30 Best Bill McKibben Podcast Appearance and Guest Interviews

1. Bill McKibben on Changemakers’ Handbook with Elena Bondareva

Play Feb 18, 2026 36:58
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Episode Title If we win too late: interview with Bill McKibben
About Episode Bill McKibben began our conversation with a sentence most leaders would never volunteer: “I’ve been in some ways a manifest failure.” It was destabilizing to hear that from someone who has spent four decades doing everything in his power to address climate change. Not because I believe he failed. But because the sentence refuses comfort. It refuses the tidy arc in which history vindicates the early truth-tellers and we all feel relieved. The warnings were accurate. The science was right...MORE Apple Rating 5.0/5 Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. Bill McKibben on Digging In The Dirt with Kevin Gallagher

Play Jan 28, 2026 54:54
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Episode Title Bill McKibben Author, Environmental Activist, Educator & Beck Mordini..
About Episode It's a great honor for me to host my next guest on Digging the Dirt, Bill McKibben.  Bill is an American environmentalist, author and journalist who has written extensively on the impact of global warming . He has spearheaded many projects to address the climate crisis that faces our planet.  Most significantly he founded 350.org  and Third Act which focuses on  making legislative progress state by state. Bill has a new book out called “Here comes the Sun”...MORE Producer/Network Kevin Gallagher
Apple Rating 5.0/5 Avg Length 45 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

3. Bill McKibben on The Prospect Podcast

Play Jan 07, 2026 48:34
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Episode Title Ed Miliband and Bill McKibben: The solar revolution is here—and it isn’t..
About Episode What hope is there for the future? Global greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise and right-wing populists rage against net zero. But, according to the UK’s climate minister and a leading American environmentalist, though, the economics of electrification will make the future brighter than it first appears...MORE Host Chris Tilbury
Producer/Network Prospect Magazine
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Apple Rating 3.6/5 Avg Length 37 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

4. Bill McKibben on The Prospect Podcast

Play Jan 07, 2026 48:34
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Episode Title Ed Miliband and Bill McKibben: The solar revolution is here—and it isn’t..
About Episode What hope is there for the future? Global greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise and right-wing populists rage against net zero. But, according to the UK’s climate minister and a leading American environmentalist, though, the economics of electrification will make the future brighter than it first appears...MORE Producer/Network Prospect Magazine
Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

5. Bill McKibben on Which Side of History?

Play Jan 06, 2026 1:01:41
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Episode Title Climate Crisis, A Race Against Time: Bill McKibben, Saloni Multani, Tom Steyer
About Episode Stanford University professor Jim Steyer tackles the critical issue of climate change, comparing the United States to China and other global players. His esteemed guests are climate change legend Bill McKibben, investor Saloni Multani, and Jim's brother Tom Steyer.   They debate the current state of the climate, the economic dynamics at play, and political influences shaping climate policies. They also discuss America's receding role when it comes to global climate leadership...MORE Apple Rating 3.8/5 Avg Length 47 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

6. Bill McKibben on The Devon Kershaw Show by FasterSkier

Play Dec 15, 2025 56:57
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Episode Title Slugging it out in Davos with guest Bill McKibben
About Episode Climate activist and author Bill McKibben joins the show this week to recap some surprising results in Davos, including standout performances from a pair of Vermonters. We're hoping to land some interviews before the Tour de Ski kicks off, and we'll be back with more recaps once racing resumes. Reach us at devon[at]fasterskier.com and nat[at]fasterskier.com.  MORE Hosts Devon Kershaw, Nathaniel Herz
Producer/Network FasterSkier
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Facebook 12.6KTwitter 4.8KInstagram 7.2K Avg Length 47 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

7. Bill McKibben on Living Planet

Play Dec 05, 2025 31:26
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Episode Title The Switch 3 | Bill McKibben: One big thing is going right
About Episode For 40 years, environmentalist and author Bill McKibben has chronicled the worsening climate crisis and politicians' failure to stop it. But now, for the first time, he says he can actually see a path forward. In the third and final part of our special miniseries, The Switch, we ask him what that path looks like – and what still threatens to derail it.MORE Host Kathleen Schuster
Producer/Network DW
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Facebook 547.5KTwitter 38.1K Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Since Jun 2016 Get Email Contact

8. Bill McKibben on The Way Forward Regenerative Conversations

Play Dec 04, 2025 1:27:35
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Episode Title No More Illusions: McKibben, McLaren & Read on the Climate Truth We..
About Episode In this episode of The Way Forward: Regenerative Conversations, John Izzo hosts Bill McKibben, Brian McLaren, and Dr. Rupert Read for a raw and urgent dialogue on the climate crossroads. Together, they confront illusions, speak truth we can’t ignore, and explore what agency we still hold in shaping our future. Perfect for listeners seeking depth, courage, and clarity in the climate conversation...MORE Producer/Network Dr. John Izzo, Alain Gauthier & Jim Burke
Apple Rating 5.0/5 Avg Length 61 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

9. Bill McKibben on Europe Calling Podcast

Play Dec 03, 2025 1:00:20
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Episode Title #247 - “Here Comes the Sun – How the solar energy revolution reorders..
About Episode Recording of the 247th edition of Europe Calling. On 1 December 2025, in collaboration with the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the following guests: - Bill McKibben is an American environmentalist, author and journalist; co-founder of 350.org and co-founder of Third Act. - Mara Kleine is a spokesperson for Fridays for Future, where she has been organising climate strikes in Germany with other young people since 2019...MORE Producer/Network Europe Calling e.V., Maximilian Fries
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10. Bill McKibben on Langsomme samtaler

Play Nov 06, 2025 44:12
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Episode Title Bill McKibben: Vi har allerede løsningen på hele klimaproblemet – nu skal..
About Episode Ugens gæst hos Rune Lykkeberg er den amerikanske forfatter, journalist og aktivist Bill McKibben – en legende inden for både klimabevægelsen og Dagbladet Information. McKibben udgav allerede som sidst i 20’erne bogen The End of Nature (1989), der regnes for den første store bog om klimaforandringer. Med en blanding af indignation, klarsyn og håb viste han dengang, hvordan klimakrisen ikke er noget, der sker langt væk, men noget, der udspringer af vores egen måde at leve på...MORE Producer/Network Dagbladet Information
Apple Rating 5.0/5 Avg Length 50 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

11. Bill McKibben on Book Club with Michael Smerconish

Play Sep 26, 2025 30:25
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Episode Title Bill McKibben: "Here Comes the Sun"
About Episode Michael Smerconish invites environmentalist and author Bill McKibben to the program to discuss McKibben's new book "Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization." Michael asks McKibben about climate change, solar power, natural disasters, and other environmental topics. Original air date 25 September 2025. The book was published on 19 August 2025. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz...MORE Host Michael Smerconish
Producer/Network SiriusXM Podcasts
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 165.5KTwitter 238.9KInstagram 49.4K Avg Length 24 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

12. Bill McKibben on Science Matters Colorado

Play Sep 25, 2025 59:31
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Episode Title Here Comes the Sun - Bill McKibben on Renewable Energy Adoption
About Episode For today’s episode, I’m excited to share a talk from renowned environmentalist and author Bill McKibben. On Tuesday this week, McKibben visited Boulder, CO to discuss current trends in renewable energy adoption as well as his new book, Here Comes the Sun, about the rise of solar and wind energy.  Personally, I was not familiar with McKibben’s work before the presentation, which is probably why I was so moved by his erudition on the topic...MORE Producer/Network Ahippenh
Avg Length 53 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

13. Bill McKibben on ChangeHampton Presents: Save the Planet, One Yard at a Time

Play Sep 25, 2025 35:11
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Episode Title Bill McKibben, environmental & democratic activist
About Episode This episode of *Change Hampton Presents: Save the Planet One Yard at a Time* features writer and activist **Bill McKibben**, discussing his memoir *The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon*. McKibben reflects on his suburban childhood in Lexington, Massachusetts, and how the U.S. shifted from community-minded values in the 1960s–70s toward hyper-individualism, inequality, weakened democracy, and climate inaction...MORE Apple Rating 4.0/5 Avg Length 35 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

14. Bill McKibben on Predictable: NBC’s Weather and Climate Podcast

Play Sep 19, 2025 30:18
Apple
Episode Title Here comes cheap, clean solar power with Bill McKibben
About Episode In only an hour and a half, enough solar energy reaches Earth to power the entire planet for a year! And the sun never sends us a bill for its endless energy. Solar panels have also become so cheap to produce, that it's made solar the cheapest source of energy by far.  The U.S. Energy Information calculates that generating electricity from fossil fuels like coal and gas costs between 2 and 4 times more than solar power...MORE Apple Rating 5.0/5 Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

15. Bill McKibben on The Garrison Institute Presents: The Common Good

Play Sep 15, 2025 32:47
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Episode Title Bill McKibben: Sustainable Economics, Solar Energy, and the Race against..
About Episode Dive into a captivating conversation with environmentalist Bill McKibben, founder of Third Act and author of The End of Nature and Here Comes the Sun, as we explore the emerging potential of sustainable economics. Bill explains how the global economy must adapt to renewable energy, and why rapid solar expansion in places like California and China signals a pivotal moment in our energy systems...MORE Apple Rating 4.3/5 Avg Length 43 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

16. Bill McKibben on Nature Connection Radio

Play Sep 13, 2025 26:28
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Episode Title Here Comes the Sun - Bill McKibben on Solar Power, Climate Action and the..
About Episode This episode of Big Blend Radio features renowned author, climate activist, and clean energy expert Bill McKibben, who talks about the transformative power of solar energy and his new book HERE COMES THE SUN: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization (W.W. Norton & Company; Aug. 19, 2025). McKibben explains why solar power is now the cheapest energy on the planet and no longer an “alternative” but the mainstream solution for businesses, communities, and households...MORE Producer/Network Big Blend Radio Network
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17. Bill McKibben on Success Express

Play Sep 13, 2025 26:28
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Episode Title Here Comes the Sun - Bill McKibben on Solar Power, Climate Action and the..
About Episode This episode of Big Blend Radio features renowned author, climate activist, and clean energy expert Bill McKibben, who talks about the transformative power of solar energy and his new book HERE COMES THE SUN: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization (W.W. Norton & Company; Aug. 19, 2025). McKibben explains why solar power is now the cheapest energy on the planet and no longer an “alternative” but the mainstream solution for businesses, communities, and households...MORE Hosts Nancy J Reid, Lisa D. Smith
Producer/Network Big Blend Radio Network
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Apple Rating 5.0/5Facebook 943Twitter 14.8KInstagram 1.2K Avg Length 35 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

18. Bill McKibben on The Nation Podcasts

Play Sep 03, 2025 38:15
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Episode Title Here Comes the Sun, plus Our Fragile Freedoms
About Episode At a time when almost everything seems to be going wrong, Bill McKibben sees one thing that is suddenly going right – a really big thing: solar power, and wind, which now provide cheaper electricity than fossil fuels. Bill’s new book has the wonderful title “Here Comes the Sun” – he says solar is “A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for civilization...MORE Host Jon Wiener
Producer/Network The Nation Magazine
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Twitter 142.5KInstagram 6.8K Avg Length 52 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

19. Bill McKibben on The Climate Pod

Play Aug 21, 2025 54:33
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Episode Title Bill McKibben On What The Climate Movement Needs To Do Now
About Episode This has been a rough year for the US climate movement. And few people have spent as many years or invested as much time in thinking about the climate movement than Bill McKibben, author of the first book on climate change, The End of Nature. In this perilous moment we find ourselves in, McKibben is finding some inspiration in the transformative potential of renewable energy and how it can help both power the planet and revitalize the climate movement...MORE Hosts Brock Andrew, Ty Benefiel
Producer/Network The Climate Pod
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Apple Rating 4.6/5 Avg Length 61 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

20. Bill McKibben on Booktalk with Diana Korte

Play Aug 19, 2025 22:43
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Episode Title Bill McKibben's "Here Comes the Sun"
About Episode Host Diana Korte speaks with Bill McKibben, environmental activist and author of some 20 books. His newest title is “HERE COMES THE SUN. A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization.” Largely unnoticed by many of us is the rapid rise of power from the sun around the world. The cost of alternative energy—sun & wind—has fallen below the price of fossil fuels. Globally, every 18 hours, people install solar panels equivalent to a coal-fired power plant...MORE Host Diana Korte
Producer/Network Diana Korte
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Apple Rating 5.0/5 Avg Length 19 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

21. Bill McKibben on The Impact

Play Jul 15, 2025 50:59
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Episode Title Hallelujah, it's SUN DAY: Bill McKibben, Lynn Stoddard and Davida Foy Crabtree
About Episode Bill McKibben, author, educator, and tireless advocate for the earth and our environment joins us to discuss his latest initiative: Sun Day - a nationwide tribute to the sun, solar energy, and other renewable energy to take place on the autumnal equinox, September 21. Also joining us for this episode are Third Act Connecticut organizers Davida Foy Crabtree and Lynn Stoddard, Sustainable CT's founder and former executive director...MORE Producer/Network Jim Hunt
Avg Length 52 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

22. Bill McKibben on Climate One

Play Jun 06, 2025 1:02:09
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Episode Title Three Big Thinkers With No Room for Doom
About Episode There’s so much hard and heavy news out there right now, climate related and not. It feels like decades of progress is being lost. But — good news! — there are many solutions that can be deployed right now. This week we’re featuring conversations with three big thinkers who are bringing those solutions to light and showing why — even when times seem at their worst — they have no room for doom...MORE Hosts Greg Dalton, Ariana Brocious
Producer/Network Climate One from The Commonwealth Club
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 10.5KTwitter 7.9KInstagram 20.6K Avg Length 59 min Format Long form Since Nov 2007 Get Email Contact

23. Bill McKibben on What A Day

Play Jun 04, 2025 27:23
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Episode Title We're Not Powerless Against Trump's Climate Sabotage
About Episode President Donald Trump has made it his mission to single-handedly reverse basically every accomplishment of the Biden administration. That’s especially true when it comes to the former president’s climate agenda. Trump doesn’t want to just deemphasize the fight against climate change, his policy proposals would give climate change a helping hand. But states are stepping into the void left by the federal government. Longtime climate reporter Bill McKibben tells us how...MORE Host Jane Coaston
Producer/Network Crooked Media
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 179.4KTwitter 345.6KInstagram 15.9K Avg Length 24 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

24. Bill McKibben on Climate Change (Video)

Play Nov 15, 2024
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Episode Title The Deadly Trade in Oil and Gas
About Episode Oil and gas are the most traded commodities on the planet; they are also the chief causes of the most grievous harm our species has yet faced, the burgeoning climate crisis. Bill McKibben is the Schumann Distinguished Scholar at Middlebury College and a founder of Third Act, which organizes people over the age of 60 to work on climate and racial justice. He examines how the export of hydrocarbons, in particular, has become an enormous threat to efforts to rein in greenhouse gasses...MORE Producer/Network UCTV
Apple Rating 4.1/5Facebook 29.4K Get Email Contact

25. Bill McKibben on Bernie: The Podcast

Play Aug 02, 2024 31:57
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Episode Title Bill McKibben
About Episode On the latest episode of Bernie: The Podcast I speak to environmentalist Bill McKibben. Bill is an activist and writer who is one of the leading voices on the impact of climate change and a dear friend of mine. He is the founder of the climate campaign group 350.org and Third Act. He has authored a dozen books about the environment, including his first, The End of Nature (1989...MORE Producer/Network Bernie Sanders
Apple Rating 4.9/5 Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

26. Bill McKibben on Justice on the Mainstage

Play Nov 01, 2022 29:46
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Episode Title Bill McKibben | IFTJ 2022 Keynote Speaker
About Episode Bill McKibben is a contributing writer to The New Yorker, and a founder of Third Act, which organizes people over the age of 60 to work on climate and racial justice. He gave a keynote address at the 2022 Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice. MORE Producer/Network Ignatian Solidarity Network
Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

27. Bill McKibben on The Schumacher Lectures

Play Feb 02, 2021 1:27:04
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Episode Title Mary Berry and Bill McKibben in Conversation
About Episode Mary Berry is the Executive Director of The Berry Center and a leader in the movement for sustainable agriculture. A well-known advocate for the preservation of rural culture and agriculture, she is currently working to reconnect cities with landscapes around them. Founded in 2011, The Berry Center advocates for small farmers, land conservation, and healthy regional economies by focusing on land use, farm policy, farmer education, urban education about farming, and local food infrastructure...MORE Producer/Network The Schumacher Center for a New Economics
Apple Rating 4.7/5 Avg Length 80 min Format Long form Get Email Contact