Name and Fame, with Andrea Learned

Most of what you see online right now is naming and shaming. Andrea Learned is doing the opposite.Name & Fame is a podcast about the leaders, places, and projects building a genuinely better future — and about what actually fuels them. Spoiler: it's usually joy.Andrea has spent years as a climate influence strategist watching a specific kind of person: the mid-career professional who has quietly lost track of their own values and their own energy, who is sitting on more potential influence than they realize, and who just needs to see someone doing the thing before they believe it's possible.That's what this show is for. Half interviews with remarkable people you probably haven't heard of yet — mayors, organizers, founders, candidates — and half solo episodes where Andrea shares what she's seeing that the noise is drowning out.If you believe that countering the culture is more powerful than complaining about it, and that visible, values-aligned leadership is the most subversive

Name and Fame, with Andrea Learned is a society podcast hosted by Andrea Learned, with 11 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Andrea Learned hosts Name and Fame, with Andrea Learned, a society show with 11 episodes published.

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  Episode #9

  SPECIAL | The Tie In Podcast Collaboration: On Cities, Sustainability and Film Sets

  Sep 3, 20261h 2mS1

  Andrea co-hosted a recent PNW Climate Week panel with The Tie In's Zena Harris, and they talked about the surprising ways cities and film and TV production can partner for big moves in sustainability, film tourism, and more. From a craft services switch away from beef to accessible EV charging, every little choice that nudges more collaboration on this front will only produce more climate influence. And, *that's* why this is a fun topic to Name & Fame. Enjoy (and subscribe to The Tie In for more fascinating sustainability-related conversations around the entertainment industry)! *** Recorded live at Pacific Northwest Climate Week, Zena Harris is joined by climate influence strategist Andrea Learned, host of Name & Fame, for a conversation on where film and TV production and city government actually overlap, and where they're missing each other entirely. They dig into why sustainability has to start in development, not production the "tacking it on" problem most productions still default to and lay out the specific ways cities can become better partners to film crews: sharing power infrastructure data, coordinating on parking and base camp electrification, and building financial incentives like Seattle's film-permit discount for productions that ditch a diesel generator. Real numbers included: a 150-person, 15-week production crew saved over $10,000 just by switching from plastic water bottles to reusable ones, and thousands more by cutting beef at catering. The conversation closes with a practical call to action for film students, city staff, and anyone in production — on where to start small and how public praise (cheerleading productions that get it right, on social media) becomes its own form of climate influence. Topics: sustainable film production, entertainment industry sustainability, city-film partnerships, film permits, base camp electrification, production carbon footprint, climate influence, plant-based catering, Green Spark Group, Sustainable Production Forum, Seattle sustainability, PNW Climate Week. Learn more about Andrea Learned: andrealearned.com https://linktr.ee/AndreaLearned linkedin.com/in/andrealearned/ ️ Name & Fame with Andrea Learned: https://open.spotify.com/show/3YkKdutaROrB5hSehWVaDo ️ Follow The Tie In: https://www.tieinpodcast.com/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-if-the-film-set-was-your-citys-most-innovative/id1753867919?i=1000787191631 https://open.spotify.com/show/1fs5ErICz5ZtGU2bpVP0BU Zena Harris on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zenaharris/ Mark Rabin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rabinmark/

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  Episode #8

  Transformation Through Storytelling: Denise Baden Makes Sustainability Joyful

  Jun 25, 202643 minS1

  Denise Baden is all about transformation through storytelling. She's a business professor and thought leader in sustainability communications who *refuses* to accept doom culture. Her joy lies in creating, convening, and celebrating green storytellers. Key Themes 1. Storytelling Moves People from Head to Heart Denise has been reading hundreds of reflections from business leaders at sustainable leadership events. When she asks them what sustainability means as a human being (not corporate jargon), something shifts. They sit under a tree for 30 minutes. When they come back and tell their stories, they're crying because they have no words. An intellectual exercise becomes emotional. 2. The Jigsaw to Save the World — It All Connects Denise realizes it's not technical barriers stopping us. It's systemic — wealth concentration, corporate capture of politics, profit maximization instead of sufficiency. So she's mapping these as a jigsaw puzzle. The corner pieces lock us in. The middle is the flourishing future we all want. Once you see how it connects, you understand what needs to shift. 3. Joy Is Everywhere When You Learn to See Denise started wildlife gardening and everything changed. The world went from black and white to technicolor. The robins have a soap opera. The magpie's fed up with the cat. She sits on her deck watching a bee in a pollinator-friendly plant and thinks "Go, little bee. I helped give you that." Denise believes that if more people felt the joy in these small choices — eating less meat, driving less, planting pollinator plants, everything would shift. For our "Name and Fame It Forward" segment, she shouts out: Caroline Lucas Former Green Party Member of Parliament. She stays calm when everyone else is posturing. Years ago she said: "We need positive stories because this should be an easy sell." LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroline-lucas-981955335/ Steve Willis Steve is a chemical engineer who had an idea: bring together climate experts with real writers. He and Denise co-created No More Fairy Tales: Stories to Save the Planet. Now he's partnering on Fairhaven, a novel about Malaysia surviving sea level rise with audacious climate solutions. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-willis-kl/ Connect with Denise Green Stories: https://www.greenstories.org.uk/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/denise-baden-3742793/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/dabaden.bsky.social and https://bsky.app/profile/habitatpress.bsky.social Climate Assembly UK: https://www.climateassembly.uk/ Follow #jigsawtosavetheworld and #climatecharacters Follow Andrea https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrealearned/ https://bsky.app/profile/andrealearned.bsky.social https://andrealearned.com/ Name & Fame was created, and is hosted and produced, by Andrea Learned. Edited by Kristie Taiwo-Makanjuola. Theme music by Adam Captured. Art by Nancy Bolan. Listen, learn, find joy, and please share!

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  Episode #8

  SPECIAL | CA Primary Updates & Re-listen, Janelle Kellman

  May 25, 202642 minS1

  <p >Days before California's primary, Andrea circled back to Janelle Kellman (candidate for Lieutenant Governor) via voice memo to see what's been coming up most in her recent campaign conversations.</p> <p >Here are the three key topics:</p> <p >Janelle makes the point that California doesn't lack ambition, values, or money, but it lacks implementation. While every candidate may bring up affordability, housing, climate, and education, the state needs someone who has actually done the work. </p> <p >Janelle wants to help California understand climate risk before it becomes a crisis, and turn that understanding into real action. Voters o...

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  Episode #7

  Dropping the Armor: Helene Cornell on Accessible Leadership In CleanTech

  May 21, 202629 minS1

  <p >Helene Cornell didn't come up through academia, nepotism, or a Google scholarship. She simply made her way into climate tech rooms by being the most accessible person there. </p> <p >Andrea and Helene talk about how she uses humor (she studied improv!) to make the usually heavy climate conversations lighter, how she learned to connect with speaking audience members, and why she calls herself a nerd whisperer (hint: it's about being able to translate complex hardware to software-focused investors). </p> <p >Along the way, Helene praises the many accelerators and incubators that changed her life, including the Los Angeles Cl...

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  Episode #5

  SPECIAL | GreenIO Podcast Interview, On Shifting Social Norms In Sustainability Leadership

  May 5, 20261h 1mS1

  <p>Andrea recently had a rich conversation with Gaël Duez, the host of GreenIO Podcast, so we are sharing that episode here. No matter your role or sector, listen in to learn how to understand and use *your* leadership influence. </p> <p>***</p> <p>You don't have to be a CEO to have a lot of influence. In fact, you can effect much more change that you might realise… On today's episode of Green IO, Gaël is joined by Andrea Learned, a renown communications strategist who's using her skills to revolutionise the conversation around sustainability. Andrea's specialty is clima...

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