Soren Brothers (he/him) has had a unique career path that led him to serve as a bridge between the worlds of academia and public engagement on climate change. He is the Allan and Helaine Shiff Curator of Climate Change at the Royal Ontario Museum, as well as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto. In this episode, Dr. Brothers shares what he's learned about balancing political activism with scientific research, the importance of local environmental policies, and how his career path unfolded.