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51. A Very Special 1 Year Celebration Episode! May 08, 2020

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Outrage and Optimism turns 1! YAY!

In true Outrage and Optimism fashion, we give you a different kind of episode. This week we celebrate some amazing moments from the last year together, and we cast a vision for what we hope another year of podcasting will bring us!

From Norwegian Musicians to Tom sweating while putting together audio equipment, to a close call almost standing up the Prime Minister. Listen in for some deep reflections and thrilling stories.

And of course, we play some submitted audio from our fans as we celebrate one year of this podcast together. Thank you for those!

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50. Yuval Noah Harari on the History of Our Future | Anniversary Episode! May 01, 2020

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HAPPY 1 YEAR!!! To mark the 1 year anniversary of Outrage + Optimism being a podcast, we have on historian, futurist, philosopher, and best-selling author, Yuval Noah Harari! He is best known for his book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. A phenomenal read.

Yuval shares with us the power of the stories we choose to believe about ourselves. How good they can be, and how they can also trap us. We get his thoughts on the narrative of the climate crisis, and what it would take us to believe to survive it.

As mentioned in the episode, we're collecting your input for next weeks episode! Record a video of yourself sharing the following:

- Your name

- Where you're listening from

- One thing you like about Outrage + Optimism!

Please post on FB, IG, and Twitter and tag us @GlobalOptimism so we can see your submission and possible use it for next week! Entries need to be posted by TUESDAY, MAY 5TH @ 1PM GMT. Have fun! Thanks for posting!

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49. The Third Mass Bleaching Event with Emma Johnston (COVID and Climate #5) Apr 24, 2020

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HAPPY 50TH EARTH DAY!!!

This week we celebrate Earth Day with a return cameo from High Level Climate Action Champion, Nigel Topping. Nigel gives us an inside update on the unknowns of COP26, and gives us an exclusive on how coordination and ambition is going in the midst of the pandemic.

And for our main interview - The Great Barrier Reef has sustained a third mass bleaching event in 5 years. Will it survive? Emma Johnston, Dean of Science and Professor of Marine Ecology and Ecotoxicology at The University of South Wales in Australia breaks it down for us. She does a deep dive on what bleaching is, why the bleaching is happening so frequently, and she answers the question, "Will the coral survive?"

Tom's TED Talk: https://bit.ly/3aAkxDI

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48. It's a GZERO World with Ian Bremmer (COVID and Climate #4) Apr 17, 2020

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There's a leadership vacuum in the world, and Ian Bremmer, creator of the term "GZERO" has been telling us for years. The US used to play a more pivotal role in world ambition, and in particular, world ambition for achieving the targets of The Paris Agreement. But what do we do when the US has stepped down from that role they played, and what new phase of globalism is now a reality? We ask Ian to tell us his analysis.

Ian Bremmer is president and founder of the political risk consulting firm Eurasia Group and GZERO Media. He is also the host of the podcast “GZERO World with Ian Bremmer.”

After the conversation, the three hosts discuss the format of the Paris Agreement in a GZERO world, and Christiana reminds us that the most vulnerable are being caught at every turn by every crisis facing us today.

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47. Solidarity and Self-Interest with Professor Joseph Stiglitz (COVID and Climate #3) Apr 10, 2020

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Tom, Christiana, and Paul are back together (in their separate homes) and we continue our series, searching for how to emerge from the COVID-19 Pandemic better prepared to combat the climate crisis! This week we get a tour of solidarity economics and a treasure trove of economic wisdom from Nobel Memorial Prize Winner, Professor Joseph Stiglitz.

The gang chats about what they've been up to in self-quarantine, they discuss the severity of the income inequality crisis, and Professor Stiglitz reveals to us that these stimulus packages being approved by national governments are proof that we have always been able to afford preventing climate change.

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46. Let's Get Ethical with Dr. Fatih Birol (COVID and Climate #2) Apr 03, 2020

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Week 2 of our series on emerging stronger and better equipped from the coronavirus is here!

As many if not all national governments are rolling out stimulus packages to address the economic affects of COVID-19, why should economic stimulus packages be focused on the clean energy transition? Our interview this week is about the importance of ethics-based stimulus packages with Dr. Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency.

Also - Christiana and Paul hold the fort down while Tom is away working on his TED Talk and they discuss what new ways of living in the pandemic that should stick once we return to "business as usual."

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45. Coming Back Stronger with the Teaching of Thich Nhat Hanh (COVID and Climate #1) Mar 27, 2020

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We're doing something new! This is the first episode on a multiple week journey to discover how we can come back from the crisis of COVID-19 better and stronger in our fight against climate change.

In this episode, we are joined by Sister True Dedication and Brother Phap Dung, senior monastics at Plum Village, a monastery started by well-known Buddhist Teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh. Paul brings us an isolation game, we play for you some clips of our life right now in this strange time, and Christiana schools us on her article published in TIME Magazine this week.

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44. Caring in the Times of Corona Mar 20, 2020

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As the news rolls in everyday from COVID-19, we take a pause to reflect on this past week. The sudden change in human behavior, how governments have done massive interventions to protect citizens, the ambition and action of businesses to slow contamination, and lastly, how humans have rediscovered humanity in caring for one another. Christiana brings a list of amazing things happening in the the midst of the pandemic, and Tom shares a bit about how a revelation during his time as a Buddhist Monk could change the world.

Send us your stories of how you're experiencing this new normal: podcast@globaloptimism.com

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43. Coronavirus and The Climate Crisis + Live #TheFutureWeChoose Q+A! Mar 13, 2020

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With everyone grounded because of COVID-19, Tom and Paul dial each other from their homes in the UK to discuss just what Coronavirus is bringing to light about how we respond to a crisis. We manage to get Christiana on the phone for an update from the book tour in Australia, and we play the incredible live Q+A from #TheFutureWeChoose book event in Washington D.C.

"The Future We Choose" is available wherever you get your books!

https://globaloptimism.com/the-future-we-choose-book/

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42. Stella McCartney is Choosing a Fashionable Future Mar 06, 2020

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Christiana skips over to Paris Fashion Week to meet up with Stella McCartney, sustainable fashion designer. Stella's luxury fashion brand has been animal-free since their founding in 2001. She and Christiana sneak 60 journalists into a secret event at the Opera Garnier and discuss the dark reality of fashion's impact on the environment.

You can officially order "The Future We Choose" wherever books are sold! Here's the link to order your copy now: https://globaloptimism.com/the-future-we-choose-book/

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