Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

1 week ago | ayanaelizabeth.substack.com | Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

Listen, follow, rate, & review, wherever you get your podcasts. xoBig day, y’all. Today is publication day for our favorite climate scientist. Dr. Kate Marvelwrote a book called Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet. Head to your local bookstore and find it on the shelves — hot off the presses! (Support your local bookstores not the big baddies, obvi.)If you don’t know Kate, well, she’s the best. She started out as an astrophysicist.

2 weeks ago | ayanaelizabeth.substack.com | Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

Hey Everyone. I just wrote to you yesterday, but this is very important:This weekend we protest against the Trump administration and for democracy and decency (and good climate policy!). Massive turnout is critical. We must eclispe Trump’s egomaniacal, dictatorial, waste of taxpayer money, birthday military tanks parade in DC. There are events planned in every state, almost certainly one near you. Make a sign, bring your friends, see you in the streets. Details: NoKings.org.

2 weeks ago | ayanaelizabeth.substack.com | Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

Listen, follow, rate, & review, wherever you get your podcasts. xoWhen I think of diversity, I think of so much more than race. Age and geographic diversity are particularly underrated. It’s easy to fall into just talking to folks my own age in the cities I frequent. So, for curating both All We Can Save and What If We Get It Right?

3 weeks ago | ayanaelizabeth.substack.com | Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

This episode was recorded live at the WBUR Festival, which celebrated the Boston public radio station’s 75th anniversary. 🥳 Speakers included Roxanne Gay, Ira Glass, and mayor Michelle Wu, but the headliner for all the climate nerds was Gina McCarthy. For all 8 years of the Obama administration, Gina was a leading figure at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). First as head of the Office of Air (remember when people in charge over there cared about clean air? 🫤), then as head of the agency.

1 month ago | ayanaelizabeth.substack.com | Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

Today’s episode is a very sweetreunion with my former podcast co-host Alex Blumberg. Alex and I co-created How to Save a Planet, which ran for 2 years as Spotify’s flagship climate show. This episode opens with the hilariously unlikely origin story of our fab collab. Teeny request: When you hit play, also hit follow :)Podcast nerds will be familiar with Alex’s work, but for the rest: Alex was a longtime producer at This American Life, one of the biggest radio/podcast shows of all-time.