34: Climate Change Should Be Funnier. Seriously.

About this episode

This episode explores the intersection of climate change and humor through discussions with experts in science communication.

Episode Intro: The topic we’re exploring in this episode is climate change and humor. Can climate change be funny? To explore this question, I had the chance to speak with Sara Yeo, a professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Utah, who researches science communication, along with Julia St. Andre, currently a senior studying science communication. For her honors thesis Julia researched the effects of humorous climate change communication – specifically how humor and emo...

People in this episode

Guests: Sara Yeo, Julia St. Andre

Topics covered

• climate change
• humor
• science communication
• communication research
• effects of humor

Keywords

• climate change
• humor
• science communication
• Sara Yeo
• Julia St. Andre

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Utah

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