The Chief of Chasing Coral
Stats + Stories Episode 304

“You only have to go 1.5 degrees centigrade above the summer average temperature, and the coral will bleach and turn white, and die. So that number is 1.5 degrees centigrade. That’s the number that I gave to John Kerry, when he went to negotiate the Paris Climate Accords. That’s why you keep hearing that number, 1.5. That’s the number below which we can live in a world with coral reefs…” Dr James Porter on Stats + Stories

Stats + Stories podcast is hosted by John Bailer, former chair of the Department of Statistics at Miami University and Rosemary Pennington, Associate Professor of Journalism at Miami University.

Episode 304 is an interview with Dr. James Porter, Professor of Ecology at the University of Georgia and scientific advisor for the 2017 film Chasing Coral, about the health of the world’s coral reefs.

Where’s the beef?
Endless Thread

Endless Thread, hosted by Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson, looks at online communities. ‘Where’s the beef?’ tracks the strange rise of the carnivore diet and Dr Paul Saladino, formerly known as CarnivoreMD.

The Problematic (Part 1)
Tipping Point: The True Story of “The Limits to Growth” Episode 1

‘The Problematic’ is part one of a three-part podcast created by Katy Shields and Vegard Beyer. The podcast tells the story of the 1970s book The Limits to Growth.

The Limits to Growth was a report written by a group of scientists who built a computer model and used it to predict the future. The authors predicted that if we continued on out path of economic growth we risked triggering a collapse in modern civilisation. The Limits to Growth played a crucial role in the development of the environmental movement. But it was attacked by mainstream scientists and economists. This podcast examines the reasons behind the criticism.

How Adventure Improves Our Lives as We Age
Adventure Sports Podcast Episode 1012

The Adventure Sports Podcast is hosted by Matt Pycroft, a filmmaker and photographer specialising in working in remote and hostile environments.

Episode 1012 of the Adventure Sports Podcast is an interview with author Caroline Paul about her book Tough Brough, which investigates the science and psychology of the outdoors and our place in it as we age.

Embracing the Unknown: Kayleen VanderRee on Sailing, Anxiety, and the Race to Alaska
Saltwater Journal

Saltwater Journal Podcast features interviews with women adventuring out of the water. Kayleen VanderRee is a commercial diver by trade, and this interview has a lot of her great sailing stories.

Life and Death Inside the Playboy Mansion
Death, Sex & Money

Death, Sex and Money is an interview podcast hosted by Anna Sale that discusses the big questions.

“Crystal met Hugh Hefner when she was 21 and he was 81. They spent 10 years together at the Playboy mansion before he died and she became a widow. In this episode she reflects on their marriage, and how she’s changed since.”