Planet B: Everything Must Change
22 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWe need to save the world from climate breakdown. But with inequality growing, democracy in retreat and the far right on the rise, do we really want to save this world, or do we want to change it? Planet B is a new podcast series from Novara Media which imagines a world that isn’t just saved from climate breakdown, but is renewed and transformed by the fight against it.
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Episodes
Planet B: Esther Stanford-Xosei on the Case for Climate Reparations
November 24, 2021 12:24 - 1 hour - 128 MBNo vision of climate justice is complete without a roadmap towards reparations, argues Esther Stanford-Xosei in the final bonus episode from Planet B: Everything Must Change. Speaking to Harpreet Kaur Paul, the Indigenous reparationist, activist and advocate explains how histories of colonial injustice and racial discrimination have resulted in the twin crimes of genocide and […]
Planet B: Jayati Ghosh on Escaping the Debt Trap
November 20, 2021 10:00 - 44 minutes - 63.1 MBWhen poorer countries face unpayable debts, their ability to mount a defence against climate breakdown is drastically weakened. That’s why any attempts to prevent ecological disaster must involve ending debts and co-operating on global tax measures, says Indian development economist Jayati Ghosh. In an extended interview with Harpreet Kaur Paul, Ghosh breaks down the fundamentals […]
Planet B: Debt
November 18, 2021 12:38 - 1 hour - 120 MBWhen we think about debt, we often think of money owed by countries in the Global South to institutions like the World Bank and IMF. But there is another kind of debt – the climate debt owed by the most polluting nations in the global north to those who have contributed the least to climate […]
Planet B: Asad Rehman on the Making of the Climate Refugee
November 15, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 87.9 MBA global Green New Deal must enshrine people’s right to move – and also their right to stay, says Asad Rehman, executive director of anti-poverty charity War on Want. In an extended interview, Rehman talks to Dalia Gebrial about the emergence of the ‘climate refugee’ – and how this narrow definition will help countries in […]
Planet B: Harsha Walia on Border Violence and Eco-Fascism
November 13, 2021 10:00 - 32 minutes - 47.6 MBThe fight against climate breakdown requires us to imagine a world without borders, says activist and writer Harsha Walia in this extended interview from Planet B: Everything Must Change. The Canadian author, whose books include Undoing Border Imperialism and Border and Rule, tells Dalia Gebrial why borders are themselves products of capitalism, in stark opposition […]
Planet B: Migration
November 11, 2021 12:25 - 1 hour - 86.4 MBIn the fifth episode of Planet B: Everything Must Change, Dalia Gebrial explores the countless ways in which climate breakdown is driving the displacement of people, from the destruction of homes and subsistence livelihoods to the increasing scarcity of work in drought-afflicted countries. Who benefits from the idea of the ‘climate refugee’? Why does gender […]
Planet B: Laleh Khalili on Sovereignty and Seafarers
November 09, 2021 11:05 - 32 minutes - 47.8 MBWorker exploitation and environmental degradation are both rife and invisible in the shipping networks on which global capitalism depends, explains professor and author Laleh Khalili in this bonus interview from Planet B: Everything Must Change. The writer of Sinews of War and Trade, an investigation into the secretive world of maritime trade, tells Harpreet Kaur […]
Planet B: Tina Ngata on Decolonising Oceans
November 07, 2021 18:48 - 35 minutes - 51.2 MBMāori activist Tina Ngata explains why the fight against climate breakdown must involve a radical rethink of our relationship with the ocean in this extended interview from Planet B: Water. More than a commodity or an infinite resource, water is part of our genealogy, argues Ngata, who works as an advocate for environmental, Indigenous and […]
Planet B: Water
November 04, 2021 13:06 - 57 minutes - 108 MBHow have we come to see our oceans as either a vehicle for trade or a site of limitless resources? In the fourth episode of Planet B, we ask why water, the most basic necessity of life, always has a price. Harpreet Kaur Paul finds out how capitalism has fundamentally changed our relationship with water, […]
Planet B: Kate Aronoff on What America’s Climate Role Should Be
November 02, 2021 10:00 - 39 minutes - 56.7 MBClimate journalist Kate Aronoff explores the power – and limitations – of the Green New Deal in this extended interview from the Planet B series. Why are large-scale infrastructure projects seen as pivotal to the political success of any climate strategy? And what would happen if we looked at our infrastructure needs – from housing […]
Planet B: Yanis Varoufakis on Bringing Down the Bankers
October 31, 2021 08:00 - 48 minutes - 69 MBYanis Varoufakis explains why the fight against climate breakdown requires us to bring down the bankers and the oligarchs in an extended interview from Planet B: Everything Must Change. Speaking to Dalia Gebrial, the Greek politician and economist argues that we have run out of time to tax the rich and calls on younger generations […]
Planet B: Infrastructure
October 28, 2021 12:29 - 59 minutes - 111 MBWho builds? Who benefits? Who pays? In the third episode of Planet B: Everything Must Change, host Dalia Gebrial finds out why infrastructure has become a touchstone for climate movements across the global north. From Bernie Sanders’ Green New Deal for public housing to Jeremy Corbyn’s pledge of a green industrial revolution, this kind of […]
Planet B: Julian Brave NoiseCat on Apocalypse and Indigenous Resistance
October 27, 2021 12:35 - 30 minutes - 44.6 MBActivist and journalist Julian Brave NoiseCat explains the importance of land rights and sovereignty in the fight against climate breakdown in an extended interview from Planet B: Everything Must Change. Speaking to Harpreet Kaur Paul, he explores the long history of Indigenous resistance to land colonialism and argues that the Indigenous experience of genocide as […]
Planet B: Noam Chomsky on Roosevelt’s Legacy and Indigenous Demands
October 24, 2021 11:00 - 36 minutes - 52.9 MBNoam Chomsky warns against a Green New Deal that would save capitalism rather than dismantling it in an extended interview from Planet B: Everything Must Change. The eminent activist and political writer talks to Dalia Gebrial about his vision of a Green New Deal and the lessons we can take from Franklin D. Roosevelt’s original […]
Planet B: Everything Must Change – Land (Ep 2)
October 21, 2021 13:10 - 1 hour - 85 MBIn the second episode of Planet B: Everything Must Change, Harpreet Kaur Paul investigates how the way we’re using land is accelerating the climate crisis and violating the rights of local communities. How has the logic of extraction and commodification shaped the land we live on? And how can we reorient our relationship with the […]
Planet B: Land
October 21, 2021 13:10 - 1 hour - 85 MBIn the second episode of Planet B: Everything Must Change, Harpreet Kaur Paul investigates how the way we’re using land is accelerating the climate crisis and violating the rights of local communities. How has the logic of extraction and commodification shaped the land we live on? And how can we reorient our relationship with the […]
Planet B: Sarah Jaffe on Green Work or No Work
October 19, 2021 08:00 - 37 minutes - 54 MBSarah Jaffe contrasts the demand for green jobs with the growing resistance to work in an extended interview from Planet B: Everything Must Change. The author of Work Won’t Love You Back talks to Dalia Gebrial about the “good, green union jobs” and why there won’t be enough of them to go round, and explains […]
Planet B: Jeremy Corbyn on Green Industrial Revolution (Bonus interview)
October 17, 2021 14:42 - 27 minutes - 40.9 MBJeremy Corbyn lays out his hopes for the global fight against climate breakdown in this bonus interview from Planet B: Everything Must Change. The Labour MP talks to Dalia Gebrial about environmental reparations, a just transition in the North Sea oil sector, the influence of lobbyists and his belief in the power of grassroots organisation. […]
Planet B: Work
October 14, 2021 12:08 - 1 hour - 123 MBCommute. Pollute. Repeat. What are we working for? In the first episode of Planet B: Everything Must Change, host Dalia Gebrial tackles the future of work. As the climate changes, what kinds of work will we find ourselves doing? Which of our jobs will be valued, and which will become obsolete? What would a “just […]
Planet B: Everything Must Change – Work (Ep 1)
October 14, 2021 12:08 - 1 hour - 123 MBCommute. Pollute. Repeat. What are we working for? In the first episode of Planet B: Everything Must Change, host Dalia Gebrial tackles the future of work. As the climate changes, what kinds of work will we find ourselves doing? Which of our jobs will be valued, and which will become obsolete? What would a “just […]
Planet B: Trailer
October 11, 2021 16:18 - 3 minutes - 6.89 MBWe need a global Green New Deal. Can we build it in time? Planet B: Everything Must Change is a new podcast series about a world that isn’t just saved from climate chaos, but is transformed by the fight against it. Ahead of the UN Climate Conference in Glasgow, hosts Dalia Gebrial and Harpreet Kaur […]
Planet B: Everything Must Change – Trailer
October 11, 2021 16:18 - 3 minutes - 6.89 MBWe need a global Green New Deal. Can we build it in time? Planet B: Everything Must Change is a new podcast series about a world that isn’t just saved from climate chaos, but is transformed by the fight against it. Ahead of the UN Climate Conference in Glasgow, hosts Dalia Gebrial and Harpreet Kaur […]