An Optimist's Guide to the Planet

Aired 2024-02-08

In this episode, Nikolaj discovers the difference is hope, a hope he finds in inspiring people, projects and ideas all over the world.

Aired 2024-02-15

Shelter is one of the most essential human needs. Nikolaj finds hope from architects re-imagining how we live for a sustainable future.

Aired 2024-02-22

Nature has an amazing power to regenerate. How can we harness its innate ability to heal to solve the problems we face?

Aired 2024-02-29

Nikolaj’s journey in this episode focuses on ways to rethink how we grow and cook the food that sustains us.

Aired 2024-03-07

Nikolaj meets some engineers, mechanics and entrepreneurs who may have solutions on how to move without hitting an environmental dead end.

Aired 2024-03-14

Nikolaj’s journey toward hope continues as he searches for innovators transforming and revitalizing our world.

Aired 2025-10-22

How can we be optimistic in 2025? As Nikolaj Coster-Waldau begins season two, we’re reminded of the delicate balance between human progress and protecting our planet. (Source: Bloomberg)

Aired 2025-10-29

Waste is a significant contributor to global warming, but turning it into a resource can help curb emissions and shrink humanity’s environmental footprint. (Source: Bloomberg)

Aired 2025-11-05

From transforming concrete into a carbon sink to mining nickel from genetically enhanced plants, we meet the bold inventors preserving and adapting to nature’s offerings to help humanity thrive.

Aired 2025-11-06

Meeting humanity’s insatiable demand for energy while still curbing greenhouse emissions will require creative solutions both big and small.

Aired 2025-11-19

We travel the world to see how tradition, technology and human ingenuity can help reclaim the planet’s precious water supply.

Aired 2025-11-20

As we look toward the future and seek to overcome our world’s climate challenges, people with imagination are showing the way