The Coolest Show

Welcome to The Coolest Show – your weekly dose of conversations that reimagine how Black, Indigenous, and Brown people thrive.

The Coolest Show is a news podcast hosted by Rev Yearwood, with 200 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Rev Yearwood hosts The Coolest Show, a news show with 200 episodes published.

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  Episode #21

  The Personal Effect with Julie and Eric

  Mar 30, 202638 minS6

  <p >Over the past few weeks we’ve been exploring the many layers behind the Netflix documentary The Plastic Detox as part of our special series rollout — looking at how storytelling, science, and community come together to address the plastic pollution crisis.</p> <p >First, we explored the production side — how filmmakers bring these stories to life. Then we looked at the pollution itself — the chemicals and plastics making their way into our environment and even into our bodies. Today we focus on the people.</p> <p >Because behind every statistic, every study, and every headline about pollution, there are real fam...

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  The Production Effect with Josh "Bones" Murphy

  Mar 23, 202635 minS6

  <p >As we continue our focus on how film and production function as tools for justice, we’re leaning into the idea that storytelling doesn’t just inform—it transforms. Because culture shapes policy. And policy shapes lives. When we talk about the climate crisis, we often focus on policy debates and scientific reports. But film has the power to make those realities personal to help us see the human stakes behind the data.<br></p> <p >Host Rev Yearwood is joined by Josh “Bones” Murphy, an award-winning filmmaker, director, and lifelong environmentalist whose work brings complex environmental issues to the screen...

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  Episode #20

  The Pollution Effect with Dr. Shanna Swan and Professor Jasmine McDonald

  Mar 16, 202655 minS6

  <p >When most people think about climate change, they picture melting glaciers or rising seas. But what if the climate crisis isn’t just happening around us? What if it’s happening inside us?</p> <p >What if the same pollution warming the planet is also disrupting our hormones, our fertility, and the future of our children? This episode features Dr. Shanna Swan and Professor Jasmine McDonald — two leading scientists whose research connects chemical exposure, plastics, reproductive health, cancer risk, and environmental justice. And through the Netflix documentary The Plastic Detox and ongoing public engagement, their work is reaching living rooms...

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  Community Over Cancer Alley w/ Mary Heglar

  Aug 5, 202455 minS0

  <p >In this episode of The Coolest Show, Rev Yearwood is joined by author and essayist Mary Heglar, whose work ruminates on climate grief and justice. As a Black woman who grew up in the South, she speaks to the importance of telling stories that are explicit about the impacts of climate change and that honor the sacrifices of previous generations. Heglar also reads an excerpt from her new novel Troubled Waters, which explores the beauty and challenges of intergenerational healing on a burning planet.</p> <p >Recorded at the historic Woodland Plantation, the site of the 1811 slave revolt, “Community Ov...

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  Community Over Cancer Alley w/ Dr. Earthea Nance

  Jul 29, 202451 minS0

  <p >In this episode of the The Coolest Show, Rev Yearwood sits down with Dr. Earthea Nance, the Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator for Region 6. The conversation highlights the importance of intersectionality between climate and other social issues. Dr. Nance discusses the work the EPA is doing to protect Cancer Alley in Louisiana and the need for strategy in sacrifice zones.</p> <p >Recorded at the historic Woodland Plantation, the site of the 1811 slave revolt, “Community Over Cancer Alley” highlights seven fearless, unapologetic Black women leading the fight for environmental justice in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley. This 85-mile stretch along the Mi...

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