In the 22nd episode of Climate History, co-hosts Emma Moesswilde and Dagomar Degroot interview Christian Pfister, co-author (with Heinz Wanner) of a new book: "Climate and Society in Europe: The Last Thousand Years." Pfister is one of the fou

Climate Histories and Futures in the Indian Ocean World

Jul 17th, 2021 42m 56s

In the 21st episode of Climate History, co-host Emma Moesswilde interviews Debjani Bhattacharyya, Associate Professor of History at Drexel University. Professor Bhattacharyya is among the most innovative scholars of past climate change, and the

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson and the Record of Past Climate Change

May 16th, 2021 1h

In the 20th episode of Climate History, co-hosts Dagomar Degroot and Emma Moesswilde interview Jim McClure, General Editor of the Papers of Thomas Jefferson at Princeton University. Recently, Director McClure spearheaded the creation of a uniq

Little Ice Age Lessons: How to Better Understand the Societal Impacts of Climate Change

Mar 24th, 2021 1h 8m

In the 19th episode of Climate History, co-hosts Dagomar Degroot and Emma Moesswilde discuss their work on a major article in the journal Nature. The article coins a new term – the “History of Climate and Society” (HCS) – to refer to the truly

Making Climate Policy: What's Working, and Where We Should Go Now

Dec 17th, 2020 38m 4s

In the 18th episode of Climate History, co-hosts Dagomar Degroot and Emma Moesswilde interview Vicki Arroyo, Executive Director of the Georgetown Climate Center and Professor from Practice at Georgetown Law. Professor Arroyo explains which clim

Pandemics, Empires, and the Lessons of History

Nov 29th, 2020 47m 19s

In the 17th episode of Climate History, co-hosts Dagomar Degroot and Emma Moesswilde interview PhD candidate Emily Webster of the Department of History at the University of Chicago. Webster's trailblazing scholarship combines environmental hist

Pandemics and Climate Change: What History Tells Us About Today's Greatest Challenges

Aug 25th, 2020 1h 11m

In the 16th episode of Climate History, co-hosts Dagomar Degroot and Emma Moesswilde interview professor Timothy Newfield, a climate historian and historical epidemiologist in the departments of history and biology at Georgetown University. Pro

Teaching Across Disciplines: Reimagining University Education for Today's Multidisciplinary Problems

Jun 22nd, 2020 48m 7s

In the 15th episode of Climate History, co-hosts Dagomar Degroot and Emma Moesswilde interview Kathryn de Luna, Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor in the Department of History at Georgetown University. Professor de Luna combines paleos

Climate Change in the Ancient World: Volcanoes, Rebellions, and Lessons from the Distant Past

Apr 30th, 2020 47m 21s

In the 14th episode of Climate History, co-hosts Dagomar Degroot and Emma Moesswilde interview Joseph Manning, the William K. and Marilyn Milton Simpson Professor of Classics at Yale University. Professor Manning is a leading expert on the law,

COVID and Climate Change: Reflections on the Pandemic, the Past, and the Future

Mar 31st, 2020 32m 4s

In the 13th and most unusual episode of Climate History, co-hosts Dagomar Degroot and Emma Moesswilde share their reflections on the Covid-19 pandemic in light of their expertise as environmental historians. Among other topics, Degroot and Moes

Tree Stories: What the Rings in Trees Reveal About Climate Change

Mar 4th, 2020 45m 47s

In the 12th episode of Climate History, co-hosts Dagomar Degroot and Emma Moesswilde interview leading tree ring scientists Amy Hessl (West Virginia University) and Valerie Trouet (University of Arizona). Both Hessl and Trouet have scoured the

Beyond Academia: Climate Change Storytelling and Activism in a Warming World

Dec 18th, 2019 42m 2s

In the 11th episode of Climate History, co-hosts Dagomar Degroot and Emma Moesswilde interview Victoria Herrmann, president and managing director of the Arctic Institute and one of Apolitical's top 100 influencers on climate policy. Dr. Herrman

The Environmental History and Future of the Bering Strait

Oct 22nd, 2019 34m 52s

In the tenth episode of Climate History, our podcast, Emma Moesswilde and Dagomar Degroot interview Bathsheba Demuth, assistant professor of environmental history at Brown University. Professor Demuth specializes in the lands and seas of the Ru

The Past, Present, and Future Significance of Climate Changes Over the Past 2,000 Years

Sep 26th, 2019 57m 14s

In the ninth episode of Climate History, our podcast, we relaunch with a new co-host: Emma Moesswilde, PhD Student in Environmental History at Georgetown University. For the relaunch, Moesswilde and Dagomar Degroot are joined by Kevin Anchukait

The Frigid Golden Age: How the Dutch Republic Thrived as Earth's Climate Changed

Jun 15th, 2018 55m 8s

In the eighth episode of the Climate History Podcast, Georgetown PhD candidate Robynne Mellor interviews Professor Dagomar Degroot (Georgetown University), the co-director of the Climate History Network, about his new book: "The Frigid Golden A

Capitalism, Communism, and Indigenous Communities in a Changing Arctic

Apr 5th, 2017 34m 42s

In the seventh episode of the Climate History Podcast, Professor Dagomar Degroot (Georgetown University) interviews Professor Bathsheba Demuth (Brown University) about her experiences in a changing Arctic, and her forthcoming book on the histor

Geoengineering, the History of Climate Science, and Airplane Crashes

Mar 8th, 2017 46m 55s

In the sixth episode of the Climate History Podcast, Professor Dagomar Degroot (Georgetown University) interviews Professor James Fleming (Colby College) about the history and future prospects of geoengineering, and the invention of atmospheric

The Little Ice Age and the Colonization of America; Climate Scholarship in the Age of Trump

Jan 31st, 2017 35m 27s

In the fifth episode of the Climate History Podcast, Professor Dagomar Degroot (Georgetown University) interviews Professor Sam White (Ohio State University) about the Trump administration's plans for climate scholarship; his new book on the ro

Has Humanity Pushed Earth into a New Geological Epoch: The "Anthropocene?"

Oct 1st, 2016 42m 8s

In the fourth episode of the Climate History Podcast, Professor Dagomar Degroot (Georgetown University) interviews Professor John McNeill (Georgetown University) about the Anthropocene: the proposed geological epoch in which Earth's environment

Archaeology in the Arctic: Reconstructing the Consequences of Climate Change in the Far North

Jan 17th, 2016 48m 22s

In the third episode of the Climate History Podcast, Dr. Dagomar Degroot (Georgetown University) interviews Dr. Thomas McGovern (CUNY) and Dr. George Hambrecht (University of Maryland) about archaeology in the Arctic and Subarctic. Topics inclu

The History of Climate Change with Professor Sam White

Nov 17th, 2015 42m 2s

In the second episode of the Climate History Podcast, Dr. Dagomar Degroot (Georgetown University) and Dr. Sam White (Ohio State University) discuss the origins and future of their Climate History Network; the prospects for climate history as a

Climate Change and Crisis: Lessons from the Past

Jul 23rd, 2015 35m 42s

In the first episode of the Climate History Podcast, Dr. Dagomar Degroot (Georgetown University) interviews Dr. Geoffrey Parker (Ohio State University) about human responses to climatic cooling in the seventeenth century.

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