fundamentalism: Are We Growth Fundamentalists? | Prof. Gordon Menzies, PhD
04 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Gordon Menzies obtained a (First Class) Honours degree from the University of New England in 1985. He won the Robert Jones Prize for the best Masters ...
Crisis and Disaster Communication | Prof. Jacqui Ewart, PhD
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Jacqui Ewart was a journalist and media manager for more than a decade. She has worked as an academic for the past 25 years. Professor Jacqu...
The Myth of Perpetual Economic Growth | Prof. James Hope-Ward, PhD
11 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Professor James Hope-Ward (PhD) is the current Dean of Programs for STEM at the University of South Australia (UniSA). James has a mixed background in...
Degrowth: A Brief Introduction to Post-Capitalism | Dr. Timothée Parrique, PhD (economist)
24 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Timothée Parrique is a social scientist, originally from Versailles, France. He is currently a researcher at the School of Economics and Management o...
A Green Hope? Post-Mortem on the Australian Election | Prof Kate Crowley, PhD
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Crowley is Associate Professor of Public and Environmental Policy at the University of Tasmania. She is widely published on green politics and en...
Climate Finance & The Australian Election | Feat. Tim Buckley (Energy & Finance Expert)
07 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Director of Energy Finance Studies (Australia/South Asia), Tim Buckley has 25 years of financial market experience covering the Australian, Asian and ...
Woke Capitalism: How Corporate Morality is Sabotaging Democracy | Prof Carl Rhodes, Litt.D
10 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Carl is the Dean of the Business School at the University of Technology, Sydney. Carl has held professorships at Swansea University, The University of...
How the Humanities Can Help Solve Problems | Feat. Prof Christian Madsbjerg (Founder of ReD Associates)
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Christian is the co-founder of management consultancy ReD Associates & Professor of Applied Humanities at The New School and Senior Partner in Red...
What Art & Music Can Teach us about Innovation | Feat. Michael Hendrix
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Hendrix is an American graphic designer and entrepreneur. He is also the Partner and the Global Design Director of IDEO, a leading design cons...
How Romanticism Can Reconnect Us With the World | Joshua Krook Ph.D.
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Josh is a researcher, writer, and public speaker interested in the humanities, legal education and employment policies. He has appeared as a guest on ...
The Curious Case of Business Ethics | Feat. Robert Chesnut (Former General Council of AirBnB)
18 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rob is the former General Counsel and Chief Ethics Officer of Airbnb. Rob is a graduate of Harvard Law School and the University of Virginia. He worke...
Corporate Sustainability & Social Good | feat. Rob Karpati
09 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rob Karpati is a Finance and Transformation leader who believes that social value is the starting point for business value. Rob is the VP and Strategi...
How Language and Relationships Can Change the World | Feat. Cheryl Kiser
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Utopia is Now. In today's conversation, we talked to Cheryl Kiser, the executive director of the Lewis Institute for Social Innovat...
Reimagining Work & Taking the Unconventional Path | feat. Paul Millerd (Ex-McKinsey, Ex-BCG)
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Millerd is a Curious Human & Solopreneur, Writer, Host of the Reimagine Work Podcast, Teacher at Strategy U, Independent Consultant and Advis...
Pandemic Economics | Ryan Bourne (Economist)
26 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Bourne is an economist and currently occupies the R. Evan Scharf Chair for the Public Understanding of Economics at Cato Institute. Before joinin...
Utopias and Dystopias | Prof. Weston Miller
16 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Formerly a corporate attorney, advertising copywriter, and carpenter, Weston Miller teaches intermediate Humanities and introductory writing courses a...
Grow the Pie - The Future of Value Creation | Prof. Alex Edmans, PhD
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Edmans is a professor of finance at London Business School and the author of the book, "Grow the Pie: How Great Companies Deliver Both Purpose an...
Why is Utopia Now? | feat. Alex Canadell
17 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction 01:28 - Alex and the origin of 'Utopia is Now' 03:27 - What is Utopia? 06:23 - Shouldn't w...
What is 'Utopia is Now'?
13 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
'Utopia is Now' is a trans-disciplinary community dedicated to having deep discussions to stimulate and challenge our views on the world. Our goal is ...