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In this series Imperial PhD student Peter Knapp speaks with scientists from multiple disciplines who are concerned about the current state and future of the climate and life on Earth. They share their personal stories, explaining what led them to be interested in the environmental and ecological crises. They discuss their opinions on public communication, politics, divestment campaigns, having children, Greta Thunberg, travel, carbon footprints, what they hope to see in the future and much more.
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Friday Jun 10, 2022
Friday Jun 10, 2022
Jade Shih is a former oil and gas engineer who moved to Maths teaching at a state school academy in London and became an active member of Extinction Rebellion. Recorded in two parts in 2021 and 2022, she and presenter Pete Knapp discuss how young people are being educated on the climate crisis, whether activism is too political to reach the classroom, and the challenges of teaching children growing up in a changing climate.

Friday May 27, 2022
Friday May 27, 2022
Dr Shauna Golden, who is an A&E doctor in Scotland and is studying for a Masters in global health, and Dr Patrick Hart, a GP in Bristol who has been arrested for his climate activism, discuss how the climate and ecological crisis is a health crisis, how the world might cope with the next pandemic, and why doctors may feel like they can save lives through activism.

Friday May 13, 2022
Friday May 13, 2022
Alexis Gauthier, a multi-award-winning French chef and successful London restaurateur who turned vegan in 2016, and Dr Alice Brough, a former livestock vet who has become a climate, animal and human rights activist, discuss veganism, why taste is so important to make people change their diets, the meat and dairy industry, and the risks of industrial animal farming.

Friday Mar 18, 2022
Friday Mar 18, 2022
Lucy Hogarth, an astrophysicist and climate activist, discusses why you don't need to be an ecologist or climate scientist to engage with climate activism, and how her late autism diagnosis has helped her to process the climate crisis and understand why others might find it hard to do so.

Friday Mar 04, 2022
Friday Mar 04, 2022
Zoë Blackler, investigative journalist and co-ordinator of whistleblowing platform TruthTeller, and Steve Tooze, a former tabloid journalist and climate activist, consider how much the media shapes the way we think, how coverage of the climate crisis has changed over the years, the challenges facing journalists at the beginning of their careers, and what drove them to become activists.

Friday Feb 18, 2022
#15 Paul Stephens on the role of the police and why protesting is so vital
Friday Feb 18, 2022
Friday Feb 18, 2022
Paul Stephens, a retired Metropolitan Police Detective Sergeant and climate crisis campaigner, discusses how policing is changing, his involvement with Extinction Rebellion as police liaison, and why protesting is a vital part of survival and our civilisation.

Friday Feb 04, 2022
Friday Feb 04, 2022
Todd Smith (former airline pilot and Co-Founder of Safe Landing) and Magdalena Heuwieser (author and Co-Founder of the Stay Grounded network) discuss life as a pilot, the aviation industry, sustainability, luxury travel, cheap flights and the issues caused by 'green solutions' in the Global South.

Friday Jan 21, 2022
Friday Jan 21, 2022
Actor, comedian, presenter and writer Robert Llewellyn explores whether comedy, and celebrities, can play a part in educating people about the climate crisis, and discusses the role of technology, car sharing, individual action versus legislation, what Kryten would have to say and much more.

Friday Jan 07, 2022
Friday Jan 07, 2022
Athletes Laura Baldwin (Olympic sailor and coach) and Etienne Stott (London 2012 canoe slalom gold medallist) discuss cruise ships and supermarkets, owning up to a high-carbon history, plant-based diets for athletes, and the role that sport can play in raising awareness of environmental and climate issues.

Friday Dec 24, 2021
Friday Dec 24, 2021
Reverend Tim Hewes, retired dentist and part-time priest, and Reverend Sue Parfitt, retired family therapist from Bristol, discuss their experiences of environmental activism, prison, why "oldies" should become activists, Christianity, colonialism and the climate crisis, and much more.