Saving the World From Bad Ideas
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Episodes: 54
Description
The world is shaped by ideas—some good, some bad, and some that seemed good at the time.
This is a podcast about rethinking the things we take for granted, challenging sacred cows, and admitting when we’ve been wrong.
With your host, awarded environmental author and activist Mark Lynas, we take a deep dive into the environmental, political, and social debates shaping our future—without the outrage, tribalism, or easy answers.
Help us save the world from bad ideas. Because the future depends on us getting it right.
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Bad Idea #52 "Attenborough’s films ignore human impacts” with Colin Butfield
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May 14, 2026 |
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Bad Idea #51 "plenty of krill in the ocean" with Claire Christian
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May 07, 2026 |
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Bad Idea #50 "clean energy is too expensive for Africa" with Daan Walter
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Bad Idea #49 "We can stop worrying about the climate" with Zeke Hausfather
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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Bad Idea #48 "Vaccines are overrated" with Seth Berkley
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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Bad Idea #47 "Geothermal energy is niche" with Terra Rogers
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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Bad Idea #46 "Conspiracy Theories" with Calum Matheson
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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Bad Idea #45 "Eating wildlife is more sustainable’" with Sylvia Earle
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Bad Idea #44 "Vegi products are unhealthy’" with Nesli Sözer
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Bad Idea #43 "Fishing in the Antarctic" with Matt Savoca, Ted Cheeseman, and Lucia Morillo
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Bad Idea #42 "not enough land for renewables" with Tom Heap
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Bad Idea #41 "nature is fragile" with Fred Pearce
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Bad Idea #40 "the food system is fundamentally broken" with Jan Dutkiewicz
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Bad Idea #39 "but that's just a technofix" with Adam Dorr
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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Bad Idea #38 "Solving energy is enough for solving climate" with Bruce Friedrich
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Bad Idea #37 "1.5 degrees" with Kwesi Quagraine and Erle Ellis
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Bad Idea #36 "No infinite growth on a finite planet" with Adam Dorr
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Bad Idea #35 "THIS is the Future" with David Wallace Wells
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Bad Idea #34 “Nuclear? No Thanks!" With Bryony Worthington
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Bad Idea #33 "Ultra Processed Foods are killing us’" with Sarah Berry
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Bad Idea #32 "We don’t need nuclear" with Julia Pyke
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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Bad Idea #31 "Climate crisis? It’s China that’s the problem!" with Lauri Myllyvirta
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Bad Idea #30 "It can’t happen here" with Susan Stokes
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Bad Idea #29 "The Green transition is failing" with Michael Liebreich
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Bad Idea #28 “JAWS- aka sharks are dangerous” with Arzucan -Zuzu- Askin
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Bad Idea #27 “There’s no hope for humanity” with Dr SJ Beard
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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Bad Idea #26 “Facts will beat Misinformation” with Professor Sander vanderLinden
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Bad Idea #25 "Climate catastrophism" with Ted NordHaus
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Bad Idea #24 "We’ll just use Hydrogen!" with Michael Liebreich
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Bad Idea #23 "These are the best of times" with Luke Kemp
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Bad Idea #22 "Solar can’t power the world" with Bill McKibben
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Bad Idea #21 "We can’t solve climate change" with Hannah Ritchie
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Saving the world from BAD IDEAS season two is coming!
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Bookend episode: looking back at season 1 of Saving The World From Bad Ideas
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Bad Idea #19 "greens are anti-science" with Tea Törmänen
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Bad Idea #18 "we’re addicted to fossil fuels" with Maarten Boudry
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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Bad Idea #17 "rewilding VS the people" with Rebecca Wrigley
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Bad Idea #16 "let's ditch intensive farming" with Michael Grunwald
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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SPECIAL: Bad Idea #15 "Just Stop Cooking" with Patricia Nanteza
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Bad Idea #14 "increasing disaster costs show extreme weather is getting worse" with Roger Pielke Jr
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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Bad Idea #13 "The Energiewende" with Noah Rettberg
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Bad Idea #12 "There’s nothing down there" with Callum Roberts
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Bad Idea #11 "No such thing as planetary boundaries" with Johan Rockström
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May 29, 2025 |
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Bad Idea #10 "Everyone hates nuclear" with Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow
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May 22, 2025 |
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Bad Idea #9 "Dimming the Sun?!" with Cynthia Scharf
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May 15, 2025 |
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Bad Idea #8 "We need nuclear weapons to stop nuclear war" with Alan Robock
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May 08, 2025 |
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Bad Idea #7 "We Can't co-exist with wolves" with Luigi Boitani
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May 01, 2025 |
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Bad Idea #6 "We can still save the arctic" with Julienne Stroeve
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Bad Idea #5 "Progress is inevitable" with George Monbiot
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Bad Idea #4 "The global south can skip fossil fuels" with Vijaya Ramachandran
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Bad Idea #3 "We shouldn’t even talk about geoengineering!" with Oliver Morton
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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Bad Idea #2 "Everything is getting worse!" with Hannah Ritchie
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Bad Idea #1 "No such thing as progress" with Steven Pinker
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Launching Saving The World From Bad Ideas
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Mar 19, 2025 |