George Monbiot
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Oct 30, 2026
Vivian LangfordHOST
But this is something new and it's, A big challenge to us.
Vivian LangfordHOST
It's an exciting thing, really, to think how are you going to live differently? And one little thing I hang on to is by George Monbiot, and he says...
Vivian LangfordHOST
he talks about private sufficiency and public luxury.
Vivian LangfordHOST
And I rather like that because if all the public money was put into, you know, public libraries and things for preschoolers and gardens and things that make our life better and greening of everything, then I would be happy to live much more simply.
Cody DahlerHOST
is going into the hands of private companies.
Cody DahlerHOST
And when I spoke to George Monbiot about my book, which is coming out on the 5th of November, George Monbiot, Guardian columnist, brilliant environmentalist, fantastic.
Cody DahlerHOST
He literally said to me, he was like, you know, when there's an oil and gas crisis, the oil and gas companies treble their profits by doing nothing.
Becky Carewe-JeffriesHOST
And also, wasn't that part of the rhetoric that people thought that was the reason Trump even instigated the Iran war? Well, fine.
Elise HuGUEST
You can see all of Esther Perel's talks.
Elise HuGUEST
You can see, you know, George Monbiot, Sir Ken Robinson, a lot of like the big, big talks, Elizabeth Gilbert.
Elise HuGUEST
Those are some of the biggest TED Talks of all time.
Elise HuGUEST
And they launched not only these big ideas into the world, but also these people, you know, We're originally curated by TED, and I'm so proud to be part of an organization that's just about ideas and ideas that can be transformative and help us not only take the next step in better understanding ourselves, but also be more connected to each other and, like, go a little farther and do a little bit more good.
Patrick CookHOST
George Monbiot, why do you call Britain a desert?
George MonbiotGUEST
It's one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world.
George MonbiotGUEST
We've lost all our large predators, most of our large herbivores.
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George MonbiotGUEST
Obviously, beavers aren't going to prevent all floods, but they can go a long way towards that and make it much easier for us to do the remaining flood control.
Patrick CookHOST
Great.
Patrick CookHOST
Well, George Monbiot, thank you for joining us.
George MonbiotGUEST
That's my
Patrick CookHOST
pleasure.
Rachael BrownHOST
This is what Anna had to say.
Anna LongthorpeSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Yeah, so what annoys me, what grinds my gears when it comes to things that politicians say, so yeah, when they say they're speaking with the sector, what they actually mean is they're speaking to the CEO of Tesco or Asda Sainsbury's, they might mean the director of a big processor or distributor or or the CEO of Compassion in World Farming, they might mean George Monbiot, Chris Packham, basically any activist that's anti-farming, who they are not talking to is the farmers producing the food.
Anna LongthorpeSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So what do we make of that, guys?
Clare WiseGUEST
Oh, Bob on drives me nuts when you let them.
David CheneryHOST
And finally, what is the book you'd recommend most to people?
Juliet KinsmanGUEST
Particularly off the back of all of this, anything by George Monbiot, anything that turns on your lights for understanding and appreciating nature and how food systems are set to collapse very soon.
Juliet KinsmanGUEST
Sorry to be a doom monger.
Juliet KinsmanGUEST
George Monbiot, and I'm going to have to say anything by Rutger Bregman.
Juliet KinsmanGUEST
His book, Humankind, and his book, obviously, Moral Ambition, which you can access his thinking through his wreath lectures with the BBC.
Juliet KinsmanGUEST
They just really help me understand why I have the values I do and help me feel...
Jeremy LentGUEST
That's exactly right.
Jeremy LentGUEST
Actually, we were talking earlier a little bit about George Monbiot, and something I really love that he pointed out is even some of the words themselves create that sense of othering, like the very notion of an environmentalist.
Jeremy LentGUEST
He says, don't call me an environmentalist.
Jeremy LentGUEST
Like an environmentalist, somebody who cares about the environment, right? So the environment is automatically separate.
Marina PurkissHOST
He's got other things on his priority list, which we will talk about tomorrow, the meddling bastard.
Marina PurkissHOST
So anyway, Brexit, how long is it going to take to fix this? I mean, are we talking about a decade, a generation? Well, let's have a listen to George Monbiot on Question Time, because he's got some thoughts.
George MonbiotSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
There's a reason why Russia tried to intervene in the Brexit vote.
George MonbiotSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They knew that it would harm the UK and harm the EU if we left.
George MonbiotSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But the only way we can start to restore some of that damage and regain our footing in the world is by rejoining.
Jemma ForteHOST
Yes, too right.
Jemma ForteHOST
God, I love George Monbiot so much.
Jemma ForteHOST
We had him on Troll Meets once and his connection was so shit.
Dan JonesGUEST
But I even spoke to, I can't remember his name, a famous guy that hates sheep.
Dan JonesGUEST
What was it called? Anyway, George Monbiot.
Dan JonesGUEST
Oh,
Wallace CurrieHOST
Monbiot.
Rodney ForsterGUEST
OK.
Rodney ForsterGUEST
And, I mean... guess things will even out in time there's obviously going to be a lot of bluefin and more northern waters especially you would think around orkney and shetland there's the sightings up there there have been hookups of northern ireland i know that um with with really big blue fins there so yeah i mean keeping everybody happy it's going to be a interesting thing and I think a lot of people just want to be go out and see these the spectacles so you know some of the best footage is kayakers and people like George Monbiot and the Guardian out recently on his kayak and amazing pictures of a huge bluefin right next to his little kayak fantastic story
Rob HutchinsHOST
Chris you're nodding away have you experienced one in the
Chris GrahamGUEST
oh no I've not seen them I've heard from a few people who have seen them right off the shore I think I suppose to journalists recently who've seen
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