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On this episode of OptOutcast, Climate Editor Amanda Magnani brings you inside COP 28, the United Nations' yearly climate conference, which took place last year in Dubai from Nov. 30-Dec. 13. The event was the largest one to date, with an attendance of nearly 100,000 people. On the one hand, it was marked by exciting announcements, such as the Loss and Damage Fund and the treaty to triple rene...

On this episode of OptOutcast, our Climate Editor, Amanda Magnani, sits down with Nick Cunningham, Gas Outlook’s North American correspondent, to talk about Howe Sound, a UNESCO biosphere reserve in British Columbia that is being threatened by a liquified natural gas (LNG) initiative.  Nick spent months investigating the Woodfibre LNG project and how it is affecting Squamish, a community that was...

On this episode of OptOutcast, our LGBTQ+ Editor, Liana DeMasi, sits down with our Climate Editor, Amanda Magnani, to talk about sustainable initiatives developed by Indigenous communities in the Brazilian Amazon and what we all have to learn from them in terms of public policies and climate action.  Amanda spent two months in the state of Roraima, which is, on the one hand, the most Indigenous, a...

Christian Downie  is a political scientist and professor at the Australian National University, where he researches climate and energy politics. He is also the author of  Business Battles in the U.S. Energy Sector . His recent paper with co-author Robert Brulle in the journal  Climatic Change  traces how fossil fuel trade associations in the U.S. are investing billions of dollars on political acti...

OptOut LGBTQ+ Editor Liana DeMasi sits down with TransLash Media creator Imara Jones to talk about the current, highly calculated disinformation campaign against trans people, what these laws and this political landscape mean for the LGBTQ+ community, and the need to move potential allies to action. Today is Trans Day of Visibility, and this conversation could come at a more appropriate time. Chec...

Kristy Drutman is the founder of Brown Girl Green, a digital media brand that educates and inspires action around sustainability, climate change, and the environment. She is also the founder of Green Jobs Board, the top online destination for people of color to learn about employment in the environment and climate sectors. OptOut Climate spoke with Drutman about how she got started, what it takes...

On this edition of OptOutcast, I speak with Janine Jackson, the host and producer of COUNTERSPIN , a weekly radio show and podcast from national media watchdog FAIR . Jackson is also FAIR's program director. She co-edited The FAIR Reader: An Extra! Review of Press and Politics in the ’90s , and she has appeared on ABC‘s Nightline and CNN Headline News, among other outlets, and has testified to...

On this edition of OptOutcast, OptOut co-founder Alex Kotch speaks with Doug Henwood, a veteran journalist and author who's the host of Behind the News, a weekly radio show and podcast, and the creator of the website LBO News. Doug tells us about his life and career, which has included a print newsletter in the 1980s and even a brief stint on Wall Street. They then discuss the state of left media...

Christian Downie is a political scientist and professor at the Australian National University, where he researches climate and energy politics. He is also the author of Business Battles in the U.S. Energy Sector . His recent paper with co-author Robert Brulle in the journal Climatic Change traces how fossil fuel trade associations in the U.S. are investing billions of dollars on political activiti...

Kristy Drutman is the founder of Brown Girl Green, a digital media brand that educates and inspires action around sustainability, climate change, and the environment. She is also the founder of Green Jobs Board, the top online destination for people of color to learn about employment in the environment and climate sectors. OptOut Climate spoke with Drutman about how she got started, what it takes...

Eric Holthaus is a leading climate journalist and the founder of Currently , a weather and news service that recently joined the OptOut network. He is also the author of the speculative nonfiction book The Future Earth: A Radical Vision for What's Possible in the Age of Warming . OptOut Climate Editor Cristian Salazar speaks with him about climate journalism and his latest effort to create a safe...

The U.N.’s climate conference, officially known as COP27, ended last month with a historic deal to create a fund to compensate countries that have been affected by the climate crisis.  The plan for a “loss and damage” fund was only a start, however, and the details of how it will operate and be funded by wealthy nations are still under negotiation. Climate activists and Global South countries...

Naomi Burton talks with host Alex Kotch about OptOut participant Means TV, the first worker-owned, anti-capitalist streaming service, which she co-founded. How did Means TV get started? What are the latest original shows? Learn all about Means TV in this episode! Recorded on August 25, 2021. Find out about our special promotion , where you can donate to the OptOut Media Foundation and get a half-p...

In the first-ever episode of OptOutcast , Alex and Walker interview Maria Bustillos about the launch of her new media cooperative, The Brick House. Check out and subscribe to Brick House! https://thebrick.house/ Follow The Brick House on Twitter: https://twitter.com/brickhousecoop Follow The Brick House on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebrick.house/ Follow Maria on Twitter: https://twitte...