All Episodes
March 6, 2019
Jackie Matthews — Sustainability, Scrap, and Social Responsibility
Jackie Matthews is many things, a businesswoman, mother, co-host of community stalwart The Sustainable Hour, and much else. Maxine sits down with Jackie for a chat about her story, the recycling crisis, the school strikes, and the climate emergency.
March 5, 2019
Fight for the Bight — Torquay
Climactic host Maxine not only attended the Paddle Out in protest of Equinor's plans to drill in the Great Australian Bight, paddled out herself, but was an intrepid on-the-ground reporter. Listen in to learn what is happening in the Bight, just what the locals have to say about it, and learn how to get involved!
Feb. 27, 2019
Gretchen Miller — Crafting Connection to the Natural World
Gretchen Miller is a creator of beautiful audio. A twenty year veteran of the ABC, she's produced radio features for the ABC, RN, and BBC. She's also passionate about the environment, well aware of climate change, and to our immensely good fortune, an early supporter, and key advisor, of Climactic. As a member of the Climactic Collective, Georgia did her very first interview with Gretchen, and you wouldn't believe this is it. Georgia is a natural and turns this into a fascinating conversation a…
Feb. 20, 2019
Carolyn Ingvarson — Creating Lighter Footprints
The Climactic Collective is the next phase for Climactic, and it starts now.
Feb. 13, 2019
Climactic x AIRAH — A New Phase
It was around this time a year ago that the idea for Climactic was born. So it's very appropriate to take this opportunity to announce some new changes, and improvements. Climactic is no longer just a podcast. Climactic is now a podcasting collective. With four podcasters spread around the country making the show, with the help of an editor, a producer, and a marketing intern, we're now more capable, and dynamic, than ever.
Feb. 12, 2019
Sustainable Living Festival Bonus — Climate Leaders x Sustainable Hour
Mik and Anthony are names and faces familar to many in the Australian sustainability community. Their show, The Sustainable Hour, has been running for over half a decade, with over 250 hours of great climate change discussion and interviews and growing. They joined Mark on the side of the Sustainable Living Festival to talk to two younger, fresher faces, Anthony and Fatima, who joined with other leaders of the nationwide School Strike for Climate movement for the next stage of the campaign for …
Feb. 11, 2019
Sustainable Living Festival Bonus — Ten years on from Black Saturday
Climactic had a huge year at the Sustainable Living Festival, and we had so many amazing interviews we're bringing you some specials this week!
Feb. 6, 2019
Maiysha Moin — Striking Leadership (School Strike for Climate)
First up, Climactic is going for an Australian Podcast Award, and if we're to have a hope of winning, we need your vote! We have a guide on how to vote for us, and a link to vote, right here . This is the LAST week to vote! Voting ends midnight February 15th!
Jan. 30, 2019
Their Own Words — Stop Adani Gold Coast
First up, Climactic is going for an Australian Podcast Award, and if we're to have a hope of winning, we need your vote! We have a guide on how to vote for us, and a link to vote, right here .
Jan. 23, 2019
Jo Dodds — The Tathra Tiger
Jo Dodds is becoming a widely-known figure in the climate change community. From being an active member of the community, to running for council as an independent, Jo had the best interests of her community at heart. But her work on climate change, her activism, her willingness to speak truth to power at this time of active climate denial in Australian politics, that came later. We learn what activated Jo, what drives her, and how she maintains her relentless pace. She's gone onto deliver keyno…
Jan. 16, 2019
Live Talk: Psychology for a Safe Climate — Impact of experiencing bushfire in the era of climate change
Past guest Beth Hill leads a talk with the vice-president of the amazing group, Psychology for a Safe Climate, for a special episode this week. The topic at hand is bushfire, and the psychological impact they have on those affected. You'll hear first-hand experiences, engagement with the difficulty of how and when to introduce climate change into the conversation, and some starks facts of the ground-truth of Australia's bushfire future.
Jan. 9, 2019
Why isn't there a Nobel Prize for Climate Change?
Credits: Hazel Fidecaro — Producer Rich Bowden — Co-Founder Mark Spencer — Co-Founder Abigail Hawkins — Designer Greg Grassi — Composer
Jan. 5, 2019
#climatepodcase | A Rational Fear — Dodo AIDS is making a comeback | #ClimateWeekQLD | 6th June 2019
This episode is a part of the first annual Climate Podcast Showcase, for more information on this visit www.climactic.fm/climatepodcase , and for more information on this show please visit A Rational Fear .
Jan. 2, 2019
The Blunt Report x Climactic - Can Mark sound smart talking climate change?
Hello folks, hope you’ve had a fantastic holidays, and we are so happy to be back with you. We announced in our last episode of 2018, which was a ripper, and if you haven’t checked that out that, you’re missing out on some quality Rich banter, that we’d be back on January 10th. Well, we couldn’t wait. And this was a great opportunity to play you something we’ve been holding onto for months now.
Dec. 19, 2018
Let's discuss: COP24, and the End of Year One
It's been a big year. In the cultural awareness and response to climate change, in dramatic moments, slow-burning stories, trends, macro-enomic factors. Sadly, it's also been a big year for emissions.
Dec. 12, 2018
Paulina Valdes — "Winner of the first Climactic Storytelling Contest"
Paulina Valdes is a pretty amazing person. She's well-travelled, with a great academic career, and extensive volunteering at some of Melbourne's most impactful climate change groups. But, she'd never told a story about climate change before, with an audience, and she'd never been interviewed before. Climactic was lucky enough to help her do both, and the results were fantastic.
Dec. 5, 2018
Jenn Lavers and Annett Finger — "Legends in Ocean Plastics"
Annett Finger and Jennifer Lavers are both top in their fields, of campaigning for waste reform, source reduction, marine plastics, and marine conservation. Which means there's plenty to talk about with these two amazing figures. But, even better, they're old friends, with Jenn being Annett's supervisor during her PhD. So, luckily for Mark's sake, they're not stuck waiting for him to keep up. This episode will take you through the work of a marine scientist, a political campaigner, and all the …
Nov. 28, 2018
Lis Bastian — "The Big Fix"
Intrepid Climactic co-founder Rich Bowden is back in the interviewing saddle this week as he travels up to the Blue Mountains to speak to a local legend. Lis Bastian is a pillar of the permaculture community, and is now in the media game as well through her amazing initiative, the Big Fix.