Sustainababble
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276 episodes
#24: Chris Packham meets Sustainababble
We only went to interview Chris Packham - star of Springwatch, Autumnwatch & The Really Wild Show! And his dogs.In our exclusive natter, we ask Chris whether there's any room for 'tradition' when it comes to protecting wildlife. We find out what h...
#23b: Dr Karl meets Sustainababble
Blimey! Australia's legendary Dr Karl Kruszelnicki talks exclusively to Ol and Dave.Is climate change real? Is it going to be bad? What should we do about it? And whose fault is it that we're not doing enough?All this and some scientific explanati...
#23a: Tony Abbott Schadenfreude Special
Tony Abbott has gone! TONY ABBOTT HAS GONE! A-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-HA-HA-HA! Ol and Dave bask.Episode 23b - an exclusive interview with Australia's @doctorkarl - follows later in the week.Sustainababble is your weekly comedy podcast about politics, prat...
#22: Refugees
As the refugee crisis continues to mount, Ol and Dave examine claims from politicians that climate change will only make things worse - are they right?In other news, there's Vivienne Westwood gallivanting around in a tank, some Babble about trees,...
#21: So Long, Solar
Bad scenes in the sunshine business as the UK Government sets fire to the solar industry. Ol & Dave are righteously angry about it.Plus, some avian mistaken identity from the Antipodes, and some rather unpalatable Schadenfreude for the Prime Minis...
#20: Religion
First the Pope, now 1.6bn Muslims. Religion is going ECO nuts. Can faith save the planet? Does it make a blind bit of difference? Are Ol & Dave going to hell?Sustainababble is your weekly comedy podcast about politics, prattle and the planet. Out ...
#19: Happy Happy Joy Joy
Panic not! We're back! And everything's gone rubbish! Donald Trump and Tony Abbott are happening. And the new UK Government is setting fire to everything green.How on earth do we stay optimistic? We interview professional climate optimist, Alice B...
Extra: Sustainababble Live!
Here's an extra treat. Sustainababble Live! Caution - contains a few naughtier (than usual) words.We recently did a 15-minute set, live from the stage at the Hackney Attic. Thanks to Dave Pickering, Alice Bell & all at Stand Up Tragedy (@standup4...
#18: Eurovision Special!
It's Eurovision! And it's the last episode of Season 1 of Sustainababble! PARTY TIME!We're joined by songwriter Diego Brown (aka Adam) for a special BUMPER edition looking at green protest songs - why are they all rubbish?All that, and the usual s...
#17: It’s All Our Fault
Well then. How did Ol's prediction that Ed Miliband would be prime minster get on? Pardon? Oh.So the Tories won. What does that mean for the environment, then? Is it REALLY all our fault? And is the performance of the Green Party a reason to be ch...
#16: General Election
There's an election on Thursday (I know, us neither!) so with chaotic coalitions round the corner we ponder what small parties can hope to achieve. Plus we confidently predict who will be the next PM.Also this week, babbly BMW, naughty Norway and ...
#15: Nationalism
What with St. George's Day and the rise of political nationalists, we look at whether nationalism is a good or a bad thing for the environment. Does loving your country mean you can't love the planet?There's Earth Day - 24 times more babbly than E...
#14: Manifestos
With an election brewing all the parties have their manifestos out, and BOY are they packed with Babble.This week, Dave & Ol devote pretty much an entire show - with Arabella on overtime - to picking through the egregious eco-guff being offered to...
#13: Drought
California’s drying up but Dave and Ol’s pun juices are flowing freely. The results aren’t pretty.Plus, aviation industry 'babble, undeterred seals, and annoyingly time-sensitive predictions.Sustainababble is a weekly podcast for and by greeny typ...
#12: Leaders’ debates
Why didn't the leaders' debates mention the environment at all? Do politicians not care? Do WE not care?Also, grim news for fans of an Arctic not being covered in oil, a climate change minister behaving badly, and a butterfly that looks like a cat...
#11: Earth Hour
Earth Hour, WWF's epic switch-off-yer-lights-athon, is a Very Good Thing, right? Well, maybe not…Also this week, BP's political donations smell as bad as you'd expect and Dave adds his customary cloud to apparently sunny news from Costa Rica.Susta...
#10: Death to Pandas
This week, cute fluffy animals v the rest - are people only interested in pointless pandas and the rest of the charismatic megafauna? Plus, is a teeny island in the middle of nowhere really the UK's biggest conservation success story - and has the...
#9: Houses
This week Ol's feeling mopey about the misery of trying to buy a flat in London. Shouldn't we just build lots of new houses everywhere? Also, celebrity buffoon will.i.am's been at the babble-aid, teaming up with Coca-Cola & Harrods to sell recycle...
#8: Politicians
Our first ever guest! Political campaigner extraordinaire and squirrel nemesis Martyn Williams reveals secrets from elections past and explains why we should be pleased that the planet's problems are getting worse.There's also girl news from Exxon...
#7: THAT interview…
Green party leader Natalie Bennett’s "excruciating" interview hit the headlines this week. For more auspicious reasons, so did president Obama and his Keystone veto. But are we putting too much stock in the actions of our leaders? Can the planet e...
#6: Top Gear
Top Gear petrol head Jeremy Clarkson has made greenie-goading something of an artform. But this week we detect mellowing in his menace, and wonder whether fellow tofu terrorisers Andrew Neil and James Delingpole perhaps hate hippies less than ever...
#5: Divestment
Like Barry White puffing cigars on a bed of straw, this week’s episode is dangerously sexy.For your aural pleasure we undress #divestment, the steaming hot fossil fuel finance campaign, while Dave is decidedly blue about buses as a Government tran...
#4: The Oil Price
In this week's episode Dave and Ollie talk about the oil price, despite not really wanting to and finding it all very complicated and difficult. Are lower oil prices bad or good for climate change? Does anyone really know? Anyone?In mammal news, ...
