If you care about our planet, following climate news can feel like a gut punch, every story darker than the last.
But under the radar, people are winning, with new discoveries and outside-the-box ideas for fighting climate change.
We found the visionaries. We want you to meet them.
Emmy-winning filmmaker and host Charles Loi centers the power of storytelling to address our complex and changing world in ‘A Fighting Chance’. In thoughtful conversations with leaders across science, politics, and culture, Charles bridges the hard realities of climate change with the optimism of new possibilities and realities, giving listeners renewed hope to hold onto.
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From NorCal Public Media, Emmy-winning filmmaker/host Charles Loi bridges the hard realities of climate change with the optimism of new possibilities and solutions, giving listeners renewed hope to hold onto. Subscribe and follow wherever you get your podcasts.
The New Green Gospel - William Morris
If we want to get any progress done on climate change, we have to persuade the people who deny it. Traditionally, one of the largest groups of deniers are Evangelical Protestants. Charles meets with William Morris at GreenFaith, an international collective that unites local religious groups of all faiths to protect the environment. They’ve led divestment campaigns, won oil setbacks, and they’re just getting started.
Make America Green Again - Benji Backer
Most consider climate policy as a liberal viewpoint, but one conservative is leading the charge to take partisanship out of environmental politics. Meet Benji Backer, founder of Nature is Nonpartisan. In 2025, Benji landed a huge victory when President Trump issued an executive order called “Make America Beautiful Again”, establishing a council to conserve public lands, protect wildlife, and expand access to clean drinking water. This convo explores the partisan tensions pervading the climate movement - and how to overcome them.
How Blowing Up Dams & Setting Fires Saves Nature - The Yurok Tribe
Meet the Yurok Tribe of California. They’re behind the world’s largest dam removal project and huge advocates of cultural burns. Their work matters, because by reminding us of the history of water and fire, they’re helping us rewrite the future of the planet.
How to Fight Big Oil and Win - Cesar Aguirre
Meet Cesar Aguirre, a community organizer who's fought Big Oil and won. Communities living near oil production risk breathing toxic air and drinking contaminated water. His team protected homes, schools, and hospitals from drilling by defeating a dangerous industry referendum in California. Cesar shows us what ground zero of the climate crisis is like - and it’s hidden in plain sight.
Can Oil Workers Be Part of the Climate Solution? - Norman Rogers
Oil workers are some of the fiercest opponents of climate policy but Norman Rogers, a refinery worker and labor organizer, is putting fossil fuel workers front and center in the climate movement. He reminds us that fossil fuel workers aren't the enemy of climate action - they're the people who build what comes next.
