Devoted to cool professionals with cool ideas for a planet full of hot air. Together, we bring forward interesting knowledge and ideas about how our health, climate change and environmental issues are all related & what we can do to make our world a “cooler”, healthier place.
Feeling the Heat: Climate Change's Hidden Health Crisis with Dr. Sean Kidd
This episode is hosted by Dr. Anna Gunz, with guest Dr. Sean Kidd, a clinical psychologist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and professor at the University of Toronto. In this episode, we dig into how climate change amplifies mental health risks through poverty, housing insecurity, and unequal exposure to heat and environmental harms. We also explore what the research says about the effects of heat waves on youth's mental health and brain development. The conversatio...
28 Aug 2026
Reconnecting Wisdom, Nature, and Healing in Modern Medicine
This episode is hosted by Dr. Anna Gunz, with guest Dr. Helen Butlin, a registered psychotherapist and researcher. They discuss how cancer care can feel incomplete even when treatment is excellent. Spiritual and emotional support can help people face fear, suffering, and mortality. They then trace how “soul” and “wisdom” drifted out of Western medical language, then turn to practical ways nature, self-compassion, and the humanities can bring healing back into care. Recording Date: 202...
28 Aug 2026
Reimagining Community, Colonialism, and Poetry Along the Riverbank with Dr. Tom Cull
This episode is hosted by Dr. Anna Gunz, with guest Dr. Tom Cull, a poet, educator, and community organizer. Together they explore the connection between local environments and social justice. Dr. Cull discusses his 11-year journey co-founding the Antler River Rally in London, Ontario, transforming a simple weekend garbage cleanup into a grassroots movement. Moving past pristine, romanticized myths of nature, he explains how embracing "dirty nature" allows us to face the real-world impacts o...
17 Aug 2026
From Research to Rx: Nature for Osteoarthritis with Nicole Struthers
This episode is hosted by Dr. Anna Gunz, with guest Nicole Struthers, a combined Master of Physical Therapy student and PhD candidate at Western University. They talk about Nicole's research on nature-based physiotherapy interventions in supporting patients with osteoarthritis. Her research focuses on environmental physiotherapy and nature-based interventions, with interests in planetary health and integrating environmental perspectives into physiotherapy education and practice. They ...
14 Jul 2026
A Nature Prescription Can Be Preventive Medicine with Dr. Melissa Lem
This episode is hosted by Dr. Anna Gunz, with guest Dr. Melissa Lem Climate change is not a distant forecast, it’s already shaping symptoms, stress, and risk in the people we care for. In this episode, Dr. Anna Gunz talks with family physician and researcher Dr. Melissa Lem about what it means to practice medicine where planetary health is part of primary care and why prevention has to include the environment patients live in. Dr. Lem shares her journey from a love of the outdoors to rural m...
24 Apr 2026
From Kyoto to Paris: Dr. Gordon McBean on Decades of Changing Policies and Climate Inaction
This episode is hosted by Dr. Anna Gunz, with guest Dr. Gordon McBean This episode confronts the reality of the climate crisis, framing it around the UN’s "code red for humanity." Reflecting on a career dating back to the 1970s, Dr. McBean shares insights from helping form the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and breaks down how political shifts historically derailed major agreements like the Kyoto Protocol in Canada. The conversation highlights the urgent need to balanc...
24 Apr 2026
Part 2: Pollution, Power, and Health: Confronting Environmental Racism with Dr. Ingrid Waldron
This episode is hosted by Dr. Anna Gunz, with guest Dr. Ingrid Waldron (Part 2) This episode covers Bill C-226, Canada’s first environmental justice law, which Dr. Waldron co-developed to create structural solutions to environmental racism. We break down how environmental racism drives poor health outcomes, looking at how factors like toxic air quality and climate change disproportionately harm marginalized communities. Dr. Waldron gives us a preview of her upcoming book, which explore...
24 Apr 2026
Part 1: Intuition and Curiosity in Shaping an Environmental Justice Leader with Dr. Ingrid Waldron
This episode is hosted by Dr. Anna Gunz, with guest Dr. Ingrid Waldron (Part 1) In this episode, Dr. Waldron opens up about her personal background and early aspirations, including how her family shaped her academic path. She also shares about her struggles with finding a sense of direction and times when she felt lost and unmotivated. We also hear about her chance encounter with an environmental activist that sparked her interest in the intersection of health and environmental ju...
24 Apr 2026
Part 3: Beyond Blame: Education, Privilege, and Seeing Racism Clearly
This episode is hosted by Dr. Anna Gunz, with guest Dr. Ingrid Waldron (Part 3) Dr. Waldron emphasizes education to dismantle systemic racism, noting how Western-centric systems - like Canadian healthcare - marginalize communities. While privileged groups may struggle to grasp these lived experiences, she believes empathy and tolerance are crucial bridges to driving progress. Dr. Waldron shares her belief that people with privilege may struggle to fully comprehend the challenges faced ...
24 Apr 2026
Healing Without Harm: Climate Action Within Hospitals
This episode is hosted by Dr. Anna Gunz, with guest Dr. Myles Sergeant Healthcare has a massive environmental footprint, and making it more sustainable is something we can't ignore. In this episode, Dr. Anna Gunz talks with Dr. Myles Sergeant about practical solutions to reduce that impact. Dr. Sergeant shares realistic advice on how to actually start green initiatives in your own practice, and explains why he’s optimistic that we can solve these problems if we work together. If you're look...
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