The Green Dream with Dana Thomas

In this special episode of “The Green Dream,” my guest is Jacqueline Coley, film journalist and Awards Editor for Rotten Tomatoes, where she is also the co-host of the “Rotten Tomatoes is Wrong” podcast. In celebration of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, we discuss movies about inequity and the environment, the last bonafide movie star, Tom Cruise, and efforts to make the festival sustainable. And Jacqueline gives her best advice for how to make your own oat milk. Also in this episode, we welcome back Hannah Elliott, luxury car writer for Bloomberg Pursuits, with a review of General Motors new electric Hummer, which she calls "$110,000 worth of armor." Read the transcript of this episodeMore about Dana ThomasMore about Jacqueline ColeyMore about the 2022 Cannes Film FestivalMusic by Eric Brace of Red Beet RecordsCover art by Studio Number OneSponsored by Another Tomorrow

My guests today are Ksenia Schnaider, co-founder of KSENIASCHNAIDER, a Kyiv-based fashion brand specializing in upcycled denim and creator of the demi-denim design, which has become a favorite of the fashion glitterati at home and abroad; and Ivan Frolov, also a Kyiv-based fashion designer who has dressed the First Lady of Ukraine and other celebrities, and whose brand, FROLOV, now produces uniforms for the Ukrainian military. I’m humbled to welcome Ksenia and Ivan as guests this week, as we approach three months since Russia invaded Ukraine.Read the transcript of this episodeMore about Dana ThomasMore about Ksenia Schnaider, and her brandMore about Ivan Frolov, and his brandRead more about Russia’s invasion of UkraineMusic by Eric Brace of Red Beet RecordsCover art by Studio Number OneSponsored by Another Tomorrow

My guest today is Hannah Elliott, the automobile writer for Bloomberg Businessweek, based in America’s ultimate driving city, Los Angeles. These days, Hannah finds herself mostly writing about Electric Vehicles, or EVs as they say in the automobile industry. So we talk about that—particularly why they are all so ugly. We also look at what’s going to happen to the vintage car market once cities ban gas-powered automobiles.Read the transcript of this episodeMore about Dana ThomasMore about Hannah ElliottMusic by Eric Brace of Red Beet RecordsCover art by Studio Number OneSponsored by Another Tomorrow

My guests today are Raakhi Shah, Chief Executive of The Circle, an NGO founded by British singer-songwriter Annie Lennox, which fights for a fairer world for women and girls, and Kalpona Akter, the leading garment factory activist in Bangladesh and an ambassador to The Circle. I’m so pleased to welcome them as guests during a week that counts both the anniversary of the Rana Plaza tragedy, and Earth Day. We also welcome respected novelist and literary critic Hermioine Hoby, with her first book review for The Green Dream Podcast: Rebecca Solnit's book, "Orwell's Roses." Read the transcript of this episodeMore about Dana ThomasMore about Hermione HobyMore about Raakhi ShawMore about Kalpona AkterRead more about the Rana Plaza disasterFind Orwell’s Roses, by Rebecca SolnitSponsored by Another TomorrowMusic by Eric Brace of Red Beet RecordsCover art by Studio Number One

My guest today is Academy and Emmy Award-winning documentary producer and filmmaker Eva Orner. She talks with me about her latest movie, Burning, an unflinching look at the Black Summer, the epic Australian bushfires of 2019 and 2020 that torched 50 million acres of land, destroyed countless homes, and killed hundreds of thousands of animals, including 60,000 koalas.Read the transcript of this episodeMore about Dana ThomasMore about Eva OrnerSponsored by Another TomorrowMusic by Eric Brace of Red Beet RecordsCover art by Studio Number One

The wonderful Oliver Jeffers kicks off our first episode. Jeffers is a children’s author and illustrator, and I know you’ll enjoy hearing his thoughts as much as I did. But before we get to my conversation with him, I wanted to first share a little about myself so that you could understand a bit more about who I am and why I decided to create a new podcast, The Green Dream.Read the transcript of this episodeMore about Dana ThomasMore about Oliver JeffersSponsored by Another TomorrowMusic by Eric Brace of Red Beet RecordsCover art by Studio Number One

The Green Dream with Dana Thomas is a weekly magazine about how to "green-up" your life. A New York Times bestselling author and leading voice in the climate movement, Thomas welcomes experts, creators, and changemakers from politics to fashion for dynamic conversations on all things sustainable. Episodes will close with reviews by respected critics of the latest books, films, music, and more that in some way explore humanity and the planet.The Green Dream is the Podcast of Hope. Every Tuesday. More at https://wondercast.studio

The Green Dream with Dana Thomas is a weekly magazine about how to "green-up" your life. A New York Times bestselling author and leading voice in the climate movement, Thomas welcomes experts, creators, and changemakers from politics to fashion for dynamic conversations on all things sustainable. Episodes will close with reviews by respected critics of the latest books, films, music, and more that in some way explore humanity and the planet.The Green Dream is the Podcast of Hope. Every Tuesday. More at https://wondercast.studio