The Weather That Changed Us
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
The Weather That Changed Us | SA's Power Blackout
15 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Violent winds knocked down electricity transmission towers in South Australia and caused a massive blackout, plunging the state into darkness also st...
The Weather That Changed Us | Millennium Drought
15 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For some children, the breaking of the millennium drought was the first time they had seen rain and puddles. The decade-long dry spell that covered e...
The Weather That Changed Us | Sydney's 1999 Hailstorm
15 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 1999 a hailstorm like no other came out of nowhere and rained down across Sydney, Australia’s most populous city. The hail shattered roofs, wind...
The Weather That Changed Us | Cyclone Tracy fifty years on
08 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Cyclone Tracy decimated the northern city of Darwin fifty years ago on Christmas Day in 1974. Its devastation also led to transformation. Building co...
The Weather That Changed Us | Heatwave
08 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 2009 a blanket of heat smothered south-eastern Australia, killing hundreds and melting cities. This is the story of how this event served as a wak...
The Weather That Changed Us | Canberra's Fire Tornado
08 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On a baking hot Canberra day, a phenomenon never before caught on camera was captured unleashing its full power. The first pyro-tornadogenesis, or fi...
INTRODUCING — The Weather That Changed Us
01 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Australia is a wild continent with some of the most intense weather on the planet. From massive bushfires to severe cyclones and devastating flooding...
Who's Gonna Save Us? 08 | The energy it takes to be extremely online
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We’re all online, all the time. You’re online right now! But have you ever stopped to think about what's behind the screen? What sort of infrast...
Who's Gonna Save Us? 07 | Citizens assemble!
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Politicians have been slow to act on climate change, even though people want more action. So what would happen if everyday people got the keys to cli...
Who's Gonna Save Us? 06 | Community Power
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Traditionally Australia's electricity system has been dirty, and heavily centred around coal communities. But there's a shift happening. Towns aroun...
Who's Gonna Save Us? 05 | Better Call Saul
19 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Saul Griffith has an ambitious plan to save the planet. And it all begins at home.It’s an electrified revolution for the Australian household! We a...
Who's Gonna Save Us? 04 | We fought the law
12 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Gomeroi woman Dorothy Tighe stood up to a room full of powerful people for her country. Student Solomon Yeo took his message from a Vanuatu universit...
Who's Gonna Save Us? 03 | The Switch
05 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What happens to Australia’s “carbon capital” when we phase out coal?If we’re going to tackle climate change, we have to stop burning fossil f...
Who's Gonna Save Us? 02 | Scientists on strike
29 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For decades, scientists have been warning us about climate change. The warnings have been getting more and more urgent -- but we're still falling sho...
Who's Gonna Save Us? 01 | Standing up for the climate
29 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever done something that’s just blown everything up? A single decision that changed everything?This episode is all about people taking a s...
INTRODUCING — Who's Gonna Save Us?
21 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This isn't a podcast about how climate change is real – we've known that for a long time. And it's not another show about the devastation climate c...