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Do you care about the environment but feel "I want to act but if no one else does it won't make a difference" and "But if you don't solve everything it isn't worth doing anything"? We are the antidote! You're not alone. Hearing role models overcome the same feelings to enjoy acting on their values creates meaning, purpose, community, and emotional reward. Want to improve as a leader? Bestselling author, 3-time TEDx speaker, leadership speaker, coach, and professor Joshua Spodek, PhD MBA, brings joy and inspiration to acting on the environment. You'll learn to lead without relying on authority. We bring you leaders from many areas -- business, politics, sports, arts, education, and more -- to…
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Environmental commitments become concrete through Joshua Spodek's persistent conversations about food rescue, moneyless living, climate organizing, and fossil-fuel policy.
Joshua Spodek treats sustainability as a question of daily conduct, then lets each guest supply a different scale for answering it. Conversations move from delivering surplus food to a neighborhood fridge and living without money to organizing EarthX and campaigning to end…
A community fridge is where your climate anxiety meets a bag of rescued vegetables.
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A practical look at how EarthX's 15th anniversary conference comes together.
This episode works best as a close look at EarthX's 15th anniversary conference in Dallas. Peter Simek comes across as steady, while Josh Spodek keeps pushing on what it takes to make a large gathering run well.
A measured climate conversation arguing for less fossil-fuel production and use, not cleanup later.
This episode keeps its climate case centered on fossil fuels themselves: whether production should keep expanding, and what it means to stop making and burning them rather than treating cleanup as enough.
A grounded conversation about living without money, family support, and the limits of good intentions.
Joanne Nemeth treats her money-free life as a deliberate choice, and Josh Spodek lets her make that case on her own terms. The strongest material comes from family support: she says her parents are proud of her, and her brother and sister are on the same page.
Food rescue opens into a reflective talk about waste, burial, and the meaning people assign to what gets discarded.
Josh Spodek and Tina center the conversation on food rescue, discarded food, and the moral weight people attach to everyday choices. It starts with a familiar volunteer routine, delivering food that would otherwise be thrown away or left as overstock, then drifts into talk about…
A plainspoken talk about food rescue, conviction, and the habit of making values visible.
A friendship built through food rescue opens into a steady conversation about waste, commitment, and the gap between what is said and what is done.
Josh Spodek sits down with Tina Tombstone in the lobby of her building.
Josh Spodek sits down with Peter Simek, the CEO of EarthX.
Josh Spodek opens with a memory of meeting Zipporah Berman at Climate Week NYC and noticing how strange a race car felt in a space meant to confront environmental harm.
Host Josh Spodek interviews Gail Eisnitz about her books on slaughterhouses and animal welfare, discussing the ethical and personal reasons for reducing meat consumption.
Josh Spodek interviews the hosts of War on Cars about their podcast and book on creating livable, car-free cities.
Host Josh Spodek interviews Maya Lilly about her journey from Juilliard to sustainability leadership, exploring how performance art principles apply to leading a sustainable life.
Host Josh Spodek interviews Sandra Goldmark about her work promoting repair and sustainable consumption through pop-up repair shops and teaching at Columbia Climate School.
Host Josh Spodek interviews Jo Nemeth about a childhood memory of being outside under a full moon, evoking feelings of bliss and connection to nature.
Josh Spodek talks with Joanne Nemeth about living without money.
Josh Spodek meets Tina Tombstone in the lobby of her building, with background noise from people passing through.
Host Joshua Spodek interviews Travis Fisher about the Spodek method for sustainable living, exploring how shifting personal demand away from polluting products can create a win-win for individuals and the environment.