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Behind the scenes at the Guardian, former editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger and his team reveal a newspaper’s mission to help save the world from climate change. Can they find a new narrative to tell a 20 year-old story? And what will they risk in their efforts to do so? This award winning podcast is simply a must: you don’t have to know much about climate change to begin, we explain everything and what we can all do to stop it in its tracks

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United Kingdom

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Behind the scenes at the Guardian, former editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger and his team reveal a newspaper’s mission to help save the world from climate change. Can they find a new narrative to tell a 20 year-old story? And what will they risk in their efforts to do so? This award winning podcast is simply a must: you don’t have to know much about climate change to begin, we explain everything and what we can all do to stop it in its tracks

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English


Episodes
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The biggest story in the world podcast - Episode 12: Impact

6/19/2015
As the curtains close on Alan Rusbridger's editorship the first phase of the Keep it in the Ground campaign draws to an end

Duration:00:32:50

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Episode 11: Investigations

6/4/2015
The Wellcome Trust and Gates Foundation say they won't divest from fossil fuels because they are happy with the ethics of their investments, but are they right?

Duration:00:24:12

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The biggest story in the world podcast: Episode 10, Shell

5/29/2015
Shell's CEO, Ben Van Beurden, has agreed to be grilled by the Guardian on everything from divestment to economics and responsibility – but will he give some unguarded answers?

Duration:00:40:39

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The biggest story in the world podcast: Episode 9, Religion

5/21/2015
In this episode we go to churches and mosques to see what we can learn about spreading the climate change message

Duration:00:29:03

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The biggest story in the world podcast: Episode 8, the US

5/14/2015
It's time to talk about one of the biggest players in the climate change story, the US, and look at its climate denial movement

Duration:02:18:03

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The biggest story in the world podcast: Episode 7, Attacks

5/7/2015
This week we head outside the glass offices of the Guardian to hear what the outside world makes of the campaign

Duration:00:22:43

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The biggest story in the world podcast: Episode 6, Psychology

4/29/2015
Now it's time for the team to face the biggest challenge so far. Why do we find it so hard to care about climate change?

Duration:00:23:02

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The biggest story in the world podcast: Episode 5, Economics

4/20/2015
Larry Elliot, the Guardian's economics editor sets out to do something no economist has yet managed; to figure out the maths of keeping it in the ground. What would happen to the global economy and would we face a global recession?

Duration:00:29:54

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The biggest story in the world podcast: Episode 4, Risks

4/9/2015
The climate change campaign has started. But is the Guardian prepared for what's ahead?

Duration:00:21:15

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The biggest story in the world podcast: Episode 3, The targets

3/27/2015
The Guardian has decided to campaign for divestment, and take their assets out of fossil fuel companies, but who should they choose to target?Listen to all episodes in the series

Duration:00:26:43

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The biggest story in the world podcast: Episode 2, An angle

3/19/2015
Alan Rusbridger is looking for a new way to tell the story of climate change - but what does that actually mean?Listen to more in the series

Duration:00:22:44

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The biggest story in the world podcast: Episode 1, Keep it in the ground

3/12/2015
Climate change is the biggest threat to humanity, yet journalism has struggled for two decades to tell a story that doesn't leave the public feeling disheartened and disengagedListen to more in the series

Duration:00:16:28

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The biggest story in the world podcast: Trailer

3/6/2015
Subscribe to this new podcast series from the Guardian, coming soon.

Duration:00:01:12