Break In Case of Emergency
A Canadian podcast about audacious climate solutions rooted in justice and workers’ rights — from the team at the Climate Emergency Unit.
Episodes
10 episodes
Special election coverage: The Youth Climate Corps meets party platforms (w/ Seth Klein, Alex Cool-Fergus and Juan Vargas Alba)
With less than a week before the federal election, Alex Cool-Fergus from Climate Action Network Canada joins Seth Klein, Juan Vargas Alba and Doug Hamilton-Evans from the Climate Emergency Unit to break down the climate commitments in each of t...
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Episode 8
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40:29
Mapping right-wing activism, corporate lobbying and climate denialism (w/ Geoff Dembicki)
In this episode of Break in Case of Emergency, hosts Erin Blondeau and Emiko Newman speak with Geoff Dembicki, global managing editor of DeSmog, to discuss the intricate connections between conservative politics, corpor...
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Episode 7
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46:39
Special election episode: Where is the climate crisis in Canadian party platforms? (w/ Anjali Appadurai, Juan Vargas Alba, Seth Klein & Alex Cool-Fergus)
In this episode of Break in Case of Emergency, host Erin Blondeau is joined by Anjali Appadurai, Juan Vargas Alba, Seth Klein and Alex Cool-Fergus of Climate Action Network Canada to discuss party platforms and climate policy leading u...
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Episode 6
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33:29
Special election episode: Making sense of the Trump assaults and unpacking Canada’s ‘Shock Election’ (w/ Seth Klein & Naomi Klein)
In this special election episode, co-hosts Anjali Appadurai and Erin Blondeau interview siblings Naomi Klein and Seth Klein to discuss the current political climate in Canada leading up to the federal election, unpacking the nuances of a nation...
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Episode 5
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1:21:11
Dissecting the climate denial machine: culture wars and the climate countermovement (w/ Mary Stuart & Erin Blondeau)
Host Emiko Newman interviews Mary Stuart and Erin Blondeau about the rise of climate conspiracism. Mary is a masters student in political ecology at the University of Victoria studying right-wing climate denial. Erin Blondeau is the Director of...
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Episode 4
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58:01
It’s a f&%#ing climate emergency! Why aren’t we acting like it? (w/ Seth Klein)
This episode aired on March 15 2025.Seth Klein joins host Erin Blondeau to talk about the 6 Markers of Climate Emergency Framework. Marker 1: Spend what it takes to win.Marker 2: Create new institutions to get the job ...
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Episode 3
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1:02:04
The Ontario Snap Election Guide (w/ Bushra Asghar, Zoe Keary-Matzner, and Karishma Porwal)
This episode aired on February 19 2025.In this timely episode, host Erin Blondeau discusses Ontario's surprise early election with climate organizers Bushra Asghar, Zoe Keary-Matzner, and Karishma Porwal, coming up on February 27....
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Episode 2
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49:25
Politics, pipelines, and the price of B.C.'s climate inaction (w/ Emiko Newman)
This episode aired on February 19 2025.In this first episode of Break In Case of Emergency, host Erin Blondeau sits down with Emiko Newman, Coordinator of the BC Climate Emergency Campaign, to examine British Columbia's climate ...
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Episode 1
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43:45
Preview: Meet two of your hosts from the Climate Emergency Unit
This episode aired on February 14 2025. In this special preview episode, join Emiko Newman and Erin Blondeau for a conversation about the origins of the Break In Case of Emergency podcast and the Climate Emergency Unit. Erin and Emi...
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9:32
Trailer: The climate crisis touches everything (w/ Anjali Appadurai & Erin Blondeau)
This episode aired on February 14 2025. Global average temperatures are skyrocketing. Communities are being wiped out by wildfires, floods, droughts, storms and other unnatural disasters. We are living the climate emergency.T...
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