What’s so Funny About Climate Change

By Greg Dalton, originally published by Climate One

August 5, 2014

NOTE: Images in this archived article have been removed.

Image RemovedYoram Bauman co-authored The Cartoon Introduction to Climate Change, described by one reviewer as “An Inconvenient Truth meets Peanuts.” His Ph.D. in economics is fodder for some self-deprecating humor about his chosen profession, such as his series of “you might be an economist if…” jokes (“You might be an economist if…you’ve ever gone to a bank in hopes of getting a date”). Bauman joined host Greg Dalton and Free Range Studios co-founder Jonah Sachs to talk about how to tell an inconvenient truth – and get people to listen.

Greg Dalton

Tags: art, climate change, Culture & Behavior, humor

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