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BAMOS August 2025
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While we do prefer to all be in one room, the tyranny of distance has often prevailed. Sarah is in Canberra and I’ m in Melbourne, so recording usually takes place online via Riverside. You can think of it as Zoom for podcasts, and it enables us to capture both high-quality audio and video footage.
Not all podcasts choose to record video, but we’ ve prioritised it to make the content work harder and smarter, and enable us not only to share each episode in full on YouTube, but also to promote the podcast( and the wider Centre) through short clips on TikTok, Instagram, LinkedIn and BlueSky.
After more than a year of hard work, deep thinking, learning and recording, we officially launched on Friday 20 June, marking the occasion with a talk about our work at AMOS, and promoting the podcast far and wide through social media, email marketing, media appearances and word of mouth.
Who do we hope to reach? Our imaginary audience profile is Alex. She’ s university educated, works full-time in a corporate or government role, believes in climate science, and understands the urgency of rapid decarbonisation and associated climate action.
But Alex has never stopped to ask why she believes in climate science, and doesn’ t know she’ s missing all the amazing stories behind the scenes of climate and weather science, past and present.
In the first three episodes, we explain what climate change is, why it’ s happening, and what impact it’ s having on the weather we’ re used to. We also went back in time to learn about the fascinating historical figures who slowly advanced our understanding of the greenhouse effect, from Eunice Foote to Charles Keeling and on to James Hansen.
New episodes will be released fortnightly, as we tackle El Niño, droughts, fires, Antarctica, hail storms, and the psychology of climate change. Early guests include Nerilie Abram, Tim Raupach and Ben Newell.
During our visit to Cairns, we recorded a fascinating episode with Ove Hoegh-Guldberg about the Great Barrier Reef, which also features a Home Alone-style anecdote about cleaning a Fairy Penguin in a bathtub in Sydney in the 1970s. Stay tuned for that one.
Future subjects we’ re looking forward to unpacking include the impact of sea level rise on low-lying states and territories, and how we can learn from and collaborate meaningfully with the holders of invaluable Indigenous climate and weather knowledge.
Please listen, subscribe, rate and review Totally Cooked in all the places you get your podcasts. All of your feedback is welcome, and we’ re always open to ideas for future episodes. Happy listening!
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