Episode 92: “Enemies of Society”: How the Media Portray Climate Activists
From dangerous extremists to silly children, how the media portrays climate activists such as Last Generation and Just Stop Oil is the topic of today’s episode. While those taking direct action are ac...
29 Nov 202313min
Episode 91: Green Housing Threatens Affordability. But It Doesn’t Have To
Housing is the focus in this episode - something we all need but which is increasingly expensive and in short supply, due in large part to the financialisation of the housing market. Meanwhile some re...
25 Okt 202317min
Episode 90: Slovak elections: Who Is to Blame for Robert Fico’s Return?
Slovak voters head to the polls on the 30th September for early parliamentary elections. One of the winners looks set to be former Prime Minister Robert Fico - forced out after the 2018 murder of an i...
22 Sep 202323min
Episode 89: Young Activism, Old Politics: Italy’s Divided Climate Movement
10 months on from the start of Italy's new far-right government under Prime Giorgia Meloni from the Brothers of Italy, this episode looks at climate politics in Italy. Direct action environmental prot...
29 Aug 202318min
Episode 88: Serbia’s Lithium: Sacrifice Zones or Opportunity for Europe’s Peripheries?
Welcome to the podcast and to another piece from our latest edition! The green transition relies on the use of numerous rare minerals. Lithium especially is crucial and Serbia’s reserves of this light...
26 Jul 202316min
Episode 87: The Cities Feeling the Heat
Our latest edition is out! And if you've been sweltering in a city this summer, don't miss this episode. Celia Fernández explains how rising temperatures are making European cities increasingly unliv...
25 Jun 202319min
Episode 86: Alcarràs and As Bestas: Spain’s Renewable Energy Divides Play Out in Cinemas
In Spain, the installation of large renewable energy plants is generating divides - with local populations concerned at the transformation of their homelands on the one hand and a climate that cannot ...
25 Mai 202314min
Episode 85: Why the IPCC Can’t Escape Climate Politics
With each report from the UN’s intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC), the message is more alarming and the call more strident. Yet somehow, the findings struggle to move governments to acti...
27 Apr 202316min
