Hinduism and LGBTQ climate work with Hari Venkatachalam

First Air Date

How does an American Hindu approach the climate crisis? What ancient values and teachings apply to modern life in America today? And how does this relate to LGBTQ issues and public health? Hari Venkatachalam connects his faith, work, heritage, and even his sexual orientation to living in a climate-changed world.

In the episode Hari reveals how extreme weather, which affects everyone, disproportionally impacts LGBTQ homeless youth. Citizens Climate Radio host, Peterson Toscano, explains,

Cameroonians, Cherokees, Republicans, Playwrights - We All Need to Solve Climate Change

Citizens Climate Radio

First Air Date

Peterson Toscano of Citizen's Climate Radio guest-hosts today, visiting with Jacques Kenjio from Cameroon, Mary Kathryn Nagle of the Cherokee Nation and partner in a small law firm where she works to protect tribal sovereignty and to protect their women and children from domestic violence and sexual assault. She is also a playwright, putting these issues on stage. Also featured is Geraldo Cadava, the author of The Hispanic Republican. Lastly, Elli Sparks, currently Citizens Climate Lobby’s Director of Field Development, is author of Tell Me A Story, a conversation between a parent and a child, and a story within a story.

Bob Inglis, Annie Patterson, and Peter Blood—The Tide is Rising

Annie Patterson and Peter Blood

First Air Date

Citizens Climate Education encourages bipartisan support for climate solutions. While people on the Left, Right, and in the Middle might disagree on many issues, Climate Change is one that can bring us together. But this is not always easy to do. It requires listening deeply to others who hold views on issues and policies that differ from my own.

EP 55 Climate Change and Creation Care: What Would Jesus Do?

Lindsay Linsky author of Keep It Good

First Air Date

In a followup to our most downloaded episode,  What Does the Bible Say About Climate Change?, host, Peterson Toscano speaks with two Christian women about their faith, their commitment to creation care, and why they see Citizens Climate Lobby as a place where they can pursue meaningful solutions. They talk about their values, the Bible, the spiritual charge to do the work of reconciliation, especially in a contentious and politically divided country.

CCR 53 Andrew Stuhl with Lessons from a 1972 Flood and Lynn Neuman is Dancing with Plastic

Dancer Lynne Neuman covered in plastic garbage

First Air Date

Peterson Toscano interviews Andrew Stuhl, associate professor of environmental studies and sciences at Bucknell University about the impact of 1972's Hurricane Agnes on the Susquehanna River Valley; and Lynn Neuman, dancer, choreographer, and director of the Artichoke Dance Company about her dancing and climate activism.