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Uncommon Courage

Andrea T Edwards

Welcome to Uncommon Courage, the podcast, where we’ll be having the conversations we need to be having as members of the human collective. We are all being called upon to step up and lead – with kindness, big hearts and unshakable courage – because right now, we have an opportunity to redress what we got wrong in the past, as well as deal with the disruptions we face today, to create a better world for all.However, if we are completely truthful, the biggest challenge we face is believing we can do

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122:02

Climate Courage: the Pope was a climate activist

Uncommon Courage ·

2025/04/25

This week the world has come together to mourn the death of Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday, age 88. As speculation mounts about who will replace him, and whether they will be a reformer or traditionalist, we want to reflect on Pope France’s contribution to the climate movement and the change he drove around the world, not just across the 1.4 billion Catholics he led, but beyond to other religions and cultures too. Pope Francis was an unapologetic environmental advocate, and he ...

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137:45

The Know Show – is the US massively underestimating...

Uncommon Courage ·

2025/04/18

It’s been hard to have a break from the show with so much going on in the news, but our sanity is important, as is spending time with family. That said, we are very happy to be back this week, and of course, we are going to talk about the tariff battle between the US and China, digging into the question – who is going to win? If you’re in the US, you might have a different view, but out here in Asia, we see things very differently and we’re looking forward to exploring it. No question, ...

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114:15

Climate Courage: is it time for climate populism?

Uncommon Courage ·

2025/03/29

In February, Caroline Lucas and Rupert Read wrote an article in The New Statesman titled: It’s time for climate populism. They suggest that as politics turns against net zero, we need to mobilise a genuine mass movement against ecological catastrophe. It’s an adaptation message and concludes with: a depolarising wave of action that mobilises communities’ instinctive protective instincts could really be… popular. And that is climate popularism. In response, Joseph Gelfer wrote: Climate Populis...

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142:39

The Know Show – a fork in the road

Uncommon Courage ·

2025/03/21

Climate scientist, Ben Santer, was recently quoted in an article suggesting we are now at a fork in the road and it’s time to decide which path we take: “The fork we face is the choice between science and ignorance, between climate stability and climate carnage, between democracy and dictatorship. Between bright hope and dark despair. If we do not choose wisely, we will betray the sacred trust of our children and grandchildren.” This isn’t just about the climate, it’s about multiple crisis’ (...

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115:21

Climate Courage: the role of marketing in a...

Uncommon Courage ·

2025/03/14

Does the marketing profession have an outsized impact on the environmental crisis? And if so, how can marketing change track to play a greater role in building a sustainable future? That’s our focus this week, and we’re going to start with the problem with marketing, going back through history to its present day. We’ll look at its role, the harm it does, and the challenges we face in turning the marketing ship around. We will look at marketing’s role in behaviour change and consumption...

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128:03

The Know Show – are we imagining enough yet?

Uncommon Courage ·

2025/03/07

We’ve been talking about the failure of imagination in coming to terms with this moment in time geopolitically since the start of the year, so are we imagining enough now? Let’s hope so, because things are certainly getting intense, and fear is ricocheting around the world. Definitely not an easy time for any of us. As we’ve witnessed in recent weeks, it appears the US is now sprinting towards authoritarianism, while abandoning its allies and joining with its enemies. From the Zelensky ...

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118:28

Climate Courage: the great wealth transfer

Uncommon Courage ·

2025/02/28

We’ve had to reschedule our marketing show due to a clash for our guest, so we are going to delve deeper into the economic conversation, this time focusing on the fact that the greatest transfer of wealth in history is about to happen. What, we hear you say? The richest group in human history are the Boomers, and as they start to head over the rainbow bridge, $60-80 trillion of their wealth will be transferred to the next generations – Gen X, Millennials, Gen Z and the new Alphas. This is the...

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102:22

The Know Show – has it really only been four weeks?

Uncommon Courage ·

2025/02/21

Yes it has and it’s a whole lot worse than most thought possible. Of course, we’re not just talking about the chaos in the US, but everything else too - Canada, Mexico, Panama, Greenland, Gaza, China, Ukraine, Russia, to name a few, along with, of course, challenging the very foundations of Europe – that went down well, didn’t it? Are we witnessing the creation of a New World Order in real-time, as many claim? It certainly can’t be ruled out, so what does it mean for the rest of us? How will ...

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111:13

Climate Courage: is Trump irrelevant?

Uncommon Courage ·

2025/02/14

Climate Courage is back for 2025 and it’s just the three of us this week, as we have a lot to catch up on since our last show. To get off to a hot start, we’ll discuss Donald Trump and team, asking the very simple question: is Trump even relevant in the fight for our future? We’ll aim to pull apart the potential impact the next four years could have on global climate action, and we’ll dig into the numbers too. Considering the state of our planet and the threats made so far – especially based ...

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132:38

The Know Show – the zone has been flooded with shit,...

Uncommon Courage ·

2025/02/07

It’s time to get the show on the road after a long break, and boy a lot has happened since our last show in December. Our 2025 kick off will just be the three of us – Andrea, Joe and Tim – with the goal of trying to make sense of what’s going on, which is not easy, because there’s not a lot of clarity out there, even from the best voices globally. We’re going to cover as much as we can, from the actions of Donald Trump to Elon Musk and DOGE, the Democrats apparent vapid response, the po...

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138:01

The Know Show – 2024 was one heck of a year, a look back

Uncommon Courage ·

2024/12/13

It’s our last show of the year and that means we’ll take the opportunity to look back at the major news that happened around the world in 2024 – how much do you remember? Or perhaps it all became a blur? Or maybe you haven’t been paying attention at all and this is your chance to catch up in one go? We’ll discuss geopolitical developments across the world, including the results of more than 50 per cent of the world’s population going to the polls. From elections to wars, what happens nex...

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135:39

Climate Courage: the economics of climate

Uncommon Courage ·

2024/12/06

Cop29 has been deemed a failure as it only promised $300 billion to developing countries by the mid-30s. What’s even more challenging about this number is the percentage offered as loans, because countries already struggling with debt burdens taking on more debt to deal with a crisis not of their own making is amoral, not to forget, it’s not charity. Ensuring the developing world gets the funds required to transition to clean energy is a critical need for the world. Another vital pillar is fi...

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130:06

The Know Show – from ‘enshittification’ to denial,...

Uncommon Courage ·

2024/12/03

What’s true? What’s not? How do we move forward when ‘truthiness’ is acceptable? How do we navigate complex times when basic facts are denied rigorously, something that is definitely not serving the common good? We have entered the era of denial and “enshittification,” a term invented by the sci-fi writer Cory Doctorow, to describe online platforms and the process of their decay. According to Rose Payne, she says you’ll recognize it immediately from pretty much any online service you’ve ...

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110:18

Climate Courage: the politics of climate

Uncommon Courage ·

2024/11/22

This year, 1.5 billion people have gone to or are going to the polls, with more than 50 countries holding significant elections in 2024. Considering 2023 was the hottest year on record, and 2024 looks like it will smash that record, not to mention extreme weather events escalating across the globe, we’re going to vote for leaders who are climate aware at least, yes?Well no. Not only do we have a climate denier back in the White House, but Green Parties across the world have had terrible resul...

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125:13

The Know Show – where do we go from here?

Uncommon Courage ·

2024/11/15

Since our last show, the US election happened and Cop29 kicked off, with a whole lot of other news in between. In the US, the recriminations and post-election analysis consumes our feeds, while Cop29 starts with the US threatening to leave the Paris Climate Agreement (again), Argentina ordering its representatives to leave after three days, all while reports state fossil fuel emissions have hit new highs, devastating storms continue across the world, and the cost of food continues to rise as ...

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94:20

Climate Courage: the air we breathe

Uncommon Courage ·

2024/11/08

New Delhi had an air pollution watch leading up to this year’s Diwali celebrations, with its air quality remaining ‘very poor’ for the 7th consecutive day. Meanwhile, across the border, the Pakistani city of Lahore had to close all primary schools for a week, with the air quality index (which measures a range of pollutants) exceeding 1,000 on Saturday. This is WELL above the benchmark of 300, which is considered "dangerous" by the World Health Organization.Right across Southeast Asia, a healt...

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51:53

Growth, resilience, the manosphere

Uncommon Courage ·

2024/11/05

We worked together nearly 30 years ago and have been crossing each other’s paths around the world ever since. However, it was our recent catch up where I saw a deep level of growth in John Kerr, so I wanted to talk to him about the journey.John has been in professional communications his entire career, working in senior leadership roles for the last 20 years or so. But perhaps those days are over, as John embarks on journey’s around the world, with a huge African journey ahead. What will he d...

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111:43

The Know Show – survival in the age of division

Uncommon Courage ·

2024/11/01

The US Election is happening on November 5th and it’s not just Americans who will be happy to see the back of it, the whole world will hopefully sigh with relief. No question it’s been intense, but regardless of the results, the divisions in the US will remain, and more broadly, we all know it’s not just the US suffering this blight, as many Western democracies face division too. The bigger risk is - will it continue to ripple out and infect the whole world? Time to start addressing it. ...

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98:54

Climate Courage: getting our cities climate ready

Uncommon Courage ·

2024/10/25

Is your city climate ready? Is your government or council taking the appropriate action to adapt for the climate that is coming? As we watch the disasters unfold around the world, we know that far too many governing bodies are on the back foot when it comes to adaptation, and in poorer countries, it is even more challenging to prepare as the funding just isn’t there. When it comes to preparing our cities, what should our leaders be doing today to ensure we are ready for the climate we ha...

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117:52

The Know Show – the woke mind virus

Uncommon Courage ·

2024/10/19

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, woke, wokeism or ‘the woke mind virus’ are now part of our public vernacular. But where did it come from? How did this awful word or phrase become so normalized in our societies? Equally, is woke a bad thing? And surely it’s not a mind virus? To hear the word woke, all you have to do is watch any political campaign (anywhere in the world) and you’ll hear woke used as a blanket term to criticize anything progressive. That includes racism, women’s ri...

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