AUP Launches "Green Frequency" Podcast on Earth Day 2026 Featuring Environmental Insight from Faculty

The American University of Paris is proud to announce the launch, on Earth Day 2026, of Green Frequency: Earth Radio, the result of a collaboration between Clark Marchese (’22) of Pine Forest Media and AUP faculty. 

Designed to bring environmental research and activism to life through storytelling and conversation, the series will feature AUP faculty scientists, researchers, and change-makers exploring urgent ecological topics through diverse, interdisciplinary perspectives. From the lab to the podcast feed, Green Frequency highlights the work in progress throughout the AUP community to further knowledge and raise eco-awareness—and reminds us that the conversation about the future of our planet is one worth having out loud.  

The idea began with an all-day conference held at AUP, Science Speaks @ AUP, a filmed speaker event produced by Marchese in collaboration with Professor Elena Berg and the AUP Green student club this past March. The talks featured eight presentations on AUP faculty research and engagement with environmental issues—designed from the outset to create high-quality, evergreen content that could extend well beyond the event itself.  

The talks bridge the gap between science, policy and societal change. With topics ranging from discussions of climate justice, marine biodiversity and relationship-driven conservation to a consideration of the sustainability challenges related to drinking water and reflections on perception, knowledge, wonder and dialogue. Each talk will be adapted into a standalone podcast episode of about 30 minutes, bringing AUP voices to listeners across the world.  

The goal of this first season of Green Frequency is to present the research, stories, and more generally, the environmentally forward-thinking research at AUP, bringing listeners into a conversation about these pressing issues. As Rebecca Marwege put it, “climate justice demands more than emission reductions. It demands political coordination, social transformation, and ethical reflection, all of which we can only achieve through interdisciplinary cooperation. Green Frequency reflects this need by bringing together expertise across fields and inviting voices from outside academia into the conversation.”  

This first season was set up as a panel of speakers, but the idea is to explore many different presentation styles, topics, and perspectives. In the words of Marchese in the show’s description, Earth Radio is “a place to tune in, stay curious, and listen closely.” 

The launch of Green Frequency reflects a growing trend at AUP toward making faculty research more accessible to broader audiences—a priority that aligns closely with the University’s focus on the real-world challenges of our time. This collaborative endeavor that brings together diverse members of the AUP community also exemplifies the University’s commitment to engaged research and to helping students and faculty take their academic work beyond the classroom. 

“Finding sustainable solutions to today’s urgent environmental problems requires hard work and creativity on all fronts, and I am delighted to be partnering with Clark Marchese on this adventure,” explains Elena Berg.  

Marchese brings to the project his experience as a media producer and his dedication to science communication as a public good. In founding Pine Forest Media, an independent environmental media studio, and creating Green Frequency, he has built a platform that treats environmental science not as a niche academic concern but as a subject of the utmost relevance that demands attention. 

After the launch on Earth Day, April 22nd, Green Frequency will be streaming on a weekly basis. Listeners can find the series on Spotify, Apple Deezer, and all major podcast platforms at 8 a.m. CET. Companion videos will also be available on YouTube. Check out the trailer at shows.acast.com/green-frequency.