Your Brain On Climate

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Psychology vs climate change: what we think, why we think it, and how it all adds up to a planet-sized emergency. Each episode host Dave Powell interviews experts in how our brains work - from PhDs in psychology to writers, activists and beyond. They'll talk about how their brains and our brains do (and don't) work, and how all of that might help make sense of the climate crisis - and possibly what to do about it.

Recent Episodes
  • I Contain Multitudes, with Sarah Stein Lubrano
    Apr 16, 2025 – 01:00:00
  • MICRO: Running Up That Hill
    Mar 28, 2025 – 09:47
  • Confirmation Bias, with Adam Harris
    Mar 10, 2025 – 54:19
  • MICRO: The Conservative Lag
    Feb 27, 2025 – 09:56
  • (Getting Your Head Around) the End of the World, with Laurie Laybourn
    Feb 10, 2025 – 01:04:22
  • Stories of Action, with Kris de Meyer
    Jan 12, 2025 – 56:53
  • Common Sense, with Dannagal Young
    Dec 1, 2024 – 53:29
  • The neutrality myth, with Lydia Messling
    Oct 30, 2024 – 46:08
  • Mental heat, with Alessandro Massazza
    Sep 30, 2024 – 47:36
  • Long Time, with Ella Saltmarshe
    Aug 27, 2024 – 51:37
  • Luck, with Will Snell and Anita Sangha
    Jul 31, 2024 – 46:52
  • Values Action Gap, with Gail Hochachka
    Jul 1, 2024 – 52:59
  • Mindfulness, with Jamie Bristow
    May 31, 2024 – 59:07
  • Conversations, with Alex Evans
    Apr 30, 2024 – 51:33
  • Success, with Simon Mundie
    Mar 22, 2024 – 51:17
  • Biophilia, with Lauren Hall Ruddell
    Feb 22, 2024 – 43:16
  • (Dis)trusting Climate Science, with Laur Hesse Fisher
    Jan 29, 2024 – 51:29
  • We, with Jonathan Rowson
    Dec 29, 2023 – 43:53
  • Behaviour Change, with Lorraine Whitmarsh
    Nov 27, 2023 – 49:03
  • Endurance, with Damian Hall
    Oct 27, 2023 – 43:09
  • Liberalism, with Christopher Shaw
    Sep 26, 2023 – 44:09
  • Decolonisation, with Ayesha Siddiqi
    Aug 20, 2023 – 44:53
  • Comedy, with Stuart Goldsmith
    Jul 17, 2023 – 52:43
  • Honesty, with Rupert Read
    Jun 22, 2023 – 45:19
  • Negotiation, with Camilla Born
    May 23, 2023 – 48:27
  • Flies (and Fleas), with Erica McAlister
    Apr 15, 2023 – 35:38
  • Bystander Effect, with Gerdien de Vries
    Mar 18, 2023 – 46:01
  • Foresight, with Adam Bulley
    Feb 17, 2023 – 54:35
  • Metaphor, with Simon Lancaster
    Jan 16, 2023 – 53:26
  • Play, with Lucy Hawthorne
    Dec 15, 2022 – 44:13
  • Consciousness, with Anil Seth
    Nov 15, 2022 – 53:21
  • Schadenfreude, with Aaron Balick
    Aug 11, 2022 – 42:43
  • (Super)Heroes, with Al Kennedy
    Apr 22, 2022 – 36:16
  • Disgust, with Yoel Inbar
    Mar 22, 2022 – 45:53
  • Psychogeography, with Philippa Holloway
    Feb 21, 2022 – 42:03
  • Pluralistic Ignorance, with Deborah Prentice
    Oct 12, 2021 – 40:46
  • Connection, with Alison Crowther
    Oct 5, 2021 – 39:22
  • Conflict, with Ian Leslie
    Sep 28, 2021 – 49:41
  • Change, with Andrew Simms
    Sep 21, 2021 – 42:29
  • Grief, with Ro Randall
    Sep 14, 2021 – 43:59
  • Food, with Kimberley Wilson
    Sep 7, 2021 – 39:54
  • Risk, with Adam Corner
    Jul 18, 2021 – 45:50
Recent Reviews
  • Eco-lutions
    Working together
    I love this podcast because it addresses how we don’t think like everybody else. Yet it shows new ideas on how we can work with everybody else even when we disagree, to get where we want to go.
  • DrJKerr
    The appropriate focus- humans
    As we all get lost in the materials science and forget that climate action is about human decisions and human behaviors- this podcast is a breath of fresh air!! Host is humble & funny. And guests are experts and deep thinkers. Thanks for bringing this vital scientific perspective to the masses.
  • Michael Townshend
    Great Show!
    Excellent interviews bringing together the human experience and the climate crisis. Look forward to listening to more.
  • Howard (a.k.a. Garden Aum)
    Brains and nutrition
    This was an excellent interview with a nutritionist who explained how food impacts cognitive ability. I strongly recommend listening to it.
  • Nate Tyson
    Looking forward to listening
    I haven’t even listened to this one yet yet, but have every confidence it will be very good! Dave is great on Sustainababble, so yeah, really can’t go wrong 👍🏼
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