International Podcast Day
Listening is underrated. Blue Planet Alliance’s primary strength is our convening power — getting key stakeholders together to listen to each other. Once people are at the negotiating table, a positive outcome is almost inevitable.
So we appreciate the power of both talking and listening. And that is why we are so enamored of #InternationalPodcastDay, which is today (September 30th) — an international celebration of the power of podcasts.
Looking back at this year, our founder, Henk Rogers, has already been on an impressive number of podcasts and we wanted to share some of the best appearances today for the celebration.
Check out this Top 10 list below, and let us know what you think!
1) How I Built This with Guy Raz
Host Guy Raz interviews the world’s best-known entrepreneurs to learn how they built their iconic brands. In each episode, founders reveal deep, intimate moments of doubt and failure, and share insights on their eventual success. In this episode, Raz talks with Henk about how he recognized how elegant and addictive Tetris was, and then channeled the money he made from the game to trying to end the planetary use of carbon-based fuel.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-tetris-company-henk-rogers/id1150510297?i=1000621948903
2) The Solar Podcast
Henk talks with host Dave Anderson about microgrid technology and solar panels, as well as how to build resilience.
3) The Greatness Machine
Henk tells host Darius How a near-death experience has made Henk realize what he wants to accomplish.
4) The Kara Goldin Show
Plastic is horrible, and yet people think it’s okay because of marketing. Henk discusses that narrative with host Kara.
5) The Accutron Show
On this “time travel through American culture,” Henk talks with the three hosts about how Hawaii was “the low-hanging pineapple” in the transition to renewable energy because of the exorbitant cost structure for fossil fuels.
6) Rutgers, Impact Reimagined
The longer you hold onto your legacy fossil-fuel infrastructure, the slower the progress is going to be in your country,” Henk told Dr. Noa Gafni, host of this podcast, produced by Rutgers University.
7) Eyewitness History
“If you don’t have a deadline, nothing happens,” Henk says on this podcast of his focus on giving states and countries a date by which they need to transition to 100% renewable energy. “If I give my kid a homework assignment, and say ‘I don’t care when you finish this, just finish it someday,’ it’s NEVER going to get finished.”
8) My Perfect Console
Henk talks with host Simon Parkin about the five video games he would like to immortalize.
9) Carbon Sessions
When the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) expire in 2030, Henk notes he would like to see the next set of goals be the RGDs: the Regenerative Development Goals.
10) Radio Uninvited
After being at loggerheads with the utility company in Hawaii over transitioning to 100% renewable energy, Henk’s team implored them to actually do a study on how they can transition. When they did, they realized they could make significantly more money with renewables than with dirty energy. Guess who’s their best friend now?
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/henk-rogers-tetris-and-beyond/id1646541584?i=1000602261318
