Totally Cooked: The Climate & Weather Podcast25 Sep 2025

Movie Special: The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

What happens when Hollywood takes on climate science? In this movie special of Totally Cooked, hosts Professor Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick and Iain Strachan revisit the 2004 blockbuster The Day After Tomorrow - a film that gave us wolves on a cargo ship, helicopters freezing mid-air, and catastrophic climate change unfolding in just a few days.

Scene by scene, they unpack the film’s most iconic (and most absurd) moments, separating science from spectacle. Can global warming really trigger a new Ice Age? Could a superstorm freeze people solid in seconds? And why are the animals at the zoo losing it? With plenty of laughs, sharp commentary, and real climate facts, this is the Totally Cooked take on a disaster-movie classic.

Whether you adore the film or still feel mildly traumatised by it, this episode explores how climate change has been portrayed on the big screen, and what that says about the challenge we face in real life. It’s nostalgic, nerdy, and Totally Cooked.To find out more, go to: https://www.21centuryweather.org.au/engage/totally-cooked-the-weather-climate-podcast/

Iain records Totally Cooked on the lands of the Bunurong People of the Kulin Nation. Sarah records Totally Cooked on the lands of the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging and recognise their unique and continuing connection to the land, skies, waters, plants and animals.

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