Drag Queen Pattie Gonia: Bringing Joy to Climate Action

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🗓️ 7 February 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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When individuals want to take action on climate, it’s often in the form of electrifying a home, voting, or maybe even traditional activism. Those are very important, but we often overlook how individual skills and talents can also make a difference. This week we’re highlighting creative forms of climate action. Pattie Gonia is a drag queen, environmentalist and advocate for inclusivity and diversity in the outdoors who struts their message through national parks, in Pride events, and through the halls of Congress. Mike Roberts and Will Hammond Jr. wrote a sultry R&B song that will change the way you think about heat pumps… and an equally stimulating song about the power of geothermal energy. Together, they remind us that we don’t always have to take ourselves too seriously in order for our work to be meaningful and have impact. Guests: Pattie Gonia, Drag queen; Environmentalist Mike Roberts, Musician; Climate advocate Will Hammond Jr., Educator; Musician On February 25, internationally recognized environmental and civil rights activist Catherine Coleman Flowers will join Climate One for a live conversation about the future of environmental justice. Join us at noon in San Francisco for a can’t-miss show. Tickets are now available! Support Climate One by going ad-free! By subscribing to Climate One on Patreon, you’ll receive exclusive access to all future episodes free of ads, opportunities to connect with fellow Climate One listeners, and access to the Climate One Discord. Sign up today. For show notes and related links, visit our website. Ad sales by Multitude. Contact them for ad inquiries at multitude.productions/ads Pattie Gonia image credit Mitchell Overton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.7	I'm Arianna Brocious.
0:33.3	I'm Austin Colon.
0:34.5	And this is Climate One.
0:41.0	On I'm Austin Colon. And this is Climate One. On the show, we've talked about lots of practical ways you can address climate in your own life,
0:46.8	from things like electrifying your home to building a strong local community.
0:51.7	This week, we're excited to feature a couple of people who confirmed
0:55.5	for me that creativity and self-expression are also important avenues for climate action.
1:01.9	Absolutely. Two of our guests today, Mike Roberts and Wilhelm and Jr. make amazing music videos
1:08.4	about things like heat pumps and geothermal energy. And honestly,
1:13.3	I have heard some bad climate songs in my time. Oh, yeah. These are not. These are great.
1:19.6	They're funny and smart and sultry. So we'll get to listen to those a bit later on.
1:25.2	Funny, smart, and sultry, I am very excited for that.
1:28.3	And when I think about Mike Roberts and Wilhelm and Jr. and the path they've taken,
1:33.3	I can't help but think of my own path.
1:35.3	It's kind of the reverse of theirs.
1:37.3	I went to school for music production and wanted to work in the industry as a composer and a producer.
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