Podship Earth

My son Markus and I go adventuring. We climb Mt Shasta and fly fish on the McCloud river.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Bumper stickers, graffiti and environmental groups are all telling us to “Resist!” Trouble is, we are not very good at it. To increase my resistance skills, I talk with two veteran resistors: Marie Harrison and Rey Leon, the new Mayor of Huron, California’s poorest town.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The media does a poor job of reporting on climate change and the environment, we find out why and how we can promote accurate journalism that connects the dots.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Politicians now lie with impunity, public opinion polls can no longer predict election results and politics has turned inward and ugly, and it all began with Brexit. I talk with Britons still deeply divided from the Brexit vote about the social and environmental impacts of drifting away from Europe. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We go behind the scenes of the Italian marble industry and uncover that this precious stone is being used to make toothpaste, is cutting the top off mountains and is controlled by the mafia and the family of Osama Bin Laden.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Your zip code has more of an impact than your genetic code on how long you will live. We talk with Dr. Tony Iton and Suzanne Bohan about the 20+ year gap in longevity that exists between rich and poor neighborhoods in the same county.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A diary from a 200 mile desert hike on the Continental Divide Trail to visit the home of artist Georgia O'KeeffeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Putney school in Vermont fosters independent thinking and a love of nature. After 30 years, I go back to give the commencement speech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Is the environmental movement getting too bureaucratic and timid? We talk with Randy Hayes the founder of Rainforest Action Network about the bold changes required to get the planet back on track. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We are constantly bombarded by technological and other distractions vying for our attention. This week, we examine how to refocus in order to solve community and planetary challenges.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We meet with leaders tackling how to both starve and clean up the pacific garbage patch.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A daily dose of nature can help children be healthier and learn more. Schools are pulling up asphalt and replacing it with living school yards.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We explore how artists are engaging us emotionally to radically reassess how climate change makes us feel.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We discover that California has over a million people who in 2018 have no clean drinking water. Hopefully, that could soon change.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We clear the smoke around cannabis production and discover the price of weed is more than what you pay at the store.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We talk to farmers in California's Central Valley and West Marin to unearth the planet-saving potential of soil.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The way we see nature and understand pollution will never be the same. We talk to five citizen scientists on the cutting edge of this movement! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Will bitcoin solve the energy crisis or create a new one? Paul Ellis and Richard Titus weigh in.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

From the despair of the huge fires that ravaged Sonoma came community support, resiliency, strength and human and natural rebirth.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

At the bottom of the Grand Canyon Jared meets with Rochelle Tilousi with Havasupai Tribal EPA and goes to Berkeley to explore #vanlife with Sarah Shubert and Eli Whipple.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.