Lars Mikelson's guest appearances

Lars Mikelson

Climate Change Therapy

Robert Ball

Gabe Gordon

Alex Greer

Cousin Jeremy

Tomthy Heaney

Maureen McQueen

Myles Owings

Joe Ozo

Danny Santa

Beverly Harper

Atom Bauerstein

OwlTail

Welcome back to Climate Change Therapy. On today’s (3/18/20) episode, host Hank Felsman and architect Robert Ball call up their friend and colleague Lars Mikelson, who in turn calls up their friend and colleague "Pseudonym" Fix, to talk about climate change, the coronavirus, and unrelated topics, including: 3:30 - 1:09:20 - The coronavirus. Who are we kidding? The whole time, we just talk about the coronavirus.

Welcome back to Climate Change Therapy. On today’s (3/18/20) episode, host Hank Felsman and architect Robert Ball call up their friend and colleague Lars Mikelson, who in turn calls up their friend and colleague "Pseudonym" Fix, to talk about climate change, the coronavirus, and unrelated topics, including: 3:30 - 1:09:20 - The coronavirus. Who are we kidding? The whole time, we just talk about the coronavirus.

Climate Change Therapy - Ep. 20 - Robert Ball, Lars Mikelson, and "Pseudonym" Fix

Welcome back to Climate Change Therapy, the podcast where we practice the dark art of talking about climate change in social settings, within the flow of a casual conversation among friends. On today’s (1/20/20) episode, host Hank Felsman welcomes the urban planner Lars Mikelson and the architect/urban designer Robert Ball onto the program, to discuss climate change, urban planning, and other unrelated topics, including:5:00 - Cooling stations 11:30 - Lars’s new job in corporate real estate and what new climate change conversations go on there14:30 - An update on Robert’s graduate school academic life, featuring his most recent urban design studio project that focused on the impacts of sea level rise on Newtown Creek in New York City21:15 - Why Philadelphia cut its street cleaning program years ago, why street cleaning is important, and Philadelphia’s plans to bring it back28:50 - Parking on Passyunk, street trees attracting rodents, the Chestnut Street Transitway, putting porches and balconies on “IKEA architecture”, and other Philadelphia-specific topics 39:15 - Indonesia’s plan to move its capital from the sinking megacity of Jakarta to the far coast of Borneo, more than 1,000 kilometers away1:00:50 - Segment: Climate Change Fact and React! (Indonesia edition)1:10:00 - What gives Lars and Robert hope for how we will address or adapt to climate change1:18:00 - Geoengineering: a reason for hope, or a reason for fear?1:22:15 - Whether or not a giant pendulum, the size of a windmill, that attains perpetual motion with the help of a few workers who take turns pushing the pendulum to prevent it from slowing down, can be a more reliable source of energy than a windmill

Welcome back to Climate Change Therapy, the podcast where we practice the dark art of talking about climate change in social settings, within the flow of a casual conversation among friends. On today’s (1/20/20) episode, host Hank Felsman welcomes the urban planner Lars Mikelson and the architect/urban designer Robert Ball onto the program, to discuss climate change, urban planning, and other unrelated topics, including: 5:00 - Cooling stations 11:30 - Lars’s new job in corporate real estate and what new climate change conversations go on there 14:30 - An update on Robert’s graduate school academic life, featuring his most recent urban design studio project that focused on the impacts of sea level rise on Newtown Creek in New York City 21:15 - Why Philadelphia cut its street cleaning program years ago, why street cleaning is important, and Philadelphia’s plans to bring it back 28:50 - Parking on Passyunk, street trees attracting rodents, the Chestnut Street Transitway, putting porches and balconies on “IKEA architecture”, and other Philadelphia-specific topics 39:15 - Indonesia’s plan to move its capital from the sinking megacity of Jakarta to the far coast of Borneo, more than 1,000 kilometers away 1:00:50 - Segment: Climate Change Fact and React! (Indonesia edition) 1:10:00 - What gives Lars and Robert hope for how we will address or adapt to climate change 1:18:00 - Geoengineering: a reason for hope, or a reason for fear? 1:22:15 - Whether or not a giant pendulum, the size of a windmill, that attains perpetual motion with the help of a few workers who take turns pushing the pendulum to prevent it from slowing down, can be a more reliable source of energy than a windmill

Climate Change Therapy - Ep. 16 - Lars Mikelson and Robert Ball

Welcome back to Climate Change Therapy, the podcast where we address the elephant in the room of our time: climate change, a subject that is almost impossible to bring up with your friends and still have your friends like you, and yet a subject that is vital to talk about amongst friends, because only by having conversations amongst one another can the collective conservation advance. On today's episode (6/16/19), Hank welcomes the transportation guru and energy policy wonk Lars Mikelson onto the show to discuss all things climate change and unrelated topics, including:7:00 – an unofficial update from a source inside the New York City transportation planning scene (Lars himself) on the status of the L train reconstruction 10:00 – a similar kind of update on the status of NYC’s new congestion pricing scheme 14:55 – the ethical dilemma of flying22:10 – Hank’s long-winded justification for why he flies, including whataboutism and the fact that there will always be “CO2 emissions” as long as humans exist and are exhaling  28:55 – the need for a massive electrified high speed rail network, and of course, ideas to create this 39:10 – the future of air travel, featuring Lars expertly shooting down Hank’s worst ideas 46:10 – Lars answers Hank’s “Essential Dilemma of Existence”52:00 – projecting the cities with hottest real estate markets in 20501:00:30 – Lars plugs his new HBO show, Chernobyl1:06:00 – flying over Beijing and Miami1:09:25 – a new idea for a perpetual motion machine that uses human labor (*creates jobs*) to complete the loop1:16:45 – cruise ships and tourism

Welcome back to Climate Change Therapy, the podcast where we address the elephant in the room of our time: climate change, a subject that is almost impossible to bring up with your friends and still have your friends like you, and yet a subject that is vital to talk about amongst friends, because only by having conversations amongst one another can the collective conservation advance. On today's episode (6/16/19), Hank welcomes the transportation guru and energy policy wonk Lars Mikelson onto the show to discuss all things climate change and unrelated topics, including: 7:00 – an unofficial update from a source inside the New York City transportation planning scene (Lars himself) on the status of the L train reconstruction 10:00 – a similar kind of update on the status of NYC’s new congestion pricing scheme 14:55 – the ethical dilemma of flying 22:10 – Hank’s long-winded justification for why he flies, including whataboutism and the fact that there will always be “CO2 emissions” as long as humans exist and are exhaling 28:55 – the need for a massive electrified high speed rail network, and of course, ideas to create this 39:10 – the future of air travel, featuring Lars expertly shooting down Hank’s worst ideas 46:10 – Lars answers Hank’s “Essential Dilemma of Existence” 52:00 – projecting the cities with hottest real estate markets in 2050 1:00:30 – Lars plugs his new HBO show, Chernobyl 1:06:00 – flying over Beijing and Miami 1:09:25 – a new idea for a perpetual motion machine that uses human labor (*creates jobs*) to complete the loop 1:16:45 – cruise ships and tourism