The Climate Verso Podcast
On The Climate Verso Podcast, I explore the complex, nuanced, and often contentious world of climate science and policy,
However, when I bring together two leading experts to discuss climate change, it’s conversation, not conflict.
Each guest holds honest respect and friendship for the other.
The Climate Verso Podcast
Episode 5: Paul Donnelly and Brandon Neider
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Welcome to Climate Verso, the podcast where we bring together diverse perspectives to explore the biggest environmental and policy challenges of our time.
In this episode of Climate Verso, Ned Komar expands the show’s format beyond climate and brings together two New York local politicians — Brandon Neider and Paul Donnelly — for a candid, cross-party conversation about the issues shaping their communities.
The discussion starts with their personal paths into politics, from education and local government to union leadership and community advocacy. From there, the conversation moves into practical concerns like school funding, public education, infrastructure, property taxes, zoning, and the challenges facing working families in upstate New York.
As the conversation broadens, the panel takes on bigger questions about partisanship, gun rights, immigration, political polarization, Trump, MAGA, “America First,” executive power, corruption, and the future of American democracy. Even when the debate gets sharp, the tone stays respectful, revealing both the depth of division and the possibility of honest dialogue across ideological lines.
This is a wide-ranging, spirited exchange about what local leadership can do, what national politics gets wrong, and whether Americans can still talk to each other across the aisle.
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