[OVERSHOOT] Part 2: Carbon Suckers

23/10/2025 30 min
[OVERSHOOT] Part 2: Carbon Suckers

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Podcast: Macrodose (LS 44 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: [OVERSHOOT] Part 2: Carbon SuckersPub date: 2025-10-06Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationWho’s going to clean up the mess?Dangerous amounts of carbon have been dumped in the atmosphere - so someone has to clean up the mess. Enter the dream - or delusion - of sucking carbon out of the sky. We trace how a backup plan for tackling climate change became plan A, why fossil fuel companies love it, and the staggering scale of the carbon sucking that must now be done - and whether it can even work.***OVERSHOOT is a new four-part audio documentary hosted by climate researcher and policy advisor Laurie Laybourn. OVERSHOOT is produced by Planet B Productions and the Strategic Climate Risks Initiative.Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. For essays and bonus content, sign up at overshootpod.com or follow @overshootpod on social media.***Writer and presenter: Laurie LaybournResearcher: Ben Shread-HewittProduction coordination: Daniel NormanScript consulting: Daniel TrillingSound design and mix: Ben Heyderman and James FoxOriginal music by HaniellWith special thanks to Aaron Thierry, Mirte Boot, James Dyke, Henry Throp, Stephen Backhouse, Sophia LennonThe podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Planet B Productions, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.