The Young Ike Project

A Wilderness Worth Fighting For: The BWCA “One Year In” Revisited ft. Becky Rom

From Extraction to Conservation: The Ever-Changing Story of America’s Public Lands ft. Mike Dombeck

Who Owns Our Public Lands? Privatization, Power, and the American Commons ft. Hal Herring

Public Lands Under Threat: Season Premiere

Season 2

Future Makers: Biochar & Turning Waste Into Climate Solutions ft. Jason Dodier

Future Makers: Fixing Farming’s Fertilizer Problem ft. Bill Brady

AI, Hype, and the History of Tech Bubbles: What Past Manias Can Teach Us About the Data Center Buildout ft. Dr. Andrew Odlyzko

A “Small City” of Water Demand: Why Data Centers Are a Water Governance Stress Test ft. Carrie Jennings

Who Decides What Gets Built? Data Centers, Democracy, and Environmental Law ft. Kathryn Hoffman

One Year In: The Boundary Waters under Trump 2.0 ft. Becky Rom

The Politics of Data Centers—and Whether Minnesota’s Landmark 2040 Clean Energy Law Will Hold ft. Nick Frentz

Introducing: Data Centers, AI, and the Environment

Carrie Jennings: From Glaciers to Farm Fields—the Story of the Minnesota River Basin

Season 2

Kathy Zeman: Building the Local Foodshed and Supporting Actual Food Farmers

Season 2

Will Harris: Taking on Big Ag and Rebuilding Food Systems to Work With Nature

Season 2

Becky Rom: The Battle Over Mining & the Fight to Save the Boundary Waters

Aimee Boulanger: The Future of Responsible Mining & Mineral Extraction

Ernest Scheyder: The War Below & the Global Battle Over Critical Minerals

Season 1

Roopali Phadke: The Green Metals Dilemma & the Trade-Offs of Clean Energy

Season 1

Q1 2025: Mining, Critical Minerals, and the Quest for a Greener Economy

Season 1, Episode 1