I recently recorded my first BloggingHeads TV … episode? diavlog? not sure what they’re called … with Lester Brown, focused on the latest edition of his book: Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization. My main takeaway from the experience is that I need a much better microphone on my laptop. The sound is pretty awful on my end. Also I’m long overdue for some beard maintenance. And media training.

There’s some chit-chat and technical glitches toward the beginning, but we get rolling about 5 minutes in:

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If you just can’t get enough BHTV, here’s another good episode, with enviro journalist David Orr squaring off against conservative Jim Manzi on the subject of climate change and Orr’s new book:

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