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Dec 24, 2023 27 min

Can climate change ever be funny?

from The Climate Question Hosted by BBC World Service

Budding comedian (and Climate Question presenter) Jordan Dunbar sets out to discover if humour can help us understand - and cope with - global warming. Jordan gets advice from comics and academics from around the world, and then performs his own climate change routine at a stand-up comedy venue in London. Presenter and part-time comedian: Jordan Dunbar Full-time comedians: Dr Jason Leung, Njambi McGrath, Esteban Gast Comedy history guru: Aaron Sachs, professor of history at Cornell University and author of Stay Cool: Why Dark Comedy Matters in the Fight Against Climate Change Researcher: Octavia Woodward Producer: Osman Iqbal Series producer: Simon Watts Sound mix: Tom Brignell Email us: [email protected]

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