If only there were a podcast that broke down all of the ways climate professionals broke into their industry...

Michael Gold is a communications expert and consultant at Word Clouds Consulting and the host of the new podcast, Climate Swings. This show traces guests' stories and explains how they landed a job working on one of humanity's most significant problem sets.

Check out the episode of Climate Swings I did with Michael retelling my odyssey into climate work here! Be sure to subscribe to his show, give it a great rating and review, and send it to a friend trying to come join us.

Also, a special thank you to 9Zero for serendipitously facilitating our connection and to Terra.do for helping Michael do what he does!

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"From PhD Dropout to Carbon Removal Comedian", the episode of Climate Swings I did with Michael

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Sometimes, we skip right over the life stories of guests. Othertimes, it's everything. Today, it's everything.

Returning to the show after several years is Carbon180's Executive Director, Erin Burns.

Erin grew up in a coal mining family in West Virginia, got her start in Joe Manchin's Senate office, and has had a long and impactful career in carbon removal.

Today, Erin (re)explains how the budgeting process works in the United States federal government and how the appropriations process intersects with it. What is the difference, and where can voters get involved?

This is truly an improvised masterclass in civics education. Listen up for what you missed in high school, and how it will impact the future of carbon removal.

This Episode's Sponsors

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Arbonics

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Carbon180

Scrip

Company town

"The Appropriations Process: A Brief Overview", a CRS Product

Carbon180's Carbon Removal Funding Tracker

"The Ghost of Tom Joad" by Bruce Springsteen

"Which Side Are You On?" by Pete Seeger

"There is Power in a Union" by Utah Phillips (originally by Joe Hill)

Harlan County, U.S.A.

The clean energy transition sure needs a heck of a lot of mining. What do we do when there are environmental or spiritual costs to getting the materials we need for EVs and batteries?

Ernest Scheyder is a Reuters reporter covering critical minerals, and the author of The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives.

His reporting strives to let audiences draw their own conclusions about where the line should be on environmental extraction, which is a rarer approach than maybe meets the eye.

Tune in to also learn where the political battles of the second Trump Administration over critical minerals in Ukraine and clean energy politics at home may lead, and what we should keep our eyes on in the future.

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Ernest Scheyder's website

Ernest's reporting at Reuters

The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives

The Irresponsible Pursuit of Paradise by Jim L. Bowyer

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