Auden Schendler on Joy, Living Well, & His New Book, Terrible Beauty: Reckoning with Climate Complicity and Rediscovering our Soul

Auden Schendler is someone whose work we’ve admired for a long time. And In this conversation, Auden and Jonathan talk about human purpose, the importance of joy and living well; and Auden spells out the need for systemic change — and not just token actions — to actually address climate change.RELATED LINKS:audenschendler.comEp. Sponsor: skitaos.comBlister Shop: Lone Pine Gear ExchangeBLISTER+ Get Yourself CoveredBlister Summit 2025TOPICS & TIMES:Auden’s Background (5:14)Climate Change is Not Your Fault (17:29)Terrible Beauty (27:38)Reckoning with Climate Complicity (30:41)Rediscovering Our Soul (32:21)On the Idea that Climate Change is a Hoax (34:59)Analogy: the Tobacco Industry (41:25)Why Should We Recycle? (49:59)Why Climate Change Shouldn’t Be Political (59:23)Final Thoughts (1:03:42)CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTSBlister CinematicCRAFTEDBikes & Big IdeasGEAR:30 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.