November 18, 2019

As a climate scientist, educator, and lead author for U.S. national climate assessments, Katharine Hayhoe is devoted to exposing diverse—sometimes suspicious—audiences to the cataclysmic events happening right before our eyes as a result of climate change. She joins the program to explain how to convince people and what changes are needed.

Extreme weather events are galvanizing a new climate conscious generation of consumers who are prepared to commit to sustainable lifestyles even if it means paying higher prices to do so. Allbirds, the company known for its seductively comfy wool shoes, helped drive this growing demand. The company's co-CEO Joey Zwillinger joins the program to discuss eco-friendly business practices.

Professor S. James Gates has spent his career pioneering modern physics and diversity in science. His most recent book, written with novelist Cathie Pelletier, is about how scientists proved Einstein's groundbreaking theory of relativity all those years ago. Walter sits down with Gates to find out just how they did this, and how his own upbringing played such a pivotal role in his success.