Pod-Alization: Relationship Podcast Launches; Health & Wellness Pods For Women; Debating Carbon Capture

 You Need to Hear This relationship podcast debuts

  iHeartPodcasts and licensed therapist Nedra Glover Tawwab have announced a new health and relationship podcast You Need to Hear This, launching May 11. 

Face it, relationships are hard, but they don’t have to be. In You Need to Hear This, Tawwab guides influential guests and callers alike on healthy ways to set boundaries, improve interconnections, and find peace of mind in their daily lives. Each week, through actionable plans and emotional support, Tawwab outlines simple steps that lead to big changes.

 Tawwab is a licensed therapist and highly sought-after relationship expert. She has practiced relationship therapy for 15 years and is the founder and owner of the group therapy practice, Kaleidoscope Counseling. Her philosophy is that a lack of boundaries and assertiveness underlie most relationship issues.

Tawwab has appeared as an expert on Red Table Talk, The Breakfast Club, Good Morning America, The Today Show, and CBS This Morning. Tawwab’s gift is helping people create healthy boundaries and relationships with themselves and others.

You Need To Hear This premieres Thursday, May 11 with new episodes launching every Thursday. 

Golden Goose Creative recommends Health & Wellness Podcasts for Women

Golden Goose Creative is the home to the creative female podcaster who needs post-production and other podcasting support like building strategic plans to grow listeners, monetization, and more. The women-owned business takes on the complexity of podcast operations, enabling female podcasters to focus on other areas of their business while putting out episodes regularly.

The female owners of Golden Goose Creative  -- Aleea and Hav -- also produce a regular blog with helpful tips for podcasters and recommendations for podcast listeners. 

Here's an excerpt from their blog:

"Taking care of our businesses and podcasts are important. But we also need to take care of ourselves. As women, we tend to put other people’s needs above our own, whether that be our kids, pets, partners or other friends and family members. Of course, all of that is still important but taking care of our own welling being is important too. As they say, filling up our own cups will help us fill up others. We can’t fill others from an empty cup! So, today, let’s jump in as I cover some of our favorite health + wellness podcasts for women."

 They go on to recommend several health and wellness podcasts for women, including the Courageous Wellness Podcast. It’s hosted by Aly French and Erica Stein, who are both certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coaches with advanced training in gut health and hormone health. The show itself is about de-stigmatizing conversations in the wellness space and celebrating the experiences/lessons of their guests. They interview diverse people about their personal journeys in health and wellness. From physical wellness, to emotional and spiritual, they are listening to courageous stories. 

They go on to recommend five more excellent health and wellness podcasts for women. Check out those recommendations here.

If you're a female aspirational podcaster, check out Aleea and Hav from Golden Goose Creative. They are happy to also discuss their footwear choice, with Aleea admitting she's a "A fuzzy socks and crocs kind of gal," and Hav noting "90 percent of the time you'll catch me in sneakers" but then confessing, "I'll never up my love for cute heels."

 Open To Debate podcast tackles Carbon Capture

This week, nonpartisan debate podcast Open to Debate tackles the question: "Is Carbon Capture Essential to Fighting Climate Change?"

When it comes to carbon dioxide, last year was a record year. The world emitted more of the climate-warming gas in 2022 than in any year since scientists began recording levels in 1900. So … what can be done to prevent dangerous levels of warming? One potential method is called carbon capture and storage, a technology in which CO2 is extracted and stored in underground facilities. In fact, as recently as February, Exxon Mobil announced that it will use Honeywell technology in Texas to capture some seven million tons of carbon dioxide per year. Other companies, meanwhile, have followed suit.

But it is not without controversy. Critics say the technology is not cost-effective, is unreliable in large scales, and that the level of carbon removal needed to help the planet is well beyond current capacity. As such, they say, it is a dangerous distraction in the broader fight against climate change, potentially diluting the urgency in reducing emissions. Others say these systems are ever more adept at capturing gases from the air, and that they have the potential to become a critical tool in the battle against rising emissions.

Arguing YES, carbon capture is an essential tool in the climate fight, is Katherine Romanak, Research Scientist for Bureau of Economic Geology. Arguing NO is Mark Z. Jacobson, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University and Director of its Atmosphere/Energy Program.

Find the full episode at the Open to Debate website, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get podcasts.