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Change Oracle

Change Oracle

By: Richard Matthews
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 Change Oracle Podcast offers solution-focused expert commentary on a wide range of prescient sustainability issues. The podcast is hosted by Richard Matthews, a consultant, writer, journalist, and change advocate who is also the owner and principal author of Change Oracle which provides widely cited transdisciplinary analysis.

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Episodes
  • The Best Environmental News Stories of 2025

    The Best Environmental News Stories of 2025
    Jan 5 2026
    From rebounding sea turtles and record tiger populations to renewables overtaking coal and the landmark High Seas Treaty, 2025 delivered a wave of real environmental breakthroughs. This episode tracks the year’s biggest climate victories, nature-based solutions, clean energy growth, Indigenous leadership, green tech innovation, and the court rulings that reshaped global climate action, showing how communities, cities, scientists, and nations pushed forward even in the face of political resistance.

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    13 mins
  • COP30: A Climate Summit Undone by Fossil Fuels

    COP30: A Climate Summit Undone by Fossil Fuels
    Dec 8 2025

    This episode dives into what really happened at COP30 — the third straight UN climate summit derailed by fossil-fuel obstruction.

    From political infighting and infrastructure failures in Belém to the refusal to even name fossil fuels in the final agreement, we unpack why this conference fell so far short of the moment. With climate-driven disasters accelerating worldwide, COP30’s outcome raises a critical question: Is the global process meant to protect our future now incapable of rising to the challenge? Join us as we break down what went wrong, what little went right, and what it means for the shrinking window to secure a livable planet.

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    33 mins
  • One Big Beautiful Bill or One Big Beautiful Betrayal?

    One Big Beautiful Bill or One Big Beautiful Betrayal?
    Nov 25 2025
    What happens when a single bill hits your wallet, your healthcare, your community—and your democracy—all at once? In this episode, we tear into Trump’s 1,100-page “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” a mega-law experts say punishes 80% of Americans while showering the wealthy with massive gains. From gutting Medicaid and SNAP to pollution and Trump sweeping new powers, the OBBBA isn’t just a policy shift—it’s a seismic shock to everyday life. Join us as we expose how a bill branded as “beautiful” became one of the most damaging power plays in modern American history.

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    26 mins
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