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Aug 26

Conductor Gustavo Dudamel: Music has the power to unite

Music has the power to uniteMark Savage speaks to Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel about his life and career. Born in the city of Barquisimeto, he’s famous for conducting orchestras all over the world, as well as film credits that include conducting the opening and end titles ... Show More

22m 59s

Aug 25

Pete Townshend from The Who: Farewell tour doesn’t mean the end

John Wilson speaks to Pete Townshend, songwriter and guitarist of British rock band The Who about the band’s farewell tour of the US.Through his powerful stage presence and pioneering use of technology, Townshend transformed The Who from a hobby wedding band to one of the biggest ... Show More

47m 28s

Aug 19

Eliot Higgins: Algorithms don’t drive the truth

Algorithms don’t drive the truthAmol Rajan speaks to Eliot Higgins, founder of the open-source investigative organisation Bellingcat, as the world grapples with the growing threat posed by misinformation and conspiracy theories being deliberately spread online. Founded in 2014, B ... Show More

22m 59s

Nov 2022

A Greener Government?

Months of governmental chaos have seen contradictory policies on the environment come and go. Tom Heap asks where the Conservative Party now stands on the environment. Should we expect more onshore wind or a continuing ban, will farmers be paid to help wildlife? And what are the ... Show More

27m 29s

Jan 2024

What Donald Trump’s return means for US climate ambition

Tom Steyer is a hedge-fund billionaire who made his money investing in distressed assets, including fossil fuel projects. He’s also an avowed climate activist and a major donor to US politicians seeking to tackle climate change. After a short-lived run for president, Steyer in 20 ... Show More

30m 45s

Oct 2023

Bill Gates: How I stay positive on climate change

Bill Gates, the tech billionaire turned philanthropist, has been combating poverty, disease, and inequity around the world for decades. However, in recent years he has shifted focus and resources towards the climate crisis.Gates believes fighting climate change and fighting pover ... Show More

27m 33s

Oct 2023

Sunak's speech: Has he cost himself the next election?

Rishi Sunak was on his feet in a speech that was frankly too long. It ripped up HS2 and replaced it with a nebulous Northern Network pledge. It promised to rethink A levels and ban young people from smoking. There was nothing on housing, energy, social care , the environment - it ... Show More

34m 15s

Oct 2023

Why is Prime Minister Rishi Sunak rowing back on climate pledges?

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gave a hastily arranged press conference this week in which he confirmed he would be rowing back on some previously made government commitments regarding net zero - the point at which we remove as much carbon from the atmosphere as we put in. The rea ... Show More

35m 10s

Dec 2022

A very British energy crisis

Host Jack Blanchard speaks to former U.K. energy ministers and policy experts about the chequered history of British energy policy over recent decades — and how the nation was left so vulnerable to Vladimir Putin's energy price war. Guests including former Energy Ministers Charle ... Show More

49m 4s

Nov 2021

COP26 Climate Contradictions (with Mike Wood, MP)

Mike Wood, Conservative MP for Dudley South, says his constituents understand the urgency about climate change. But he tells Bloomberg's Caroline Hepker and Yuan Potts that the Chancellor's tax cut for domestic air travel in the U.K. is right thing to help with leveling up.Plus C ... Show More

22m 3s

Aug 2021

Keith Pitt on Australia’s energy ambitions - Australian politics podcast

Katharine Murphy speaks with the federal resources minister, Keith Pitt, about the government’s gas-fired recovery plan, the export of energy resources and Australia’s record on climate action

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Andrew Forrest: Mega-polluter turned cli...