Healthy Climate America

Extreme Weather Explained: The Cost of Insuring a Warming World

Across the country, extreme weather is putting enormous pressure on the insurance system.  To help us understand what's driving the crisis and how we can respond, we're e

Extreme Weather Explained: Building Resilient Healthcare Systems

 What does it take to create a healthcare system that's ready for a changing climate? And how do we help patients stay safe outside of the clinic and hospital walls? To h

Extreme Weather Explained: Incarceration in a Changing Climate

For people who are incarcerated or detained, hurricanes, floods, wildfires, and extreme heat can become life-threatening events shaped by isolation, limited resources, an

Extreme Weather Explained: Psychological First Aid and the Path to Recovery

Content warning: This episode discusses mass violence, disasters, and their psychological impact. Some listeners may find these topics distressing. Please take care while

Extreme Weather Explained: A Weakened FEMA in the Eye of Danger Season

From firing staff and freezing recovery grants to rolling back resilience programs, recent changes to FEMA have left it unprepared to deal with worsening extreme weather.

Extreme Weather Explained: El Niño, Climate Change, and the Science Behind the Headlines

Welcome to our 2026 summer series, "Extreme Weather Explained." To kick things off, host Dr. Lisa Patel sits down with Shel Winkley, the Senior Engagement Specialist and 

Cooling Our Communities: A Policy Playbook for Extreme Heat

Extreme heat is already the deadliest weather-related hazard in this country. The good news is that this is preventable. Saving lives starts with preparing before heat hi

Who Profits and Who Pays: The Fight for Climate Accountability

From Big Tobacco to the gun industry, we know what happens when powerful industries avoid responsibility: Communities pay the price with their health and their lives. Now

Storytelling for Systems Change: Turning Purpose Into Action

At the 2026 Our Planet, Our Health Convention, three incredible health professionals courageously told the story of how and why they became the climate advocates they are

What a Beautiful Future Can Look Like: Three Physicians at the Wheel of Change

Our annual conventions bring health professionals and advocates from around the country together to learn and innovate. This year, three participants agreed to visit our

Caring Across Borders: Climate Migration and Health

Climate change is increasingly shaping why people are forced to leave their homes, the risks they face along the way, and their health and safety in new places. Today's

Season 1 Finale: We'll Keep Showing Up

 In this special mini episode, we're taking a moment to reflect on where we've been this year and to look ahead at what the path forward may hold in 2026. Support our w

Cancer Alley: Petrochemicals and the Battle to Survive

Cancer Alley is an 85-mile stretch of land from  New Orleans to Baton Rouge. With the largest density of petrochemical operations in the world, the area is ground zero fo

Food as Medicine: Nourishing Ourselves and the Planet

 As families start gathering this holiday season, this episode invites us to consider how nourishing ourselves with thoughtful food choices can also help care for the pla

The Organizer's Handbook Ep. 3: Insights From Youth Activism

From global walkouts and strikes to protests and boycotts, youth climate activists  are showing how collective action can drive real change by organizing and mobilizing t

The Organizer's Handbook Ep. 2: Solidarity in Action

The climate crisis is calling on health professionals to organize in new ways. Around the world, they're turning that concern into collective action. In the second epis

The Organizer's Handbook Ep. 1: From Healing to Organizing

As the effects of the climate crisis worsen, more and more health professionals are recognizing that healing their communities also means organizing for change.  In the

Faith in Action: Building Hope and Freedom Through Clean Energy

Even in the face of exhausting headlines and deep division, communities are finding ways to care for one another, take bold local action, and imagine new possibilities. F

Defending Science and Health: A Conversation With Gina McCarthy

For the last 15 years, the endangerment finding has been a cornerstone of U.S. climate policy. Now, it and many other crucial protections are under attack. The proposed r

Sustainabil-ID: Healing People and the Planet

Sustainability in healthcare is no longer a distant goal—it's happening now. Across hospitals, health professionals are rethinking long-standing practices to cut waste an