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Sweatpants / Episode 10
To round out this season of Sweatpants we’ve got the incredibly talented Adam Met from the band AJR on the program. After Rollie peppers Adam with questions about what it...
Working within popular culture to create awareness, accountability, and action around the issue of climate change.
To round out this season of Sweatpants we’ve got the incredibly talented Adam Met from the band AJR on the program. After Rollie peppers Adam with questions about what it...
This episode of Sweatpants features such a rock solid guest that it came dangerously close to becoming too high-key. Luckily for us, Dr. Alicia Pérez-Porro was able to thread the...
A low-key climate podcast could never be complete without having Sasha Stewart as a guest. Sasha has worked on everything from The Colbert Report to The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore to Amend:...
Never has a guest on Sweatpants understood the concept of a low-key climate podcast faster than Dr. Shannon Odell (Drunk Science, Fun City, Your Brain On Blank). Despite having a PhD in...
Put your kids on silent and throw your friends in a volcano because you don't want to miss a second of this episode featuring Dr. Geoffrey Supran (Harvard, MIT, Climate...
If you're looking for a relaxing trip to podcast city, you've come to the right place. Today's guest is the creator and writer of the Heated Newsletter, Emily Atkin, and...
You are in luck, because this episode stars climate science powerhouse Dr. Kate Marvel (NASA, Columbia University, Scientific American). She also happens to have been Rollie’s atmospheric science professor in...
Rollie strikes gold in the third installment of Sweatpants by bringing on climate comedian Chuck Nice (StarTalk, Comedy Central, Brain Games). They talk about their respective paths around comedy and...
Music maker/activist/Reverb.org co-founder, Adam Gardner reaches back to the nascent years of his now ubiquitous nonprofit "dedicated to empowering millions of individuals to take action toward a better future for...
Perry and Kirsten get into it with the supremely talented London-based, British-Ugandan Musician/Songwriter/Activist, LOVE SSEGA. Ssega is a founding member, lead singer/songwriter for Clean Bandit, an electro-classical band that collaborated with...
The concept of a low-key podcast is strained when Rollie gets on the phone with Dr. Gavin Schmidt, NASA’s Senior Climate Advisor to the President. Luckily, Gavin was calling in...
Our latest SOS Session features singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright and Kimberly Nicholas, PhD, Associate Professor of Sustainability Science at Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS). Dr. Nicholas' new book is...
n this unbelievably low-key episode, Rollie cracks open a cold one with writer/performer Nicole Conlan (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert) and climate journalist Brian Kahn (Earther, Columbia). They have...
In this episode of The Creative Climate, Perry’s CCP colleague Kurt Langer joins as a guest host and interviews two participants from Climate Live Japan. Singer & track maker extraordinaire...
On April 24th, 2021, a youth-led concert series called ClimateLive was held in over a dozen countries around the world. Perhaps the largest of all the events, was Climate Live...
In this, our 15th episode of the Creative Climate Podcast, Perry Serpa has some good 'ol chat with his new friend, Alison Tickell, CEO and co-founder of the beloved and...
Being an activist was never a choice. In a way, it felt more of a personal obligation to utilize my voice in surfacing social issues of any kind, whether it...
Episode 14 finds host Perry Serpa and guest co-host, Jillian Santella in a serious mind meld with musician, actor, activist and fellow podcaster, Rain Phoenix. Yes, Rain drops weekly dispatches...
I often see people on social media who question the right of climate activists to be advocating for the climate. They ask how sustainable our lifestyles are, and how we dare tell others...
EP 13 of the Creative Climate Podcast sees our host, Perry Serpa mind melding with UK-based Music Declares Emergency campaign director, Maddy Read Clarke. No doubt, another music industry veteran...
This particular episode (12) provides a singular focus- a music-maker/visionary/influencer/curator who calls himself Kisos. Perry and Kirsten chat with the man, the young legend about his much loved music video...
This one goes to 11. Perry and Kirsten corner singer/songwriter/guitarist/radio host/environmentalist/mensch/dad, Joe Sumner for an engaging back n' forth about Joe's post-Fiction Plane canon- a brand new album, forthcoming, called...
Finally hitting the double digits, Episode 10 finds the dynamic duo of Perry Serpa and Kirsten Spruch, after a spell of yapping about Seinfeld, Sondheim and Succession, getting into it...
Have you ever noticed how time slows down in those few seconds before you’re accosted by a guy with a clipboard outside of a Whole Foods? You try to avoid eye contact, but...
For Episode 8, host Perry Serpa chats with visual artist, TB Ward. Proud Yorkshire lad and singer/songwriter/guitarist of now-defunct UK indie band, Elevate, Ward has spent much of the past...
[Editor’s note: One of the joys of being part of a global movement is meeting people from all regions of the world who are working toward a common goal. We...
“Be willing to be led by people who are not you.” --Elsa Mengistu For this episode, Perry talks to Elsa Mengistu, the co-founder of Generation Green (Gen-Green) -- A youth led...
For Episode 6, after sharing our feelings about Election Day and its aftermath, (don't expect Pod Save America) we have a great convo with singer/songwriter Rozzi. Originally from San Francisco,...
I don’t know how many times I’ve heard the term eco-anxiety over the last few years. And there’s a part of me that has realised that the term centres the mental health of white...
For Episode 5 - Why Is A Picture Worth A Thousand Words? - Visual Art & Activism, our host, Perry Serpa discusses anxiety on the eve of the 2020 general...
A decade ago, when I was in elementary school, I began to learn about the climate: from issues such as the melting ice caps to the gradual decline of polar bears to the...
Perry and Kirsten interview the one and only, Aloe Blacc, artist and activist, well, "Artivist," a word he coined to harness the confluence of the two. "This is an exercise in...
Perry Serpa and Kirsten Spruch co-host Episode 3 of the Creative Climate, "How Do You Solve a Problem that No One Wants to Solve?", an hour long exploration of the...
In Episode 2 of The Creative Climate, we shift our focus to Black Lives Matter. It’s no secret that climate justice and racial justice are linked, but it can be easy to take this fact for granted.
My family’s roots span multiple continents, yet our places of origin are more connected than they might appear. East Tennessee and Northern Bihar are both rural, poor, and uniquely vulnerable to the climate crisis....