Using grandma to make people cry about climate change

Using grandma to make people cry about climate change

Author: Katy Lee and Dominic Kraemer October 3, 2024 Duration: 51:27
Why is it so hard to talk about climate change in a way that actually makes us... feel something? This week, our producer Katz Laszlo talks to an Icelandic writer who manages against the odds to do just that: Andri Snær Magnason, author of — among many other things — the hit memoir 'On Time And Water'. We're also talking about the German politician alleged to have hired Belarusian political prisoners, and the extraordinary bounceback of Mediterranean turtles.    Thanks for listening! If you enjoy our podcast, we'd love it if you'd consider chipping in a few bucks a month at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/europeanspodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (many currencies are available). You can also help new listeners find the show by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠leaving us a review⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or giving us five stars on Spotify.      You can find out more about Andri's work here and watch Emergence Magazine's documentary, 'The Last Ice Age', here.   This week's Inspiration Station offerings: 'When I Lived In Modern Times' by Linda Grant and 'Kneecap'.   

Other resources for this episode

'Finance minister responds to book VAT backlash, cuts the rate on books' - The Slovak Spectator, 26/09/2024 

'«Onion is tasty». Political prisoners work on an onion plantation owned by AfD MP Jörg Dornau' - Reform News, 24/09/2024

'Hanna' - The Europeans, 02/06/2022

'Germany’s far right loves one migrant group: Russian Germans' - Politico Europe, 29/09/24

'Cruinniú na nÓg 2024 - The Spark' - Creative Ireland 

'How Germany outfitted half a million balconies with solar panels' - Canary Media, 27/09/2024   00:22 Good job, Slovakia!
02:42 Good Week: Mediterranean turtles
12:38 Bad Week: Jörg Dornau
24:03 Interview: Andri Snær Magnason on how to talk about climate change in a way that makes people Actually Feel Something 
44:12 The Inspiration Station: 'When I Lived In Modern Times' and 'Kneecap'
48:30 Happy Ending: Germany's mini solar panel bonanza


Producers: Morgan Childs and Katz Laszlo
Mixing and mastering: Wojciech Oleksiak
Music: Jim Barne and Mariska Martina

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