{"podcast":{"title":"Volts","slug":"volts-3501275","podcast_index_feed_id":3501275,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/193024.rss","website_url":"https://www.volts.wtf/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/193024/9759d6c6bdb48d0b6d52469456f303bf.jpg","author":"David Roberts","episode_count":427,"summary":"A newsletter, podcast, & community focused on the technology, politics, and policy of decarbonization. In your inbox once or twice a week.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-18T06:18:09.413992+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/volts-3501275"},"episode":{"title":"Why climate funders don't fund housing policy, and why they oughtta","slug":"why-climate-funders-don-t-fund-housing-policy-and-why-they-oughtta","published_at":"2026-04-08T02:12:58+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/volts-3501275/why-climate-funders-don-t-fund-housing-policy-and-why-they-oughtta","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/volts-3501275","url":"https://www.volts.wtf/p/why-climate-funders-dont-fund-housing","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/193499222/e3979443b57c607bcb5653fb98804f32.mp3","summary":"This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.volts.wtf/subscribe Why do climate funders prefer cutting checks for electric vehicles over fighting for dense, transit-oriented housing? I talk to Ben Holland, who recently interviewed major climate foundations about their anti-urbanism bias, and returning guest Caroline Spears, who is working to pass climate-friendly housing policy at the state level. We discuss why obsessing over easily quantifiable emissions reductions is blinding the movement to massive, tractable wins, and why ignoring zoning reform is no longer an option for serious climate advocates.","meta_description":"This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.volts.wtf/subscribe Why do clima…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3980,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/volts-3501275/episodes/why-climate-funders-don-t-fund-housing-policy-and-why-they-oughtta/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/volts-3501275/why-climate-funders-don-t-fund-housing-policy-and-why-they-oughtta.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}