Sustainababble
Episodes
276 episodes
#49: Great Barrier Reef
Australia's breathtaking natural wonder is currently experiencing more devastating bleaching than the Romanian footie team at World Cup '98. We speak to Professor David Suggett from down under to find out why.Also this week, bad times to be a chic...
#48: Palm Oil
It's Easter! But as you chow down on your choccy eggs, how "sustainable" is the palm oil that's almost certainly used? Are YOU killing orang-utans? Dave and Ol investigate.Another very big name divests from oil and has a pleasing pop at Exxon in t...
#47: Robots
Artificial Intelligence is here, and it's freakin' terrifying. Will the machines boot us off the planet for being the cause of all its problems, or are robots in fact the key to fixing climate change?Also this week, coffee cup babble, an all too f...
#46: Dale Vince meets Sustainababble
In the early 1990s Dale Vince was a New Age traveller living on a hill in Stroud. Now he is boss of the UK’s best known green energy firm, Ecotricity, which is worth £100m, and runs the world’s only all-vegan football club.Dave and Ol went to Stro...
#45: Heathrow 13
Hot off the dock at Willesden Magistrates' Court, we interview Danni Paffard, one of 13 activists found guilty of - but not, it turns out, sent down for - aggravated trespass for occupying Heathrow's north runway last year.Also this week, we aggre...
#44: Nuclear
Dave and Ol investigate nuclear power: it costs a fortune, but do we still need it to save the planet? And what have didgeridoos, cups of tea, and radioactive moggies got to do with it?There's some self-sustaining babble about beavers and some pra...
#43: Love
It's Valentine's Day, so everyone's throwing money at card shops and calling it romance.But what does it mean for the planet? Should we give up buying roses? Will anyone remember to give lil' old Earth a cuddle?There's inhofery from the oil compan...
#42: Europe
Lucky Brits will soon be asked if they want IN or OUT of the EU. What should you do if you love the planet? Ol and Dave grill an EU expert, Sam Lowe.We gawp at the UK Government pushing Chinese Weetabix onto the world, ask whether it can ever be O...
#41: Whales
They're big, wet and lovely. Whether they're washing up on our beaches or getting harpooned by naughty Japanese people, everyone's talking about whales - and so are we.This week Ol and Dave wonder why it is people get so gooey about whales, and di...
#40: Space
With Tim Peake, Star Wars, and NEW ACTUAL PLANETS dominating the news, we ponder why everyone's so gooey about space. And shouldn't the human race get its own house in order before sodding off to Mars?Leonardo DiCaprio gets an icecream, Dave gets ...
#39: Planet Earth is Blue
Dave's back from his holidays to find out David Bowie has died, the UK's lost killer whales it didn't even know it had, and the bloke in charge of flood prevention went on holiday by mistake. Lawks.There's a load of stinky air, fossil fuel barons ...
#38: Tony Juniper meets Sustainababble
To kick off 2016 we serve up an interview with writer, environmentalist and campaigner extraordinaire Tony Juniper.Dave and Ol ask if the recent Paris deal is much cop, whether sticking a price tag on nature is a good idea, and what Tony thinks 20...
#37: Technology
Can technology save the planet? Dave and Ol interview tech journalist, podcast host & stand-up comic Kirsty Styles.We ask: do politicians have the remotest clue about technology? How do you inspire the people building dating apps to put their effo...
#36: Best of 2015
A bumper festive edition!Grab a vol-au-vent, hijack the sherry and let Ol and Dave take you on a sleigh ride through the best bits of babble from 2015.What will be crowned sustainababble of the year? Who's the greatest #Inhofe of them all? And why...
#35: Kindergarten COP21
Two big things happened in Paris last week. 1) Arnold Schwarzenegger (big) came to town, and took some kick-ass to climate deniers. 2) And then: crikey! - A climate deal happened! But is it any (kindergarten) cop? Will Arnie need to smash any more...
#34: Billionaires
As Mark Zuckerberg doles out his billions and Bill Gates takes centre-stage on climate change, we ask: will the ultra-rich save the planet? Can they? Should they?We've some spoon-faced cheek from the Prime Minister, and Jezza's brother's making a ...
#33: The Climate March
Grab a megaphone, neck a can of cider, and scribble weak puns on a bed sheet. It's march time!But hang on. Does marching through London make a blind bit of difference to the climate?We toddle along with a microphone to find out.Also this week: mor...
#32: France
Listen very carefully, we will say zis only once: Ol and Dave are having a French-themed special.The horrific attacks in Paris have overshadowed the upcoming climate change talks. What's at stake from the climate COP21, and will clampdowns on prot...
#31: Protest
Protest. What's the point? Far better to sit down, wear a suit and be reasonable.We're not so sure, so we delve into recent green victories and ask: did angry hippies make any difference at all?Plus, the bosses of India and the UK are caught babbl...
#30: America
Yee-Haw! Mega news from across the pond as Obama rules out tar sand pipeline, Keystone XL.Is this as momentous a moment in the climate fight as it seems? Won't Donald Trump just undo it all anyway? And is Obama really as green as all that?Ol's off...
#29: Meat
Can a bacon butty really be as bad for you as smoking? Is meat just a no no if you're keen on the planet?Food and farming expert Vicki Hird joins us to answer these questions and more.Also this week, bees, Belgium and a bit of bother for Shell.Sus...
#28: Back To The Future!
Great Scott! The future is actually here - so why are we still building stoopid concrete jungles and mega pricey nuclear power stations?Also this week Shell turn out to be vegan lovers and McDonalds are the planet's unlikely saviours.And Donald Tr...
#27: China
Chinese Premier Xi Jinping is in the UK being preened at by David Cameron & co.We turn our Babble-lens onto China: do all hopes for saving the planet rest on its mighty shoulders? And is it environmental hero or villain?Meanwhile, an Alaskan gover...
