Leila Conners

Legion 44 Conversations

Science EN ↓ 3 episodes

Legion 44 Conversations follows the growth of the CDR (carbon dioxide removal) industry. Inspired by, and as a follow on to the feature film Legion 44, these conversations will track new developments in this innovative space. Join us as we feature the visionaries and creators that will shape everything from materials production to fuels to food.

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Leila Conners

Episodes

Catching Up with Claire Nelson from Cella 11.11.2025 24:09

Leila Conners, Director of Legion 44 and Founder of Tree+ / Tree Media catches up with Claire Nelson from Cella, a mineral storage company that will be at the center of the future of carbon management.

Catching Up with Mike Kelland of Planetary 24.09.2025 38:33

Planetary received a major boost from the Frontier and can now scale to the next step. Leila Conners catches up with Planetary CEO Mike Kelland on their big new deal and also updates everyone who is new to ocean alkalinity enhancement, or OAE. We touch on working with the fossil fuel industry, why Planetary's OAE is not geoengineering and how they can make fly ash circular.

Tito Jankowski of AirMiners 20.02.2025 24:41

Leila Conners speaks with Tito Jankowski of AirMiners about the impact of the new Trump Administration on the CDR industry. CDR not only sequesters carbon but also offers up countless breakthroughs in materials and fuel production so perhaps support for CDR will continue. The current pause in funding might just be that, a pause, and perhaps this new challenge will in some way turbocharge what will...