Are ‘The Herds’ roaming through a city near you? At our Climate Curious live event for London Climate Action Week, we sat down with David Lan, the producer of the worldwide street performance highlighting nature’s struggles through the medium of animal puppets, dance, and music. He shares what people can expect from their upcoming events in London and Manchester, as well as the reaction it’s getting out in the wild! Find THE HERDS near you! Continue the Climate Curious conversation on socials: I...
Jun 26, 2025•9 min
“When I try to do things, I have to take it out to the streets,” says Palestinian-born creative director of The Herds, Amir Nizar Zuabi. With his life-sized animal puppets that have made their way across the globe representing nature’s struggle, Climate Curious caught up with Nizar on what he has planned for London Climate Action Week, as well as what brought him to the project in the first place. Created by TEDxLondon Executive produced by Josie Colter Produced by Ben Beheshty Curated by Deesha...
Jun 23, 2025•39 min
The future of energy may be closer than we think, says Steffi Diem, an experimental plasma physicist on Climate Curious. She sits down Maryam Pasha live at TED 2025 to explain what fusion energy is, and how it could unlock a new frontier of clean energy in our lifetime, yay! Replacing fossil fuels with readily available hydrogen, Steffi shares why she’s dedicated her life’s work to ensuring this once distant sci-fi dream becomes a stunning energy-abundant reality. Created by TEDxLondon Executive...
Jun 19, 2025•12 min
If we can’t track it, we can’t fix it. That’s the idea behind MapBiomas, a project using satellite data to reveal exactly how land use is changing across the tropics. Founder Tasso Azevedo joins us live from TED 2025 to explain how the google maps for deforestation is empowering farmers and policymakers to turn their land into carbon sinks, not sources—proving that maps, satellites, and transparent data is a powerful climate tool. Join the upcoming Climate Curious Live podcast event in London , ...
Jun 12, 2025•12 min
“Use the arts and creativity as a way to speak to people's humanity around climate” says Willow Defebaugh, Editor-in-chief of the nature publication ‘Atmos’. This week Climate Curious is taking notes from Willow’s work blending creativity and climate storytelling into her unique and beautiful biannual magazine. Not to mention, we’ll be picking her brain on the experience hosting season one of her excellent podcast ‘The Nature Of’, with guests like Maggie Rogers and Esther Perel, to name a few. A...
Jun 09, 2025•43 min
Not all that glitters is gold. Especially when it’s tinged with the poison of toxic mercury. On this week’s Curious Climate, co-host Maryam Pasha speaks to the rainforest toxicologist exposing mercury contamination in artisanal gold mining in the Amazon, live at TED 2025. The founding mercury research director at the Centro de Innovación Científica Amazónica (CINCIA) and TED Fellow Claudia Vega partners with miners, healthcare workers, and policy makers, to transform cutting-edge science into ta...
Jun 05, 2025•13 min
New ways of growing baby corals are bringing life back to fading coral reefs, says Executive Director of Impact at the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Theresa Fyffe on the Climate Curious podcast recorded live at TED 2025. From teaming up with First Nations communities, to inviting tourists to play reef gardener by planting baby corals raised in coral micro-nurseries; Theresa shares how growing heat tolerant corals is giving marine ecosystems a second chance. Created by TEDxLondon Executive produ...
May 29, 2025•13 min
Wild rivers in Europe are vanishing fast—but not on Besjana Guri and Olsi Nika’s watch. In this episode of Climate Curious, the Albanian conservation activists share how over a ten year period they overcame big business, government pressure, and plenty of red tape to protect the Vjosa River in The Balkans—one of the last truly wild rivers in Europe. Their win earned them the 2025 Goldman Environmental Prize, but they stress that the work doesn’t end here. Tune in to hear the story of their momen...
May 26, 2025•39 min
Medical professionals are powerful voices in the climate conversation, says doctor turned climate advocate Dr. Bruce Bekkar on Climate Curious. From noticing the effects of pollution on his patients to taking his first steps into climate action, Bruce shares why protecting our environment is also about protecting our health. Recorded live at TED 2025. Created by TEDxLondon Executive produced by Josie Colter Produced by Ben Beheshty Curated by Deesha Chandra Hosted by Maryam Pasha and Ben Hurst C...
May 22, 2025•11 min
Feeling wobbly about your place in the climate movement? You’re not alone. Writer, activist, and All We Can Save co-founder Katharine Wilkinson joins Climate Curious to share how even the tiniest action—whether in your job, your community, or your conversations—can ground you and spark bigger change. As she tells us at TED 2025, sometimes you just need to “squeak a toe in” to find your next step. Created by TEDxLondon Executive produced by Josie Colter Produced by Ben Beheshty Curated by Deesha ...
May 15, 2025•15 min
Crop failure, drought and extreme weather is pushing families to look for income outside of their normal routes, shares Dr. Mark Ofua, a wildlife veterinarian and the founder of the Pangolin Nigeria Trust. Tune in to understand the unsettling drivers behind climate, wildlife conservation and economics–and how this is impacting the rare and magical Pangolins. Created by TEDxLondon Executive produced by Josie Colter Produced by Ben Beheshty Curated by Deesha Chandra Hosted by Maryam Pasha and Ben ...
May 08, 2025•10 min
With 25% of marine biodiversity found on coral reefs, it’s vital they are kept healthy! On Climate Curious today we hear from marine biologist, data scientist, and TEDxLondon speaker, Ben Williams, on how he’s utilising AI models to scan through years of underwater audio. His work focuses on measuring the health of coral reefs in an effort to help keep them ship-shape, as well as keeping an ear out for illegal bomb-fishing! Listen to Ben’s TEDxLondon talk here Calling in our coral Building coral...
May 05, 2025•37 min
From microplastic contamination in our food supply, to endless plastic ending up in landfill our dependence on oil-based materials poses a major challenge. Climate Curious speaks to a bacteria trainer who has developed a very promising solution to this problem. 2025 TED Fellow Patricia Ayma Maldonado trains powerful bacteria to synthesise completely natural and biodegradable plastics, offering a regenerative alternative to fossil-fuel-based polymers. A bioplastic that matches conventional plasti...
May 01, 2025•11 min
Happy Earth Day! This year, we’re celebrating climate progress. We spoke to our Climate Curious experts about what keeps them going during challenging times. Tune in to receive six chunks of wisdom on how to keep positive when progress might feel hopeless. Recorded live at TED 2025 in Vancouver. Featuring: Vijay Karia Kelsey Leonard Jacquelyn Francis Tasso Azevedo Theresa Fyffe Bruce Bekkar Created by TEDxLondon Executive produced by Josie Colter Produced by Ben Beheshty Curated by Deesha Chandr...
Apr 24, 2025•7 min
Environmentalism isn't a one dimensional thing, says environmental justice technologist and author Joycelyn Longdon on the Climate Curious podcast. In conversation with co-host Ben Hurst, Joycelyn shares the thinking behind her new book, ‘Natural Connection’, and breaks down how anyone can step into their inner environmentalist by tapping into rage, imagination, innovation, theory, healing, and care. Tune in to learn why climate action isn’t about achieving a checklist of individualistic traits,...
Apr 22, 2025•55 min
Sea otters are helping to capture carbon, says Alister Scott, the co-director of the Global Rewilding Alliance, on Climate Curious. By reintroducing sea otters back to their habitat in San Francisco, scientists have seen a growth in sea grass, which is a massive carbon sink. Tune in to learn more about this otterly wonderful natural climate solution – rewilding! Created by TEDxLondon Executive produced by Josie Colter Produced by Ben Beheshty Curated by Deesha Chandra Hosted by Maryam Pasha and ...
Apr 17, 2025•10 min
From conveniently hiding key climate science to flat out running misinformation campaigns, Climate Curious takes a look at the far right’s influence on climate. We’re joined by journalist and ‘Alt Reich’ author Dr. Nafeez Ahmed to connect the dots between techno-authoritarian power players, right wing politics, and attempts to stall climate action. Nafeez’s take? We shouldn't give up on climate progress. Created by TEDxLondon Executive produced by Josie Colter Produced by Ben Beheshty Curated by...
Apr 10, 2025•13 min
Sources and sinks aren’t bathroom fixtures, they’re our most powerful tools to turn up or dial down climate change, says Project Drawdown’s Executive Director, Jon Foley, on the Climate Curious podcast. The real solution starts with cutting the pollution at source, not trying to suck it up after the fact. As Jon puts it, “now is better than new”. Tune in to learn about his six main areas of focus that can help us reduce pollution and reverse climate change the fastest. Created by TEDxLondon Exec...
Apr 03, 2025•8 min
Based on a true story: last Friday saw the cinema release of the post-apocalyptic musical ‘The End'. Climate Curious co-hosts Maryam Pasha and Ben Hurst sat down with the academy award nominated and BAFTA winning director Joshua Oppenheimer to find out what inspired his bleak take on the surviving family of a energy exec after a world ending climate event. Tickets: www.mubi.com/theend Created by TEDxLondon Executive produced by Josie Colter Produced by Ben Beheshty Curation by Deesha Chandra Hos...
Mar 31, 2025•42 min
Uru Uru team are using giant reeds called ‘totora’ to revive polluted lakes in Bolivia. Environmental activist Gustavo Blanco joins Climate Curious to dive into how restoring his local lakes protects so much more than just nature. It protects people and livelihoods. Learn more about the Uru Uru team: https://theirisproject.org/winner/the-uru-uru-team Apply to the Iris Prize. Closes April 15th: https://theirisproject.org/how-to-apply Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 27, 2025•10 min
Climate leadership comes from each and everyone of us, not just the United Nations, says Project Drawdown’s Executive Director Jon Foley on the Climate Curious. In conversation with Maryam Pasha and Ben Hurst, tune in to learn how we invigorate a new sort of bottom-up climate leadership, which climate solutions are the best and should be accelerated, why Jon thinks climate doomists are worse than deniers, and why fossil fuels are dead men walking. Created by TEDxLondon Executive produced by Josi...
Mar 24, 2025•56 min
Climate justice supports disability justice, says Tiffany Yu on Climate Curious. LA resident, disability advocate, and author of "The Anti-Ableist Manifesto", Tiffany shares her on-the-ground experience of the LA fires from an often forgotten perspective: the disabled community. Created by TEDxLondon Executive produced by Josie Colter Produced by Ben Beheshty Hosted by Maryam Pasha and Ben Hurst Communications by Tara Cooper and Issey Gladston Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...
Mar 20, 2025•8 min
The world’s first climate ad aired at the Super Bowl earlier this year. What was it? How did it crash the world’s biggest stage for advertisers? And how well did it resonate? Here to explain how a simple but beautiful story about the power of a mother’s love managed to pull people’s heartstrings (and their purses!) is climate marketing professor John Marshall from the advertising firm for planet Earth, Potential Energy Coalition. Here’s how the campaign hit a home run for climate action. Created...
Mar 13, 2025•8 min
“Hip hop makes the Earth look cool,” says eco-rapper, comedian, and creator who performs as Planet Earth and makes songs and videos about ecological topics, Hila The Earth, on Climate Curious. In conversation with host Ben Hurst, Hila shares her musical journey from zero waste advocate to comedic musical performer whose biggest inspiration is the big beautiful blue planet that we inhabit. Tune in to our listen party episode where we bang out ‘Dirty Talk’ and ‘Wet Ass Planet’ and gain live reacti...
Mar 10, 2025•45 min
Polluters rely on the social license created by advertising. From airlines on billboards, to SUVs on social media ads, polluters and their promoters work hard to make sure their image is tip-top! To reveal this pollution promotion ‘special relationship’, Climate Curious spoke to activist and artist Francesca Willow from the ‘Badvertising’ campaign’s first-of-its-kind action challenging the world’s largest ad firm, WPP, over their work promoting the world’s worst polluters. Created by TEDxLondon ...
Mar 06, 2025•9 min
Fossil fuel CEOs are pulling from slavery’s playbook. Whilst witnessing the CEO of Shell on stage advocating for continued investment in oil, today’s guest couldn’t help but be reminded of similar arguments from 200 years ago regarding the existence of slavery. On why looking back can help us ensure that history doesn’t repeat itself, here’s social philosopher Roman Krznaric on Climate Curious. If you enjoyed this short, listen the full Climate Curious episode with Roman Krznaric, How history un...
Feb 27, 2025•6 min
“We need to look in the rear view mirror of history and see what we can learn from the past to help us make decisions today.” Social philosopher and author, Roman Krznaric, spells out the importance of using history as a way to find climate solutions that exist in the past, not just the future. Recorded live in Oxford, Roman connects the dots between the role of radical movements across history and the climate movement, why stories told by oil execs today echo those told by slave owners in the p...
Feb 25, 2025•51 min
Is the technology for our power grid outdated? With 20 years experience in material science, co-founder of TS Conductor, Jason Huang thinks so. We hear how modern technology can double or even triple the capacity of power grids, which is crucial to modernise the grid and accelerate the green energy transition. Created by TEDxLondon Executive produced by Josie Colter Produced by Ben Beheshty Hosted by Maryam Pasha and Ben Hurst Communications by Tara Cooper and Issey Gladston Hosted on Acast. See...
Feb 21, 2025•11 min
Can satellites save the rainforest? (Spoiler: yes!) Satellite data can help keep rainforests healthy, says Associate Professor Dr. Jesús Aguirre Gutiérrez from the University of Oxford, on Climate Curious. Using satellite imagery to track biodiversity patterns and thus how resilient trees and animals are to a hotter and drier climate, Jesús shares some juicy insights on rainforest realities in the tropics. Created by TEDxLondon Executive produced by Josie Colter Produced by Ben Beheshty Hosted b...
Feb 14, 2025•6 min
The rainforest has some unexpected guardians—satellites! Associate professor Dr. Jesús Aguirre Gutiérrez from the University of Oxford joins Climate Curious to reveal how satellite data is revealing hidden biodiversity patterns in rainforests, informing more effective conservation efforts, and offering fresh insights into the health of the planet’s lushest landscapes––the tropics. Created by TEDxLondon Executive produced by Josie Colter Produced by Ben Beheshty Hosted by Maryam Pasha and Ben Hur...
Feb 13, 2025•44 min
