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The Young Ike Project

Upwing Media, Griffith Pugh

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Building a new environmental majority through honest conversation.

A podcast and participatory dialogue initiative exploring the defining environmental challenges and tradeoffs shaping our shared future.

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Becky Rom: The Battle Over Mining & the Fight to Save the Boundary Waters

mardi 11 mars 2025 • Durée 35:26

The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) is one of the most pristine natural landscapes in the United States—but its future is at risk. Becky Rom, national chair of the Campaign to Save the Boundary Waters, joins The Young IKE to discuss the fight against mining near the Boundary Waters, the legal and political battles over Minnesota’s mineral resources, and why conservation is more urgent now than ever.

Rom shares insights on how conservation efforts have evolved, the push-and-pull between economic development and environmental protection, and how everyday citizens can take action to preserve and protect the nature we love.

Guest Information:

Guest Name: Becky Rom

Bio: Becky Rom is a lifelong conservationist and the national chair of the Campaign to Save the Boundary Waters, leading efforts to protect the BWCAW from sulfide-ore mining and environmental degradation. With decades of advocacy experience, she has been instrumental in shaping policy and legal strategies to safeguard public lands.
Links:🔹 Campaign to Save the Boundary Waters – https://www.savetheboundarywaters.org

Episode Outline:

🔹 Why the Boundary Waters Matter – The ecological, cultural, and recreational significance of the BWCA.

🔹 Mining Threats & Environmental Risks – How proposed sulfide-ore mining projects could devastate the region’s fragile ecosystem.

🔹 The Legal & Political Fight – The state and federal policies shaping the future of the Boundary Waters.

🔹 Balancing Conservation & Economic Interests – Impact of mining on local economies and tourism.

🔹 How You Can Help – The role of grassroots advocacy and public engagement in protecting public lands.

Episode Sponsor:

🎙️ The Young Ike is bringing these conversations into the real world with live, quarterly community dialogues. Thank you to the Minnesota Valley Chapter of the IWLA for making this possible.

Learn more at iwlamnvalley.org

Host & Show Info:

Host Name: Griffith Pugh

Podcast Website: www.theyoungike.org

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📩 Contact the host: griffith@theyoungike.org

Help Us Grow:

📲 Follow us on Instagram: @theyoungike

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Aimee Boulanger: The Future of Responsible Mining & Mineral Extraction

mardi 11 mars 2025 • Durée 30:59

As demand for lithium, cobalt, and other rare earth minerals skyrockets, the question isn’t if we mine—it’s how. Aimee Boulanger, Executive Director of the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA), joins The Young IKE to explore the challenges of responsible mining, the global supply chain, and why communities must be involved in decision-making.

We discuss the feasibility of ethical mining, how standards like IRMA’s certification system can create accountability, and whether true sustainability is possible in an industry built on extraction.

Guest Information:

Guest Name: Aimee Boulanger

Bio: Aimee Boulanger is the Executive Director of IRMA, a nonprofit organization dedicated to setting global standards for responsible mining.

Links:

🔹 IRMA (Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance) – https://responsiblemining.net

Episode Outline:

🔹 What is ‘Responsible Mining’? – Defining ethical mineral extraction and its real-world challenges.

🔹 Holding Corporations Accountable – How IRMA works with companies like BMW, Microsoft, and Ford to promote responsible sourcing.

🔹 The Future of Ethical Mineral Extraction – The role of transparency, policy, and consumer awareness in shaping the mining industry

Episode Sponsor:

🎙️ The Young Ike is bringing these conversations into the real world with live, quarterly community dialogues. Thank you to the Minnesota Valley Chapter of the IWLA for making this possible.

Ernest Scheyder: The War Below & the Global Battle Over Critical Minerals

Saison 1

mardi 11 mars 2025 • Durée 27:24

In order to transition to green energy, we need to build infrastructure—but to build that infrastructure, we must mine for critical minerals. Journalist and author Ernest Scheyder, a senior correspondent for Reuters, joins The Young IKE to discuss his National Book Award-longlisted book, The War Below, and the hidden costs of the modern mining boom.

We explore the economic, political, and environmental trade-offs behind mining, why rare earths are the oil of the 21st century, and how we can transition to clean energy without repeating the mistakes of the past.

Guest Information:

Guest Name: Ernest Scheyder

Bio: Ernest Scheyder is a senior correspondent at Reuters, covering the green energy transition and the critical minerals industry. His book, The War Below, was longlisted for the National Book Award and explores the untold stories behind mineral extraction.

Links:

🔹 Order The War Below – HERE

🔹 Ernest Scheyder, Reuters– HERE

Episode Outline:

🔹 The New Oil? – Why rare earth minerals are the driving force behind 21st-century geopolitics.

🔹 Too Special to Mine? – The debate over mining in protected lands like the Boundary Waters and Indigenous territories.

🔹 Supply Chains & The Global Economy – How the pandemic exposed critical vulnerabilities in the mineral supply chain.

🔹 – The rise of certification programs, ethical sourcing, and corporate accountability.

Roopali Phadke: The Green Metals Dilemma & the Trade-Offs of Clean Energy

Saison 1

mardi 11 mars 2025 • Durée 20:49

The push for green energy requires a massive increase in rare earth minerals like lithium, cobalt, and nickel—but sourcing these materials comes with environmental and ethical challenges. Dr. Roopali Phadke, a political scientist and climate policy expert at Macalester College, joins The Young IKE to discuss the ‘green metals dilemma’—a framework for balancing resource needs, energy justice, and sustainability.

We explore whether responsible mining is possible, the role of policy and public engagement, and what it will take to build a circular economy that reduces reliance on mining.

Guest Information:

Guest Name: Dr. Roopali Phadke

Bio: Dr. Roopali Phadke is a professor of environmental policy at Macalester College, specializing in climate solutions, energy transitions, and sustainable mining policies.

Links:

🔹Macalester College Faculty Page – HERE

Episode Outline:

🔹 The ‘Green Metals Dilemma’ – Why green energy depends on mineral extraction and the tough choices we face.

🔹 E-Waste & Urban Mining – The future of electronic waste recycling and circular economies.

🔹 Can Mining Be Sustainable? – The debate over ethical extraction and energy justice.

Episode Sponsor:

🎙️ The Young Ike is bringing these conversations into the real world with live, quarterly community dialogues. Thank you to the Minnesota Valley Chapter of the IWLA for making this possible.

Q1 2025: Mining, Critical Minerals, and the Quest for a Greener Economy

Saison 1 · Épisode 1

lundi 10 février 2025 • Durée 15:37

🎤 TYI Live Event in March 2025! The Young IKE is bringing these conversations into the real world with live quarterly community dialogues.

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Thank You to the Minnesota Valley Chapter of IWLA. Learn more at: iwlamnvalley.org

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Carrie Jennings: From Glaciers to Farm Fields—the Story of the Minnesota River Basin

Saison 2

vendredi 8 août 2025 • Durée 38:56

Carrie Jennings has spent her career piecing together how our landscapes came to be—and what’s happening to them now. A geologist by training and now Research and Policy Director at Freshwater, she’s spent decades mapping Minnesota’s glacial past, teaching at the University of Minnesota, and turning science into action to protect our rivers and groundwater.

In this episode, Carrie takes us deep into the story of the Minnesota River Basin. We start with the glaciers that carved it out thousands of years ago and then fast forward to today, where farming practices, drained wetlands, and tiled fields have transformed it into what she calls “an agricultural drainage ditch.” The result? Rivers running brown, biodiversity wiped out, sediment loads ten times higher than historical levels, and small towns struggling to keep up as floodwaters rise and infrastructure strains.

Carrie helps us connect these dots—how the choices we’ve made on the land ripple through everything from water quality and fish habitat to the cost of raising highways and dredging navigation channels. And she shares how her work has pushed past research into real change: new state programs to hold more water on the land, restore wetlands, and rebuild soil health; support for perennial crops that keep living roots in the ground year-round; and a growing recognition that this is a “Dust Bowl moment” for Minnesota, one that demands systemic change.

This isn’t just a conversation about rivers—it’s about how we live on the land, how federal farm policy shapes our choices, and what it will take for Minnesota to chart a different path. Carrie’s perspective brings both deep time (glaciers and plate tectonics) and an urgency grounded in the present: if we don’t act, we risk doubling down on the very patterns—corn, soy, and now biofuels—that are driving the problem.

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Kathy Zeman: Building the Local Foodshed and Supporting Actual Food Farmers

Saison 2

mercredi 6 août 2025 • Durée 44:42

Kathy Zeman has seen agriculture from every angle: growing up on a dairy farm, working in animal genetics and feed, and now running Simple Harvest Farm, her 20-acre certified organic, direct-to-consumer farm in Minnesota. Today, she also leads the Minnesota Farmers’ Market Association, representing more than 10,000 local food vendors across the state.

In this episode, Kathy helps us unravel the tangled web of industrial farming, policy, and local food. We talk about how agricultural policy—from crop insurance to the Farm Bill—has systematically favored Big Ag and commodity crops while leaving local food farmers underfunded and unsupported. Kathy shares how these inequities ripple through our food system, shaping not only what we eat but also how we treat our soil, our water, and our rural communities.

Kathy lays out her vision for building resilient local food systems through practical, unglamorous solutions: commercial kitchens in town halls, shared food storage and transport, micro-insurance programs for small farmers, and policies that level the playing field between industrial agriculture and the “little ag” food farmers.

Support Kathy’s farm: https://simpleharvestfarm.com/

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Will Harris: Taking on Big Ag and Rebuilding Food Systems to Work With Nature

Saison 2

lundi 4 août 2025 • Durée 33:14

Will Harris is a fourth-generation cattleman from Bluffton, Georgia, and the force behind White Oak Pastures—a farm his family has run since 1866. For decades, Will managed it under the conventional industrial model. But in the mid-90s, he made a radical pivot, transforming White Oak into one of the nation’s most respected regenerative farms. His work is about far more than food—it’s about healing land, water, and rural communities through farming that works with nature instead of against it.

In this episode, we talk about the century-long shift from small, local food systems to today’s industrial agriculture, and why Will believes reviving local “food sheds” is key to restoring both ecosystems and rural economies. We dig into how regenerative practices can rebuild soils, reduce runoff, and even revive dying watersheds downstream. Will also reflects on what it takes for consumers, communities, and policymakers to break Big Ag’s grip and reconnect farming to its natural cycles.

This conversation isn’t just about farming—it’s about rethinking how we feed ourselves, and what it will take to build a food system that sustains both people and the planet.

Order Will’s book, “A Bold Return to Giving a Damn” : https://whiteoakpastures.com/pages/a-bold-return-to-giving-a-damn?srsltid=AfmBOorGzEzcxS0fFkWENnXSkKCupy_MPw6rM9cG-DBCA4vVsy_bMpWB

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AI, Hype, and the History of Tech Bubbles: What Past Manias Can Teach Us About the Data Center Buildout ft. Dr. Andrew Odlyzko

mardi 17 mars 2026 • Durée 49:29

Andrew Odlyzko is a mathematician, technology historian, and professor at the University of Minnesota who has spent decades studying the relationship between innovation, finance, and technological manias. His research spans everything from the railway booms of the 19th century to the dot-com bubble—and what those earlier episodes can teach us about the AI buildout happening today.

In this episode, we zoom out from the day-to-day politics of data centers to ask a bigger historical question: what happens when a transformative technology collides with hype, speculation, and the promise of world-changing progress? Odlyzko explains why AI fits into a much longer story of technological booms, why bubbles often form around real breakthroughs, and how past manias sometimes left society with useful infrastructure even when investors got burned.

We also talk about why he believes the current AI moment is becoming more dangerous. As improvements in large language models begin to look more incremental, the scale of spending on chips, data centers, and infrastructure keeps rising. Odlyzko argues that the real warning sign is financial: once the buildout moves beyond hyperscalers spending their own profits and starts drawing in outside investors through increasingly creative financing, the broader risks grow.

This is apart of The Young Ike’s Live Series. To find a Podclub event near you or start your own, visit: theyoungike.org/podclubThis is apart of The Young Ike’s Live Series. To find a Podclub event near you or start your own, visit: theyoungike.org/podclub

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A “Small City” of Water Demand: Why Data Centers Are a Water Governance Stress Test ft. Carrie Jennings

lundi 2 mars 2026 • Durée 55:21

Carrie Jennings is the Research and Policy Director at the Freshwater Society and a geologist by training. She’s one of Minnesota’s leading voices on groundwater and water policy. A past guest from last season, we’re thrilled to have her back on the podcast.

In this episode, we talk about the rise of hyperscale data centers and what they could mean for water in Minnesota and across the Great Lakes region. Jennings explains why groundwater is often misunderstood as “infinite,” how data centers can function like adding a new small city’s worth of demand to the edge of a metro-center.

We also dig into the governance problem: non-disclosure agreements, limited public data on actual water use, and how municipal hookups can effectively let data centers “jump the line” during scarcity—despite statutory water-use priorities. Jennings closes by outlining where Minnesota’s system is breaking down and what it would take to build clearer rules before the next wave of high-volume water users arrives.

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