Ep. 355 - George Monbiot
My Time Capsule
Cast Off Productions
4.8 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2024
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
George Monbiot is an Orwell Prize winning journalist and environmental activist. He has written a a regular column for the Guardian since 1996 and has written a large number of books on such subjects as human rights, climate change, the corporate takeover of Britain, global justice, and plenty of other key issues. George is a regular on TV including recently as guest on BBC Question Time. He co-presented the short film Nature Now with Greta Thunberg, which has been watched over 60 million times. In 1995, Nelson Mandela presented George with a United Nations Global 500 Award for outstanding environmental achievement. He won the Sir Peter Kent award for his book Amazon Watershed and he is a recipient of the SEAL Environmental Journalism Award for his work at The Guardian .
George Monbiot is guest number 355 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to put in a time capsule; four he’d like to preserve and one he’d like to bury and never have to think about again .
For George’s books, events and everything else, visit - monbiot.com .
George’s TED Talks - ted.com/speakers/george_monbiot .
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Ellis James |
| 0:01.5 | And I'm Colin Murray |
| 0:02.5 | And this is |
| 0:03.5 | Everything to Play for |
| 0:04.5 | And our latest two-part series |
| 0:06.3 | Is all about cricket maverick |
| 0:08.1 | Kevin Peterson |
| 0:09.2 | We'll be talking about |
| 0:10.4 | The Ashes, Highs and Lows |
| 0:12.1 | KP Spats with a |
| 0:13.8 | Cricketing establishment |
| 0:14.9 | And a certain text message scandal |
| 0:17.5 | Delighted to announce |
| 0:18.5 | I'll be using the phrase |
| 0:19.6 | Eb and Flow |
| 0:20.6 | Probably more than I should. |
| 0:22.1 | Definitely more than you should. Follow everything to play for wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:32.2 | This episode is sponsored by Shopify. You know where that sound is, don't you, John? |
| 0:37.4 | Yes, it's the sound of another sale on Shopify. |
| 0:39.8 | That's what I was going to say. |
| 0:40.9 | Shopify is the commerce platform revolutionising millions of businesses worldwide. |
| 0:45.5 | Are you actually listening to anything? |
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