138. Just Look Up! with Adam McKay

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today, an earth-shattering comet of an episode as Christiana, Tom and Paul talk to the phenomenally talented Adam McKay about his 4 time Oscar nominated film</span> <strong>Don’t Look Up!</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Writing and directing a comedy film about climate change is not a challenge for the faint hearted. Not only did Adam McKay take this challenge on, in doing so he created a tour-de-force which dominated global news feeds after its release, quickly took the position of 2nd most watched Netflix original and got EVERYONE talking about climate change. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Listen as he describes his journey of growing climate awareness, how he doesn’t think he will produce another piece of work that ISN’T about climate change, and the breaking news that France will be hosting its own series of ‘Just Look Up’ days as a result of the film.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The hosts are also super charged this week as they tackle the global energy crisis head on, taking us on a whistlestop tour of the major issues that are being played out against an ever increasingly tense geopolitical backdrop. Can gas ever be considered green? What are the implications of this crisis on a swift green energy transition and stability of net zero ambitions?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We think you’ll agree, we really did have it all this week didn’t we?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And! Stick around til the end because playing us out this week is the incredibly talented</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Sibusile Xaba with his single ‘Angisenalutho’.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">—</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Christiana + Tom’s book</span> <a href= "https://globaloptimism.com/the-future-we-choose/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">‘The Future We Choose’</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">is availab