Podcast Review by Laura Billings: Climate Magic by Sarah Jaquette Ray
I’ve been listening to the Climate Magic podcast, hosted by Sarah Jaquette Ray, author and Environmental Studies professor at Cal Poly Humboldt. The show explores how emotions like climate anxiety, grief, and hope influence our ability to take meaningful action and how even the smallest acts can feel like magic when they help us move forward.
What fascinates me most is the idea that up to 80% of our decisions are guided by emotions rather than facts or logic. When over 80% of people say they’re concerned about climate change, what’s holding us back from acting? This question has pulled me deeper into exploring the psychology of climate. How do our emotional responses shape behaviour, and how understanding this might unlock more empowered, collective action amid the “polycrisis.”
For anyone curious about how emotion and action intertwine in the climate movement, this podcast is both grounding and illuminating. Scoring it a 4.5/5
Check out the podcast: https://podbay.fm/p/climate-magic