Climate Change and other Small Talk Title Image
Created by Sunny Drake

Produced in association with Why Not Theatre
and 9 companies around the world
About the Podcast

Feeling overwhelmed by the looming threat of climate change? We’ve got you! Sunny Drake's Climate Change and Other Small Talk is a theatrical podcast that is here to hold your hand through the scary stuff and entertain you at the same time.

Made by 9 creative teams around the world, these podcast episodes have got it all: from the witty to the wacky, and the serious to the silly.

It’s guaranteed to be fun and ignite your inner climate warrior all while offering global perspectives on the climate crisis.

There will be weird sound effects. An angry panda running a submarine. And a 500-year-old tree that… well we can’t give the rest away.

Launching Earth Day - April 22nd - subscribe below to the newsletter or wherever you get your podcasts, so you never miss an episode. Learning about how to survive the apocalypse has never been so fun. 

First Episode

Series Trailer
Awards
Positive Change Podcast
Apple Podcast Charts
Our peak ratings for the Comedy Fiction category have been:
#1
in India
#1
in Mauritius
#1
in Nigeria
#1
in Nicaragua
#1
 in Poland
#2
in Canada
#3
in Belgium
#7
in France 
#9
in Australia
Signal Awards
American Writing Awards
The Writers
Carmen Aguirre
Carmen Aguirre
Vancouver, Canada

Carmen is one of Canada’s most prominent Latinx theatre artists. She is known for telling it like it is.

Tara Beagan
Tara Beagan
Mohkínsstsisi/Calgary, Canada

Tara is an all-round theatre champion – playwright, actor, director – who won the top playwriting prize in Canada.

Krishnee Bhotooa
Krishnee Bhotooa
Port Louis, Mauritius

Krishnee is the coolest teacher who fell into the magic of theatre and now leads a double life: teacher by day, playwright by night.

Pyemwa Deshi
Pyemwa Deshi
Jos, Nigeria

Pyemwa is equally at ease writing for TV, running schools, launching women-led social enterprises and dealing with international banking!

Sunny Drake
Sunny Drake
Tkaronto/Toronto, Canada + Los Angeles, US

Sunny’s theatre works have been presented in over 60 cities across the world. And a few basements, backyards, a merry-go-round and a bathtub.

Bruce Gibbons Fell
Bruce Gibbons Fell
Viña del Mar, Chile

Bruce is a queer Chilean-Canadian award-winning playwright, obsessed with the intersection of pop culture and politics in dark comedy.

Shauntay Grant
Shauntay Grant
Kjipuktuk/Halifax, Canada

Shauntay is a playwright, poet and children’s book author whose award-winning work is grounded in African Nova Scotian and African diasporic experiences.

Ram Ganesh Kamatham
Ram Ganesh Kamatham
Bangalore, India

Ram is a powerhouse who seamlessly hops from research to policy think-tanks to anthropology to playwriting. Like a secret agent.

Marie Munkara
Marie Munkara
Lands of the Larrakia People/ Darwin, Australia

Marie is a novel writer with a famously sharp wit. We are lucky to have her turn her talent to this audio creation.

Where our episodes are from
Map of the world
Origin Story
Sunny came up with the idea for Climate Change and Other Small Talk onboard The Arctic Circle artist residency, where he spent a few weeks sailing around the Svalbard Islands, 10 degrees from the North Pole. Listen to Sunny tell the full origin story here.
Sunny Drake in the Arctic
arctic ocean with a shiparctic ocean view from a ship
The Companies
Caudon Arts Centre
Caudon Arts Centre
Port Louis, Mauritius
Cocodrilo Triste
Cocodrilo Triste
Viña del Mar, Chile
Darwin Community Arts
Darwin Community Arts
Lands of the Larrakia People/ Darwin, Australia
Downstage Theatre
Downstage Theatre
Mohkínsstsisi/Calgary, Canada
Electric Company Theatre
Electric Company Theatre
Vancouver, Canada
QTP
QTP
Bangalore, India
Soulpepper
Soulpepper
Tkaronto/Toronto, Canada
Thespian Muse
Thespian Muse
Jos, Nigeria
Why Not Theatre
Why Not Theatre
Tkaronto/Toronto, Canada
Zuppa
Zuppa
Kjipuktuk/Halifax, Canada
Lead Series Producer
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Series Produced in Association With
Why Not Theatre
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Episode Co-Producing Partners
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Episode Supporters
Thanks to our Episode supporters, who are listed on each episode page
Presenting Partner
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Artwork by Travis De Vries, Awesome Black Media
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