‘Comedy can say the elephant in the room’: Why climate action needs a sense of humour

On this episode of the Eco-Business Podcast, climate comedian Stuart Goldsmith talks to Robin Hicks about a career turning one of the world’s most complex and anxiety-inducing problems into something people can actually talk about – even laugh at. Tune in as we discuss: Is climate comedy getting harder? Should climate comedy now be called something else? How is comedy more effective than traditional forms of communication at changing behaviour? Are there elements of climate change that just aren’t funny? How does comedy get through to corporates? How does climate comedy persuade people to lead more environmentally aware lifestyles? Climate gags that bombed

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This episode is 00:19:40 long.

This episode was published on Mar 30, 2026.

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