Mothers of Invention (podcast)

Mothers of Invention is a podcast hosted by former President of Ireland Mary Robinson, comedian Maeve Higgins and series producer Thimali Kodikara. It is produced by Doc Society.^[1][2] The podcast debuted on 23 July 2018^[1] and has so far run for three seasons.^[3] The podcast^[4] focuses on the intersection between climate change and feminism, exploring the idea that climate change is a man-made problem with a feminist solution.^[5][6]

Mothers of Invention
Presentation
Starring	Mary Robinson Maeve Higgins Thimali Kodikara
Genre	Climate Justice
Created by	Doc Society
Production
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	20

Episode details

Each episode of the podcast features a guest who has been fighting for climate justice. The first guest was Tessa Khan, a Bangladeshi-Australian lawyer who specialises in climate change litigation.^[7] Subsequent guests include marine biologist and environmental policy expert Ayana Elizabeth Johnson; Sara Tekola, a Black Lives Matter activist undertaking a PhD in climate science,^[5][8] environmental activist and geographer Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim^[9] and US Senator Bernie Sanders.^[10]

Other initiatives

In 2020 the Mothers of Invention production team launched the Climate Reframe Project, an initiative to highlight the work of Black, Brown, Asian, People of Colour and UK based Indigenous Peoples who are climate experts, campaigners and advocates living and working in the UK. The project received funding from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Solberga Foundation.^[11]

References

1. "Mary Robinson and Maeve Higgins' Mothers of Invention podcast launched". The Irish World. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
2. "3 podcasts for climate activists". www.greenpeace.org.uk. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
3. "MOTHERS". Mothers Of Invention. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
4. "Mary Robinson fronts podcast series on women and climate change". Newstalk. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
5. "Mothers of Invention: Mary Robinson on why climate change is a feminist issue". i. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
6. "#MeToo has arrived and China's environment sector must respond". China Dialogue. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
7. "Podcast — Mothers of Invention: Mary Robinson turns up the heat on environmental issues". Financial Times. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
8. Strauss, Rachelle (27 August 2014). "Zero Waste Week: a challenge to send nothing to landfill". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
9. Schlossberg, Tatiana (10 November 2019). "Telling Stories to Battle Climate Change, With a Little Humor Thrown In (Published 2019)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
10. "The week in radio and podcasts: Arthur Cares; Where Is George Gibney?; Mothers of Invention". the Guardian. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
11. "'We need to be heard': the BAME climate activists who won't be ignored". the Guardian. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2021.

External links

• Official website