Mark Lynas is an author, speaker, podcaster and campaigner. His latest book is Six Minutes to Winter: Nuclear War and How to Avoid It, published 8 May 2025. He also acts as science advisor with the 74-country Climate Vulnerable Forum, and is Head of Policy with the pro-science environmental campaign network WePlanet.

“There’s no hope for humanity.”

This week on Saving the World from Bad Ideas, I talk with Dr SJ Beard about why doom thinking can paralyse us — and how existential hope might just save us.

🎧 Listen: https://www.weplanet.org/podcast/episode/316a6a1e/bad-idea-27-theres-no-hope-for-humanity-with-dr-sj-beard

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New episode 🎙️ Bad Idea #26: “Facts will beat Misinformation.” From fake news to populism, pandemics to AI, this one digs into how misinformation spreads, why it sticks, and what we can do about it... with Cambridge psychologist Sander van der Linden. 🎧 http://weplanet.org/podcast

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“Climate catastrophism” was meant to drive action. Instead it’s driven backlash. Fear ≠ progress. In this week's podcast with guest @TedNordhaus we ask: what if apocalypse narratives are the real bad idea? (Spoiler: they are!)

https://www.weplanet.org/podcast/episode/428909b3/bad-idea-25-climate-catastrophism-with-ted-nordhaus

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