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With recent health, environmental, and economic crises, the capacity of humankind to innovate its way to a better future is, at times, in doubt. How are science and technology confronting our most foundational global challenges? How can we increase public trust in science? And what are the ethical and political challenges to charting a path of human progress in the 21st century? In this podcast, host Brendan Karch interviews thinkers, writers, scientists, policymakers, and researchers who are tackling these seismic questions. Tectonic is a production of Swissnex in Boston and New York, whose aim is to bring the leading ideas from our hub of academic inquiry to Switzerland and the world, in order to inspire new thinking across disciplinary and national boundaries.
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Signup to Generate a PitchWith recent health, environmental, and economic crises, the capacity of humankind to innovate its way to a better future is, at times, in doubt. How are science and technology confronting our most foundational global challenges? How can we increase public trust in science?
Tectonic is hosted by Swissnex. The show has published 13 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Earth Systems Science" (29 July 2026, 26 minutes), "From Human Rights to Rights of Nature" (13 July 2026, 28 minutes), and "Humanities for the More-than-Human" (24 June 2026, 29 minutes).
Tectonic publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 24 minutes across 13 episodes.
Booking probability for Tectonic is 27%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Tectonic requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Tectonic's contact route on record: public web form.
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Swissnex hosts Tectonic, a society podcast with 13 episodes published.
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Episode #5
If planetary diplomacy is to work, we can't represent the planet's interests until we understand how the planet actually works. From various different disciplines we have come to understand that Earth is more a single...
Episode #4
Lawyers, scholars, and policy makers are increasingly coming to recognize the right to a healthy environment as an essential human right – but is that enough to protect the environment itself? Can we protect nature by...
Episode #3
In the previous episode, we explored how questioning anthropocentrism could help us better understand not just other species, but humanity itself. But what if we broadened our perspective beyond the biological? What...
Episode #2
As humans, we tend to see ourselves at the top of a natural hierarchy — the most intelligent and successful species on Earth. What if that conviction isn't just wrong, but also dangerous? In this episode of our season...
Episode #1
What do we mean when we talk about the planetary? Why not just use familiar terms like global or international? For the first episode of our new season on planetary diplomacy, we sat down with Jonathan Blake, Associate...
Tectonic
What would it mean to create a new form of diplomacy, one that represents the interests of the more-than-human world? Welcome to Season 3 of Tectonic, where we’ll be exploring an idea we call planetary diplomacy. This...
Episode #2
Massachusetts and Switzerland both often rank near the top of state and country innovation rankings. Key to this success are innovation zones, and none is more influential than Kendall Square – a small strip of former...
Episode #1
Switzerland famously lacks natural resources, especially wood. To build its modern economy, the mountainous country came to rely heavily on concrete – and today has become a world leader in the concrete industry. But...
Episode #5
The problems of the globe are also the problems of our major cities, especially post-industrial ones: environmental damage, economic inequality, public health crises. Can we solve these problems one city at a time...
Episode #4
As our global population continues to expand, and developing societies grow wealthier, our food supply is being stretched thin. In particular, global demand for meat continues to rise – and with it the stress on our...
Episode #3
What’s ailing American politics, and can the underlying ideals of US democracy be renewed? How should the US change its role in the world, and are there alternatives to solving global challenges that exploit resources...
Episode #2
We live an era where we need science more than ever to solve our global challenges, from global warming to pandemics. And yet science often feels under attack from multiple directions. How can scientists, the public...
Episode #1
"I think Facebook may be one of these broken institutions, where we actually need to replace it with something different," says Ethan Zuckerman , an early internet pioneer and scholar examining the intersection of...
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Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Studies, New York University
author of Renewal: From Crisis to Transformation in Our Lives, Work, and Politics, New America
ETH Zurich
EarthRights International
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