One Hot Minute Podcast
1) Dr Nicola Gaston: the scientist with some electrifying plans for fighting climate change
When the aluminium smelter at the bottom of the South Island shuts up shop, there’ll be enough sustainable, carbon-friendly hydro-electricity to power a major city going spare. So what should New Zeal...Show More
2) Jenny Cooper: the lawyer who's taking the climate fight into the courtroom
As climate-change denialism starts to fade into history, activists are picking new battlegrounds, including the courts. Jenny Cooper QC, president of Lawyers for Climate Action, explains why it's time...Show More
3) Mark Michel: The man who captured climate change in a tape recorder
Right now, there’s a heatwave in one of the coldest parts of the planet. So sound recordist Mark Michel travelled to the bottom of the world and brought back the unbelievable sounds of the melting Ant...Show More
4) Elizabeth Knox: the novelist who says politicians need scifi lessons
Elizabeth Knox is one of New Zealand’s best-known authors, with bestsellers including The Vintner’s Luck, the Dreamhunter novels and The Absolute Book. She's famous for creating extraordinarily detail...Show More
5) Shaun Hendy: the physicist who refused to get on a plane
Since Covid-19 struck, Auckland physicist Shaun Hendy has been constantly in the news for his work modelling the virus’s spread. But before then, he was best known for his very public refusal to get o...Show More
6) Marama Davidson: The Green politician who wants climate change activists to listen up
At Standing Rock, native American protesters faced down the fossil fuel industry, turning off the tap on a vast oil pipeline. As Greens co-leader Marama Davidson explains, the infamous standoff in the...Show More
7) Mike Bennetts: The oil executive who wants you to stop buying petrol
Fossil fuel executives are the bad guys of the climate change story, right? Companies like Exxon are infamous for undermining the science of global warming. But Mike Bennetts, CEO of giant petrol reta...Show More
8) Coming soon: Stuff’s new climate-change podcast
Solving the climate crisis is going to take big ideas, and we don't have time to muck around. So Stuff is launching the One Hot Minute video series, where each guest gets 60 seconds to share their big...Show More