Everybody in the Pool

E150: IONATE and Giving the Grid a Brain

This week on Everybody in the Pool, let’s talk about the grid—the biggest machine in the world, which we are asking to do a whole lot more than it was built to do. Roofto

E149: Shower Beer and the Future of Water Reuse

This week on Everybody in the Pool, would you drink a beer made from somebody else’s shower water? I did. They cleaned it! Like, a lot. But the beer is just the attenti

E148: New York City’s Big Bet on Climate Tech

This week on Everybody in the Pool, we’re heading to Governors Island in New York Harbor, where a new anchor institution for climate solutions is taking shape. The New Yo

E147: Pila Energy’s Plug-in Home Batteries For Everyone

This week on Everybody in the Pool, we’re talking about batteries — one of my favorite topics — but not the expensive, contractor-installed, whole-home kind that requires

E146: Swift Solar’s Next-Gen Solar for Earth and Space

This week on Everybody in the Pool, we’re talking about solar: already the cheapest and fastest-growing source of energy on the planet, and still very much a frontier for

E35 RE-AIR: The Future of Urban Mobility is Flying Trams

This week on Everybody in the Pool, we’re going way back in time to a company we first interviewed way back in 2024 — it was futuristic then, and still is. Swyft Cities i

E82 RE-AIR: Your Banking, Your Climate Superpower

This week on Everybody in the Pool, we’re revisiting one of the most interesting and impactful tools in the individual and corporate arsenal! The bummer news: your bank d

E91 RE-AIR: Saving Federal Climate Data with Jonathan Gilmour

This episode is a re-air of Molly’s conversation with Jonathan Gilmour about the urgent effort to preserve federal climate data—and why that data matters even more as cli

E99 RE-AIR: Mapping the Ocean Economy with Tim Janssen

This week on Everybody in the Pool, we’re revisiting a conversation about ocean intelligence — especially relevant in light of the US’s recent attempts to dismantle hundr

E68: RE-AIR: Pro Athletes Advocating for Greener Sports

To kick off our summer vacation, we’re revisiting a conversation with Chris Dickerson, co-founder of Players for the Planet, discusses his journey from being a profession

E145: How Much of the Great Wealth Transfer Could go to Climate?

Philanthropic director Abby Axelrod-Wunderman of Fiduciary Trust International joins Molly Wood to talk about the overlooked role of philanthropy in funding climate solut

E144: Climate Storytelling Through Games, Art, and Joy

Climate resilience planner and Earthworks host Marina Psaros joins Molly Wood to talk about why the old climate communication playbook—scary charts, technical jargon, and

E143: Renewable Energy as a Tool for Peace

Energy Peace Partners co-founder and managing director Sherwin Das joins Molly Wood to explain how renewable energy can do more than cut emissions—it can also support pea

E142: The Hidden Climate Power of Local Politics

Climate Cabinet founder and executive director Caroline Spears joins Molly Wood to explain why some of the most important climate decisions in America are happening far b

July 4 re-air: E55 and the power of climate activism

This week, in honor of the July 4 holiday and a commitment to the importance of free speech, activism, and the power of a citizenry to determine its own future, I want to

E141: How Utah Might Crack Next-Generation Geothermal

Utah Clean Energy climate scientist and energy analyst Logan Mitchell joins Molly Wood to explain how a deeply conservative state can still become a proving ground for cl

E140: Inertia Enterprises (Part 2) — Annie Kritcher and the night ignition happened

In part two of my two-part field trip to Livermore, California, I sit down with Inertia Enterprises’ third co-founder — Annie Kritcher, the chief scientist at Inertia and

E139: Make fusion energy, then repeat. Inertia Enterprises, Part 1

Fusion has been “ten years away” for decades — but one corner of the field just crossed a line that changes the conversation. In December 2022, Lawrence Livermore Nationa

E138: The Solar Revolution You Don't Need a Rooftop For

If you’re on a mission to make your home greener, solar panels might seem like an obvious place to start. But for renters, apartment dwellers, and homeowners who can’t af

E137: The Missing Ingredient for Fusion Energy

We need to triple global energy production by 2050. Renewables are scaling fast, but the real wild card that could change everything might just be fusion. The physics and