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Allusionist 114. Alarm Bells

February 24, 2020 The Allusionist
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How to communicate about climate in a way that results in useful action.

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In episodes Tags words, language, linguistics, education, comedy, entertainment, society & culture, arts, literature, Helen Zaltzman, etymology, lexicon, vocabulary, Alice Bell, Amy Westervelt, Robin Webster, climate, environment, climate change, climate crisis, climate emergency, fossil fuel, fuel, coal, natural gas, oil, energy, renewables, renewable energy, scicomm, green, clean, clean energy, PR, propaganda, industry, oil industry, natural resources, eco, ecology, Frank Luntz, fossils, manipulation, sustainable, sustainability, conversation, emotions, technology, blame, shame, guilt, greenwashing, Jay Westerveld, greenhouse effect, alarms, action, communication, science, scientists, evidence, alarmist, activists, global heating, global warming, warmists, Joseph Fourier, Nils Ekholm, John Henry Poynting, euphemisms, metaphor, flight shame, journalists, journalism, climate silence, fear, courage, flying, flight, hope, astroturfing, AstroTurf, ChemGrass, sceptics, climate sceptic, climate denier, radical, revolution, tech

Allusionist 36: Big Lit

May 14, 2016 The Allusionist

'Classics' started off meaning Latin and Greek works, then literary works that smacked of similar, and now - what, exactly? Books that are full of bonnets and dust?

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In episodes Tags words, literature, literary, authors, books, writers, writing, reading, read, rereading, classics, novels, Jacqueline Susann, Jane Austen, Emma, Clueless, Edith Wharton, Charles Dickens, The House of Mirth, Valley of the Dolls, Anthony Trollope, Stoner, John Williams, F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Sylvia Plath, Henry James, Anton Chekhov, Practical Classics, adaptations, high school, movies, TV, film, Louisa May Alcott, Little Women, Franz Kafka, Philip Larkin, jobs, work, guilt
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