Climate Change and Other Small Talk
By: Sunny Drake Productions
Language: en
Categories: Fiction, Comedy, Drama, Arts, Performing
Feeling overwhelmed by the looming threat of climate change? We’ve got you! Sunny Drake's Climate Change and Other Small Talk is a theatrical podcast that is here to hold your hand through the scary stuff and entertain you at the same time. Made by 9 creative teams around the world, these podcast episodes have got it all: from the witty to the wacky, and the serious to the silly. It’s guaranteed to be fun and ignite your inner climate warrior all while offering global perspectives on the climate crisis. There will be weird sound effects. An angry panda running a su...
Episodes
In The Dumps
Jun 14, 2023A father takes his eleven-year-old son on a road trip to protest decades of environmental racism in their rural Black Nova Scotian community. They shift between playful and serious as they discuss ways of bringing about meaningful change, in the wake of the Africville apology.
In The Dumps was written by Shauntay Grant. Find the transcript here.
Climate Change and Other Small Talk is a worldwide tour for your ears - minus the carbon footprint and lost luggage. Audio dramas from 9 creative teams around the globe will entertain as well as explore our climate crisis. An...
Duration: 00:18:38Ride or Die
Jun 07, 2023Though Win and his Grams are growing weary of life in a temporary camp, they never tire of each others' jokes. In a world of floods and fires, they are family, and Win will get his Grams to her lucky spot at bingo through hell and highwater.
Ride Or Die was written by Tara Beagan. Find the transcript here.
Climate Change and Other Small Talk is a worldwide tour for your ears - minus the carbon footprint and lost luggage. Audio dramas from 9 creative teams around the globe will entertain as well as ex...
Duration: 00:29:22To Best The Beast
May 31, 2023A day in the lives of Mayor Toad, big boss Peahen and a hard-working assistant Ant. They launch a clean energy project designed to better lives. But when Tortoise asks some difficult questions about who gets the benefits and who feels the impacts, sparks are sure to fly.
To Best The Beast was written by Krishnee Bhotooa. Find the transcript here.
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Duration: 00:26:22Rolling Hills, Green Pastures
May 24, 2023Esperanza Soto welcomes new recruits to a U.S. drone centre. Run entirely on wind energy, the centre is part of the U.S. Army’s Green Military Movement. One of the drone operators is a climate refugee from Vancouver. What choices will she make when climate refugees attempt to cross the border from Mexico?
A heads up that this episode contains military violence, so keep that in mind when deciding when and where to listen.
Rolling Hills, Green Pastures was written by Carmen Aguirre. Find the transcript here.
Climate Change and Other Sm...
Duration: 00:19:28Sympathy for Miss Waters
May 17, 2023A real estate agent manages to sell a coastal mansion, even though waves will eventually lap into the bedroom - "It’s a soundtrack to sleep by”. What lengths will the realtor go to after she's fired for selling it way below price? And who was the mysterious buyer?
Sympathy for Miss Waters was written by Bruce Gibbons-Fell. Find the transcript here.
Climate Change and Other Small Talk is a worldwide tour for your ears - minus the carbon footprint and lost luggage. Audio dramas from 9 creative teams around the globe will entertain as well as exp...
Duration: 00:26:32How Nanna and Pop Learnt About Climate Change (The Hard Way)
May 10, 2023Nan and Pop are horrified to learn about climate change from their granddaughter. Should they get their hearing aids adjusted or did she just talk about cows farting?
How Nanna and Pop Learnt About Climate Change (The Hard Way) was written by Marie Munkara. Find the transcript here.
Climate Change and Other Small Talk is a worldwide tour for your ears - minus the carbon footprint and lost luggage. Audio dramas from 9 creative teams around the globe will entertain as well as explore our climate crisis. And maybe even what could get us out.
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Duration: 00:20:24Does the Sky Fall on Everyone
May 03, 2023A showdown between an environmental activist and a local community leader overseeing the felling of a 500 year old tree. Who will have the last word?
Does the Sky Fall on Everyone was written by Pyemwa Deshi. Find the transcript here.
Climate Change and Other Small Talk is a worldwide tour for your ears - minus the carbon footprint and lost luggage. Audio dramas from 9 creative teams around the globe will entertain as well as explore our climate crisis. And maybe even what could get us out.
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Duration: 00:22:52Nothing Happens
Apr 26, 2023Somewhere in the Indian Ocean, a nuclear submarine carries out a deterrence patrol. Bizarre new orders arrive and two sonar operators must face existential threats. Will they rise to the challenge, or are they in over their heads?
Nothing Happens was written by Ram Ganesh Kamatham. Find the transcript here.
Climate Change and Other Small Talk is a worldwide tour for your ears - minus the carbon footprint and lost luggage. Audio dramas from 9 creative teams around the globe will entertain as well as explore our climate crisis. And maybe even what could get us o...
Duration: 00:24:12Absolutely Nothing Of Any Meaning
Apr 22, 2023A couple leave outraged reviews about products delivered by Amazon, while climate chaos swishes into their home. Their responses to their escalating crisis become increasingly absurd, topped only by the absurdity of Amazon’s tactics to thwart them.
Absolutely Nothing Of Any Meaning was written by Sunny Drake. Find the transcript here.
Climate Change and Other Small Talk is a worldwide tour for your ears - minus the carbon footprint and lost luggage. Audio dramas from 9 creative teams around the globe will entertain as well as explore our climate crisis. And maybe even what could get...
Duration: 00:23:29Welcome. Buckle up!
Apr 20, 2023This weekend on Earth Day, April 22nd - we’re dropping the first-ever episode of Climate Change & Other Small Talk! Sunny talks about the 9 stories created by our fantastic international teams. Expect serious themes wrapped in enjoyable stories to ease us into them. In fact, the series is way more fun than dying in the apocalypse. Promise.
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Duration: 00:03:38Sneak Peek
Apr 15, 2023Climate Change. Wait, don't curl up into a ball of stress! Sunny Drake's Climate Change and Other Small Talk is a theatrical podcast that is here to hold your hand through the scary stuff and entertain you at the same time.
Made by 9 creative teams around the world, these podcast episodes have got it all: from the witty to the wacky, and the serious to the silly. It’s guaranteed to be fun and ignite your inner climate warrior all while offering global perspectives on the climate crisis.
There will be weird sound effects. An an...
Our Origin Story
Mar 08, 2023Meet our lead creative, Sunny Drake, and find out how he got the idea to start a theatrical podcast about climate change.
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Duration: 00:01:32Climate Change And Other Small Talk
Mar 08, 2023Climate Change And Other Small Talk is a worldwide tour for your ears - minus the jetlag, carbon footprint and screaming kids. Stories from 9 creative teams around the globe will entertain as well as uncover what has gotten us into this climate crisis. And maybe even what could get us out.
Subscribe now to get the first episode when we launch on Earth Day, April 22nd!
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