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Andrew Boyd on I Want a Better Catastrophe

Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI Radio in New York
Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI Radio in New York
Episode • Apr 28, 2023 • 45m
Andrew Boyd, a United States author, humorist, and veteran of creative campaigns for social change brings together eight of today's leading climate thinkers. From activist Tim DeChristopher to collapse-psychologist Jamey Hecht, grassroots strategist Adrienne Maree brown, eco-philosopher Joana Macy, and Indigenous botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer ― asking them: "Is it really the end of the world? and if so, now what?"

In I Want a Better Catastrophe, gallows humor and a broken heart, Boyd steers readers through their climate angst as he walks his own. Boyd's journey takes him from storm-battered coastlines to pipeline blockades and "hopelessness workshops." Along the way, he maps out our existential options, and tackles some familiar dilemmas: "Should I bring kids into such a world?" "Can I lose hope when others can't afford to?" and "Why the fuck am I recycling?"
Join us when activist Andrew Boyd shares his quest to live with the "impossible news" of our climate doom, on this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large

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