
An Optimist's Guide to the Planet
Season 1
202412 episodes
Episodes
E1Dusk or Dawn
2024-02-08 · 48m
In this episode, Nikolaj discovers the difference is hope, a hope he finds in inspiring people, projects and ideas all over the world.
E2Shelter
2024-02-15 · 48m
Shelter is one of the most essential human needs. Nikolaj finds hope from architects re-imagining how we live for a sustainable future.
E3Regenerate
2024-02-22 · 48m
Nature has an amazing power to regenerate. How can we harness its innate ability to heal to solve the problems we face?
E4Nourish
2024-02-29 · 48m
Nikolaj’s journey in this episode focuses on ways to rethink how we grow and cook the food that sustains us.
E5Move
2024-03-07 · 48m
Nikolaj meets some engineers, mechanics and entrepreneurs who may have solutions on how to move without hitting an environmental dead end.
E6Transform
2024-03-14 · 48m
Nikolaj’s journey toward hope continues as he searches for innovators transforming and revitalizing our world.
E7Protect
2025-10-22 · 48m
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)
E8Rethink
2025-10-29 · 48m
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)
E9Invent
2025-11-05 · 48m
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.
E10Energize
2025-11-06 · 48m
Meeting humanity’s insatiable demand for energy while still curbing greenhouse emissions will require creative solutions both big and small.
E11Reclaim
2025-11-19 · 48m
We travel the world to see how tradition, technology and human ingenuity can help reclaim the planet’s precious water supply.
E12Imagine
2025-11-20 · 48m
As we look toward the future and seek to overcome our world’s climate challenges, people with imagination are showing the way
