Finite Climate Change & Environment

Long form magazine & podcast. Each issue looks in depth at a critical climate change or environmental problem.

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Iss1/B3 Does Anyone Here Love Ahmaduo Ahidjo? Anyone?

July 29, 2025 • 11 secs

Why did Ahidjo suddenly resign in 1982 at the height of his power? How did Paul Biya wrest power from a seemingly all-powerful Ahidjo? Chris and Charley explore the mystery of Cameroon’s 1983 succession. Subscriber link to bonus chapter: https://www.finitemag.org/2025/04/ahmaduo-ahidjo-paul-biya-cameroon-dictator-transfer-of-power/ Not a subscriber? Subscribe here: https://www.finitemag.org/shop/

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Iss1/B2 How to Become a Dictator (a Friend was Asking)

July 22, 2025 • 10 secs

Chris and Charley cover the darkly fascinating cloak-and-dagger story of Ahidjo’s rise to power – with help from the French, of course. Subscriber link to bonus chapter: https://www.finitemag.org/2025/04/rise-of-ahmaduo-ahidjo-dictator-cameroon-france-neocolonialism/ Not a subscriber? Subscribe here: https://www.finitemag.org/shop/

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Iss1/Ch3 How Many Cameroonians Does It Take to Change a Light Bulb? Trick Question: IMF Shut Off the Electricity

May 29, 2025 • 108 mins

Chris and Charlie discuss the global scandal of debt and structural adjustments, how it came to Cameroon and contributed to poverty, underdevelopment, and desertification. Then, they compare IMF structural adjustments to a proven anti-desertification model: how the American New Deal beat the Dust Bowl. To end, they discuss the dire situation of rural Cameroonians, and...

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Iss1/B1 Cameroon’s Independence Movement: in which the French Send People to the Hospital for Waving a UN Flag

May 9, 2025 • 12 secs

Chris and Charley relate the gripping story of the Cameroonian Independence Movement 1945-1957, covering parts we didn’t have time for in Chapter 2. Subscriber link to bonus chapter: https://www.finitemag.org/2025/03/cameroon-independence-upc-france-um-nyobe-ahmaduo-ahidjo-pierre-messmer/ Not a subscriber? Subscribe here: https://www.finitemag.org/shop/

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Iss1/Ch2 Independence* Day

April 7, 2025 • 108 mins

Chris and Charley discuss the incredible story of how Cameroon’s independence movement took on the French Empire and almost won. Then, they trace the sad story of how the French fought back, installed a dictator, and continue to exploit an “independent” Cameroon. Both agree that with France’s dark influence from independence to today, it is...

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Iss1/Ch1 Desertification Happens When Raindrops Meet Him at the Bar Instead of Percolating into Groundwater: Stay Thirsty, My Friends

March 8, 2025 • 97 mins

Chris and Charley discuss the Sahel’s desertification crisis, and how this has led to the collapse of Lake Chad. Then, they try to decide whether global poverty statistics characterize poverty or are an exercise in concealing the severity of the problem before reviewing those statistics for Cameroon. Then they turn to and water infrastructure in...

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Iss1/Intro Lake Chad: Shorty got low low low low low low low

March 8, 2025 • 14 mins

Chris explains the stakes of Issue 1. We begin with atrocious statistics on humanity’s access to drinking water and uncover some shocking examples of the collapse of freshwater resources. We cover the source of a quarter of humanity’s greenhouse gas emissions — a source you may never even have heard of.

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Check out 4 episodes of Housing for All

December 6, 2024 • 16 secs

You’ve made it to the very beginning of Finite, but did you know Finite was inspired by the Housing for All podcast? Housing for All is everything you need to know about reforming the American housing system, in just four episodes: A better housing system is possible! Episodes 1 and 2 focus on housing systems...

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Finite Climate Change & Environment

Episodes

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Iss1/Ch3 How Many Cameroonians Does It Take to Change a Light Bulb? Trick Question: IMF Shut Off the Electricity

Iss1/B1 Cameroon’s Independence Movement: in which the French Send People to the Hospital for Waving a UN Flag

Iss1/Ch2 Independence* Day

Iss1/Ch1 Desertification Happens When Raindrops Meet Him at the Bar Instead of Percolating into Groundwater: Stay Thirsty, My Friends

Iss1/Intro Lake Chad: Shorty got low low low low low low low

Check out 4 episodes of Housing for All

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Iss1/B3 Does Anyone Here Love Ahmaduo Ahidjo? Anyone?

Iss1/B2 How to Become a Dictator (a Friend was Asking)