Podcast Episodes

Beyond the Bad News: Evidence for Climate Optimism

Season 11 Episode 36

From stalled UN plastics treaty talks, to the hottest summer on record across much of the northern hemisphere - it’s been a bleak few weeks for climate news. So this week, against a backdrop of worse…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Rising Tides: How indigenous communities are facing the climate crisis

Season 11 Episode 35

What does it mean to live on the front lines of climate change - where rising seas, collapsing ecosystems and the legacies of colonialism collide?

This week, Christiana Figueres and Paul Dickinson are…

Published on 2 months ago

Listening to the Living World: Can AI help us hear the planet?

Season 11 Episode 34

What if we could not only listen to the rest of nature, but actually understand it?

From decoding whale songs to giving nature a legal voice, the possibilities are tantalising - and they may not be as…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Introducing: Inside COP - the Official COP30 Podcast from Outrage + Optimism

Live from Belém… it’s Outrage + Optimism! (Or it will be.)

This year’s COP is one of the most significant in years, and we’ll be there with you every step of the way - charting the buildup, analysing …

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

You Are What You Eat: Soil, Seeds and Social Justice

Season 11 Episode 33

What’s really in the food on our plates? The journey to our supermarket shelves is one of broken economics, environmental destruction, and social injustice.

But what if agriculture could look complete…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Too Hot to Handle?: Facing a Future Beyond 1.5°C

Season 11 Episode 32

As global temperatures continue to skyrocket, the once unthinkable is now within view: overshooting 1.5°C of warming. This limit, set out in the Paris Agreement, has defined a decade of climate actio…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Mistakes, Mistruths and Misinformation: Climate's biggest myths debunked

Season 11 Episode 31

Isn’t climate change just part of a natural cycle? Weren’t CO2 levels much higher in the past? And, even if we should be worried, can one person really make a difference?

Lies travel faster than facts…

Published on 3 months ago

Trump’s War on Climate - and Maggie Baird on food justice and plant-based touring with Billie Eilish

Season 11 Episode 30

As record heat scorches the US, Trump’s government is making things dramatically worse. We break down the devastating implications of the One Big Beautiful Bill, the reversal of the Environmental Pro…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

*Breaking Planetary News*: The ICJ Climate Opinion Explained

Season 11 Episode 29

“An Existential Problem of Planetary Proportions”

International Court of Justice President Yuji Iwasawa just delivered a landmark advisory opinion on climate change and human rights - one that could t…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Planes, Protests, Pensions... and have banks given up on saving the planet?

Season 11 Episode 28

Can a pilot really be the change-maker who helps us to holiday nearer home? Why aren’t governments and institutions doing more to help climate activists? And can climate progress happen without sacri…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago