Planet B: Jayati Ghosh on Escaping the Debt Trap
Fighting climate breakdown means facing up to the imperial hierarchies of debt, as development economist Jayati Ghosh explains.
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Planet B: Everything Must Change – Debt
In the final episode, we ask why climate reparations could be crucial to securing a global Green New Deal.
Asad Rehman on the Making of the Climate Refugee
What will happen to the billions of people displaced by climate breakdown? A global Green New Deal must have an answer.
Harsha Walia on Border Violence and Eco-Fascism
National policies won’t solve a global problem like climate change, says migrant justice activist Harsha Walia.
History, Humanity, Heresy
Archaeologist David Wengrow upends everything we thought we knew about social evolution in a new book written with David Graeber.
Planet B: Everything Must Change – Migration
Climate breakdown means the displacement of billions of people. Who benefits at the border?
Laleh Khalili on Sovereignty and Seafarers
From city ports to the open sea, worker exploitation and environmental degradation are both rife and invisible.
Planet B: Tina Ngata on Decolonising Oceans
Why we can’t protect our oceans without challenging the colonial mindset.
Trip 20: Revolution
The gang square up to a suitably momentous topic for their 20th Trip.
Microdose: Revolution From Cromwell to Castro
The gang speed through several centuries of political upheaval to work out what makes a revolution.
Planet B: Everything Must Change – Water
How do we add a splash of blue to a global Green New Deal? Harpreet Kaur Paul investigates.
Planet B: Kate Aronoff on What America’s Climate Role Should Be
The renowned climate journalist explores the power – and limitations – of rebooting the New Deal on a global scale.
Yanis Varoufakis on Bringing Down the Bankers
We can only halt climate breakdown if we unseat the oligarchs, says the Greek politician.
Planet B: Everything Must Change – Infrastructure
Dalia Gebrial finds out what’s missing from the promise of cleaner, greener infrastructure.
Microdose: Space Forces With Fred Scharmen
Keir Milburn and author Fred Scharmen explore the desire to create new worlds in space.
Julian Brave NoiseCat on Apocalypse and Resistance
The activist and journalist explains why land rights and Indigenous knowledge are crucial to efforts to stop climate breakdown.
Noam Chomsky on Indigenous Demands and Roosevelt’s Legacy
The eminent activist and writer warns against a Green New Deal that would save capitalism instead of dismantling it.
Planet B: Everything Must Change – Land
Harpreet Kaur Paul asks how we can make land for living, not for profit, in the second episode of the series.