WHO CARES WINS
EPISODE 8 l 26 NOV 2020
HOW MUCH SHOULD WE CARE?
WITH PATTI SMITH, JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER, JOSHUA OPPENHEIMER, FARHANA YAMIN, JULIA SAMUELS AND WADE DAVIS
In this final season episode of Who Cares Wins, Lily explores the overwhelm and grief that can come with climate action. But conversely, if we truly understand the deconstruction that is taking place, why do we continue with business as usual? Are many of us living in denial? We hear from the poet songwriter Patti Smith about what she learned from the Dalai Lama. Writer Jonathan Safran Foer discusses the empathic leap required; and film-maker Joshua Oppenheimer shares what he learnt about cognitive dissonance when filming The Act of Killing, and the stories we tell ourselves to justify our actions. Lily also speaks with climate activist and lawmaker Farhana Yamin about her journey to and through eco-grief, and psychologist Julia Samuels discusses her clinical experience of eco-grief and anxiety, and tools we might use to lesson overwhelm. Finally, Wade Davis offers wisdom from Tibet.
IN CONVERSATION WITH
PATTI SMITH
POET AND SONGWRITER
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER
WRITER
Suggested Book
We are the Weather Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast
Jonathan Safran Foer
JOSHUA OPPENHEIMER
FILM-MAKER
Suggested Book
Joshua Oppenheimer Early Works – A collection of 12 films
Joshua Oppenheimer
JULIA SAMUELS
PSYCHOLOGIST
Suggested Book
FARHANA YAMIN
CLIMATE ACTIVIST AND LAWMAKER
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