Apocalyptic Optimist Podcast

Stop Worrying About AI Doomsday. Worry About THIS

Big Tech frames generative AI as effortless digital magic, but the reality involves centralized power, hidden and exploited labor, and massive environmental costs. In thi

How Moms Are Shutting Down Big Polluters

When federal environmental guardrails start buckling, who steps up? Meet Dominique Browning, who pivoted from a career as an editor at Condé Nast into building a 1.6-mill

Why They Tried to Silence This TV Meteorologist

When Chief Meteorologist Chris Gloninger started connecting the dots between extreme weather and climate change in a red state, he expected a challenge—but he didn’t expe

The Most Overlooked Climate Solution Isn’t Technological

What happens when the climate movement focuses entirely on data and strategy, but completely ignores the human hearts carrying the load? In this episode, Dr. Dana Fisher

How to Break Through Big Oil’s Disinformation

What happens when a global superpower starts dismantling its own scientific infrastructure to protect a dying industry? In this episode, Dr. Dana Fisher sits down with ac

Adam Conover Demands You Reclaim Your Political Power

We’ve been conditioned to believe that changing the world means voting with our wallets, withholding our clicks, or publishing the perfect takedown online. Comedian and l

Why Solidarity Is So Hard — and How We Build It Anyway with Rashawn Ray

In Episode 2 of the Apocalyptic Optimist Podcast, Dana talks with Dr. Rashawn Ray about   the realities of building solidarity in a deeply divided moment. From his work

Apocalyptic Optimist Episode 1

In the inaugural episode of the Apocalyptic Optimist Podcast, Dr. Dana R. Fisher talks with Rachel O’Leary Carmona and Tamika Middleton from the Women’s March about what