Earthbound
Earthbound
Earthbound is the podcast that helps people like you who feel anxious about climate change challenge the narratives that fuel overwhelm and reconnect with the natural world to help you stay grounded in what you’re protecting rather than consumed by what’s being lost Earthbound is about what it means to be human on a warming planet. Host Thomas Schueneman, a climate writer, global freelance journalist, and audio producer, talks with scientists, philosophers, activists, artists, Indigenous leaders, policy experts, and everyday people about how a changing Earth is reshaping our lives—and how our choices, values, and imaginations are reshaping the planet in return. From climate politics and planetary health to environmental justice, mental well‑being, psychology, and philosophy, the show explores the quiet work of repairing our relationship with nature and each other. Earthbound offers clear‑eyed, human‑centered stories from the Anthropocene.
Earthbound

Earthbound is the podcast helping people like you who feel anxious about climate change challenge the narratives that fuel overwhelm and reconnect with the natural world to help you stay grounded in what you’re protecting rather than consumed by what’s being lost

Earthbound is about what it means to be human on a warming planet. Host Thomas Schueneman, a climate writer, global freelance journalist, and audio producer, talks with scientists, philosophers, activists, artists, Indigenous leaders, policy experts, and everyday people about how a changing Earth is reshaping our lives—and how our choices, values, and imaginations are reshaping the planet in return.

From climate politics and planetary health to environmental justice, mental well‑being, psychology, and philosophy, the show explores the quiet work of repairing our relationship with nature and each other. Earthbound offers clear‑eyed, human‑centered stories from the Anthropocene.

Recent Episodes

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Oct. 9, 2026

Mutually Assured Distraction: Why Worry About Climate Change When AI Will Get Us First?

In the 1960s, schoolchildren practiced for the end of the world by hiding under their desks. Sixty years later, the desks are virtual, and the apocalypse has company. In this solo episode, host Thomas Schueneman reads a short essay from Thinking Out Loud, his column in the Global Warming Is Real newsletter. After nearly twenty years of warning about climate change, he watches artificial intelligence arrive to steal climate’s existential thunder. Then he takes the joke seriously enough to follow
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Sept. 28, 2026

The Human Idea: Earth's Newest Ecosystem - A Conversation with Anne Riley

What if the best guide to fixing our economy has been inside us all along, in every cell of the body? On this episode of Earthbound, I speak with author Anne Riley.
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Sept. 10, 2026

Maya Lilly: Lifting the Veil - Storytelling as a Catalyst for Change

What makes a story move somebody to act? In this episode, I talk with Maya Lilly, lead producer for The Years Project.
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Aug. 7, 2026

The Ocean is Confused: Connecting with Our Ocean for a Better Tomorrow

A wide-ranging conversation with marine biologist and science communicator Andrew Lewin on ocean health, shifting baselines, policy, and why we are drawn to the ocean.
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July 14, 2026

Somebody Should Do Something | Individual Action vs. Systemic Change

Philosophers Alex Madva and Michael Brownstein discuss their book (written with Daniel Kelly about the trap of "either/or" thinking and how we can find agency in a polycrisis world.
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June 20, 2026

Breaking the Chains: The Lust for Power vs. the Light of Energy

More Than Enough Light What is more addictive than fentanyl, cocaine, or heroin? Evan Jaqua’s answer is power. And once people have it, they will do almost anything to keep it. This is a solo episode, a short essay built around the ideas of Evan Jaqua and the Solutions Party, the political reform organization he founded. The interview tape didn’t meet the bar for broadcast, so I took his thinking and ran it through my own. I hope to have Evan back for a clean recording. For now, it’s just

About the Host

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Thomas Schueneman

Writer/Podcaster/Audio Producer

Tom is a freelance writer, environmental journalist, audio producer, and founder of GlobalWarmingIsReal.com. He centers his work on the premise that we are a storytelling species. We make our way in the world by the stories we tell.

Reviews

Genuine conversation, not just an interview

"Thomas was a fantastic host. He put me at ease immediately which led to a conversation that felt natural. He asked thoughtful questions that brought out the heart of my message. I’d happily join him …"

Diana Colleen | Oct. 20, 2025

Like sitting down with a good book.

"Tom is a great interviewer and writer. He asks the questions you want to ask. He says what’s on your mind and you feel like you just settled down with a good book, one that speaks to you. Even though…"

Shan girl30 | Oct. 31, 2025

This is about so much MORE…

"Tom Schueneman combines deep knowledge with social awareness, humor, and what we’re all thinking in a digestible package committed to the truth about our shared future!"

Comedy Salesman | Dec. 7, 2025