Why Can't They Just...

Janaline, Luke and Glenn look at the history of international climate negotiations and ask why has it all been so hard? Maybe we are asking for the wrong thing - instead of asking countries to give something up (fossil fuel use), what if we asked them to build something new instead, in the form of decarbonised heavy industry supply chains? Something less vulnerable to other people’s wars…Here's a transcript.Please leave a comment, particularly if you have your own "Why can't they just..." question, or email us at `[email protected]`. We'd love to hear from you.Find out more about us and how you can support us at ⁠⁠⁠, which includes a link to our Patreon site where you can sign up for exclusive content.Please also feel free to rate and review us, as it does help people to find us.Music: "Insurrection"Written by Pierre ChrétienPerformed by the Soul Jazz OrchestraCourtesy of Do Right Music Inc

Janaline, Luke and Glenn look at the Safeguard Mechanism - the government's main policy to manage down industrial emissions - and how it can be made more effective. How can it make miners and fossil fuel companies do more of the heavy lifting, and shouldn't the whole thing just be scrapped for an economy-wide price on carbon?Maybe a focus on methane will help?This episode carries a nerd alert, but we hope you will bear with us because it genuinely is so important.Here is a transcript.Please leave a comment, particularly if you have your own "Why can't they just..." question, or email us at `[email protected]`. We'd love to hear from you.Find out more about us and how you can support us at ⁠https://whycanttheyjust.com.au/, which includes a link to our Patreon site where you can sign up for exclusive content.Please also feel free to rate and review us, as it does help people to find us.Music: "Insurrection"Written by Pierre ChrétienPerformed by the Soul Jazz OrchestraCourtesy of Do Right Music Inc.

Janaline, Luke and Yassine consider the impact of AI on society, how we relate to each other as humans, how it is affecting education and learning, and what it means for our humanity. And because we care about policy, we consider what governments need to do to make sure humans stay in charge and harm is minimised and managed.Here is a transcript.Please leave a comment, particularly if you have your own "Why can't they just..." question, or email us at `[email protected]`. We'd love to hear from you.Find out more about us and how you can support us at ⁠⁠⁠https://whycanttheyjust.com.au/, which includes a link to our Patreon site where you can sign up for exclusive content.Please also feel free to rate and review us, as it does help people to find us.Music: "Insurrection"Written by Pierre ChrétienPerformed by the Soul Jazz OrchestraCourtesy of Do Right Music Inc

Janaline and Glenn look at the different ways in which AI is likely to affect the Australian economy and ask what, if anything, the government can do to ensure it delivers benefit to the people. Spoiler alert: we see a big role for government policy here.Here is a transcript.Please leave a comment, particularly if you have your own "Why can't they just..." question, or email us at `[email protected]`. We'd love to hear from you.Find out more about us and how you can support us at ⁠whycanttheyjust.com.au, which includes a link to our Patreon site where you can sign up for exclusive content.Please also feel free to rate and review us, as it does help people to find us.Music: "Insurrection"Written by Pierre ChrétienPerformed by the Soul Jazz OrchestraCourtesy of Do Right Music Inc.

Janaline, Luke and Yassine discuss what it's actually like in Australian public schools, what are the challenges for teachers and students and what policies might make things better. Philosophy for children might be an answer.Good news: public schools in Australia are actually pretty good and fixing the roofs would go a long way to making them even better. Here is a transcript.Please leave a comment, particularly if you have your own "Why can't they just..." question, or email us at `[email protected]`. We'd love to hear from you.Find out more about us and how you can support us at ⁠⁠⁠https://whycanttheyjust.com.au/, which includes a link to our Patreon site where you can sign up for exclusive content.Please also feel free to rate and review us, as it does help people to find us.Music: "Insurrection"Written by Pierre ChrétienPerformed by the Soul Jazz OrchestraCourtesy of Do Right Music Inc.