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Climate Conversations

Robert McLean

A continuous conversation about climate change - news, views and interviews.

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828 episodes

  1. Climate News: Finally, 'motonormativity' explains why people are deaf to hearing about, and understanding the dangers arising from motor cars 58:24
  2. Event: Dr Ian Walker talks about 'motonormativity' explaining why people can't hear about problems/threats arising from motor cars, rather, they see them as 'unchangeable' and 'inevitable'' 1:05:03
  3. Climate News: Retiring U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres gives a firery outgoing speech arguing the climate crisis demands the same determination that unsettled Big Tabacco 28:35
  4. Conference: Founder and CEO of Enhar Regen, Demian Natakhan, explains reason for 'Responsible BESS Development Summit' 14:51
  5. Interview: Phil Bryant has chosen to represent One Nation in the hope of winning the Seat of Shepparton in the November 28 election 11:43
  6. Interview: Victorian November State election - independent candidate Lou Costa cares about the environment, cares about you and cares about the community from the Shepparton electorate 19:26
  7. 500/50: The weatherman, the data-driven guy, the farmer, the fellow whose career has been in water and Wilma - all have their say on climate change 1:24:56
  8. Climate News: Australian PM's New York observations 'offensive'; Walkable communities; Elites have no plan for climate collapse - Bill McGuire 44:41
  9. Interview: Climate scientist, Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick admits to saying some 'horrendous' things about our climate, but doesn't want people to be overwhelmed, rather take action 29:01
  10. Opinions: Ten more people in my 500 in 50 weeks project answer 10 set questions 1:19:20
  11. Ten more voices: 500 people in 50 weeks - call for everyone to openly and more frequently talk about climate change, both its causes and impact 56:58
  12. Interiew: Charlie Prell says wind turbines took his farm from having a debt problem to a tax problem, and equates renewable energy with the rush of a rising tide 17:39
  13. Interview: Lia is the eptiome of the energy behind a Repair Cafe that runs counter to our throwaway world 6:53
  14. 500 in 50: A few see climate change as a hoax, most want more questions asked, and answered, some want to take the middle road 52:33
  15. Climate News: Naomi Klein on the war to survive and supremacist governments; AI centre threat in Melbourne; Heat deaths will continue, unconscionable behaviour in U.S. 28:24
  16. Webinar: Former Goanna folk-rock group band member Shane Howard says we are in 'nutso-world' 58:44
  17. Climate News: Leaders too afraid to acknowledge climate influence; EVs now Australia's top selling cars; The world rushes past 1.5 degrees celsuis 38:26
  18. Climate News: 'Bat-shit crazy' - Climate Council CEI Amanda McKenzie on the decision to proceed with the Beetaloo Basin project in Australia's Northern Territory 32:34
  19. 500/50: Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick explains the dilemma and the first 10 of 500 tell how they feel about climate change, why it matters, and what our future looks like 45:25
  20. Intervies: Kirsty Bishop-Fox talks about Victoria's Zero Waste Festival at Melbourne's Federation Square on Saturday, September 12 12:20
  21. Climate News: Atmospheric changes can make breathing difficult; Reasons for and thoughts about Nepal floods; Date centres debate - some supporters, many doubters and some just don't know 27:26
  22. Book Launch: 'In service to life on Earth, a new way of saying climate action' - Mik Aidt talks about his new book, 'Man of Earth' 43:08
  23. Interview: Gardening Australia's Costa Georgiadis is impressed with everyting about Tatura, especially the Sunday, August 23, event at which he will be the special guest 14:42
  24. Climate News: Europe roasts in heatwave - Rhine may split in two; Electric car emissions benefits are far greater than first thought; ‘Climate whiplash’ is not simply a buzzword 16:44
  25. Lecture: Our misunderstanding and misuse of our economic system results in societal ills, among them, the rapid worsening of climate change - it's our master we need to make it our servant 54:52
  26. Climate News: Monty Don travels The Rhine, exploring gardens and references the impact of climate change; Melbourne's Age zeroes in on our warming world considering both mitigation and adaptation 42:45
  27. Climate News: John Lewis came to Australia what seems like a lifetime ago, and although retired from full-time reporting at the Shepparton News, his column 'My Word', looks at climate change 45:17
  28. Climate News: Climate migration is an issue the world must address, soon; Wildfires around the Earth emphasise the urgency and the need for all to grasp the reality of climate change 48:40
  29. Australia's Biggest Book Club: Tim Flannery discusses the new book written by he and his daughter, Emma: 'A brief history of climate folly' 42:27
  30. Webinar: Australian mammalogist, palaeontologist, environmentalist, conservationist, explorer, author, activist, and public scientist, Tim Flannery talks about 'A Brief History of Climate Folly' 57:50
  31. Canal Street podcast: 'We are in for a world of disruption at the hands of the climate' - author of 'The Uninhabitable Earth', David Wallace Wells 56:34
  32. Climate News: Humanity must have a suicide pact with itself as an objective look around the world will take us to carbon-intensive wars and sporting events causing similar damage to our climate 53:55
  33. Climate News: Fossil Fuel companies ignore bushwalking philosophy; ‘Robust’ Ties Between Climate Crisis and Extreme Weather Events 33:12
  34. Climate News: Coming up - Climate specialist Sarah Perkins Kirkpatrick and Counterpunch co-editor, Joshua Frank; France experiences the fragility of nucear power, worsened by heat. 40:27
  35. Climate News: Ketan Joshi from Crickey warns of data centre power consumption; Trump Administration Taps Climate Science Critic to Oversee Flagship Report 26:11
  36. NYT interview: Climate activist and author, Bill McKibben, points to Australia as an example as to how best exploit solar power 1:27:36
  37. Webinar: 'This is not just summer, we're past the point or showing people having fun in the sun' - Gareth Redmond-King, a panelist discussing 'Fuel omn Fire' 1:06:05
  38. Climate News: First Europe battled floods and now it is fires - climate change is here now; Wilderness Society update; Amy Remeikis urges us to take action 'before some other fucker does' 1:10:28
  39. Climate News: Greens leader, Senator Larissa Waters argues for taxing gas; Mad scamble to dim sunlight; EV myths busted, but charging fragmented and incomplete 29:19
  40. Climate News: Kare Aronof demands climate action from the Democrats; U.S. heat impossible without climate change; Wildfires rage in Spain and Portugal; Value of billionaires questioned 1:04:41
  41. Press briefing: Helping reporters tell a better and more pointed story about extreme heat and the impact it has on their community 1:13:23
  42. Interview: Barry R. Davis has written a book about something for which there is no evidence - should 'The Preventioneers' be successful there is nothing to show 20:38
  43. Event: Carbon capture in the Asia-Pacific — Progress, policy and the path to net zero - 'Powering the Future' with the Melbourne Energy Institute 44:33
  44. Climate News: Pauline Hanson addresses the Nation Press Club illustrating that both she, her party and supporters are locked in the 20th Century and unaware that the world needs new thinking 1:34:26
  45. Climate News: The climate worsens and those who could make a difference are not watching or are so indoctrinated with the idea of quarterly profits, that they simply don't care or don't see the danger 45:42
  46. Climate News: David Spratt damns Federal Budget for not mentionin 'climate' even once'; Is diesel tax 'fit for purpose? ': BHP handles emissions truth rather loosely 20:05
  47. Interview: GV Home Energy Expo will enable people to live a cheaper, happier, more efficient and sustainable life 11:59
  48. Climate News: ANU School of Regulation and Governance webinar guest, Fernando Racimo, talks about his book, 'Science in Resistance' 1:12:19
  49. Climate News: 'Comforting ourselves with the most dangerous sentence of all, at least it's not me', Natalie Kyriacou speaking st the 'Revcovering Democracy Together'' forum 1:24:44
  50. Climate News: Doing what I can from where I am - producing this podcast and making my voice a little louder. 27:38