The Core of Everything

38. Kathy Kasic: Mysteries from Greenland’s Cold War base

Kathy is an award-winning cinematographer and director for natural history documentaries and an Associate Professor at California State University Sacramento.We talk about the Greenland ice sheet, a secret Cold War Base, if documentaries are the best way to inspire action against global warming, and much more.Her new documentary is called The Memory of Darkness, Light and Ice. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @coepod or X @thecoepod Enjoy the episode!Image - Herz Frank

37. Prof. Brendan Buckley: the wonders of tree rings

Professor Brendan Buckley is a dendrochronologist at the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University. We discuss what tree rings can tell us about past climates, how to read a tree stump, how they have been used to identify the rise and fall of civilisations, and much more. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @coepod and Twitter/X @thecoepod #geology #podcast #science #earthscience #climatechange #trees #treerings

36. Dr Kate Marvel: fear and courage in the face of climate change

In this episode, we interview the amazing Dr Kate Marvel. We cover her background from drama to physicist to climate modeler and travel back in time to discuss how fear of the changing climate gave rise to witchcraft and religious phenomena. We finish with the present-day and future climate, including the role of fear but also courage, hope and above all, love. Kate is an Associate Research Scientist at Columbia University and the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. She has appeared on numerous podcasts and TV shows, as she famously gave a Ted Talk in 2017 discussing Can clouds save us from Climate Change? Pre-order her new book, Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet now!! See below: https://a.co/d/etDAhns As always, follow us on Instagram and TikToK @coepod and X@thecoepod.

35. Elizabeth Kolbert: ingenious solutions to climate change

In this episode, we are privileged to interview Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Kolbert. We talk about her style of writing and why it is engaging for so many readers and discuss her book Under a White Sky, which tells stories of human solutions to climate change that have not quite gone to plan. In essence, we chat about people trying to solve problems created by people trying to solve problems. We finish with a reference to the new restrictions in climate funding by the Trump administration and what hope there is for our future fight against global warming. Elizabeth is an American journalist, author and staff writer at The New Yorker. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2015 for her book The Sixth Extinction. Her book Under a White Sky was one of the Washington Post’s ten books of 2021. Her new book is H is for Hope, in which she investigates climate change from A to Z. Follow us on Instgram or TikTok @coepod or X @thecoepod See below for Elizabeth's new book, H is for Hope https://a.co/d/iAoPmUv Enjoy this amazing episode!

34. Yellowstone: How likely is a catastrophic event?

In this episode, we discuss the supervolcano that is Yellowstone. We uncover how it formed, massive eruptions in the past and, if it were to erupt today, what would we be facing? We also discuss the likelihood of a supermassive eruption in the future. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @coepod and X @thecoepod