Our internationally recognized Podcast is a safe space for activists, changemakers, organizers, and innovators to hold raw, unfiltered conversations about Environmental Justice. Launched in October 2021 with Co-Founder and Host Shilpi Chhotray, we’re now in our fourth season, with our fifth season coming this October. People over Plastic is a podcast from Counterstream Media. Our show is produced by a talented group of producers and creatives of color. We are proud to be ranked in Spotify’s Top 10 Podcasts for Society & Culture and listened to in 34 countries.
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29 Sept 2025
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Announcing “A People’s Climate” - a NEW climate podcast by Counterstream Media and The Nation. Hosted by Shilpi Chhotray.
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22 Oct 2024
Episode 4 - Season of Dissent (Live from NYC Climate Week)
Our Season Finale comes to you live from NYC Climate Week. It was an unforgettable afternoon honoring and elevating the power of expression, unity, and civil disobedience in the Environmental Justice movement. This episode features powerful stories from activists and organizers who have taken bold stands against environmental injustices that threaten their communities and our shared future.
Story Salon Host: Michael McKenzie, Counterstream's Executive Director
Guests:
Thalia Cachimuell, Director of Philanthropic Networks, NDN Collective
Kizzy Charles-Guzman, Chief Executive Officer, Center for Environmental Health
Chris Tandanzo, Poet and Former New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance organizer
Key Topics:
Does our current democracy function enough for us to protect it?
Dissent is a sacred act for historically marginalized communities.
It also means “We are going to give you hell.”
The importance of storytelling and reclaiming narratives to drive social and environmental change
The fight to free Leonard Peltier as a story of truth and reconciliation.
How environmental justice advocates are the embodiment of dreams.
The power of Gen-Z.
The interconnectedness of environmental justice work and the movement to end the genocide in Gaza.
Additional resources
See images from the Season of Dissent Story Salon
NDN’s #FREELEONARDPELTIER Toolkit
The urgent need for federal policy on ‘forever’ chemicals, by Kizzy Charles-Guzman
Revisit some of other Story Salons:Cancer Alley Rises Up: Honoring Black Women in Environmental Justice
Climate Week 2023: In Houston, Texas
Food Sovereignty As a Pathway to Justice
Story Salon at Hip Hop For Change
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