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In this season-ending episode of Saving the World from Bad Ideas, host Mark Lynas is joined by environmental journalist and author George Monbiot to explore a new framework for understanding environmentalism. George argues that what is often treated as a single movement actually contains three distinct and frequently conflicting philosophies: Green Liberationism, Green Pragmatism, and Green Social Nostalgia. The conversation traces the historical roots of each tradition, from anti-colonial activism and technocratic climate policy to rural revivalism and its relationship with fascism. Along the way, Mark and George discuss population debates, food systems, ecomodernism, the influence of religion on environmental thought, and the growing challenge of far-right infiltration into parts of the green movement. It's a wide-ranging examination of the ideas and tensions that shape environmentalism. 🧠 Topics Discussed 🌱 Why environmentalism may be better understood as three competing philosophies rather than a single movement ✊ What George calls "Green Liberationism" and how it draws on civil rights, anti-colonial struggles, feminism, and social justice movements ⚙️ What "Green Pragmatism" looks like in practice, from clean energy deployment to technocratic climate governance 🌾 What George means by "Green Social Nostalgia" and why he sees it as a powerful but problematic force within environmentalism 📜 Why George argues that rural revivalism became a foundational component of twentieth-century fascist movements 🌳 How post-war environmentalism inherited ideas from both progressive and deeply conservative traditions 🍽️ Why George believes many nostalgic visions of agriculture struggle to answer basic questions about feeding large populations 👶 How population anxiety became embedded in parts of environmental thought and why George sees it as politically unhelpful ⛪ How Christian traditions, pastoral imagery, and millenarian thinking continue to shape environmental narratives 🧘 How wellness culture, alternative health movements, and environmental politics can become vulnerable to far-right influence 🌍 What figures like RFK Jr., Vandana Shiva, and other controversial environmental voices reveal about ideological drift within green movements 🍔 How precision fermentation, microbial protein, and cultivated foods could transform debates about meat, land use, and sustainability 🤝 Why successful environmental politics requires combining technological innovation with democratic participation and social legitimacy 🚨 Why the environmental movement may be underestimating the challenge posed by far-right actors adopting green rhetoric 👤 Guest Bio George Monbiot is an environmental journalist, author, and campaigner known for his work on ecology, politics, land use, food systems, and climate change. A longtime columnist and public intellectual, he has written extensively on environmental justice, rewilding, democracy, and the social forces shaping ecological crises. 📚 Recommended Reading & Resources 📖 Feral — George Monbiot 📖 Regenesis — George Monbiot <a href="https://www.amazon.es/Anatomy-Fascism-Robert-Paxton/dp/0141014326/ref=asc_df_0141014326?mcid=aeb931b70fd

Most people buy the fiction that markets are “natural,” inequality is inevitable, and government should step aside — but where did that idea come from? In this episode from 2019, Nick and Goldy talk with English journalist George Monbiot and American journalist and author Binyamin Appelbaum about how neoliberalism was deliberately built and sold — not stumbled into. They unpack how economists, funders, and institutions rewrote the rules to favor markets over people, shifted political norms, and made extreme inequality seem inevitable — and what that history means for reclaiming an economy that works for everyone. George Monbiot is an English journalist, author, and political/environmental activist. He writes a regular column for The Guardian and has published several books on politics, ecology, and society. He’s known for critiquing corporate power, neoliberal economics, and environmental degradation. Binyamin Appelbaum is an American journalist and author. He is a lead writer on business and economics for The New York Times editorial board. He previously covered the Federal Reserve and economic policy for the Times and has written widely on how markets and policy shape society. Social Media: georgemonbiot.bsky.social bcappelbaum.bsky.social @BCAppelbaum Further Reading: The Economists' Hour: False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society Website: http://pitchforkeconomics.com Facebook: Pitchfork Economics Podcast Bluesky: @pitchforkeconomics.bsky.social Instagram: @pitchforkeconomics Threads: pitchforkeconomics TikTok: @pitchfork_econ YouTube: @pitchforkeconomics LinkedIn: Pitchfork Economics Twitter: @PitchforkEcon , @NickHanauer Substack: ⁠ The Pitch ⁠

Send us Fan Mail How does the history of enclosure surface in England today and in Britain's former colonies? How can we de-enclose to create access for all? In this episode, Joe and Ollie continue last time's conversation with the legendary author and activist George Monbiot, about how does the history of capitalism and colonialism interlink to England's urban and rural spaces. Learn more about George Monbiot's work at https://www.monbiot.com/ --- --- Absolute Units is the official podcast of The Museum of English Rural Life. This series is made possible through the generous support of Arts Council England and Museums Partnership Reading, a partnership of The MERL with Reading Museum. Theme tune by Tai Dawson. This podcast contains audio from Epidemic Sound. Co-hosts : Ollie Douglas and Joe Vaughan Producer : Joe Vaughan Shop MERL merch: https://merl-shop.co.uk/shop/absolute-unit.html Support the pod: https://merl.reading.ac.uk/visit-us/donate/

Send us Fan Mail Throughout history people have pitted life in the city against the countryside, comparing urban corruption with an innocent rural idyll. Where does this comparison come from? What is its relevance today? And how do we resist these ideas to imagine a more equitable and sustainable future for town and country alike? Joining Joe and Ollie today is the best-selling author, activist and journalist George Monbiot. In this first of two episodes, we discuss the significance of contrasting town and the country, challenges of farming and agriculture for our environment, and the significance of the rural to England's national identity. George Monbiot's website: https://www.monbiot.com/ The Bluesky thread we refer to: https://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.social/post/3m4ulbf7hrs2g We'll be back with the second part of this conversation in two weeks' time. See you then. --- --- Absolute Units is the official podcast of The Museum of English Rural Life. This series is made possible through the generous support of Arts Council England and Museums Partnership Reading, a partnership of The MERL with Reading Museum. Theme tune by Tai Dawson. This podcast contains audio from Epidemic Sound. Co-hosts : Ollie Douglas and Joe Vaughan Producer : Joe Vaughan Shop MERL merch: https://merl-shop.co.uk/shop/absolute-unit.html Support the pod: https://merl.reading.ac.uk/visit-us/donate/

🔍 Episode Summary: In this powerhouse episode, Mark Lynas is joined by long-time friend and environmental journalist George Monbiot for a brutally honest conversation on where we are — and how we fight back. Together they challenge the idea that environmental progress is automatic or guaranteed, and instead delve into the deep political, economic, and social forces that shape our chances for a better future. Monbiot argues that unless we confront power , capitalism , and the failure of incrementalism , we’re simply sleepwalking into authoritarianism and ecological collapse. From colonialism to neoliberalism, from fascism to the failures of the left, this is a sweeping conversation on what went wrong — and how we can make things right, through a positive politics of belonging . This one pulls no punches. 🧠 Topics Discussed: 🏛️ Why environmentalism fails without confronting power 🛑 The myth of inevitable progress — and how it can be reversed ⚡ Technology is not enough: the limits of "techno-fix" thinking 💰 A crash course in the real origins of capitalism 📉 Why incremental change is a losing strategy 📢 What neoliberalism really is — and how it disempowers citizens 🧱 Private sufficiency, public luxury: a new vision for the future 🧠 Why the left keeps losing — and what must change 🎯 Popper’s paradox, politics of belonging, and how to counter fascism 📲 How social media is supercharging authoritarianism 😤 Can we still win? Yes — but only if we act boldly 👨‍🏫 Guest Bio: George Monbiot is a columnist for The Guardian , environmental activist, and author of several books including Regenesis , Out of the Wreckage , and The Invisible Doctrine (with Peter Hutchison). He’s one of the most influential and outspoken voices on the British left — and he’s spent four decades fighting for ecological justice, democratic reform, and systemic change. 📚 Recommended Reading & Resources: The Invisible Doctrine – George Monbiot & Peter Hutchison Regenesis – George Monbiot Out of the Wreckage – George Monbiot The Road to Serfdom – Friedrich Hayek Land for the Many – Report edited by George Monbiot Our podcast episode with Hannah Ritchie – Why the World Isn’t Ending 💬 Quote Highlights: “Progress is not inevitable. And if you don’t confront power, you lose — every time.” — George Monbiot “Capitalism didn’t start with commerce. It started with slavery and extraction.” — George Monbiot “If we fail to offer a positive politics of belonging, the fascists will offer a negative one — and people will choose it.” — George M

Forget Christianity, Judaism, New Age Spirituality, and Buddhism, a new type of religion drives 21st century Western thought. It goes by the shadowy name of Neoliberalism: the commodification of everything; Markets and the private sector ascendent; The deliberate attempt to reduce – especially through privatisation and austerity – state power, regulatory capacity, and government’s ability to influence the economy. Over the past few decades, from Thatcher and Reagan, to Blair and Clinton, the whole world was incentivized to embrace neoliberal reforms. The result? Our public services are crumbling. Governments have lost the ability to build roads and hospitals. Governments are no longer driving cutting edge innovation. And a new class of super rich neoliberal oligarchs – Musk, the Koch brothers, Bezos, Zuckerburg, and the cryptobros – are spreading Disorder. To help us find governmental Order amidst all this privatized Disorder, Jason is joined by George Monbiot -- Guardian columnist and co-author of ‘The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism (& How It Came to Control Your Life)’. In their conversation, the duo chart the evolution of neoliberalism and how it has shifted core governance functions (like transport, health care, and security) from the public sector to private enterprises, leading to a new form of oligarchy. Plus: they look at the failures of centrist politicians to come up with compelling alternatives and they hypothesize about the psychological motivations of the wealthy elite. Finally, as they Order the Disorder, they put forward the need for a new political narrative that emphasises community and solidarity - especially on a local level. Producer: George McDonagh Executive Producer: Neil Fearn Subscribe to our Substack (for free, or get the PAID version to get a discount on our March 21st event with Bill Browder and Stephanie Baker at the Frontline Club): https://natoandtheged.substack.com/ Show Notes Links: Get George Monbiot and Peter Hutchison’s book The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism (& How It Came to Control Your Life) - https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/455534/the-invisible-doctrine-by-hutchison-george-monbiot-and-peter/9780241635902 For more on the New Books Network which runs lots of podcasts about every sort of topic - https://newbooksnetwork.com/ And for an NBN podcast on the historic origins of neo-liberalism check out: https://newbooksnetwork.com/neoliberalism Read George’s piece - Trump and Musk have launched a new class war. In the UK, we must prepare to defend ourselves - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/19/donald-trump-elon-musk-class-war-uk-us-oligarchies-democracy Listen back to our episode with Harvey Whitehouse (start with P1) - https://pod.link/1706818264/episode/36cb340116979a4aa2dfdca524988d27 And buy his book out now in paperback: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/451443/inheritance-by-whitehouse-harvey/9781529159158 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our food system is broken - but we can fix it. Today on the podcast, I’m honored to share a conversation with one of the world's most prominent environmentalists - George Monbiot . George has a powerful understanding of our modern food system, and is a passionate advocate for radical change in how we produce and consume food, emphasizing the urgent need to protect our planet and create a sustainable future. In this interview, we explore: The environmental impact of modern agriculture. Why our current food systems are failing both people and the planet. Practical solutions to create a more sustainable and equitable future. If you’re curious about the deeper story behind the food on your plate and how you can make a difference, this episode is for you. I highly recommend George's book Regenesis: Feeding the World without Devouring the Planet. Connect with George Monbiot: on Instagram and Bluesky Order my new book: “What Your Doctor Isn’t Telling You About Food” Amazon UK Waterstones UK Easons Ireland Barnes & Noble US (release date July 14) US Australia and New Zealand Updates and free guide "Build Your Healthy Plate" Join the mailing list Connect with Dr Alan Desmond Instagram Threads Sponsored by Linwoods Healthfoods : Shop with 15% discount

By relying on uncertain and unethical carbon offsets to combat the climate crisis, society is setting itself on a path to destruction, George Monbiot says. On this episode of Follow the Money , George Monbiot, Guardian columnist and co-author of The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism , joins the Australia Institute’s Polly Hemming to discuss the impact of neoliberalism on our climate, the folly of carbon offsets, and why “bollocks” incrementalism won’t lead to systemic change. Join President José Ramos-Horta at 6pm AEDT, Tuesday 8 October for an evening of conversation at the Sydney Opera House, presented by the Australia Institute as part of its 30 Years of Big Ideas. This discussion was recorded live on Thursday 19 September 2024 and things may have changed since recording. australiainstitute.org.au // @theausinstitute Guest: George Monbiot, author, columnist and environmental campaigner // @GeorgeMonbiot Host: Polly Hemming, Climate & Energy Director, the Australia Institute // @pollyjhemming Host: Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director, the Australia Institute // @ebony_bennett Show notes: The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism by Peter Hutchison and George Monbiot (June 2024) Coal Mine Tracker , The Australia Institute ‘Coal Mine Approvals Undermine Climate Goals, Government Rhetoric’ , The Australia Institute (September 2024) Theme music: Pulse and Thrum; additional music by Blue Dot Sessions We’d love to hear your feedback on this series, so send in your questions, comments or suggestions for future episodes to podcasts@australiainstitute.org.au . Support the research powerful interests fear: https://theaus.in/3RR3KYd See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we have a special guest joining us, the one and only George Monbiot. George is an award-winning journalist, author, and environmental activist, and we're so excited to have him here to chat with us. In this episode, we dive deep into some really interesting topics with George, such as the importance of rewilding and how it can help combat climate change. He shares some amazing insights on how rewilding can not only benefit the environment, but also our mental health and well-being. It's fascinating stuff! We also discuss some of the challenges we face in creating a more sustainable future, and how we can work together to overcome them. George has such a positive and hopeful outlook, and it's really inspiring to hear his thoughts on this. Throughout the conversation, we all share stories and anecdotes from our own lives, and it really feels like a friendly chat between old friends. Dave is so impressed with George's ideas that he even asks him out to lunch the following week! So if you're interested in hearing some great insights on environmental activism and sustainability, this is definitely the episode for you. George is such an amazing guest, and this conversation is packed full of insightful nuggets. Enjoy! Lots of love, Dave & Steve To find out more about George, check out his latest book: “Regenisis: Feeding the World without devouring the Planet” This episode is sponsored by Vivobarefoot Footwear. Vivobarefoot Footwear have given our listeners an exclusive 15% discount when you enter the code HAPPYPEAR15 Genuinely these are the only shoes you will see Dave & Steve wearing! Produced by Sean Cahill & Sara Fawsitt Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this 2022 series of essential climate conversations George Monbiot continues to discuss and investigate the complex challenges we face in this time of climate and ecological emergency. Monbiosis brings together a diverse range of scientists, experts, activists and change makers to examine some of the most critical environmental issues of our time. Episode 13 - Don't Look Up. A conversation with Peter Kalmus. Peter Kalmus is a climate scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab. He uses satellite data and models to study the rapidly changing Earth, focusing on biodiversity forecasting, clouds, and severe weather. He has a PhD in physics from Columbia University and a BA in physics from Harvard. https://peterkalmus.net/ https://www.instagram.com/climatehuman/ https://twitter.com/ClimateHuman Subscribe to George Monbiot's channel here: https://tiny.one/monbiosis

What’s worse for the planet than Big Oil? The world’s food system, argues environmental journalist and campaigner George Monbiot in his new book Regenesis. He makes a passionate case for how current agricultural practices not only damage the environment, but prevent vast amounts of land from being rewilded and restored to its natural state. Monbiot speaks with Bloomberg Green reporter Akshat Rathi about his proposed solutions, which include an end to livestock farming entirely and using new technologies like precision fermentation to meet the world’s rising demand for protein. Read a transcript of this episode, here . Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Oscar Boyd and our senior producer is Christine Driscoll. Special thanks to Kira Bindrim and Stacey Wong. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit www.bloomberg.com/green . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hello! In the second of our summer episodes we're talking to environmental activist, author and journalist George Monbiot. Farming is the most environmentally damaging industry in the whole world, and great swathes of the Earth's surface are given over to the production of our food, particularly through grazing and feeding livestock. In his new book Regenesis: Feeding the world without devouring our planet George explores how we can develop healthier, cheaper and less damaging versions of familiar and accepted foods through the 'counter-agricultural revolution.' What is the secret to delivering radical change? And why might a pancake hold the solution to our problems? Buy Regenesis here Read George's columns for the Guardian here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s trendy to mock the malicious pervasiveness of neoliberalism now, but have you ever wondered what its origins are? This week, George Monbiot and Binyamin Appelbaum join the show to uncover just where the dominant economic theory of our time came from and how it took hold. This episode was originally recorded and released in October 2019. George Monbiot writes a weekly column for The Guardian and is the author of a number of books, most recently ‘Out of the Wreckage: A New Politics for an Age of Crisis’. As an investigative journalist and self-described “professional troublemaker,” George uncovers the complicated truths behind the world’s most persistent problems. Twitter: @GeorgeMonbiot Binyamin Appelbaum writes about economics and business for the editorial page of The New York Times. From 2010 to 2019, he was a Washington correspondent for the Times, covering economic policy in the aftermath of the 2008 crisis. His new book, ‘The Economists’ Hour: False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society’ is a Wall Street Journal Business Bestseller. Twitter: @BCAppelbaum Further reading: Out of the Wreckage: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781786632890 The Economists’ Hour: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316512329 Neoliberalism - the ideology at the root of all our problems: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/15/neoliberalism-ideology-problem-george-monbiot Games Economists Play: http://bostonreview.net/class-inequality/marshall-steinbaum-games-economists-play Website: http://pitchforkeconomics.com/ Twitter: @PitchforkEcon Instagram: @pitchforkeconomics Nick’s twitter: @NickHanauer

In this special 5x15 podcast, Join George Monbiot, Franny Armstrong on their quest to restore our rivers to their rightful place - not only in the nation’s imagination - but also to make them clean, swimmable, a rich diverse home to fish, birds and animals. Franny and George will be discussing their innovative, "live documentary"- Rivercide- and from other leading experts and campaigners. To find out more about Rivercide and how you can watch the live documentary on 14th July at 7pm on rivercide.tv. Twitter (@rivercide_live), Insta (@rivercide_live) and Facebook (facebook.com/rivercideTV). Rivercide is the world's first live investigative documentary, presented by George Monbiot, directed by Franny Armstrong and with the livestream produced by Peter Armstrong. The 60 minute programme will be broadcast live online - free to view - on July 14th at 7pm via rivercide.tv. This 5x15 discussion features: Investigative journalist, author, campaigner and self-described "professional troublemaker," George Monbiot. Monbiot is author of many acclaimed books – including Feral, Heat and Out of the Wreckage – columnist for the Guardian and environmental campaigner. George has presented many films, including Apocalypse Cow: how meat killed the planet, How Wolves Change Rivers and Nature Now. His Double Down News videos have millions of views. George is working on a new book, to be published in 2022, about how to feed the world without devouring the planet. Former pop drummer Franny Armstrong has directed three feature documentaries – Age of Stupid, McLibel, and Drowned Out. She arguably invented crowd-funding when she raised £900,000 from 300+ investors for Age of Stupid five years before Kickstarter launched. In collaboration with the Guardian, Franny founded the 10:10 campaign in 2009 which aimed to cut carbon emissions by 10% in a year. Franny has written chapters for three books, won Sheffield Doc/Fest's "Inspiration Award", been named as one of the "World’s Top 100 Women" by the Guardian and one of “London's 1,000 most influential people” by The Evening Standard. Her latest projects are the climate comedy Pie Net Zero (2020), which trended at #9 on YouTube and What If (2019) starring Ed Miliband, Chris Packham and Caroline Lucas in a parallel universe where humans are tackling climate change. Peter Armstrong has been innovating new forms of progressive media for 50 years, including pioneering radio-link documentaries for Radio 4, the BBC’s Domesday Project, founding the BBC Interactive Television Unit and co-founding with Anuradha Vittachi OneWorld.net, OneClimate.org and Empathymedia.org. He has pioneered the use of live-streaming from climate actions, including the Paris, Copenhagen, Cancun, Bonn and Poznan COP meetings and most recently from Extinction Rebellion on the streets of London. In 2004, he received the BAFTA Lifetime Achievement for his contributions to interactive media - only the second person to win this award, after Tim Berners Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web. Karen Shackleton is a founder member of Ilkley Clean River Group, who are now the proud owners of the first river in the UK to be awarded Bathing Water Designation by Defra. Having been always interested in wildlife from a young age, Karen joined the Wharfedale Naturalists Society and served as Vice President until recently standing down to concentrate on the Clean River Group. Nick Hayes is a trespasser and a campaigner for the right-to-roam. He is also an author, illustrator, printmaker and political cartoonist. He has published four graphic novels and has worked for, among others, Literary Review, the British Council, The New Statesman and The Guardian. The Book of Trespass is a trespasser's radical manifesto. Learn more about 5x15 events: 5x15stories.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: www.instagram.com/5x15stories

When writer, broadcaster and environmental campaigner George Monbiot returned to FarmED to continue his journey to learn more about sustainable food production, we took the opportunity to gather together some young farmers and environmentalists to ask him some probing questions and record a podcast. Areas up for debate ranged from the need for criteria to define regenerative agriculture, plus processed foods, plant based diets and what George describes as ‘the fantastically complex’ debate about food production and the environment. He also discusses his views on how agritech can be used to scale up regenerative farming, CAP, ELMS, and how soil is ‘the basis of our entire lives’. Encouragingly, George described how he’s ‘very interested in what’s happening here’ (at FarmED) and the ‘strong argument in favour of integrated regenerative rotational farming.’ ‘It was wonderful to welcome George Monbiot to FarmED,’ says Manager, Jonty Brunyee. ‘Though his somewhat controversial view on alternative proteins, rewilding and land management, runs contrary to the work of many farmers, our mission is promote regenerative agriculture and sustainable food systems, and in order to do that we need to provide a space for healthy debate, giving a platform for those of different views to meet and air their opinions and ideas. It certainly makes for stimulating discussion.’ The interviewees are Lucy, a biology student, Sophie, FarmED’s Event Coordinator, who studied Geography at Exeter Uni, Will, who is heading to Bristol University to study geography, Abbie, a young farmer and agricultural student, Chris who completed an MSc in Agricultural Technology and Innovation and Jack who, until recently, worked in natural food retailing in London.

James chats to the writer and activist George Monbiot. A self-described "professional troublemaker," George Monbiot has been writing about climate change, the natural environment, and the economy for more than 35 years. As you’ll hear, he remains deeply concerned about the dangers of climate breakdown. However he is clear that we can change, that we can do things differently. He captured this brilliantly in a recent TEDTalk he gave where he draws on findings from psychology, neuroscience and evolutionary biology, to offer a new vision for society built around our fundamental capacity for altruism and cooperation. Follow James on Twitter , Facebook , and Instagram . See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today on the podcast I welcome along George Monbiot - who is is an author, Guardian columnist and environmental campaigner. George cowrote the concept album Breaking the Spell of Loneliness with musician Ewan McLennan; and has made a number of viral videos. One of them, adapted from his 2013 TED talk, How Wolves Change Rivers , has been viewed on YouTube over 40m times. Another, on Natural Climate Solutions, that he co-presented with Greta Thunberg, has been watched over 50m times. As we witness an improvement in the crisis and anticipate the relaxation of social distancing, I wanted to talk about the opportunities to learn and reform our political systems that globally have been woefully unprepared and slow to respond. As we try to recuperate the losses both emotionally, physically and financially I’m trying to cultivate the opinions of thinkers from around the world who have long documented the unfolding crises in society that have now spectacularly revealed themselves to us. In this episode, we talk about: How to harness intrinsic human values of kindness to foster better wellbeing in society How cooperation and altruism is hardwired in our neurobiology The evolution of humans would have required community and kindness to survive rather than the prevailing narrative of individualism and inequality Neoliberalism in politics and how we have evolved over the 20th and 21st century The impact of immersing ourselves in a virtual world How we address alienation and loneliness, which are the defining conditions of our time. The rise in social initiatives and Accidental activists What will we reward in a post pandemic era? Those with material wealth and social influence or those who seek to build community and foster relationships? Is this an opportunity to build a doughnut economy? Big Organising in the wake of the Pandemic And don't forget to subscribe to The Doctor's Kitchen newsletter where we will be continuing to share weekly science based recipes and tips to help you live the healthiest and happiest lifestyle possible. Guest Social Media Links Website Twitter Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are you missing the outdoors? Rewild your inner life with George Monbiot as he discusses Feral – the now-classic book that launched the rewilding movement. A respected environmental campaigner, investigative journalist and self-confessed professional troublemaker, George has won the UN Global 500 award for outstanding environmental achievement, collaborated with Extinction Rebellion and Greta Thunberg, and been celebrated for his “dazzling command of science and relentless faith in people” (Naomi Klein). He chats to Nihal about why he actually dislikes objects - and how he’s stirred into action by items he finds problematic such as flamethrowers and fences. #PenguinPodcast ‘Feral’ is available to buy as an audiobook now - https://apple.co/2yKKp2B Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s trendy to mock the malicious pervasiveness of neoliberalism now, but have you ever wondered what its origins are? This week, George Monbiot and Binyamin Appelbaum join the show to uncover just where the dominant economic theory of our time came from and how it took hold. George Monbiot writes a weekly column for The Guardian and is the author of a number of books, most recently ‘Out of the Wreckage: A New Politics for an Age of Crisis’. As an investigative journalist and self-described “professional troublemaker,” George uncovers the complicated truths behind the world’s most persistent problems. Twitter: @GeorgeMonbiot Binyamin Appelbaum writes about economics and business for the editorial page of The New York Times. From 2010 to 2019, he was a Washington correspondent for the Times, covering economic policy in the aftermath of the 2008 crisis. His new book, ‘The Economists’ Hour: False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society’ is a Wall Street Journal Business Bestseller. Twitter: @BCAppelbaum Further reading: Out of the Wreckage: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781786632890 The Economists’ Hour: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316512329 Neoliberalism - the ideology at the root of all our problems: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/15/neoliberalism-ideology-problem-george-monbiot Games Economists Play: http://bostonreview.net/class-inequality/marshall-steinbaum-games-economists-play

Dr Peter Doran interviews George Monbiot in an electrifying discussion ranging the power of narratives in politics, the creation of a new politics to respond to political and environmental crises and the value of the commons in modern society. George Monbiot’s career as an author, columnist and environmental activist spans decades and he has written several best-selling books including Feral: Rewilding the land, sea and human life, The Age of Consent, and Heat: how to stop the planet burning. This interview was recorded on 26 March 2019 and coincided with George’s appearance at the Imagine! Festival where he delivered a talk based on his latest book Out of the Wreckage – a new politics for an age of crisis.