A People’s Climate
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About The Podcast
Climate conversations about real, grassroots action that puts power back in the hands of the people.
This isn’t climate talk as usual. This is environmental justice.
The climate crisis is here—and the solutions being pushed? They’re failing. Tech gimmicks, shallow policy fixes, and corporate greenwashing won’t save us.
What will? People power.
The communities on the frontlines are fighting for their lives and our future. They’re the ones with real solutions—not just for the 1%, but for everyone.
Host Shilpi Chhotray has spent nearly a decade alongside these communities. Her guests have gone toe-to-toe with the biggest polluters on the planet, built movements in the millions, and restored entire ecosystems.
The future we need is being built from the ground up. Not by corporations. Not by billionaires. By us. The people demanding justice, reclaiming power, and rebuilding what’s been broken.
New Episodes Every Saturday
Starting Sept 27, 2025
Guests
Amy Bowers Cordalis
Attorney, Member of the Yurok Tribe
Patrisse Cullors
Artist, Activist, Co-Founder of Black Live Matter
Rep. Justin J. Pearson
Tennessee State Representative
Leah Penniman
Founder, Soul Fire Farms
Vivien Sansour
Founder, Palestine Heirloom Seed Library
Nick Tilsen
Oglala Lakota Organizer and CEO of NDN Collective
Diane Wilson
Shrimper, Activist, Winner of historic $50M settlement against Formosa Plastics
Elizabeth Yeampierre
Executive Director of UPROSE, Brooklyn's oldest Latino community-based organization
NYC Climate Week Live
A Live Episode featuring Chantel Comardelle, Alexandra Norris, and B. Preston Lyles
Host
Shilpi Chhotray is a media strategist, storyteller, and movement-builder dedicated to environmental justice. She is the President and Co-Founder of Counterstream Media, where she leads organizational strategy, fundraising, and produces storytelling projects rooted in frontline voices and movement organizing.
She also writes Narrative Edit, a newsletter exploring the intersection of power, media, and resistance. Her work spans nearly 15 years, from global campaigns on plastic pollution to building platforms for movements that challenge extractive systems and reclaim the narrative.
Executive Producer
Mindy Ramaker
Engineer
Dennis Maxwell
Engineer
Francisco Núñez Capriles
Project Manager
Marianella Nuñez
Additional Research
Sarah Morgan
Season Artwork
Ly Ngo Heisig
Press Inquires
aric@caplancommunications.com