212. We're BACK! With Al Gore
Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast
Persephonica
4.7 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 7 September 2023
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to another episode of Outrage + Optimism, where we examine issues at the forefront of the climate crisis, interview change-makers, and transform our anger into productive dialogue about building a sustainable future.
Back together following our break, the hosts discuss the devastating extreme weather events that have been happening across the world and they encourage us to think about how these changes within the global climate are impacting all our environments. Looking ahead to the next few months, we’ll cover the major climate events, all requiring critical decisions to be made in this important decade. They also explore some positive news stories that have happened over the last month, including the vote by Ecuadorians to halt oil drilling in the biodiverse Amazonian national park.
We have a fascinating and passionate interview from the incredible Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, he gives us an honest account of what he feels are the top political obstacles to climate solutions.
Music this week comes from the very talented Hilang Child, a British-Indonesian alt-pop artist, songwriter and drummer from South London!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Outrage and Optimism, I'm Tom Rafficcano. |
| 0:15.0 | I'm Cristiana Figueroos. |
| 0:17.0 | And I'm Paul Dickinson. |
| 0:18.0 | This week, we look back at the summer that contained many warnings about escalating climate impacts |
| 0:23.0 | and look forward to an autumn that has to contain many solutions. |
| 0:26.0 | Plus, we speak to former Vice President of the United States, Al Gore. |
| 0:30.0 | And we have music from Heelong Child. Thanks for being here. |
| 0:45.0 | Paul, Cristiana, how absolutely lovely to see you. |
| 0:48.0 | We have talked of course over the last few months or over the summer while we have not been on air, |
| 0:53.0 | but I have missed the rhythm of our weekly chats and checking in with you and knowing what's going on. |
| 0:57.0 | That's first of all, find out how your summers have been. |
| 0:59.0 | Or is it, it's not summer really, it's always summer in Costa Rica, isn't it? |
| 1:03.0 | Okay. |
| 1:04.0 | Do we have to have kind of a meteorological lesson in public, Tom? |
| 1:10.0 | You should know by now that we have two seasons, the rainy season and the dry season. |
| 1:15.0 | We do not have the typical four season year that you all have. |
| 1:20.0 | Really? So it doesn't snow in Costa Rica? |
| 1:22.0 | Not usually, but with climate change, you never know what's coming. |
| 1:26.0 | Global weirding. |
| 1:27.0 | It's only lovely in Costa Rica on two occasions when it's raining and when it isn't. |
| 1:31.0 | Which is 12 months a year. |
| 1:34.0 | Well, in a minute we're going to, speaking of meteorology, we have had a very strange summer and we should get into that. |
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