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Is science fiction holding back climate action?
Is science fiction holding back climate action?
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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Jan 2, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
For centuries, we’ve been reading, watching and listening to science fiction. And all too often, it’s pretty pessimistic about our future, especially when it touches on the topic of climate change.
This is leading some to ask whether these doom and gloom stories are doing the climate fight more harm than good - causing us to feel so anxious and powerless that we don’t take action.
So for this week's climate question, Graihagh Jackson is asking: Is sci-fi holding us back?
First broadcast on 5th April 2021.
Graihagh Jackson is joined by:
Amy Brady, editor-in-chief of the Chicago Review of Books, where she writes a monthly column called Burning Worlds. In it she explores how fiction addresses climate change.
Cheryl Slean is a playwright, filmmaker and educator working with the National Resource Defense Council’s Re-write the Future campaign to increase accurate climate stories in film and television.
Ken Liu is a futurist and author of speculative fiction. He has won the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy awards. His debut novel, The Grace of Kings, is the first volume in a silkpunk epic fantasy series.
Producer: Jordan Dunbar
Editor: Emma Rippon
Sound Engineer: Andy Garratt and Tom Brignell
This is leading some to ask whether these doom and gloom stories are doing the climate fight more harm than good - causing us to feel so anxious and powerless that we don’t take action.
So for this week's climate question, Graihagh Jackson is asking: Is sci-fi holding us back?
First broadcast on 5th April 2021.
Graihagh Jackson is joined by:
Amy Brady, editor-in-chief of the Chicago Review of Books, where she writes a monthly column called Burning Worlds. In it she explores how fiction addresses climate change.
Cheryl Slean is a playwright, filmmaker and educator working with the National Resource Defense Council’s Re-write the Future campaign to increase accurate climate stories in film and television.
Ken Liu is a futurist and author of speculative fiction. He has won the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy awards. His debut novel, The Grace of Kings, is the first volume in a silkpunk epic fantasy series.
Producer: Jordan Dunbar
Editor: Emma Rippon
Sound Engineer: Andy Garratt and Tom Brignell
Released:
Jan 2, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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