Is Laughing the Antidote to Climate Anxiety? — Rollie Williams of Climate Town

Rollie Williams is a climate comedian as well as the creator and host of the wildly popular Climate Town. What’s a climate comedian, exactly? Well, someone who knows how to make a joke out of something very serious in a manner that welcomes people into the conversation to make them care.I’m sharing this episode now to bridge between Earth Day last week and the upcoming arrival of May, which is Mental Health Awareness Month. Climate anxiety is personally knocking on my door and I’m also encountering it as a more frequent, more present component of the communities I connect with about mental health. I was excited to have this conversation with Rollie and share it with all of you because I personally use humor as an essential tool of survival.This episode was recorded live on stage at the historic Wheeler Opera House in Aspen, Colorado. The in-person event was a celebration of Earth Day in partnership with Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES), Aspen One, City of Aspen, CORE, and POW.This episode is brought to you by Protect Our Winters. To learn more and to join Team POW, visit protectourwinters.org.—Listen / watch / subscribe:YouTubeSpotifyApple Podcasts—Subscribe to Climate Town on YouTube: youtube.com/@ClimateTownFollow Climate Town on Instagram: instagram.com/climatetown—Follow me/the show on Instagram: instagram.com/drewpeterskiSign up for my Substack/the podcast newsletter: substack.com/@drewpetersen—Score discounts and connect with all of the podcast’s sponsors any time at https://drew-petersen.com/podcast.—Recorded live at the Wheeler Opera House, Aspen, Colorado.Venue partnership courtesy of the Wheeler Opera House, a department of the City of Aspen.