# Outrage + Optimism A podcast by Persephonica and Global Optimism. Outrage + Optimism is for anyone who is not ready to give up on making the world a better place. For unrivalled conversations with decision makers, visionary thinkers and a community of like-minded climate optimists, join former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres, political strategist Tom Rivett-Carnac and sustainable business consultant Paul Dickinson. Each week they make sense of all the top climate news stories, go behind the scenes at crucial talks and ensure you stay informed and inspired ahead of what is set to be the consequential year for climate action. As move through this decisive decade, subscribe to Outrage + Optimism And to see video content from the show, follow us on LinkedIn, and Instagram. Got a question? Send us a voice message. This is a Persephonica production for Global Optimism and is part of the Acast Creator Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Feed: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a ## Latest episodes - [Digger's flop, Big Oil and the bots: What actually moves people?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/ea4293728697) (2026-10-22, 46 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/6ad916f10a858cda44466ddb/media.mp3 - [What World Will They Inherit? Live from Bath Abbey](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/3696d41bdfdc) (2026-10-15, 43 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/6ad092bf29b9fbfbe2a0ae32/media.mp3 - [How Can a Country Survive Losing Its Land?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/cbc2d74c72e3) (2026-10-08, 41 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/6ac69ce99fea6e0a64d9a6b9/media.mp3 - [The Easy Wins Are Gone. What's Actually Next for Net Zero?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/e764d985c92f) (2026-10-01, 41 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/6abd6cbd205819f3d7e5395d/media.mp3 - [Who Runs the World?: Inside the UN’s Secret Leadership Race](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/348d12d8175f) (2026-09-24, 59 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/6ab4044f62a47b6bec725de7/media.mp3 - [Inside the New Security Thinking: The Weaponisation of Disaster?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/f71777428cc7) (2026-09-17, 45 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/6aaadc5c8a1508074d754dcb/media.mp3 - [Blocker or Blueprint? India on the World Stage](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/7d4ec6817554) (2026-09-10, 41 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/6aa1a613647921ed604aba62/media.mp3 - [What’s India Building?: Tales from the Biggest Transition on Earth](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/fb0325c6c8e4) (2026-09-03, 33 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/6a987641be98057961a5514e/media.mp3 - [India: Life Inside Delhi's 'Airpocalypse'](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/06ad90594946) (2026-08-27, 39 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/6a8f7b2b6634e0e9bad53c5e/media.mp3 - [The Clock is Ticking: Forty Seconds to Explain the Climate Crisis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/cb47d1a8e037) (2026-08-20, 34 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/6a85f5a06701ba1ebb6b3589/media.mp3 - [Beyond Politics: Should we take the heat out of the climate crisis?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/b2ff336cf7c0) (2026-08-13, 47 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/6a7ccf8691cf66ecf8b1eeb2/media.mp3 - [Cheapest Energy in History. Still Heading for 3 Degrees?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/0c13210f9c9a) (2026-08-06, 58 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/6a7392f072138046c6262c01/media.mp3 - [Europe’s Summer of Fire: The New Normal?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/9be36f4ae18b) (2026-07-30, 34 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/6a6a5ea8501e981514601048/media.mp3 - [China, COP31 and Chagos: What’s happening behind the headlines?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/1c2847e1332b) (2026-07-23, 46 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/6a6129bb562e3ad8869ad03f/media.mp3 - [Rosebank, Cambo, and the Conversation Christiana Never Got to Have](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/bdbfd8020de2) (2026-07-16, 41 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/6a57d499cebd1afd4475254f/media.mp3 - [Whose Side Is the Law On? How the Courts Became a Climate Battleground](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/31bef4247849) (2026-07-09, 50 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/6a4e9732fe878dc8e23f4f21/media.mp3 - [Is It Over? A Direct Answer to Climate Despair](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/34ff9028d1a4) (2026-07-02, 39 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/6a4512b975e7a3e9612135c4/media.mp3 - [London Cooking: A Climate Action Week, a Resigning PM, and the Future of Climate Diplomacy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/b1692a69479c) (2026-06-25, 58 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/6a3c65ce5a67dba1ad57be99/media.mp3 - [From SpaceX to City Streets: Who Pays for the AI Data Centre Boom?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/32bb1ac7678e) (2026-06-18, 49 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/6a32f2c85926b9ca34b4278c/media.mp3 - [Extreme Heat Breaks: The hidden climate story behind the World Cup](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/2d4271cdff53) (2026-06-11, 38 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/6a29caa34df224c1a4883144/media.mp3 - [The Agency Crisis: Heatwaves, Tony Blair and the Politics of Powerlessness](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/b96c8b1d824f) (2026-06-04, 35 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/6a209d7044a383b494e7049e/media.mp3 - [Can $30k Change the World? The Power of Climate Giving](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/b198b6f3206b) (2026-05-28, 53 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/6a171ae283dd9b6e11223281/media.mp3 - [Can the rules keep up?: Lawsuits, LLMs and the looming oil recession](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/fd5ef820599e) (2026-05-21, 47 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/6a0e02bf163f1001838da3af/media.mp3 - [The Jet Fuel Crisis: What’s next for aviation?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/68cdb5151ff1) (2026-05-14, 51 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/6a04800d06eee5b01c8035b5/media.mp3 - [David Attenborough at 100](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/57ace87d8b8f) (2026-05-07, 41 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/69fb4e2a7272023359a1e600/media.mp3 - [“This is civilisation changing stuff”: Is AMOC the hardest climate story to tell?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/5fd9c7cd6e99) (2026-04-30, 46 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/69f23df4ae2fba210fcfc663/media.mp3 - [Beyond the Oil Crisis: What’s actually blocking the transition?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/eade72c4a1dd) (2026-04-23, 44 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/69e91d84eefc66ef2b79db49/media.mp3 - [It’s In Our Blood: Communities vs Forever Chemicals](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/8f335a63d086) (2026-04-16, 43 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/69dfca6ce733e471895b837e/media.mp3 - [The Health Emergency Hiding in Rising Seas](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/eb3b30471c67) (2026-04-09, 43 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/69d67f79e257f11e038992a5/media.mp3 - [Forecasting Disaster: A ‘super’ El Niño? And the case for early action](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/8308429e00dc) (2026-04-02, 37 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/69cd5f1c3908885dc4dc3425/media.mp3 - [Flooded: Is extreme weather shifting the climate front lines?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/ba8030be76de) (2026-03-26, 37 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/69c423711d78c4aa57cc4d98/media.mp3 - [The Iran Crisis and the Price of Oil Dependence](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/73f9349d97ca) (2026-03-19, 42 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/69bae844c4b9c3b6f4ec0fea/media.mp3 - [Water, Wildlife, and Climate’s Hidden Trade-Offs](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/0bcc37a8fa11) (2026-03-12, 40 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/69b1a49ac891dc74e83e610f/media.mp3 - [Who Pays? The Unfair Economics of Climate Finance](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/37d8f1eae992) (2026-03-05, 35 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/69a879d1f413fba64f5facad/media.mp3 - [Catastrophe Apathy: Why understanding the climate crisis isn’t enough](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/554776b4f4a0) (2026-02-26, 36 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/699f34f8d15b2c2a124d488b/media.mp3 - [Trump Moves to Dismantle US Climate Law - Now Comes the Legal Test](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/500d513b2f71) (2026-02-19, 46 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/69963d717012ce537664d126/media.mp3 - [Who Wields Power Now?: Money, Movements and the Future of Climate](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/d21be23e30c7) (2026-02-12, 41 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/698cc48a3f15cb4dabd6d360/media.mp3 - [Power, Money and Influence: The Hidden Forces Shaping Climate Action](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/f83829aadc67) (2026-02-05, 33 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/6983a2531976ad1237eb65ed/media.mp3 - [The China Pivot: What will Beijing’s climate leadership look like?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/38d5cb052b96) (2026-01-29, 35 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/697a6a3c6e7bdf10651b407d/media.mp3 - [Beyond COP: Can Brazil Chart a Path Off Fossil Fuels?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/610bbd4f6eb0) (2026-01-22, 42 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/69717f7ba6c658f1835e3b4e/media.mp3 - [What does Trump’s UNFCCC exit mean for climate diplomacy?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/f52ed6066653) (2026-01-15, 38 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/69682171a3b74ba76bdd42be/media.mp3 - [Venezuela, Fossil Fuels, and the Year Ahead](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/9ff5dbcff875) (2026-01-08, 43 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/695e9da2313b808065cdc7c1/media.mp3 - [Beginning the Year With Ancestral Wisdom](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/9779315af4f2) (2026-01-01, 41 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/69554e9a4833761f1d44bafd/media.mp3 - [Why Beauty Matters in the Climate Crisis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/e7c4a3fd58af) (2025-12-24, 46 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/694b06a7cb029db75735ef40/media.mp3 - [Follow The Money: Who’s driving climate disinformation?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/e1386b71ff2d) (2025-12-18, 44 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/6942f8a2b4589744b10976d3/media.mp3 - [Paris, 10 Years On - Has it Changed the World?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/07e32399472c) (2025-12-11, 50 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/6939c1450e4329eef03a5282/media.mp3 - [Jacinda Ardern and… Is It Time to Talk About Geoengineering?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/8ca2120bff66) (2025-12-04, 48 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/6930dc9b042629ee0ec70ec8/media.mp3 - [Kim Stanley Robinson on Pre Traumatic Imagination and the stories that change us](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/9945b4816745) (2025-11-27, 37 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/692784b0064897cd5ff4e785/media.mp3 - [Inside COP: The Final Hours of COP30 - and the road ahead](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/8e9536279cc5) (2025-11-23, 38 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/69227b4075ae15fa66f30693/media.mp3 - [Inside COP: Friday Night in Belém - uncertainty in the Blue Zone](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459416461/c6b01882f9e2) (2025-11-22, 39 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6781112bec40818e0b501b6a/e/69215e0f00a96fa12b597749/media.mp3 Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. 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