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Season Six

Colorado River Basin: It Goes, His People Go w/ Daniel Cordalis

In this episode of The Coolest Show podcast, host Rev Yearwood engages in a discussion with Daniel Cordalis, a distinguished member of the Navajo Nation and Staff Attorney at the Native American Rights Fund. Together, they delve into the pressing issue of the Colorado River Basin’s dwindling water supply, a lifeline for 40 million people across multiple states and Tribal Nations. The conversation unfolds to reveal the stark reality of a “mega drought” that has plagued the region since 2000, resulting in the river losing a staggering 10 trillion gallons of water. As the basin faces its first federally declared water shortage and earns the ominous title of the most endangered river in the U.S., Yearwood and Cordalis shed light on the profound impact on communities

They dissect the socio-economic disparities underlying such water usage patterns, emphasizing Cordalis’s crucial role in advocating for equitable water rights and addressing the systemic challenges faced by marginalized communities within the Colorado River Basin. Through their insightful exchange, listeners gain a deeper understanding of the interconnectedness between water scarcity, environmental justice, and the urgent need for sustainable solutions in safeguarding our most precious resource.


The Coolest Show – brought to you by Hip Hop Caucus Think 100% PODCASTS – drops new episodes every Monday on environmental justice and how we solve the climate crisis. Listen and subscribe here or at TheCoolestShow.com! Follow @Think100Climate and @RevYearwood on Instagram, Twitter, and Instagram.

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Season Five

Care & Repair w/ Tamara Toles O’Laughlin

As Earth month ends and May ushers in mental health awareness, Climate Critical is calling to question the way the climate/environmental movement has been doing the work and how it hurts us. After surveying people from 106 different types of environmental organizations, researchers concluded everyone is burnt out. 

“The movement takes on the attributes of the place where it was built, and America itself organizes everything about how it works to extract from Black and brown people, from women…” said Tamara Toles O’Laughlin, founder of Climate Critical and a producer of The Coolest Show. Care and repair is an ethos that ensures we take care of the inputs and people, that we hold space for humanity and rest as an active part of how we do our work. Tamara joins Rev Yearwood to discuss the dangers of burnout, pathological integrity, and the risk Black women are taking to ensure we are healthy and able to win. 

Climate Critical’s full Climate Burnout Report releases on April 28th. Find out more and support at www.climatecritical.earth.

Supplemental Readings

https://atmos.earth/tamara-toles-o-laughlin-climate-activism-burnout/

https://www.thecut.com/article/climate-change-burnout-black-women.html

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Season Four

Empowered Education w/ Mitchelle Mhaka

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Black folks have historically and culturally been one with the environment. Colonialism (white supremacy) has robbed us of our heritage, cultural identity, access and ability to thrive. Young Black organizers are decolonizing education to create ecosystems of empowerment for communities. Mitchelle Mhaka, Zimbabwean-South African activist, speaks to Tamara Toles O’Laughlin about period poverty, language barriers and the African Climate Alliance.

Support: https://africanclimatealliance.org/

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Season Three

Intersectional Environmentalism w/ Leah Thomas

In the words of Leah Thomas, “Intersectional Environmentalism would not exist without environmental justice… They work together really harmoniously.” Leah Thomas is the founder of Intersectional Environmentalism and Green Girls Co. Leah Shares with Rev the targeting of Black environmentalists with wokewashing, the need for cannabis reparations, and the environmental movement historically ignoring the intersectionality of other movements.

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Transportation Series

EV for the People w/ Darnell Grisby

We are back with a special 4-part series on transportation justice, trucking, and the climate crisis.  In this 4th and final part of this special series, after visiting Long Beach, Kansas City, and Chicago, we now take a national view. And we dive into the question of why and how poor Black and brown people can and can’t move freely within cities and within our country.

Part 4 of the Transportation Series features Darnell Grisby, the Executive Director of TransForm and a national thought leader in transportation policy and the mobility justice movement. Highways are one of the most racist monuments in American history. When we talk about where and how transportation is sited, we must address the legacy of racist policies and practices created to segregate and disenfranchise communities. Transportation justice is about abolishing pollution in communities, it is also very much about the privilege of mobility, and Darnell Grisby expertly breaks it all down for us in this final episode of this special series.

In this special 4-part series we explore transportation challenges and solutions for which dynamic leaders in frontline communities are fighting. Listen to this episode and the other three in this series. We focus on how the larger movement as well as the new administration can take action now to protect and uplift working class Black and brown communities while putting a meaningful dent in our climate pollution emissions. Transportation and warehousing are a fundamental part of the nation’s economy and one of the most significant contributors to the climate crisis. Trucks make up only 4% of vehicles on the road but contribute a baffling 90% of nitrogen oxide and diesel vehicle emissions. We see this reality in neighborhoods near highways, ports, and inland ports across the nation. Racist interstate planning makes Black and brown people most vulnerable to this pollution, elevating cancer risk and lowering life expectancy.

Listen and subscribe here or at TheCoolestShow.com!Follow @Think100Climate and @RevYearwood. #BlackLivesMatter  #ClimateJustice  #Think100

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Season Two

Live in Brooklyn! w/ Amy Goodman, Messiah Ramkisson, & Dr. Ellen Dorsey

 In this episode, we come to you live from Brooklyn at the Confluence Philanthropy Annual Practitioner’s Gathering with legendary journalist and co-founder/host of Democracy Now, Amy Goodman, highly recognized New York based poet/Hip-Hop artist and incarcerated youth activist, Messiah Ramkissoon, and Executive Director of Wallace Global Fund, Dr. Ellen Dorsey. Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. hosts along with co-hosts, Mustafa Santiago Ali and Antonique Smith. 

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Season One

The Fight for Justice Lives On! #MLK50 w/ Rev. Leo Woodberry & Damien Thadeus Jones

The dream did not die on the balcony! Our hosts Rev. Lenox Yearwood Jr. and Mustafa Santiago Ali take us to the intersection of civil rights, and environmental and economic justice on the anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with two very special guests: legendary Climate Justice and Energy Equity advocate, Reverend Leo Woodberry, and Environmental Justice Outreach Advocate for the Union of Concerned Scientists, Damien Thadeus Jones. Recorded live for radio, the episode opens with current events in the climate movement.

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Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. is the host of The Coolest Show. He is also the President & CEO of Hip Hop Caucus, a minister, community activist, U.S. Air Force veteran, and one of the most influential people in hip hop political life. As a national leader and pacemaker within the climate movement, Rev Yearwood challenges the establishment, media, and policymakers to reimagine climate solutions as racial justice. He uplifts people of color who have dedicated their lives to climate and environmental justice. And, he stands up for communities who are on the frontlines of the climate crisis, having been arrested more times than he can count as an activist in the streets. He hosts The Coolest Show so the smartest, most dedicated, and passionate leaders, who he admires, can have a platform to share their stories and truths.

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