Episode 1: Climate Nihilism

Sidra and Zainab talk climate nihilism (what even is that), how war is a misnomer, and the Islamic impact on Brazilian funk (sort of, not really). MC Magrinho’s management team, please get in touch with us.

Topics in this episode:

Zainab, against Sidra’s and the whole world’s wishes, plays a Brazilian song she heard that samples the Quran? (mild blasphemy from 1:16 to 1:30)
Jamila Jamil had a tone-deaf tweet and we talk the Bush presidency unpack the idea that “we’re at war” (3:00)
#MyAlwaysExperience highlights women’s experience with substandard quality pads from Always in Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan and other African and Asian countries.
Climate Nihilism

- We discuss what climate nihilism is and how it turns out that there are reasons to be hopeful (15:00)

- Do we actually have 12 years until the planet dissolves into oblivion? Sidra read the IPCC report  as a fun Halloween exercise and unpacks the “12 year deadline” (24:00)

- Zainab talks utilities & clean energy in relation to PG&E blackouts. Discussion on 'Climate Resilience' (33:00)
WCW - Nabela Noor is a Bangladeshi baddie who we’re crushing on (40:00)

In this episode we reference Apocalypse Forever? (2010) by Erik Swyngedouw. Also of note is Enemies of the State?, a report on targeted killings of environmental activists around the world. You can read the IPCC report and summaries here.

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