Hello! We took a trip to Latitude festival. While there Professor Simon Lewis joined us on stage to talk about the book he's co-authored called The Human Planet: How We Created the Anthropocene. The Anthropocene is the new planetary age we're in which sees Earth being fundamentally altered by human activity. He tells us what we need to do now.
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Comedian Jen Brister joins us to pitch ending period poverty and introducing emoting classes for boys and we hear ideas from our audience.
Live at the RSC Part 1: the fight for better climate education in our schools
Business as (un)usual: can people and planet really come before profit?
Reasons to be Letchworth: what can we learn from the garden city movement?
But what can I do?: a conversation with Alastair Campbell
Thank you, next: breaking up with the job for life
How to build a fairer society: does this 20th century philosopher have the answer?
A basic income for the arts: how Ireland is changing the game
Back to nature: how can farming be sustainable?
Not too late: why there’s still time to act on the climate crisis
Who’s afraid of the kleptocrats?: cleaning up corruption
Reading Revival: why the bookshop is back
Bridging the divides: the world of modern diplomacy
Gary Younge Interview: Mandela, Trump, Obama and Black Lives Matter
Bernie Sanders Interview: baseball, capitalism and mitten memes
Full steam ahead: the resurgence of international train travel
Laying down the law: can litigation hold climate culprits to account?
Beyond the nepo baby: the deep drivers of social mobility
‘It’s not weird or morbid’: how confronting death can give us hope
Should you fight for your right to party?
Is this the future of humanity?
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