Joy is not passive. Joy is a practice, a strategy, and sometimes a refusal.
Next week, The Joy Report releases its first episode of 2026, and as the world continues to shift beneath our feet, we shift with it. This season marks a turning point for our Joy Report community.
Instead of a single, fully narrated show, we’re opening the circle. This year, The Joy Report becomes a space for dialogue: one-on-one video podcast conversations with experts, organizers, artists, and changemakers whose work lives at the intersections of environmentalism, justice, culture, and care.
Our brilliant host, Arielle V. King, will be guiding these conversations, bringing the same depth, curiosity, and warmth you know and love, while making room for voices that are often sidelined in mainstream environmental spaces.
Our lens on environmentalism examines who gets to breathe clean air, who is protected from harm, who is resourced to thrive, and whose knowledge is valued.
That’s why this evolution feels necessary.
You’ll be able to see these conversations on YouTube, listen wherever you get your podcasts, and here on Substack.
This space is for those of us who believe that intellect and care belong together. For those who are tired of extractive narratives and hungry for something more honest.
So if you’ve been looking for environmental storytelling that’s thoughtful, intersectional, and unafraid to ask better questions, welcome. We’re glad you’re here.
The future is intersectional.
Subscribe, follow, and share if this resonates. Joy grows when we choose it collectively.