Episodes
Tuesday Mar 29, 2016
2016 WOMADelaide Planet Talks - David Suzuki Keynote
Tuesday Mar 29, 2016
Tuesday Mar 29, 2016
Speaker: David Suzuki
MC: Robyn Williams
For four decades Canadian David Suzuki has been one of the most prominent, articulate, passionate and effective advocates for our planet and its environment. At 79 he shows no sign of slowing down. Spend an hour with one of the greatest eco-warriors of our time.
Monday May 11, 2015
2015 WOMADelaide Planet Talks - Repairing the Blue Heart of our Planet
Monday May 11, 2015
Monday May 11, 2015
Speakers: Sylvia Earle, Charlie Veron, Bronwyn Gillanders
Host: Bernie Hobbs
Marine experts have warned that we are in the middle of an unprecedented high-risk period of marine species extinction. On our watch the world’s oceans and natural wonders like The Great Barrier Reef have borne the brunt of a potent combination of over-fishing, pollution, unparalleled mining and farming run-offs, the acidification of the seas caused by increasing carbon dioxide emissions and the disruptive results of rising water temperatures. Our panel, three highly regarded marine scientists, discuss the vast challenge ahead to reverse these dire predictions for our blue heart. As Sylvia Earle herself said - “life depends on the ocean, and to save it we must love it.”
Monday May 04, 2015
Monday May 04, 2015
Speakers: Paul Willis, Emily Johnston, Ingo Weber
Host: Bernie Hobbs
Is health the forgotten latecomer to climate change? The change in global temperatures is already causing significant stresses on human populations and we'll need to adapt to a hotter climate regardless of successful emissions reductions. What is the impact likely to be and how might we mitigate it? Our panel of health and science experts discuss what climate change means to our health and well-being.
Monday May 04, 2015
2015 WOMADelaide Planet Talks - I'm Not A Climate Scientist But...
Monday May 04, 2015
Monday May 04, 2015
Speakers: Andrew Denton, Rod Quantock, Hannah Gadsby
Host: Robyn Williams
Climate change is no laughing matter … or is it? Science or satire - how do we best communicate climate science and the urgency to act on the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced? Do more people turn to Will Ferrell’s climate change YouTube clips or Al Gore pie charts and PowerPoints for the truth? Are people more likely to share on social media Leigh Sales’ 7.30 interview with the world’s leading climate scientists or US political satirist John Oliver’s interviews with them? Who makes more sense of carbon politics, Andrew Bolt or Shaun Micallef? All will be revealed. Sit back and listen to the (comedy) experts.
Monday Apr 27, 2015
Monday Apr 27, 2015
Speakers: Cecilia Woolford, Peter Langridge, Bob Brown
Host: Robyn Williams
Are our climate-altering activities hurtling us towards a bleak fate or is this the catalyst for a new era of environmentally sustainable ideas and innovation? Are we witnessing the dawning of an unstoppable wave of action and leadership? According to our panelists we do have the ideas, innovation, motivation and people to give us the hope that we can and will respond to the challenge. Listen to our visionary panel discuss the optimistic future they have seen emerging in business, agriculture, politics and society.
Monday Dec 08, 2014
Monday Dec 08, 2014
Speakers: Annabel Crabb | Tory Shepherd | Tanya Ha
Hosted by: Robyn Williams
The Media, MPs and Mothers all play vital roles in shaping our emotional (Kirk) and rational (Spock) attitudes to environmental action.
How do they frame a climate change message in ways that are relevant, accurate and meaningful to their audiences?
Our panel of expert science, environment and politics communicators discuss some of the social, cultural, political and psychological machinations behind the things we see, hear and read about climate change.