Lights, Climate, Action

• Soylent Green - Dir. Richard Fleischer

  In this episode, Jake & Tolmeia discuss the 1970s detective film, Soylent Green, which is set in an overpopulated and polluted vision of 2022. They ask if this film successfully used global warming as a backdrop to a crime thriller and explore what it accurately predicted. Hosted by Jake Randall & Tolmeia Gregory, Lights Climate Action is a podcast discussing film and TV through a climate lens. In each episode, Jake & Tolly look at a film or TV series and discuss what it does and doesn't get right on climate change, from fossil fuel propaganda and environmental disasters to cartoons and comedy.Follow the podcast on Instagram at instagram.com/lightsclimateactionFollow the podcast on BlueSky at lightsclimatepod.bsky.socialFollow the podcast on TikTok at tiktok.com/@lightsclimateactionFollow the podcast on YouTube at youtube.com/@lightsclimateactionJake Randall is a cinephile with a film degree, a love for all things A24 and the odd musical. He works in comms and video production in the climate change and human rights sector.Tolmeia Gregory is an artist who loves a tearjerker or a rom-com. She currently works as an artist and climate campaigner focused on fossil fuel advertising.Music by Stowe Gregory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Twisters - Dir. Lee Isaac Chung

  In this episode, Jake & Tolmeia discuss Twisters - the 2024 storm-chasing sequel to Twister, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Glen Powell. They discuss why a modern-day film about extreme weather events doesn't mention climate change, whether they think disaster movies should be shown in 4DX and what our dream Twisters sequel would look like. Hosted by Jake Randall & Tolmeia Gregory, Lights Climate Action is a podcast discussing film and TV through a climate lens. In each episode, Jake & Tolly look at a film or TV series and discuss what it does and doesn't get right on climate change, from fossil fuel propaganda and environmental disasters to cartoons and comedy.Follow the podcast on Instagram at instagram.com/lightsclimateactionFollow the podcast on BlueSky at lightsclimatepod.bsky.socialFollow the podcast on TikTok at tiktok.com/@lightsclimateactionFollow the podcast on YouTube at youtube.com/@lightsclimateactionJake Randall is a cinephile with a film degree, a love for all things A24 and the odd musical. He works in comms and video production in the climate change and human rights sector.Tolmeia Gregory is an artist who loves a tearjerker or a rom-com. She currently works as an artist and climate campaigner focused on fossil fuel advertising.Music by Stowe Gregory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• The Wild Robot - Dir. Chris Sanders

  In this episode, Jake & Tolmeia discuss the Oscar-nominated animation, The Wild Robot, starring Pedro Pascal, Kit Connor and Lupita Nyong'o. Does The Wild Robot live up to its reputation for being a good example of climate storytelling, or did it miss the mark?Hosted by Jake Randall & Tolmeia Gregory, Lights Climate Action is a podcast discussing film and TV through a climate lens. In each episode, Jake & Tolly look at a film or TV series and discuss what it does and doesn't get right on climate change, from fossil fuel propaganda and environmental disasters to cartoons and comedy.Follow the podcast on Instagram at instagram.com/lightsclimateactionFollow the podcast on BlueSky at lightsclimatepod.bsky.socialFollow the podcast on TikTok at tiktok.com/@lightsclimateactionFollow the podcast on YouTube at youtube.com/@lightsclimateactionJake Randall is a cinephile with a film degree, a love for all things A24 and the odd musical. He works in comms and video production in the climate change and human rights sector.Tolmeia Gregory is an artist who loves a tearjerker or a rom-com. She currently works as an artist and climate campaigner focused on fossil fuel advertising.Music by Stowe Gregory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• The End - Dir. Joshua Oppenheimer

  In this episode, Jake & Tolmeia discuss The End, a new musical set at the end of the world, directed by Joshua Oppenheimer. Is this just another apocalyptic movie, or does it have a more meaningful message? Thank you to ThinkFilm and Mubi for inviting us to watch a preview of this movie and to Joshua Oppenheimer, George MacKay and Mikhail Krichman for giving us further insight into the making of the film. Hosted by Jake Randall & Tolmeia Gregory, Lights Climate Action is a podcast discussing film and TV through a climate lens. In each episode, Jake & Tolly look at a film or TV series and discuss what it does and doesn't get right on climate change, from fossil fuel propaganda and environmental disasters to cartoons and comedy.Follow the podcast on Instagram at instagram.com/lightsclimateactionFollow the podcast on BlueSky at lightsclimatepod.bsky.socialFollow the podcast on TikTok at tiktok.com/@lightsclimateactionFollow the podcast on YouTube at youtube.com/@lightsclimateactionJake Randall is a cinephile with a film degree, a love for all things A24 and the odd musical. He works in comms and video production in the climate change and human rights sector.Tolmeia Gregory is an artist who loves a tearjerker or a rom-com. She currently works as an artist and climate campaigner focused on fossil fuel advertising.Music by Stowe Gregory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• How To Blow Up A Pipeline - Dir. Daniel Goldhaber

  In this episode, Jake & Tolmeia discuss the film adaptation of the book How to Blow Up A Pipeline by Andreas Malm. With 35 FBI warnings about its potential to inspire direct action, does this movie directed by Daniel Goldhaber do a good job of depicting climate activism?Hosted by Jake Randall & Tolmeia Gregory, Lights Climate Action is a podcast discussing film and TV through a climate lens. In each episode, Jake & Tolly look at a film or TV series and discuss what it does and doesn't get right on climate change, from fossil fuel propaganda and environmental disasters to cartoons and comedy.Follow the podcast on Instagram at instagram.com/lightsclimateactionFollow the podcast on BlueSky at lightsclimatepod.bsky.socialFollow the podcast on TikTok at tiktok.com/@lightsclimateactionFollow the podcast on YouTube at youtube.com/@lightsclimateactionJake Randall is a cinephile with a film degree, a love for all things A24 and the odd musical. He works in comms and video production in the climate change and human rights sector.Tolmeia Gregory is an artist who loves a tearjerker or a rom-com. She currently works as an artist and climate campaigner focused on fossil fuel advertising.Music by Stowe Gregory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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