The Story of Climate Change in the Media featuring Ira Glass and Alan Rusbridger

Climate change is in some ways a surprisingly old story, but it's also one that some of the finest minds in journalism have struggled to tell effectively. We speak with Ira Glass of This American Life, Alan Rusbridger, recently retired editor of The Guardian, and University of Colorado Professor Max Boykoff about the ins and outs of how the media has dealt with the story of climate change, and why in 2015, things finally might be improving.

Listen to our episode on media above, or subscribe to The Elephant in iTunes. 

Also to hear our extended interview with Alan Rusbridger, Scroll down to the bottom of this post. 

Alan Rusbridger, recently retired editor of The Guardian committed to putting climate change front and centre in the newspaper