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Guest:

Shomik Dutta

Date 10/29/2024

Tapping the trillion dollar government edge with Overture VC, Ep #98

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Can fashion be sustainable? An inside look with Jason Kibbey & Evan Wiener, Ep #97

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Hedge funds’ role in climate action with Corbin Capital, Ep #90

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Steven Rothstein

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Fighting for climate disclosures with Ceres, Ep #88

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Ellen Jackowski

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Mastercard’s master plan for sustainable consumption, Ep #87

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Mike Jackson & Ramsay Siegal

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Lizzy Kolar

Date 03/26/2024

Scaling home upgrades through CSAs with Scope Zero, Ep #85

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Jamil Wyne

Date 03/12/2024

Oxford’s Climate Tech Opportunity Report with Jamil Wyne, Ep #84

Guest:

Cyrus Wadia

Date 02/20/2024

Unlocking the Potential of Scientists with Activate, Ep #83

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Dan Chu & Pedro Henriques da Silva

Date 02/13/2024

Sierra Club Foundation’s Shifting Trillions Initiative to Transform Energy Finance, Ep #82

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Matthias Roth & Ran Roth

Date 02/06/2024

Smart ACs and hot cities with Sensibo’s Ran Roth and Prof. Matthias Roth, Ep #81

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Jess Hyman

Date 01/30/2024

Inside Atlassian’s Sustainability Playbook, Ep #80

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Blake Harrop

Date 01/23/2024

How advertising can accelerate climate progress with Wieden+Kennedy, Ep #79

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Elizabeth Yee

Date 01/16/2024

Rockefeller Foundation’s $1 billion catalytic climate commitment, Ep #78

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Mark Herrema

Date 11/28/2023

Replacing plastic using captured greenhouse gases with Newlight, Ep #77

Guest:

Nate Matthews & Joshua Amponsem

Date 11/14/2023

Building global climate resilience with Global Resilience Partnership & Green Africa Youth Organization, Ep #76

Guest:

Priya Parrish & Chris Wu

Date 11/07/2023

Impact investing in climate with Impact Engine, Ep #75

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Naomi Morenzoni & Claudine Emeott

Date 10/31/2023

Salesforce’s climate investing playbook, Ep #74

Guest:

Lori Collins, Don Tappan & Bill Lese

Date 10/24/2023

Fusion, carbon transformation, grid management and more with Braemar Energy Ventures, Ep #73

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Ben Hubbard & Quinn Pasloske

Date 10/17/2023

Massive infrastructure opportunity with Nexus PMG & GreenBacker, Ep #72

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Kathy Hannun

Date 10/10/2023

Geothermal heat pumps with Dandelion Energy, Ep #71

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Former VP Al Gore & the climate community

Date 10/03/2023

Climate Week recap featuring Al Gore & many others, Ep #70

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Ellen Martin & Umesh Madhavan

Date 09/26/2023

Tackling the plastics crisis via blended finance with Circulate Capital & the Circulate Initiative, Ep #69

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Matthew Miles Goodrich & Aru Shiney-Ajay

Date 09/19/2023

Sunrise Movement & young people’s fight for bold climate action, Ep #68

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Swaroop ‘Kittu’ Kolluri

Date 09/12/2023

AI-powered climate tech breakthroughs with Neotribe’s Kittu Kolluri, Ep #67

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Pete Krull & Bonnie Gurry

Date 09/05/2023

Climate-first investing with GreenPortfolio & Earth Equity Advisors, Ep #66

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Freya Burton & Zara Summers

Date 08/15/2023

Creating a circular economy of carbon with LanzaTech, Ep #65

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Gavin McCormick

Date 08/08/2023

Climate TRACE’s bold plan to map emissions with satellites, sensors & AI, Ep #64

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Tenni Theuer & Rob Day

Date 08/01/2023

Electrifying fleets with Spring Free EV & Spring Lane Capital, Ep #63

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Ron Gonen & Oshik Efrati

Date 07/25/2023

Turning waste into energy onsite with Closed Loop Partners & HomeBiogas, Ep #62

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Jenn Kenning

Date 07/18/2023

Climate investing past, present & future with Jenn Kenning, Ep #61

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Jane Palmer & Dan Fishman

Date 07/11/2023

Carbon-negative pigments with Nature Coatings and Regeneration.vc, Ep #60

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Maria Fujihara & Lauren Densham

Date 06/27/2023

Decarbonization intelligence with SINAI & Energize Ventures, Ep #58

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Zach Stein & Shaandiin Cedar

Date 06/25/2023

Making sustainable investing easy with Carbon Collective & Powerhouse Ventures, Ep #59

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Trish Cozart, Adam Cohen & Tanya Barham

Date 06/20/2023

Piloting through the Valley of Death with NREL, NineDot & Community Energy Lab, Ep #57

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Jean-Louis Warnholz & Amandine Durr

Date 06/13/2023

Sustainable shopping momentum with Future & Back Market, Ep #56

Guest:

Joanne Rodriguez & Ryan Jeffrey

Date 06/06/2023

Mushrooms that eat waste with Mycocycle & Gener8tor, Ep #55

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Nithya Raman & Yassamin Ansari

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City Councilmembers Nithya Raman of Los Angeles & Yassamin Ansari of Phoenix on local climate action, Ep #54

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Brandon Levy & Bodhi Patil

Date 05/23/2023

Innovation to restore our oceans with Sustainable Ocean Alliance & Ocean Uprise, Ep #53

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Marion Gee

Date 05/16/2023

Pursuing a just transition with Climate Justice Alliance, Ep #52

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Cynthia Adams & Lou Schick

Date 05/09/2023

Reshaping real estate with Pearl & Clean Energy Ventures, Ep #51

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Chris Castro

Date 05/02/2023

US Department of Energy’s Chris Castro on helping communities access the IRA and more, Ep #50

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Simon Rawson

Date 04/25/2023

How shareholder activism accelerates climate action with ShareAction, Ep #49

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Marilyn Waite

Date 04/18/2023

Marilyn Waite on the Climate Finance Fund and the $4T we need, Ep #48

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Susan Stone & Prabhakar “KP” Karri

Date 04/11/2023

Transparent solar’s revolutionary potential with Andersen Windows & Ubiquitous Energy, Ep #47

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Franz Hochstrasser & Kristal Hansley

Date 04/04/2023

Democratizing climate investing with Raise Green & WeSolar, Ep #46

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Secretary Karen Ross

Date 03/28/2023

Secretary of Agriculture Karen Ross on California’s Climate Leadership, Ep #45

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Katie Anderson & Chris Adamo

Date 03/21/2023

Danone & EDF’s partnership to transform agriculture, Ep #44

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Duncan McIntyre & Tim Shannon

Date 03/14/2023

The great school bus transition with Highland Electric & Tim Shannon, Ep #43

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Peggy Brannigan & Ellen Weinreb

Date 03/07/2023

Climate jobs report with LinkedIn & Weinreb Group, Ep #42

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Arnold Leitner & Sean Luangrath

Date 02/28/2023

Off-grid power anywhere with YouSolar & Inergy, Ep #41

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Danny Kennedy & Elaine Hsieh

Date 02/21/2023

Supporting 100,000 climate founders with New Energy Nexus & Third Derivative, Ep #40

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Tomás Álvarez Belón & Tito Jankowski

Date 02/14/2023

The carbon removal revolution with Collaborative Fund & AirMiners, Ep #39

Guest:

James Stone

Date 02/07/2023

ESG investing insights with Baron Capital’s James Stone, Ep #38

Guest:

Jamie Beck Alexander

Date 01/31/2023

Every job is a climate job with Project Drawdown, Ep #37

Guest:

Danielle Nierenberg

Date 01/24/2023

Food Tank’s Danielle Nierenberg on systems change for climate, Ep #36

Guest:

Dr. Paul Zorner & Ben Cloud

Date 01/17/2023

Regenerative Ag with Biodel’s Ben Cloud and Dr. Paul Zorner, Ep #35

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Matt Ridenour & Jami Goldman

Date 01/08/2023

New climate opportunities for 2023 with Google, CSAA and IDEO, Ep #34

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Adrian Martinez

Date 12/13/2022

Local activism, lawyers & transformative change with Earthjustice, Ep #33

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Kyle Stock & Cathy Zoi

Date 12/06/2022

The Future of Cars with Bloomberg’s Kyle Stock & EVgo’s Cathy Zoi, Ep #32

Guest:

Steven Rothstein & Yamika Ketu

Date 11/29/2022

Systems transformation through finance with Ceres, Ep #31

Guest:

Kim Zou

Date 11/22/2022

Market insights with Climate Tech VC’s Kim Zou, Ep #30

Guest:

Sundeep Ahuja

Date 11/15/2022

From venture syndicates to funds with Climate Capital’s Sundeep Ahuja, Ep #29

Guest:

Ari Matusiak

Date 11/08/2022

Rewiring America, systems change & electrifying everything, Ep #28

Guest:

Kate Williams & Jesse Simmons

Date 11/01/2022

1% for the Planet and CapShift on growing climate philanthropy through impact investing, Ep #27

Guest:

Lindsey Hoell & Christina O’Conor

Date 10/25/2022

Replacing plastics through a circular economy with Dispatch Goods & Congruent Ventures, Ep #26

Guest:

Alexia Akbay & Julia Marsh

Date 10/11/2022

Saving the planet with seaweed, Symbrosia & Sway, Ep #25

Guest:

Seth Godin

Date 10/07/2022

Seth Godin on Systems Change and The Carbon Almanac, Ep #24

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Annie Agle & Peter Whitcomb

Date 10/04/2022

Creating a circular economy with Cotopaxi & TERSUS, Ep #23

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Ryan Panchadsaram & Anjali Grover

Date 09/27/2022

A comprehensive action plan for climate with Speed & Scale, Ep #22

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Dana Gunders & Gaeleen Quinn

Date 09/20/2022

Eliminating food waste with ReFED & Too Good to Go, Ep #21

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Tom Chi

Date 09/13/2022

Investing for a net positive civilization with Tom Chi, Ep #20

Guest:

Tom Ferguson and Erin Rothman

Date 09/06/2022

Investing in water with Burnt Island Ventures & StormSensor, Ep #19

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Mia Diawara & Jamil Wyne

Date 08/29/2022

Supporting founders with Lowercarbon Capital and the Climate Tech Bootcamp, Ep #18

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Christian Hernandez Gallardo and Daniel Betts

Date 08/22/2022

Climate positive cities and air conditioning with 2150.vc and Blue Frontier, Ep #17

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CA Senator Becker and Mary Creasman

Date 08/16/2022

The power of State action with CA Senator Josh Becker and CA Envirovoters CEO Mary Creasman, Ep #16

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Anand Nandakumar

Date 08/09/2022

Magically appearing electric vehicles with Halo.car, Ep #15

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Dimitry Gershenson and Erin Davis

Date 08/01/2022

Non-dilutive climate investing with Enduring Planet, Ep #14 

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Diego Serebrisky, Jose Manuel Moller and Fernando Ocaña

Date 07/25/2022

Climate tech insights from Latin America, Ep #13

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Raquel deAnda & Gan Golan

Date 07/18/2022

Creativity, movement building and culture change for climate, Ep. #12

Guest:

Michael Luciani & Jenny Kan

Date 07/11/2022

Synthetic bio investing with Exponential Impact, Ep #11

Guest:

Sanchali Pal

Date 07/04/2022

Managing your carbon footprint with Joro, Ep #10

Guest:

John Goldstein

Date 06/27/2022

Climate investing with Goldman Sachs’ John Goldstein, Ep #9

Guest:

Krystal Persaud and Parinda Darden

Date 06/20/2022

Going solar is easy & affordable with Wildgrid, Ep #8

Guest:

Alex Wright-Gladstein

Date 06/13/2022

Moving billions through 401ks with Sphere, Ep #7

Guest:

William McDonough

Date 06/06/2022

Climate action today with sustainability legend William McDonough, Ep #6

Guest:

Jason Scott

Date 05/30/2022

Climate accelerators and investing at Google, ANIM and the Black Angel Group, Ep #5

Guest:

Jamie Beck Alexander

Date 05/23/2022

Every job is a climate job with Project Drawdown, Ep #4

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Ravi Mikkelsen

Date 05/16/2022

Stop lending your money to fossil fuels with Atmos Financial, Ep #3

Guest:

Anshuman Bapna & Kamal Kapadia

Date 05/10/2022

Climate jobs for everyone with Terra.do, Ep #2

Guest:

Sean Kosofsky

Date 05/10/2022

Helping shape climate policy with the Climate Advocacy Lab, Ep #1

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Overture VC stands out as an investment firm with a unique focus on policy, particularly in climate tech. They not only help companies navigate government incentives but also actively lobby for beneficial policies, tapping into a $1.2 trillion wave of government funding for climate initiatives. Founder Shomik Dutta highlights how recent climate policies create significant opportunities for startups, alongside the importance of voter engagement in the upcoming election.

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Guest:

Shomik Dutta

Date: 10/29/2024

Tapping the trillion dollar government edge with Overture VC, Ep #98

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