EP.222 - GEORGE MONBIOT
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Adam and British writer, journalist, and environmental activist George Monbiot go for a walk around the parks and woodland of Bristol and talk about the harmful aspects of farming, what George does for a good time, why being sent away to boarding school was a disaster, responding to criticism of his work, why he changed his mind about nuclear power, and what gives him hope. This conversation was recorded on 26th April, 2023 Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and conversation editing. Podcast artwork by Helen Green RELATED LINKS INVISIBLE DOCTRINE - THE SECRET HISTORY OF NEOLIBERALISM (PRE-ORDER) - 2024 (PENGUIN) THE LAND IS OURS ARTICLES, BOOKS, ETC by GEORGE MONBIOT (MONBIOT.COM) GEORGE MONBIOT - RIVERCIDE - 2022 (YOUTUBE) REVIEW OF REGENESIS by Gaia Vince - 2022 (GUARDIAN) GEORGE MONBIOT'S FARMING FANTASIES by John Lewis-Stempel - 2023 (UNHERD) GEORGE MONBIOT AND EWAN McLENNAN - BREAKING THE SPELL OF LONELINESS (Short video about the musical collaboration) - 2016 (YOUTUBE) THE AGE OF LONELINESS IS KILLING US by George Monbiot - 2016 9THE GUARDIAN) GEORGE MONBIOT EXPLAINS RUSSELL BRAND'S DANGEROUS GAME WITH THE FAR RIGHT (ON POLITICS JOE) - 2023 (YOUTUBE) BOARDING SCHOOLS WARP OUR POLITICAL CLASS by George Monbiot - 2019 (GUARDIAN) PRIVATE SCHOOLS ARE TRAUMA FACTORIES - ASH SARKAR MEETS RICHARD BEARD (NOVARA MEDIA) - 2023 (YOUTUBE) WHY THE US WAS LUCKY TO GET DONALD TRUMP (DOUBLE DOWN NEWS) - 2020 (YOUTUBE) THE PROMISED LAND (TRAILER) - 2023 (YOUTUBE) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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