Dec 15, 2025
If you’ve ever checked the ingredients on a baked good, you know how ubiquitous eggs are. They bind, they lift, they emulsify, they hold moisture — they’re simply the structural engineers of cookies, cakes, and muffins everywhere. But they’re also volatile: prices spike, supply chains break, and for anyone with...
Dec 1, 2025
What if planting trees could be not just good for the
planet, but also a profitable business?
In this episode, I’m talking with Ben Dell, the founder and CEO of
Chestnut Carbon — a
company that’s raised nearly $400 million, including $250 million
of that in 2025, to turn farmland back into thriving native...
Nov 15, 2025
What if one solution to fashion’s waste problem is literally growing on our own heads?
Every day, salons around the world toss out millions of pounds of freshly cut human hair — a clean, protein-rich, renewable resource that mostly ends up in landfills or incinerators. But what if that so-called waste could become...
Nov 1, 2025
When you hear the word nuclear, does your mind flash to mushroom clouds, Chernobyl, or maybe the glowing three-eyed fish from The Simpsons? Well, what if nuclear electricity — far from being an environmental villain — is actually one of the safest, cleanest, and most land-efficient energy sources we have?
It turns...
Oct 15, 2025
If you’ve ever changed a diaper, you might’ve wondered what happens to it after it goes in the trash. The answer, unfortunately, is that it’ll sit in a landfill for hundreds of years—certainly longer than the baby who briefly wore it will live. In fact, every diaper you wore when you were a baby is still sitting...