Introducing: Unf*cking the Future

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Has this ever happened to you? You're looking at your
phone and it's just page after page of heat waves
and hurricanes and droughts, flooding, wildfires, melting bowler ice, deforestation,
oil spills, mass extinctions, and the hottest summer on record,
And you just have to stop and lie down because
all you can think is we've fed Hi. I'm Chris Turney,

(00:27):
and if you're plagued by climate induced existential dread, you're
not alone. That's why I'm launching Unfoking the Future. It's
a show about the climate crisis and what we can
do about it. Every episode we'll speak to someone tackling
the climate crisis in a clever way, Activists like Maggie Bird,
who says that we could change the world if we

(00:47):
just change our diet.

Speaker 2 (00:49):
It's a single most effective thing you can do personally
is change the way you eat.

Speaker 1 (00:54):
Right.

Speaker 2 (00:54):
If ten thousand people eat just one plant based meal
a day for thirty days, that's seven million gallons of
water saved.

Speaker 1 (01:01):
We'll meet scientists like doctor Lisa Van Sustram, who has said,
is climate anxiety, Oh.

Speaker 3 (01:06):
It's even desirable, frankly to be outraged and angry. Many
studies show that that is the prelude to taking action.

Speaker 1 (01:15):
We'll even talk to Bill Neither science guy.

Speaker 3 (01:18):
You climate denier. Sorry, science is so settled. It's settled
on top is settled.

Speaker 1 (01:23):
These people are making a real difference, and we're going
to learn from them about how we can make a
difference too, because sitting around doom scrolling isn't doing you
or the planet any good.

Speaker 3 (01:36):
If you go into this thinking we're going to get
overwhelmed and lose, then we will tun it out people.

Speaker 2 (01:42):
I think the antidote for eco anxiety's action. It gives
me hope to you know, if nothing else, We're not
in and alone.

Speaker 1 (01:52):
Listen to I'm Thking the Future starting on January tenth
on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or whether you get
your podcasts. It's smart guests, big ideas, and a c
louds of fun. Hope to see you there.

Speaker 2 (02:06):
We're in the future.