GoodGeist
A podcast on sustainability, hosted by Damla Özlüer and Steve Connor, brought to you by the DNS Network. Looking at sustainability issues, communications, and featuring global guests from a wide variety of sectors such as business, NGOs and government.
Podcasting since 2024 • 100 episodes
GoodGeist
Latest Episodes
The Purpose of Growth, with Öner Günçavdı
Billionaire wealth is hitting historic highs while one in four people face hunger—so what exactly is growth doing for the rest of us? We sit down with Prof. Öner Günçavdı to unpack the mechanics behind inequality and global economics. ...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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25:24
Big Little Lies About Climate, with Ümit Şahin
We sit down with Ümit Şahin—physician, public health scholar, and long-time climate advocate—as he traces his journey from medical school to air pollution research and climate policy, showing why health is the most human lens for energy choices...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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27:05
There's More in Common, with Chris Annous
In our first episode of 2026 we sit down with Chris Annous from More in Common to look at how values-based research can bridge divides—and why pride in place may be the most underrated lever for social and climate progress right now. <...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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28:59
2025 - a GoodGeist Retrospective
It's time for some GoodGeist year-end reflections from our co-host Damla and Steve. We take you across 2025’s most revealing sustainability moments, from radical listening that halted deforestation by focusing on community health, via an off-gr...
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Season 2
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Episode 49
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26:32
The Creative Truth, with Steve Mayer
Want a sustainability claim that inspires without inviting a regulator into your inbox? We sit down with Steve Meyer, director of Carbon Blue Solutions, to explore how. From mangrove forests and seagrass meadows to desert halophytes...
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Season 2
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Episode 48
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29:46