Best Will Sennett Podcasts (2026)

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Season 4 Ep 5 - The Questions Three 29:09

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Troy Helenov sets out on a worldwide plea for help, and will be tested in ways both spiritual and tantric. And the 1944 Olympics descends into something far more disgusting than the beer olympics…By Will Sennett and Nate Fisher

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Season 4 Ep 4 - Bring Me the Head of the Necromancer 24:09

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If you thought things were bad for the 1944 Olympics when the Necromancer attacked, guess what? The people of Easter Island also prank the olympic athletes really hard and steal all their toiletries. Faced with some harsh realities, the stranded olympians do what any well-adjusted adult does. They get turbo wasted and do pointless drinking games wi…

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Season 4 Ep 3 - "Pulled Pork, Tri-Tip, Ribs, Brisket" 31:14

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What are yall's favorite bbq items? Events begin in the 1944 Olympics. Many of the athletes do not know how to swim, or how to play basketball, or how to jump. And some of them are not who they say they are. There is also the steeplechase in this one, which is real and stupid.By Will Sennett and Nate Fisher

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Season 4 Ep 2 - "World War 2 1/2, or The Tragic Death of Gurglord Elmer" 36:41

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Easter Island is one of the most remote land masses on earth. And it’s going to host the 1944 Olympics. But before that, it’s going to host a war between all ten countries competing at the neutral olympics, many of whom loathe each other.By Will Sennett and Nate Fisher

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Season 4 Ep 1 - "The 1944 Olympics" 42:13

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As most of the planet is plunged into the greatest conflict the world has ever seen, about a dozen neutral countries get bored. A plucky aristocrat has an idea: Hold the 1944 Olympics as scheduled, with only the neutral countries.By Will Sennett and Nate Fisher

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Fire Safety Matters Podcast - Episode 46 49:50

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Episode 46 of the Fire Safety Matters Podcast features exclusive interviews with Derrick Hall (director of sales and marketing) and Kevin Mears (head of product management) at Kentec Electronics, while Brian also hears from Spike Armstrong (business development manager for Thermocable). Derrick and Kevin concentrate on the Terrorism (Protection of …

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Fire Safety Matters Podcast - Episode 45 51:25

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Episode 45 of the Fire Safety Matters Podcast features two exclusive interviews. Brian hears from Darren Ellis, qualifications manager at FireQual, and Stephen Marsh (head of sales at wireless fire detection and alarm systems manufacturer Cygnus). Darren focuses his attentions on FireQual as an organisation, the importance of competence in the sect…

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Fire Safety Matters Podcast - Episode 44 1:04:23

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Episode 44 of the Fire Safety Matters Podcast includes Mark interviewing Mike Sutton, business development manager at Apollo Fire Detectors. Mike’s a proud member of the Institute of Fire Safety Managers (IFSM) and the Institution of Fire Engineers in addition to being an associate member of the National Association of Healthcare Fire Officers. On …

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Season ∞ Ep 17 - "The Assassination of Seven Bucks" (Pt.2) [Patreon Preview] 2:40

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Season ∞ Ep 17 - "The Assassination of Seven Bucks" (Pt.2) [Patreon Preview] by Will Sennett and Nate FisherBy Will Sennett and Nate Fisher

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Performance, Politics, Art & Society w/ Sociologist RICHARD SENNETT - Highlights 12:43

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“I'm really interested in the relation between performance and ritual. Where do those two separate?” Richard Sennett grew up in the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago, attended the Juilliard School in New York, and then studied social relations at Harvard. Over the last five decades, he has written about social life in cities, changes in labo…

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The Performer: Art, Life, Politics with RICHARD SENNETT, Sociologist & Author 31:57

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“We look at creative work as though the very creative process itself is something good. These are tools of expression, and like any tool, you can use them to damage something or to make something. They can be turned to very malign purposes, for instance, in the operas of Wagner. So I wanted to do this set of books, I want to show what is kind of th…

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Season ∞ Ep 16 - "The Assassination of Seven Bucks" (Pt. 1) 30:04

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Chaser Trapp was the worst driver in NASCAR until one day when he suddenly found his fate intertwined with that of infamous Arkansas Senator Seven Bucks. Featuring guest voices from the Blowback Boys.FEATURINGNoah Kulwin as Ecksman MuddBrendan James as Senator Seven BucksBy Will Sennett and Nate Fisher

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Fire Safety Matters Podcast - Episode 43 41:32

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Episode 43 of the Fire Safety Matters Podcast sees Mark Sennett chatting with Warren Spencer about appealing Enforcement and Prohibition Notices. Mark also sits down with Hochiki Europe's Martin Green and EA-RS Fire Enginering's Kevin Pullen to discuss key regulatory changes impacting fire safety system installations, the benefits of manufacturer-l…

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Fire Safety Matters Podcast - Episode 42 58:01

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Episode 42 of the Fire Safety Matters Podcast features Mark chatting with our regular guest Warren Spencer (managing director of Blackhurst Budd Solicitors) about a specific Case Study in the healthcare sector and also why fines apportioned in the fire sector tend to be lower than for prosecutions in the Health and Safety domain. Brian interviews L…

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Fire Safety Matters Podcast - Episode 41 52:20

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Episode 41 of the Fire Safety Matters Podcast includes interviews with Mark Whiteley (sales director for the UK and Ireland at asecos), Tony Smith (managing director of Vox Ignis) and Mandy Bowden (fire systems manager for Comelit-PAC). Mark Whiteley discusses the dangers posed by lithium-ion batteries, while Tony Smith concentrates on standards de…

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Season ∞ Episode 10 - "Goondor Is Burning" (Pt.3) [Patreon Preview] 3:53

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Listen to the rest of this episode at: Patreon.com/ACloserLookHugh Jackman does the blood test scene from The Thing except with garlic fries and it's to find a vampire.By Will Sennett and Nate Fisher

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Season ∞ Episode 9 - "Goondor Is Burning" (Pt.2) [Patreon Preview] 3:44

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Listen to the rest of this episode at: Patreon.com/ACloserLookMoney McDonalds, Luc Charizard, and the Secretary of Agriculture escape the hockey arena like how a frog would do it.By Will Sennett and Nate Fisher

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Fire Safety Matters Podcast - Episode 40 1:03:14

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Episode 40 of the Fire Safety Matters Podcast features a trio of exclusive interviews with our guests Warren Spencer (managing director of Blackhurst Budd Solicitors), Craig Wells (sales director at Quelfire) and Phil Kirkham (engineering manager for applied technology at Elta Fans). Warren Spencer chats with Mark about the Mock Trial held at Fire …

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Season ∞ Ep 8 - "Goondor is Burning" (Pt.1) 36:36

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Four Malices at the Palaces. All in one night. Across all four major sports. An event so violent, so devastating, that it completely erased one of the country's most promising cities from the map.By Will Sennett and Nate Fisher

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Season ∞ Episode 7 - "The Sexberry Offense" (Pt.2) [Patreon Preview] 4:27

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Listen to the rest of this ep and all other Season ∞ stories at https://www.patreon.com/c/ACloserLook Mark and Topher's relationship disintegrates.By Will Sennett and Nate Fisher

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Navigating Our Environmental Future From Climate Crisis to Urban Revolution 12:31

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Have we entered what Earth scientists call a “termination event,” and what can we do to avoid the worst outcomes? How can we look beyond GDP and develop new metrics that balance growth with human flourishing and environmental well-being? How can the 15-minute city model revolutionize urban living, enhance health, and reduce our carbon footprint? Eu…

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Season ∞ Episode 6 - "The Sexberry Offense" (Pt. 1) 38:58

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Jeff Sexberry is an an eccentric football genius with a groundbreaking offenseive scheme. The only people who can help him run it are Mark Asbich and Topher Christopher, two once-promising quarterbacks who let their mutual lifelong hatred ruin their respective careers.Featuring:Hesse Deni as Lexgie Nelson…

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The Human Smart City: Balancing Ecology & Economy with CARLOS MORENO - Highlights 14:22

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“It all starts at home. As a university professor, I have observed the process of transformation of different generations. We need to find a sense of life. We need to find a sense of belonging to our humanity, but to have this sense of life, we need to find a sense in our local communities.” Carlos Moreno was born in Colombia in 1959 and moved to F…

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The 15-Minute City: A Solution to Saving Our Time & Our Planet with CARLOS MORENO 38:28

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How can the 15-minute city model revolutionize urban living, enhance wellbeing, and reduce our carbon footprint? Online shopping is turning cities into ghost towns. We can now buy anything anywhere anytime. How can we learn to stop scrolling and start strolling and create more livable, sustainable communities we are happy to call home. Carlos Moren…

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Future Cities, Utopian Visions & Embracing Imperfection - SCOTT DOORLEY & CARISSA CARTER - Co-authors of Assembling Tomorrow - Highlights 23:29

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“Today, someone is putting the finishing touches on a machine- learning algorithm that will change the way you relate to your family. Someone is trying to design a way to communicate with animals in their own language. Someone is designing a gene that alters bacteria to turn your poop bright blue when it’s time to see the doctor. Someone is cleani…

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Can Design Save the World? - SCOTT DOORLEY & CARISSA CARTER - Co-authors of Assembling Tomorrow - Directors of Stanford’s d.School 57:06

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How can we design and adapt for the uncertainties of the 21st century? How do emotions shape our decisions and the way we design the world around us? Scott Doorley is the Creative Director at Stanford's d. school and co author of Make Space. He teaches design communication and his work has been featured in museums and architecture and urbanism and …

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Fire Safety Matters Podcast - Episode 39 1:08:57

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Episode 39 of the Fire Safety Matters Podcast focuses on the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 final report. Mark and Brian take an in-depth look at the report and share comments from key stakeholders from across the UK fire sector. This episode also contains two exclusive interviews featuring the opinions of Tom Brookes (managing director of Zzeus Tr…

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Season ∞ Ep 4 - "Seabiscuit's Grandson" [Patreon Preview] 4:33

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Listen to the rest of this ep and all other Season ∞ stories at patreon.com/ACloserLook Will and Nate learn something unbelievable about Money Mcdonalds.By Will Sennett and Nate Fisher

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Season ∞ Ep 3 - "The Most Persecuted Man in The World" [Patreon Preview] 3:01

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Listen to the rest of this ep and all other Season ∞ stories at patreon.com/ACloserLook Unlucky stories from Sheridan Taylor's early lifeBy Will Sennett and Nate Fisher

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Season ∞ Ep 2 - "The Shoe" (Pt.2) [Patreon Preview] 2:50

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Listen to the rest of Part 2 and more episodes at patreon.com/ACloserLookFred Gentle's Basilica shoes display their terrifying power on national television.By Will Sennett and Nate Fisher

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Season ∞ Ep 1 - "The Shoe" (Pt. 1) 32:21

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Fred Gentle is one of the most talented players in professional basketball, but is so boring that nobody is ever able to remember his name. In the sneaker-mad world of the 1990s NBA, Fred’s mother enlists an evil scientist to create a signature shoe for Fred.Listen to Part 2 and more episodes at patreon.com/ACloserLook…

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The SDGs & UN Summit of the Future - Highlights - GUILLAUME LAFORTUNE 15:09

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“The SDSN has been set up to mobilize research and science for the Sustainable Development Goals. Each year, we aim to provide a fair and accurate assessment of countries' progress on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The development goals were adopted back in 2015 by all UN member states, marking the first time in human history that we have a …

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How Can We Unite 193 Countries for a Sustainable Future? - GUILLAUME LAFORTUNE - VP, UN SDSN, Paris 1:12:09

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How can we get 193 countries to move in the same direction for a better tomorrow? In today's podcast, we talk with Guillaume Lafortune, Vice President and Head of the Paris Office of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), the largest global network of scientists and practitioners dedicated to implementing the Sustainable Developme…

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How and when will we transition to a clean energy future? - Highlights - RICHARD BLACK 13:02

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“The fact is you've got a lot of industrial and political muscle now coming behind clean energy, especially from China, which is the leading country deploying wind energy, the leading country deploying solar, and the leading manufacturer and user of electric vehicles by miles. As one recent report put it, ‘We have petrostates in the world. China is…

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The Future of Energy - RICHARD BLACK - Director, Policy & Strategy, Ember - Fmr. BBC Environment Correspondent 56:02

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How and when will we transition to a clean energy future? How will the transition empower individuals and transform global power dynamics? How did China become the world’s first electrostate, leading the drive for renewable energy, and what can we learn from this? Richard Black spent 15 years as a science and environment correspondent for the BBC W…

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Resisting Fascism & Ecological Collapse with Writer-Organizer-Activist CHRIS CARLSSON 1:06:34

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In this episode of the Speaking Out of Place podcast Professor David Palumbo-Liu talks with acclaimed author and activist, and San Francisco legend, Chris Carlsson about his new novel, When Shells Crumble. It begins in December 2024, when the US Supreme Court nullifies the popular vote in the Presidential election and awards the presidency to an au…

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Fire Safety Matters Podcast - Episode 38 48:14

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Episode 38 of the Fire Safety Matters Podcast includes Mark chatting with James Pecz, head of global business development at Ramtech Electronics, the Nottingham-based developer of wireless electronic solutions. James focuses his attentions on fire safety regulations in the UK, a comparison of standards on home shores versus the rest of the world, t…

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How Can We End the Climate Crisis in One Generation? - Highlights - PAUL HAWKEN 16:56

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“We and all living beings thrive by being actors in the planet’s regeneration, a civilizational goal that should commence and never cease. We practiced degeneration as a species and it brought us to the threshold of an unimaginable crisis. To reverse global warming, we need to reverse global degeneration.” Can we really end the climate crisis in on…

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Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation with PAUL HAWKEN 53:38

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Can we really end the climate crisis in one generation? What kind of bold collective action, technologies, and nature-based solutions would it take to do it? Paul Hawken is a renowned environmentalist, entrepreneur, author, and activist committed to sustainability and transforming the business-environment relationship. A leading voice in the enviro…

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How Will Our Cities, Communities & Country Cope with Climate Migration - Highlights - ABRAHM LUSTGARTEN 15:41

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“So, New York City will ultimately build a seawall that it estimates will cost somewhere in the order of 120 billion dollars. And, you know, the fact is that many cities in the United States will not be able to afford that, especially smaller ones and especially southern ones. A part of planning for this needs to include thinking about managed retr…

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On The Move: The Overheating Earth & the Uprooting of America with ABRAHM LUSTGARTEN 57:13

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An estimated one in two people will experience degrading environmental conditions this century and will be faced with the difficult question of whether to leave their homes. Will you be among those who migrate in response to climate change? If so, where will you go? Abrahm Lustgarten is an investigative reporter, author, and filmmaker whose work fo…

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Apocalyptic Optimism: How We Can We Save Ourselves from the Climate Crisis? - Highlights - DANA FISHER 14:44

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“I call myself an apocalyptic optimist. In other words, I do believe there is hope to save ourselves from the climate crisis that we have caused. However, I also believe that saving ourselves will only be possible with a mass mobilization that is driven by the pain and suffering of climate shocks around the world. A generalized sense of extreme ris…

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Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action - DANA FISHER 40:00

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How can we make the radical social changes needed to address the climate crisis? What kind of large ecological disaster or mass mobilization in the streets needs to take place before we take meaningful climate action? Dana R. Fisher is the Director of the Center for Environment, Community, & Equity and Professor in the School of International Servi…

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Road Ecology, Future Cities & Tech Solutions for Ecosystem Regeneration - Highlights - BEN GOLDFARB 13:00

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“The creation of roads is this process that's sort of innate to all beings. You know, we're all sort of inclined to create and follow trails. We just do it at a much vaster and more permanent and destructive scale. I think we need to reconceive how we think about roads in some ways, right? I mean, we think about roads, certainly here in the U. S., …

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How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet with BEN GOLDFARB 43:22

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What is road ecology? How are our roads driving certain species towards extinction? And what can we do about it? Ben Goldfarb is a conservation journalist. He is the author of Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping The Future of Our Planet, named one of the best books of 2023 by the New York Times, and Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers …

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Fire Safety Matters Podcast - Episode 37 50:07

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Episode 37 of the Fire Safety Matters Podcast features exclusive interviews with three special guests: Richard Hull (Professor of Chemistry and Fire Science in the School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Central Lancashire), Martin Green (commercial training and support manager at Hochiki Europe in the UK) and Paul Tilbury, …

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Voices of the Earth: Reflections on Nature, Humanity & Climate Change 11:43

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Environmentalists, writers, artists, activists, and public policy makers explore the interconnectedness of living beings and ecosystems. They highlight the importance of conservation, promote climate education, advocate for sustainable development, and underscore the vital role of creative and educational communities in driving positive change. 00:…

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How does a changing climate affect our minds, brains & bodies? - Highlights - CLAYTON ALDERN 13:28

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"So many cities can be enhanced through careful planning decisions. We need tree-lined streets and walkable cities. All of all of the vectors by which we can engage with nature and confer neurocognitive benefit. It's all the manners in which our planning decisions around density and green space and traffic and noise pollution ultimately bear on our…

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How climate change is making us sick, angry & anxious - CLAYTON ALDERN - Neuroscientist turned Eco-Journalist 53:01

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How does a changing climate affect our minds, brains and bodies? Clayton Page Aldern is an award winning neuroscientist turned environmental journalist whose work has appeared in The Atlantic, The Guardian, The Economist, and Grist, where he is a senior data reporter. A Rhodes Scholar, he holds a Master's in Neuroscience and a Master's in Public Po…

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Revolutionizing Sustainability: BERTRAND PICCARDS's Path to a Cleaner Planet - Highlights 11:26

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"So it's what you do with the invention that's important. And with AI, it's exactly the same. If you make deep fakes, I think you can just destroy trust and confidence in the world because you will never know what is true and what is false, but if you use AI to balance the grid, to incorporate renewable energies that are intermittent, the storage, …