Episode 025
Now & England, The Anti-Catastrophe League, and neo-Elizabethan allegations
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Tom and Calum reflect on 25 episodes of the podcast that allegedly influenced Robert Jenrick to declare himself an Anglofuturist, while grappling with accusations of dangerous nostalgia from Southampton academics.
Tom and Calum on:
- How Robert Jenrick's declaration that he's “what you would call an Anglo-futurist” at a Westminster nationalism conference proves their growing influence
- Defending themselves against Francesca Melhuish's academic paper attacking the “nostalgic politics of Anglofuturism”
- Why talk of British civil war misses the point - the real question is whether there's a genuine constituency for radical change beyond angry WhatsApp groups and hotel protests,
- Tom's new book, and his journey from effective altruist malaria-net maximizer to someone worried about civilizational collapse,
- The thrilling prospect of geoengineering our way out of climate change through stratospheric aerosol injection and iron ocean fertilization
The Anti-Catastrophe League: The pioneers and visionaries on a quest to save the world
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