Talk Earthy To Me

About Talk Earthy To Me

Talk Earthy to Me is a bold, engaging podcast that brings clarity, curiosity, and a touch of sarcasm to the climate conversation. Hosted by environmentalist Isabelle, each episode breaks down complex issues—like wildfires, food systems, and fast fashion—into accessible, actionable insights. No guilt, no jargon—just honest dialogue, real solutions, and a fresh take on how we can live lighter on the planet without losing ourselves in the process.

Publisher

Isabelle Frazier

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

22 Jul 2025

Latest episode

5 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

55 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   5 Oct 2026

   Chapter 4: Stop Touching The Trees

   Stop cutting down our forests! Sources: Friedlingstein, Pierre, et al. "Global Carbon Budget 2024." Earth System Science Data, vol. 17, 2025. (https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-965-2025) United States Environmental Protection Agency. Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks. EPA, 2024 (2022 data). https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/inventory-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-and-sinks (https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/inventory-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-and-sinks) Convention on Biological Diversity. Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. CBD, 19 Dec. 2022. https://www.cbd.int/gbf (https://www.cbd.int/gbf) UNEP-WCMC and IUCN. "World Reaches Milestone for Nature: 10% of Ocean Now Officially Protected." UNEP-WCMC, 2026. (https://www.unep-wcmc.org/en/news/world-reaches-milestone-for-nature-10-of-ocean-now-officially-protected) Dasgupta, Partha. The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review. HM Treasury, 2021. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/final-report-the-economics-of-biodiversity-the-dasgupta-review (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/final-report-the-economics-of-biodiversity-the-dasgupta-review) Pan, Yude, et al. "A Large and Persistent Carbon Sink in the World's Forests." Science, vol. 333, no. 6045, 2011, pp. 988–93. (https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1201609) International Union for Conservation of Nature. "Peatlands and Climate Change." IUCN Issues Brief, Nov. 2021. (https://iucn.org/resources/issues-brief/peatlands-and-climate-change) Griscom, Bronson W., et al. "Natural Climate Solutions." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 114, no. 44, 2017, pp. 11645–50. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1710465114 (https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1710465114) Cook-Patton, Susan C., et al. "Mapping Carbon Accumulation Potential from Global Natural Forest Regrowth." Nature, vol. 585, 2020, pp. 545–50. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2686-x (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2686-x) Harris, Nancy L., et al. "Global Maps of Twenty-First Century Forest Carbon Fluxes." Nature Climate Change, vol. 11, 2021, pp. 234–40. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-00976-6 (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-00976-6) European Environment Agency / Eurostat. "EU Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduced by 7% in 2023." Eurostat, 13 Jan. 2025. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20250113-1 (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20250113-1) Gatti, Luciana V., et al. "Amazonia as a Carbon Source Linked to Deforestation and Climate Change." Nature, vol. 595, 2021, pp. 388–93. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03629-6 (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03629-6) Greenfield, Patrick, et al. "Revealed: More than 90% of Rainforest Carbon Offsets by Biggest Provider Are Worthless, Analysis Shows." The Guardian, 18 Jan. 2023, in partnership with Die Zeit and SourceMaterial. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/18/revealed-forest-carbon-offsets-biggest-provider-worthless-verra-aoe (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/18/revealed-forest-carbon-offsets-biggest-provider-worthless-verra-aoe) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and FILAC. Forest Governance by Indigenous and Tribal Peoples. FAO, 2021. https://www.fao.org/americas/priorities/indigenas-gobernanza-bosques/en (https://www.fao.org/americas/priorities/indigenas-gobernanza-bosques/en) Veit, Peter, David Gibbs, and Katie Reytar. "Indigenous Forests Are Some of the Amazon's Last Carbon Sinks." World Resources Institute, 6 Jan. 2023. https://www.wri.org/insights/amazon-carbon-sink-indigenous-forests (https://www.wri.org/insights/amazon-carbon-sink-indigenous-forests) Ecosystem Marketplace. State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets. Forest Trends, 2022. https://www.ecosystemmarketplace.com/publications/state-of-the-voluntary-carbon-markets-2022/ (https://www.ecosystemmarketplace.com/publications/state-of-the-voluntary-carbon-markets-2022/) McKinsey & Company. A Blueprint for Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets to Meet the Climate Challenge. McKinsey Sustainability, Jan. 2021. https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/sustainability/our-insights/a-blueprint-for-scaling-voluntary-carbon-markets-to-meet-the-climate-challenge (https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/sustainability/our-insights/a-blueprint-for-scaling-voluntary-carbon-markets-to-meet-the-climate-challenge) World Economic Forum, citing Boston Consulting Group. "How to Get Direct Air Capture Under $150 per Ton to Meet Net-Zero Goals." WEF, 9 Aug. 2023. https://www.weforum.org/stories/2023/08/how-to-get-direct-air-capture-under-150-per-ton-to-meet-net-zero-goals/ (https://www.weforum.org/stories/2023/08/how-to-get-direct-air-capture-under-150-per-ton-to-meet-net-zero-goals/) Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund. "Atlantic Forest — Species." CEPF, 2023. https://www.cepf.net/our-work/biodiversity-hotspots/atlantic-forest/species (https://www.cepf.net/our-work/biodiversity-hotspots/atlantic-forest/species) "Inside the Campaign to Restore Brazil's Atlantic Forest." FairPlanet, 2023. https://www.fairplanet.org/developing-stories/saving-brazils-biomes/inside-the-campaign-to-restore-the-atlantic-forest/ (https://www.fairplanet.org/developing-stories/saving-brazils-biomes/inside-the-campaign-to-restore-the-atlantic-forest/) Coalizão Brasil Clima, Florestas e Agricultura. Observatório da Restauração e Reflorestamento / MapBiomas, Dec. 2025. https://coalizaobr.com.br/observatorio-da-restauracao-registra-mais-de-200-mil-hectares-em-recuperacao-no-brasil/ (https://coalizaobr.com.br/observatorio-da-restauracao-registra-mais-de-200-mil-hectares-em-recuperacao-no-brasil/)

2. 

   29 Sept 2026

   Chapter 3: You Are What You Emit

   A dinner-table comment about beef burgers and carbon footprints sent me down a research rabbit hole — and it turns out food and agriculture account for roughly a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions, more than every car, plane, and ship on the planet combined. This episode breaks down what John Doerr's Speed & Scale gets right about fixing the food system, where the peer-reviewed science pushes back, and the two changes that actually move the needle on your plate — no guilt trip required. Poore, Joseph, and Thomas Nemecek. "Reducing Food's Environmental Impacts through Producers and Consumers." Science, vol. 360, no. 6392, 2018, pp. 987–92. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aaq0216 (https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aaq0216) Ritchie, Hannah. "Sector by Sector: Where Do Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Come From?" Our World in Data, 2020. https://ourworldindata.org/ghg-emissions-by-sector (https://ourworldindata.org/ghg-emissions-by-sector) Ritchie, Hannah, et al. "Environmental Impacts of Food Production." Our World in Data, 2023. https://ourworldindata.org/environmental-impacts-of-food (https://ourworldindata.org/environmental-impacts-of-food) Clark, Michael A., et al. "Global Food System Emissions Could Preclude Achieving the 1.5° and 2°C Climate Change Targets." Science, vol. 370, no. 6517, 2020, pp. 705–08. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aba7357 (https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aba7357) Gustavsson, Jenny, et al. Global Food Losses and Food Waste: Extent, Causes and Prevention. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2011. https://www.fao.org/newsroom/detail/Cutting-food-waste-to-feed-the-world/en (https://www.fao.org/newsroom/detail/Cutting-food-waste-to-feed-the-world/en) United Nations Environment Programme. Food Waste Index Report 2021. UNEP, 2021. https://www.unep.org/resources/report/unep-food-waste-index-report-2021 (https://www.unep.org/resources/report/unep-food-waste-index-report-2021) United States Environmental Protection Agency. Estimating the Cost of Food Waste to American Consumers. EPA, Apr. 2025. https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2025-04/costoffoodwastereport_508.pdf (https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2025-04/costoffoodwastereport_508.pdf) Bai, Xiongxiong, et al. "Responses of Soil Carbon Sequestration to Climate-Smart Agriculture Practices: A Meta-Analysis." Global Change Biology, vol. 25, no. 8, 2019, pp. 2591–606. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14658 (https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14658)Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database (FAOSTAT), via Ritchie, Hannah, et al. "Per Capita Meat Consumption by Type." Our World in Data, 2024. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/per-capita-meat-consumption-by-type-kilograms-per-year (https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/per-capita-meat-consumption-by-type-kilograms-per-year) Willett, Walter, et al. "Food in the Anthropocene: The EAT–Lancet Commission on Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems." The Lancet, vol. 393, no. 10170, 2019, pp. 447–92. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31788-4 (https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31788-4) Ranganathan, Janet, et al. Creating a Sustainable Food Future. World Resources Institute, 2019. https://www.wri.org/research/creating-sustainable-food-future (https://www.wri.org/research/creating-sustainable-food-future) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. "COP26: Agricultural Expansion Drives Almost 90 Percent of Global Deforestation." FAO Newsroom, 8 Nov. 2021. https://www.fao.org/newsroom/detail/cop26-agricultural-expansion-drives-almost-90-percent-of-global-deforestation/en (https://www.fao.org/newsroom/detail/cop26-agricultural-expansion-drives-almost-90-percent-of-global-deforestation/en) World Resources Institute / Coolfood. Coolfood Pledge: Collective Member Progress Through 2023. Coolfood.org, 2023. https://coolfood.org/resources/coolfood-pledge-collective-member-progress-through-2023/ (https://coolfood.org/resources/coolfood-pledge-collective-member-progress-through-2023/)

3. 

   31 Aug 2026

   Chapter 2: The Grid Is Everything

   Electricity is a quarter of global emissions — and it's also the fastest-changing sector on the planet. Solar costs have fallen by 90% since 2010. A wind grid in Denmark that sometimes runs on more power than it needs. And a very real gap between "the technology works" and "the grid can actually carry it." We get into what's driving the clean electricity transition, who's currently paying the health cost of the grid we have now, and what's standing between here and there. Works Cited Doerr, John, and Ryan Panchadsaram. Speed & Scale. Speed & Scale, https://speedandscale.com/tracker/ (https://speedandscale.com/tracker/). Accessed 28 Aug. 2026. International Energy Agency. World Energy Outlook 2023. IEA, 2023, https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2023 (https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2023). Lazard. Levelized Cost of Energy+. Lazard, 2023, https://www.lazard.com/research-insights/levelized-cost-of-energyplus/ (https://www.lazard.com/research-insights/levelized-cost-of-energyplus/). International Renewable Energy Agency. Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2022. IRENA, 2022, https://www.irena.org/publications/2023/Aug/Renewable-Power-Generation-Costs-in-2022 (https://www.irena.org/publications/2023/Aug/Renewable-Power-Generation-Costs-in-2022). Way, Rupert, et al. "Empirically Grounded Technology Forecasts and the Energy Transition." Joule, vol. 6, no. 9, 2022, pp. 2057–82, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2022.08.009 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2022.08.009). Sepulveda, Nestor A., et al. "The Design Space for Long-Duration Energy Storage in Decarbonized Power Systems." Nature Energy, vol. 6, no. 5, 2021, pp. 506–16, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-021-00796-8 (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-021-00796-8). Vohra, Karn, et al. "Global Mortality from Outdoor Fine Particle Pollution Generated by Fossil Fuel Combustion: Results from GEOS-Chem." Environmental Research, vol. 195, 2021, article 110754, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2021.110754 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2021.110754). Mikati, Ihab, et al. "Disparities in Distribution of Particulate Matter Emission Sources by Race and Poverty Status." American Journal of Public Health, vol. 108, no. 4, 2018, pp. 480–85, https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2017.304297 (https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2017.304297). Energinet. Annual Energy Data. Energinet, 2023, https://en.energinet.dk/energy-data/ (https://en.energinet.dk/energy-data/). International Energy Agency. Net Zero by 2050: A Roadmap for the Global Energy Sector. IEA, 2023 update, https://www.iea.org/reports/net-zero-by-2050 (https://www.iea.org/reports/net-zero-by-2050). Epstein, Paul R., et al. "Full Cost Accounting for the Life Cycle of Coal." Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 1219, 2011, pp. 73–98, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05890.x (https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05890.x). Energinet. Renewable Energy Data. Energinet, 2023, https://en.energinet.dk/energy-data/ (https://en.energinet.dk/energy-data/). Jenkins, Jesse D., et al. "Electricity Transmission Is Key to Unlock the Full Potential of the Inflation Reduction Act." Princeton University ZERO Lab, REPEAT Project, Sept. 2022, https://repeatproject.org/docs/REPEAT_IRA_Transmission_2022-09-22.pdf (https://repeatproject.org/docs/REPEAT_IRA_Transmission_2022-09-22.pdf). R Street Institute. Emission Benefits of Permitting Reform. R Street Institute, 2026, https://www.rstreet.org/research/emission-benefits-of-permitting-reform/ (https://www.rstreet.org/research/emission-benefits-of-permitting-reform/). McDuffie, E. E., R. V. Martin, J. V. Spadaro, et al. "Source Sector and Fuel Contributions to Ambient PM2.5 and Attributable Mortality Across Multiple Spatial Scales." Nature Communications, vol. 12, 2021, article 3594, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23853-y (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23853-y).

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