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Episode 143 Interview with pioneering American political activist, urban theorist and Marxist environmentalist Mike Davis

A wide-ranging and hard-hitting interview with pioneering American writer, activist, and Marxist environmentalist Mike Davis about the existential environmental and nuclear dangers we are facing –and the prevailing ideology that finance capitalism can sa

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Episode 142: Sir Ronald Cohen, “the father of social investment,” discusses his new book, Impact, Reshaping capitalism to drive real change.

Sir Ronald Cohen, “the father of social investment,” discusses his new book, Impact, Reshaping capitalism to drive real change, and shares his vision of a world where investors can measure companies impact and “help change the behaviour of companies so t

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Episode 141 Interview with Professor Katharina Pistor on How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality

Professor Katharina Pistor on How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality–and she highlights the various ways that debt, complex financial products, and other assets are selectively coded to protect and reproduce private wealth-and extends her analysis to

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Episode 138 COP26 SPECIAL: Interview with former XR spokesperson Rupert Read on the outcomes of COP26

COP26 debrief with Rupert Read. In the immediate aftermath of COP26, Rupert Read shares his profound disappointment with the outcome of COP26, shares his views for possible ways forward with the COPs, how they might evolve–and talks about the importance

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Episode 138 Interview with James Thornton, CEO of legal powerhouse ClientEarth, on using the law to deal with nature loss and climate change

In this hugely inspiring interview, James Thornton, CEO of legal powerhouse ClientEarth, talks about how the firm uses the law to confront nature loss and climate change. This is a powerful testimony to the power of law to build effective regulatory frame

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Episode 137 COP26 SPECIAL: Interview with youth activists Sohanur Rahman, Lucy Jordan and John Paul Jose about COP26 –expectations and reality

A fascinating discussion with 3 passionate youth activists from the UK, India and Bangladesh, on 7th November 2021, about their expectations for COP26, what is at stake, their experience on the ground, revealing a broad-based disappointment with COP26, so

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Episode 135 COP26 SPECIAL: Professor Mike Hulme talks about his expectations for COP26

Fascinating interview with Professor Mike Hulme on his expectations for COP26, the role and importance of the COPs, and the dangers of an overly scientific approach to climate change.

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Episode 134: Interview with Dr Genevieve Guenther on how fossil-fuel interests have manipulated language and the media to suppress support for climate action

In depth discussion of the powerful ongoing ways in which the fossil fuel industry influences communication about climate change– preventing us from not only seeing the true problem of climate change, but also preventing us from envisioning and desiring

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