Tomthy Heaney's guest appearances

Tomthy Heaney

Climate Change Therapy

Robert Ball

Gabe Gordon

Alex Greer

Cousin Jeremy

Maureen McQueen

Lars Mikelson

Myles Owings

Joe Ozo

Danny Santa

Beverly Harper

Atom Bauerstein

OwlTail

Welcome back to Climate Change Therapy, the podcast where we force ourselves to sit for a good solid hour and talk about nothing else but climate change, because as John F. Kennedy once said, the only way to reduce your eco-anxiety is to talk about the anxiety-inducing topic itself. On today’s (12/9/19) episode, host Hank Felsman welcomes transportation planner Tomthy Heaney onto the program, to discuss climate change, urban planning, and other unrelated topics, including:4:30 - Tomthy’s job in the regional and intercity rail industry10:25 - Talking about climate change with friends, before and after grad school15:00 - The mind-numbing effect of climate change numbers, cognitive dissonance, and the inability of human beings like us to process large numbers, such as trillions of dollars or large death tolls, in a manner that is consistent with their magnitude 19:15 - Segment: Climate Change Fact and React, featuring extremely large mind-numbing numbers25:30 - Dealing with the moral conundrums raised by climate change, including biking, Amazon, and buying shrimp36:30 - Tomthy meeting David Byrne on multiple occasions while biking around New York, including Tomthy’s spot-on impression of David Byrne38:45 - Segment (unplanned): Best biking cities44:50 - Tomthy’s biggest beef with biking in Philly50:40 - Amazon, surrendering personal data, and whether an HR robot will ever be able to reveal Tomthy’s true identity 54:00 - Technological advances that we are most in need of therapy to deal with, including Genetic Engineering Therapy1:05:30 - The particularly taboo subject of overpopulation1:08:30 - The point at which we recognize that shit has hit the fan1:12:30 - Children, and love as the best Climate Change Therapy

Welcome back to Climate Change Therapy, the podcast where we force ourselves to sit for a good solid hour and talk about nothing else but climate change, because as John F. Kennedy once said, the only way to reduce your eco-anxiety is to talk about the anxiety-inducing topic itself. On today’s (12/9/19) episode, host Hank Felsman welcomes transportation planner Tomthy Heaney onto the program, to discuss climate change, urban planning, and other unrelated topics, including: 4:30 - Tomthy’s job in the regional and intercity rail industry 10:25 - Talking about climate change with friends, before and after grad school 15:00 - The mind-numbing effect of climate change numbers, cognitive dissonance, and the inability of human beings like us to process large numbers, such as trillions of dollars or large death tolls, in a manner that is consistent with their magnitude 19:15 - Segment: Climate Change Fact and React, featuring extremely large mind-numbing numbers 25:30 - Dealing with the moral conundrums raised by climate change, including biking, Amazon, and buying shrimp 36:30 - Tomthy meeting David Byrne on multiple occasions while biking around New York, including Tomthy’s spot-on impression of David Byrne 38:45 - Segment (unplanned): Best biking cities 44:50 - Tomthy’s biggest beef with biking in Philly 50:40 - Amazon, surrendering personal data, and whether an HR robot will ever be able to reveal Tomthy’s true identity 54:00 - Technological advances that we are most in need of therapy to deal with, including Genetic Engineering Therapy 1:05:30 - The particularly taboo subject of overpopulation 1:08:30 - The point at which we recognize that shit has hit the fan 1:12:30 - Children, and love as the best Climate Change Therapy

Climate Change Therapy - Ep. 13 - Tomthy Heaney