Tangelic Talks

🎙️ We came in expecting a technical season. We're leaving angry, more informed, and somehow more hopeful. In this Season 4 finale of Tangelic Talks, co-hosts Victoria Cornelio and Andres Tamez sit down to reflect on everything — every guest, every revelation, every moment that made them stare into a wall for a few minutes. Season 4 asked a deceptively simple question: how do finance and techno...

🎙️ AI is accelerating the climate crisis. And it might also be one of the best tools we have to fight it. The question is — which side wins? In this episode of Tangelic Talks, co-hosts Victoria Cornelio and Andres Tamez sit down with Charles F. Stromeyer IV — Principal of Frontier AI and Investment Strategy at Tangelic, with over 30 years of experience in AI and investing — for one of the most wid...

🎙️ Every search, every AI prompt, every cloud upload lives somewhere physical. And that somewhere is quietly consuming more energy, water, and resources than most people realize. In this episode of Tangelic Talks, co-hosts Victoria Cornelio and Andres Tamez sit down with Murphy John — founder of StorX Network, a decentralized cloud storage platform — to unpack one of the most invisible climate cha...

🎙️ What does climate innovation look like when you're building from scratch — in a region the world's green tech industry wasn't designed for? In this episode of Tangelic Talks, co-hosts Victoria Cornelio and Andres Tamez sit down with Ayah Younis — founder of AuraCap, climate innovator, ESG reporter, and one of the most compelling voices in Jordan's emerging climate tech ecosystem...

🎙️ What if we stopped trying to explain climate change and just talked about it — like two people who actually care? In this special episode of Tangelic Talks, co-hosts Victoria Cornelio and Andres Tamez try something different. No guest. No jargon. Just a real, honest, sometimes nerdy, sometimes funny conversation about two of this season's biggest themes — climate tech and climate finance —...

🎙️ What if the biggest climate threat from AI isn't the energy it uses — but what it's being built to do? In this episode of Tangelic Talks, co-hosts Victoria Cornelio and Andres Tamez sit down with Holly Alpine — co-founder of the Enabled Emissions campaign and former Microsoft sustainability leader — who spent over a decade inside one of the world's most powerful tech companies befor...

🎙️ Why are we still losing the climate fight — 10 years after the Paris Agreement? In this episode of Tangelic Talks, co-hosts Victoria Cornelio and Andres Tamez sit down with Patrick Galey — Head of Fossil Fuel Investigations at Global Witness — who leads data-driven investigations exposing how the fossil fuel industry shapes policy, influences climate negotiations, and protects its commercial in...

🎙️ What does responsible tourism actually look like on the ground — beyond the buzzwords and glossy brochures? In this episode of Tangelic Talks, co-hosts Victoria Cornelio and Andres Tamez head to North Africa with Azdean — Morocco travel expert, founder of Destination Morocco, and host of the Destination Morocco podcast — to explore how tourism can become a genuine tool for sustainability, local...

🎙️ What if the solution to climate change wasn't sacrifice — but smarter design? In this episode of Tangelic Talks, co-hosts Victoria Cornelio and Andres Tamez sit down with Josh Dorfman — climate entrepreneur, co-founder of Planted (the carbon-negative building material startup named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies of 2024), and creator of Supercool, a media platform cover...

🎙️ Is AI accelerating climate solutions—or quietly creating new sustainability risks? In this eye-opening episode of Tangelic Talks, co-hosts Victoria Cornelio and Andres Tamez sit down with Chris Carter, Chairman & CEO of Apro Eo, a global technology services leader operating inside the world’s most complex data and enterprise systems. Chris brings decades of experience across AI, cloud compu...

🎙️ Who really pays for the energy transition—and is it fair? In this deep dive episode of Tangelic Talks, hosts Victoria Cornelio and Andres Tamez unpack one of the most controversial questions in climate conversations today: 👉 Who is actually bearing the cost of the transition to a low-carbon future? From taxpayers and households to governments, corporations, and vulnerable communities—this epis...

🎙️ What does ESG actually look like inside companies — beyond the buzzwords? In this episode of Tangelic Talks, co-hosts Victoria Cornelio and Andres Tamez sit down with Dana Darwish, Climate Change, Carbon & ESG Advisory Senior Consultant at WSP, to unpack how sustainability frameworks are being implemented in real organizations across the Middle East. Dana shares her journey into sustainabil...

🎙️ What does a meaningful career look like in the age of AI, climate transition, and rapid technological change? In this episode of Tangelic Talks, co-hosts Victoria Cornelio and Andres Tamez sit down with Stephen Shortt — career strategist, entrepreneur, and talent development expert — to explore how people can build fulfilling, future-ready careers during the global shift toward a greener econom...

🎙️ What if the climate crisis isn’t really about emissions… but about power? In this thought-provoking episode of Tangelic Talks, co-hosts Victoria Cornelio and Andres Tamez sit down with Rachel Donald — investigative journalist, systems thinker, and creator of Planet Critical. Rachel doesn’t just report on crises — she interrogates why they exist in the first place. From climate finance to geopol...

🎙️ Welcome to Season 4 of Tangelic Talks. This season, we’re asking bigger — and harder — questions. Climate Finance, AI & Power: Who Controls the Future? In this intro episode, co-hosts Victoria Cornelio and Andres Tamez unpack the central theme of Season 4: Climate Finance, Technology, and Power. Where is the capital for the energy transition coming from? Who decides where the money flows? I...

🎙️ What did we learn from an entire season of climate conversations? In this special Season 3 Recap episode of Tangelic Talks, co-hosts Victoria Cornelio and Andres Tamez reflect on the defining themes, transformative stories, and urgent lessons that shaped one of our most powerful seasons yet. Season 3 brought together voices from across energy, climate justice, policy, journalism, tourism, techn...

🌿 What does responsible tourism actually mean — and how do we ensure travel uplifts people, protects nature, and strengthens local economies? In this eye-opening episode of Tangelic Talks, co-hosts Victoria Cornelio and Andres Tamez sit down with Jennifer Kalemera — an ecotourism expert with over seven years of experience across Tanzania’s tourism and conservation sectors. Jennifer has worked on...

🌍 What does climate justice really look like when we center people, power, and lived experience — not just policy? In this transformative episode of Tangelic Talks, co-hosts Victoria Cornelio and Andres Tamez sit down with Amber Amoo Gottfried — a climate action facilitator, consultant, and leading voice on intersectional, anti-colonial climate work. Amber’s work spans climate action planning, en...

🌍 How does climate change affect our minds, our stories, and our sense of justice? In this powerful episode of Tangelic Talks, co-hosts Victoria Cornelio and Andres Tamez sit down with Svetlana Onye — climate writer, researcher, activist, and Head of the Eco-Anxiety Africa Project. Her work shines a crucial spotlight on the intersection of climate, mental health, gender, and justice, especially a...

🌱 Can restoring forests restore communities too? In this insightful episode of Tangelic Talks, co-hosts Victoria Cornelio and Andres Tamez sit down with Kwame Sekyere — an environmental scientist, project manager at Tropenbos Ghana, and a passionate leader in forest restoration. Kwame works at the heart of the Forest Restoration for Diversity and Livelihoods Project in Asante Akyem South, a trans...

🌍 What does it take to stop a coal plant and transform a nation’s energy future? In this inspiring episode of Tangelic Talks, co-hosts Victoria Cornelio and Andres Tamez sit down with Chibeze Ezekiel — Executive Coordinator of the Strategic Youth Network for Development (SYND), Goldman Environmental Prize Winner for Africa (2020), and the man who led the campaign that stopped Ghana’s first coal p...

🎙️ What does it take to build a just energy future for all? In this compelling episode of Tangelic Talks, co-hosts Victoria Cornelio and Andres Tamez sit down with Deborah Fadeyi — a global sustainability leader driving equitable energy transitions across Africa, Asia, and Europe. As Decarbonization Lead at Thames Water, Founder of REES Africa, and CEO of Vector Energy, Deborah is transforming how...

🌍 Is the road to a green future still paved with exploitation? In this thought-provoking episode of Tangelic Talks, co-hosts Victoria Cornelio and Andres Tamez take a deep dive into the intersection of clean energy, artificial intelligence, and climate justice — unpacking the hidden costs behind the technologies driving our sustainable transition. From data centers draining millions of liters of...

🎙️ Can storytelling change how we power the world? In this inspiring episode of Tangelic Talks, co-hosts Victoria Cornelio and Andres Tamez sit down with Olubunmi “Olu” Olajide — a commercial energy professional by day and podcast host of The Energy Talk by passion. Olu shares his journey from petroleum engineering to leading conversations in Africa’s clean energy transition — and why he believes...

💡 How do you turn a bold vision into lasting impact? In this powerful episode of Tangelic Talks, co-hosts Victoria Cornelio and Andres Tamez sit down with Theo Minné, a telecom and infrastructure veteran with over three decades of experience building systems across Africa — from mobile networks in the 1990s to today’s sustainable energy revolution. Theo shares his journey from working in the dese...