Month: August 2026

What to Do When the Perfect Climate Solution Takes Too Long | Jackie Wong, NRDC

What to Do When the Perfect Climate Solution Takes Too Long | Jackie Wong, NRDC

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Right now, humanity puts billions of tons of CO2 into the atmosphere every year. This has real, negative impacts on environmental and human health. Clean energy and the updated infrastructure that it demands are steps towards a healthier future. If that’s well known, why aren’t we building more?

In this episode of Future in Bloom, Steph sits down with Jackie Wong, Senior Vice President of Climate and Energy at the Natural Resources Defense Council, one of the largest environmental advocacy groups in the country. Together, they talk about why imperfect climate solutions are needed and how policymakers, businesses, and communities can all evaluate the trade-offs that come with them.
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Application Update 2026-2027

Application Update 2026-2027

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At the start of a new application cycle, Hannah and Mark share the annual updates to Yale’s first-year application. Admissions Officer Dara joins to discuss a change in standardized testing policy, the addition of a new “short take” question, and the elimination of a “Why Yale” question. This episode complements previous annual application update episodes and “Essays: The Little Stuff.”

Labels and the Community’s Perspectives

Labels and the Community’s Perspectives

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Rejoining hosts Peta-Gaye Tomlinson and Dante Gennaro, guest Jordan Wynn returns to examine the profound power of terminology in HIV care and community spaces. The episode investigates how language choices, such as shifting from “HIV-positive” to “person living with HIV,” or replacing terms like “clean” with “negative”, fundamentally shape social perceptions and clinical interactions. The hosts and guest explore how labels operate within LGBTQ+ spaces, analyzing how terms like “undetectable,” “poz,” or “PrEP user” influence interpersonal relationships, dating dynamics, and community inclusion.

The dialogue balances the fine line between labels serving as empowering identity markers versus tools of reduction that simplify individuals down to a medical diagnosis. Furthermore, the episode highlights notable generational shifts, comparing how Gen Z, Millennials, and older adults navigate HIV-related vocabulary differently. Listeners will come away with a stronger commitment to person-first language and concrete strategies for reframing everyday clinical conversations to avoid harmful assumptions.

If you have a topic you’d like us to discuss or want to share feedback, please email us at CTAETC@yale.edu.