Living with the threat of natural disaster and filtering through news stories about wildfires, droughts, species’ extinctions, melting ice caps, and rising sea levels can easily lead to a feeling of loss and despair. Today’s guest wrote a book that navigates the denial and doom with a different approach to our situation: with humor.

Andrew Boyd is a veteran activist, thinker and author of the new book, I Want a Better Catastrophe: Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope and Gallows Humor.

He joins guest host Nate Carlin on a show studded with listener calls to talk about his new book and how the paradoxes of the current crisis can be a little funny.

Andrew Boyd is an author, humorist, and climate activist. His new book, I Want a Better Catastrophe: Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope and Gallows Humor was published by New Society Press in February 2023. He is currently Chief Existential Officer of the Climate Clock, a global campaign that melds art, science, technology, and grassroots organizing to get the world to #ActInTime.  His previous books include Beautiful Trouble, Daily Afflictions, and Life’s Little Deconstruction Book.

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