12 Best Environmental History Podcasts

1. The Indian Ocean World Podcast

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The Indian Ocean World Podcast seeks to educate and inform its listeners on topics concerning the relationship between humans and the environment throughout the history of the Indian Ocean World — a macro-region affected by the seasonal monsoon weather system, from China to Southeast and South Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Based out of the Indian Ocean World Centre, a research centre affiliated with McGill University's Department of History and Classical Studies, under the direction of Prof...MORE Host Dr. Philip Gooding
Producer/Network Indian Ocean World Centre
Email ****@mcgill.ca
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
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2. Climate History Podcast

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Climate History features interviews and discussions about the history of climate change. Conversations consider what the past can tell us about our present and future. It is hosted by Dr. Dagomar Degroot, associate professor of environmental history at Georgetown University, and Emma Moesswilde, a PhD student in environmental and climate history at Georgetown.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 39Twitter 4.4K Avg Length 47 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

3. The Climate Chronicles

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Today's global warming has no precedent in Earth's history. Yet long before we started overheating the planet, natural climate changes shaped our past. In the Climate Chronicles, Dagomar Degroot, one of the world's leading historians of climate change, explains how climate change influenced humanity's history, from the evolution of our species to the onset of today's climate crisis. Find out more at TheClimateChronicles.com.MORE Producer/Network Dagomar Degroot
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 13 Avg Length 42 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

4. Greenhouse Environmental Humanities Book Talks

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The Greenhouse Environmental Humanities Book Talk has become the go-to resource for the latest in environmental humanities scholarship. Each episode features an author discussing their new book (within the last two years) in the broad field of environmental humanities, which includes environmental history, philosophy, literary criticism, anthropology, and more. The author introduces the book and then the hosts Dolly and Finn Arne Jørgensen have a conversation with the author about the book. Live audience members are also invited to ask their own questions...MORE Producer/Network Hosted by Dolly & Finn Arne Jørgensen
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
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5. SPHERE - a podcast on the evolution of global environmental governance

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SPHERE is a podcast that investigates the historical evolution of global environmental governance through in-depth discussions with a wide array of scholars, scientists, and practitioners—including politicians, diplomats and other government officials—who have played decisive roles in shaping the course of environmental politics, science and activism over the past half century or more.MORE Producer/Network Eric Paglia
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6. BRAIDEd

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BRAIDEd explores the intersections of Black women's agricultural history, food sovereignty, and environmental justice. Each episode weaves together the voices of Black women farmers, historians, and food justice advocates to illuminate pathways toward collective land stewardship and climate resilience. From historical exploration of Black land ownership to innovative farming practices, BRAIDEd nurtures critical conversations that seed transformation in our relationship with land, food systems, and community economics...MORE Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 2 Avg Length 23 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

7. Edge Effects

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A Digital Magazine from the Center for Culture, History, and Environment
Producer/Network The Center for Culture, History, and Environment (CHE)
Email ****@nelson.wisc.edu
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 66Facebook 1.8KTwitter 3.4K Avg Length 46 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

8. Nature's Past: A Podcast of the Network in Canadian History and Environment

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A quarterly discussion about the environmental history community and research in Canada.
Producer/Network Sean Kheraj
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
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9. Our Road to Walk: Then and Now

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Our Road to Walk: Then and Now is a podcast series hosted by Deborah and Ken Ferruccio broadcast from Warren County, North Carolina, known as the birthplace of the environmental justice movement. The purpose of the series is to share the inside, untold, documented, forty-four-year PCB landfill history which serves as a roadmap and guidebook for communities everywhere who want to actively help protect the environment, especially marginalized communities, through education and activism based on science for the people...MORE Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 5 Avg Length 40 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

10. North Country History with Rob Burg

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Your podcast on the Forest History of the Great Lakes Region. The forests of the Great Lakes have been home to people for centuries and have provided great resources and wealth, shelter, food, and recreation for many. But in the wake of these uses, the region has been environmentally damaged from deforestation, fire, and erosion, and are still recovering to this day. I will be your guide for exploring the forests and sharing stories of the forests and the people who have called them home...MORE Producer/Network Rob Burg
Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 48 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

11. Exploring Environmental History

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Exploring Environmental History is the podcast about human societies and the environment in the past.
Producer/Network Jan Oosthoek
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 22 Avg Length 26 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

12. Australian Environmental History

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Just two centuries after European settlement, the human impact on the land, massive species extinction, and climate change, pose serious threats to the continent's fragile ecology. Students will consider Australia's early geological history; Indigenous land use; the competing ideas of land and land use among early settlers; and how various forms of land use shaped, and changed the environment.MORE Producer/Network Professor Richard Broome and Professor Katie Holmes
Email ****@latrobe.edu.au
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
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