Frank Skinner, in conversation with Al Gore, on Absolute Radio.

This is Frank Skinner on Absolute Radio. The next hour is going to be different from

what you might expect. From my perspective, it's not Saturday morning and from the station's

perspective, there will be no nickel back. But it's all for a very good reason. I'm going

to be talking to a man who has had a massive impact on global attitudes to climate change.

The filming Convenient Truth is a double oscarina and since it's released in 2006, it's

been included on school curricula around the world. 11 years on, he's back with an inconvenience

sequel, Truth to Power. My guest today is Al Gore.

Well, thank you. Thank you for having me. Mr. Gore, what a pleasure. Now, he's Mr.

Gore OK as an address. Of course it is. Al is OK as well.

Well, it's so rare I get to call anyone I'm interviewing Mr. I might stick with that.

But thank you. Your adequacy also works. I just noticed that in your new film that the

mayor of Georgetown, Texas calls you Mr. Vice President and I thought, oh God, do you keep that

title forever? Well, the US is a little unusual in that respect and some people do that, but you

certainly need not. OK. Well, anyway, it's as I say, it's great to have you on and I'm

I have much to ask. Can I tell you first of all something that happened to me? I went to a screening

of your new movie and we were given free tea on the way in including a plastic spoon and I said

to the guy, what do I do with this spoon after? And he said, just put it in the bin and I said,

this is an how Gore of it. I can't do that. And I honestly I licked it clean. I took it

home and it is in my cotlery to a good for you. That is down to you. What do you think it's fair

to say that the first movie and inconvenient truth? Do you think it changed the world? Is that

an overstatement or is that a fair thing to say? Well, not for me to say, but many others have made

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