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Heat! Camera! Action!

Heat! Camera! Action!

By: Jules Pretty
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Summary

The planet’s losing.


We’re in a hole. Climate, nature and social inequality crises. Story with a swerve gets us out. It’s the shape of all our lives. Up-down, down-up. And this shape of slantwise story, it creates hope and agency.


In this podcast, we hear from culture leaders and wanderers, the crossers of boundaries, the story-tellers. They share their ideas on how we get out of holes. Good story is not just a hiding place. It’s a finding place.


The podcast vibe is the warm-dark daguerreotype photograph, invented at the start of the industrialised era, before human-induced carbon pollution of the atmosphere.


My guests are writers and poets, artists and scientists, environmental and business leaders, farmers and landowners, local and national activists, festival directors, therapists, religious leaders. All are storytellers too.


The music clips at the start and end of episodes were recorded at public dances in Punakha and Thimphu (Bhutan).


My new book will be supporting this podcast, and will be published in March 2027. It is called "Bamboo and Butterfly: Transformative Stories for Climate and Nature Recovery."

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Episodes
  • Trailer: Heat! Camera! Action!

    Trailer: Heat! Camera! Action!
    Apr 17 2026

    A 5 minute trailer for Heat! Camera! Action!

    Heat – too much in the air and oceans

    Camera – for focus and attention

    Action – what we need

    We’re in a hole. The planet’s losing. This is how we get out.

    Story with a swerve, slantwise.

    More hope, more agency.


    In the pod, we hear from culture leaders and wanderers, the crossers of boundaries, the story-tellers.

    Good story is not just a hiding place. It’s a finding place.

    My guests are writers and poets, artists and scientists, environmentalists and farmers, business leaders and activists, international negotiators and free festival directors.

    Containing clips from 7 episodes - featuring:

    Anita Roy, author, scyther and transitioneer

    Lloyd Peck, veteran of 800 Antarctic dives

    Jo Roberts, wilderness therapist

    Rupert Read, on activating the climate majority

    Mandy Haggith poet and Assynt activist – who says verse can’t make it worse

    Ian Collins, on the 100-year-life of Ronnie Blythe

    Nicky Saunter, mask maker, and on being a magpie

    Launch date for the podcast: midsummer 2026, 2 episodes Friday May 29th and 2 on June 3rd, then weekly.
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