All the way from Australia, Jessica Braithwaite on all things weather, climate and her new book

About this episode

The episode features Australian meteorologist Jessica Braithwaite discussing her experiences with weather, climate change, and her new book.

In this episode we meet Australian meteorologist and Nine News presenter Jessica Braithwaite. We discuss all things weather, climate and Jessica’s beautiful, heartfelt newly released book and song ‘Whatever the Weather, We’re in This Together. This episode was recorded at the end of 2025 and our conversation is more relevant than ever as we have watched Jessica for the first time put an unprecedented 50 Celsius on a weather map. Jessica takes us on a journey of her early love of weather, her passion for both journalism and environmental science and her experience of how the climate conversation has moved on in Australia She speaks from the heart about the emotional challenge of forecasting in unprecedented extremes such as The Black Summer bushfires, a prolonged marine heatwave causing toxic algae blooms as well as extreme heat and the anxiety that comes with witnessing climate change firsthand. Despite these challenges, Jessica highlights the importance of hope and community action, as well as showcasing positive climate stories that might not otherwise make the news. We then focus on Jessica's new children’s picture book, Whatever the Weather, We’re in This Together and how we…

People in this episode

Hosts: Gemma Plumb, Aisling Creevey

Guest: Jessica Braithwaite

Topics covered

• weather
• climate change
• journalism
• environmental science
• children's literature
• community action
• Indigenous knowledge

Keywords

• meteorologist
• climate conversation
• environmental science
• children's book
• community action
• climate stories
• Indigenous Australian calendars

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Whatever the Weather, We’re in This Together

Places: Australia

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