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Can climate change ever be funny?

Can climate change ever be funny?

FromThe Climate Question


Can climate change ever be funny?

FromThe Climate Question

ratings:
Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Dec 21, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Budding comedian (and Climate Question presenter) Jordan Dunbar sets out to discover if humour can help us understand - and cope with - global warming. Jordan gets advice from comics and academics from around the world, and then performs his own Climate Change routine at a stand-up comedy venue in London.Presenter and part-time comedian: Jordan Dunbar
Full-time comedians: Dr Jason Leung, Njambi McGrath, Esteban Gast
Comedy history guru: Aaron Sachs, Professor of History at Cornell University and author of "Stay Cool: Why Dark Comedy Matters in the Fight Against Climate Change"
Researcher: Octavia Woodward
Producer: Osman Iqbal
Series Producer: Simon Watts
Sound mix: Tom BrignellEmail us: theclimatequestion@bbc.com
Released:
Dec 21, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Why we find it so hard to save our own planet, and how we might change that.