Archive - Wicked Problems

Tony Blair. Climate vampire. Will Morgan McSweeney choose the Renfield Option?

Decoding the UK local elections, Reform, and Tony Blair's intervention, and what Labour will do, with Holly Brazier-Tope of Green Alliance, climate…

May 3 •

Richard Delevan

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1:05:35

Is Britain in a climate tailspin?

After the UK Climate Change Committee said the country is failing to prepare for the effects of climate change, we speak to Climate Majority Project's…

May 2 •

Richard Delevan

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Iberian Blackout: One-off Fiesta or Climate Warning?

Climate and energy analyst Tom Raftery tells us his first-hand experience near Seville of the blackout, its aftermath, and whether there are lessons we…

May 1 •

Richard Delevan

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April 2025

What Does Elon Musk Want? Abundance. It Makes Strange Bedfellows.

Ezra Klein, AOC, David Sirota, and Aaron Bastani are arguably on the same side as Musk, and that's awkward. Imagination Deficit Disorder, Part II…

Apr 30 •

Richard Delevan

Imagination Deficit Disorder

Elon Musk and Peter Thiel think they know the future and how to win it. They can't both be right.

Apr 20 •

Richard Delevan

Survive the Trumpocene: w Dana R Fisher

Author of 'Saving Ourselves - Climate Shocks to Climate Action' returns to the show.

Apr 16 •

Richard Delevan

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33:17

Solar Geoengineering: Climate Chemo or Ozempic?

Is it time to break glass? Or bury the idea completely? Researchers from Harvard and U Chicago weigh in.

Apr 8 •

Richard Delevan

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53:35

How to Live in a Chaotic Climate

LaUra Schmidt tells us how to survive in The Long Dark.

Apr 6 •

Richard Delevan

49:36

Trump tariffs need an Addiopizzo...or a Sicilian Vespers

Until we stop treating POTUS like anything other than a mob boss shaking down the world, we will lack the imagination to do anything useful about it.

Apr 4 •

Richard Delevan

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Mr Booker Goes to Washington

I've been distracted. So a bit late getting out other things. But spending 10 minutes on this is worth your while.

Apr 2 •

Richard Delevan

March 2025

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