Who Cares Wins with Lily Cole

Are things getting better? In this episode of Who Cares Wins, Lily speaks to a selection of thinkers and leaders to talk about the cultural, political and social forces that are at play in shaping how we respond to the ecological crisis: whether identity politics risks damaging community; and whether we can protect and preserve cultural identity without xenophobia. Professor of Anthropology at the...

Is growth good? In this week’s episode of Who Cares Wins, Lily explores how global economic development has both contributed to the climate crisis and, others argue, is helping solve it. Lily speaks to the thought leaders in sustainability who question relentless economic growth: fashion consultant Aja Barber, director of Greenpeace UK John Sauven, and writer George Monbiot. Lily also explores th...

Is democracy under threat or should we relax and read less news?  Building on the conversation from the previous episode, Lily investigates how our public awareness is shaped by the media we consume. Lily speaks with Carole Cadwalladr - the groundbreaking investigative journalist who broke The Facebook–Cambridge Analytica scandal; as well as Alan Rusbridger, the former Guardian editor-in-chief an...

Can you change a system from within? In light of the UN’s call for “transformative systemic change”, in this week’s episode Lily explores how that systemic change might actually happen: wondering if our legal and political machinery is up to the task, and asking why people are taking to the streets, and even getting arrested, to try to change our laws.   Lily speaks to four environmentalists who s...

Where did it all go wrong? This week, Lily addresses a paradox in the environmental movement - affordability. Is our economy structured in a way that makes being environmental prohibitively expensive? Or are the wealthy creating most of the emissions? How do we afford sustainability and can we afford not to?   Speaking to a plethora of intellectuals, Lily explores the connections between equality...

Is meat killing us? Diving deep into one of the most important and polarising debates in the environmental movement, Lily tackles what we eat. Speaking to the co-founder of Linda McCartney foods Paul McCartney and founder of Impossible Foods Pat Brown, Lily explores the ethical and environmental arguments driving the boom in faux meat products. On the other side of the fence, Lily wonders if there...

Is Technology the solution or the problem? Featuring Mark Boyle and Elon Musk.  In this first episode of  Who Cares Wins with Lily Cole, Lily presents two opposing philosophical perspectives on environmentalism, in particular examining technology's role in our future. Lily welcomes her friend, and prophet of the tech free narrative, Mark Boyle who has given up all forms of technology in his modern...

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