The Climate Question, The Climate Question, Can climate change ever be funny?

The Climate Question

The Climate Question

Can climate change ever be funny?

December 24, 2023

28 minutes

Available for over a year

Budding comedian (and Climate Question presenter) Jordan Dunbar sets out to discover if humour can help us understand - and cope with - global warming. Jordan gets advice from comics and academics from around the world, and then performs his own climate change routine at a stand-up comedy venue in London.

Presenter and part-time comedian: Jordan Dunbar

Full-time comedians: Dr Jason Leung, Njambi McGrath, Esteban Gast

Comedy history guru: Aaron Sachs, professor of history at Cornell University and author of Stay Cool: Why Dark Comedy Matters in the Fight Against Climate Change

Researcher: Octavia Woodward

Producer: Osman Iqbal

Series producer: Simon Watts

Sound mix: Tom Brignell

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