Climate Curious

What if we could laugh at Big Oil culture, instead of cry? That’s what comedian, producer, and philanthropist Jessie Bluedorn tells Climate Curious’s co-host Ben Hurst she’s trying to do. The mission? Turning existential dread into existential joy. When it comes to tackling the global polluters with comedy, the founder of The Carmack Collective and Carmack Production explains “climate storytelling isn’t the broccoli". Stop trying to hide it on people’s plates, and instead cast Big Oil culture as the absurdist primetime punchline it really is. Jessie spills all on judo-flipping Big Oil’s PR into juicy on-stage satire, and how pop culture moves the cultural needle faster than any white paper. We also end with an exclusive snippet from the Carmack Productions ‘SLICK’ live event at New York Climate Week 2026. Featured comedians: Eeland Stribling Alise Morales Watch the Slick Web Series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HQG-6F861U Join the Climate Curious conversation on socials: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/climatecuriouspod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@climatecuriouspod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtF6xzNkVIczlDmVcH8FCMA LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/10996041/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEDxLondon Website: https://tedxlondon.com/podcast/ All other links: https://linktr.ee/climatecuriouspod Created by TEDxLondon Executive produced by Josie Colter Produced by Ben Beheshty Curated by Deesha Chandra Hosted by Maryam Pasha and Ben Hurst Communications by Tara Cooper Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Climate Curious experts share candid voice notes on their reactions to the reopening of the Jackdaw gas field in the UK’s North Sea, and what we do next. Tune in with our guest narrator Clover Hogan to hear hot takes from Laura Clark from Client Earth, Rosie Latchford from Uplift UK, Francesca Willow from Ethical Unicorn and Maya Mailer from Mothers Rise Up to understand why Jackdaw is an important turning point for the UK, how to myth bust some of the key arguments surrounding Jackdaw, and how we keep going despite the setback. Contributors: Maya Mailer, Mothers Rise Up Rosie Latchford, Uplift UK Laura Clark, ClientEarth Francesca Willow, Ethical Unicorn Narrated by Clover Hogan Join the Climate Curious conversation on socials: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/climatecuriouspod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@climatecuriouspod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtF6xzNkVIczlDmVcH8FCMA LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/10996041/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEDxLondon Website: https://tedxlondon.com/podcast/ All other links: https://linktr.ee/climatecuriouspod Created by TEDxLondon Executive produced by Josie Colter Produced by Ben Beheshty Curated by Deesha Chandra Hosted by Maryam Pasha and Ben Hurst Communications by Tara Cooper Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“There is nothing that brings me greater joy than when I'm down in a super murky river… and I find a prehistoric megalodon tooth the size of my hand,” says expedition and technical diver, Andi Cross. From deadlifting her own bodyweight, to braving the dark and fast river currents with near-zero visibility, where one moment of equipment failure could be the difference between life and death. In conversation with Climate Curious co-host Ben Hurst, Andi sifts through the high stakes nature of being an underwater explorer, and the path she took to getting there and breaks down why diverse role models are important in ocean conservation, and what it takes to become an elite underwater athlete for the planet. Recorded in New York. Listen to the full Climate Curious episode with Andi Cross: https://tedxlondon.com/podcasts/new-york-oysters-andi-cross-billion-oyster-project/ Follow Andi Cross: https://andicross.com/ Learn more about Billion Oyster Project: https://www.billionoysterproject.org/about Join the Climate Curious conversation on socials: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/climatecuriouspod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@climatecuriouspod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtF6xzNkVIczlDmVcH8FCMA LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/10996041/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEDxLondon Website: https://tedxlondon.com/podcast/ All other links: https://linktr.ee/climatecuriouspod Created by TEDxLondon Executive produced by Josie Colter Produced by Ben Beheshty Curated by Deesha Chandra Hosted by Maryam Pasha and Ben Hurst Communications by Tara Cooper Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We thought New York City was built on dreams – turns out it’s built on oysters! Who knew New York’s harbour is home to one of the world’s biggest oyster rewilding projects? Expedition diver, Andi Cross, joins Climate Curious to share how the Billion Oyster Project is restoring NYC’s waters with the ambition of creating a self-sustaining reef system. In conversation with Climate Curious co-host Ben Hurst, they get into how these filter feeders are the backbone to a healthy ecosystem by offering the perfect nature-based solution to help create a more resilient city. They also cover what it takes to become a professional diver that specialises in the most extreme diving conditions (spoiler: farmer strength). From concrete jungle to oyster reef, tune in to hear how it all starts with one simple action: getting on the water. Follow Andi Cross: https://andicross.com/ Learn more about Billion Oyster Project: https://www.billionoysterproject.org/about Join the Climate Curious conversation on socials: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/climatecuriouspod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@climatecuriouspod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtF6xzNkVIczlDmVcH8FCMA LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/10996041/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEDxLondon Website: https://tedxlondon.com/podcast/ All other links: https://linktr.ee/climatecuriouspod Created by TEDxLondon Executive produced by Josie Colter Produced by Ben Beheshty Curated by Deesha Chandra Hosted by Maryam Pasha and Ben Hurst Communications by Tara Cooper Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When Nicholas Cage’s Malibu home nearly got swallowed by a sinkhole last month, we knew climate change had hit the rich. And after a summer of deadly heatwaves sweeping Europe and North America, governments and businesses were forced to sit up a little straighter and start clocking the climate crisis. Sociologist, professor, and Apocalyptic Optimist Dana R Fisher joins Climate Curious’ Ben Hurst in conversation in New York to share why VIP climate shocks might not be the worst thing – becuase when climate shocks go mainstream, they can move the majority. Enjoy this short? Why not listen to the full conversation with Dana R. Fisher: https://tedxlondon.com/podcasts/the-1-audience-climate-communicators-arent-speaking-to-with-dana-r-fisher/ Learn more about the Talking Climate Collaborative: https://talkingclimate.com/ Read the new research on climate communication: https://talkingclimate.com/landscape-assessment/ Check out Dana’s work: https://danarfisher.com/ Listen to Dana’s podcast, Apocalyptic Optimist: https://open.spotify.com/show/12FU52C6c9kIZWEk1nOyPK Join the Climate Curious conversation on socials: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/climatecuriouspod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@climatecuriouspod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtF6xzNkVIczlDmVcH8FCMA LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/10996041/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEDxLondon Website: https://tedxlondon.com/podcast/ All other links: https://linktr.ee/climatecuriouspod Created by TEDxLondon Executive produced by Josie Colter Produced by Ben Beheshty Curated by Deesha Chandra Hosted by Maryam Pasha and Ben Hurst Communications by Tara Cooper Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.