{"podcast":{"title":"Disorder","slug":"disorder-6608099","podcast_index_feed_id":6608099,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/disorder","website_url":"https://disordershow.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/266777a6-4d7b-11ee-9675-d7de9b1d81e5/image/5a84a736c635a907d8a254ce114c54b3.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Global Enduring Disorder Ltd","episode_count":198,"summary":"Are you fed up with the never ending crises in the news? Are you looking for Order amidst the Disorder? Listen to the Disorder Podcast as we offer forward thinking solutions to the biggest challenges of the day. We are living through an age of unrivaled disorder: an out-of-control Trump Administration, never ending scandals, escalating threats from China, Iran, and Russia, and the rapid march of destabilizing tech. The “good guys” - rules-based ordering centrists - are on the back foot, while neo-populist strongmen gain ground by fuelling more and more chaos. But there are ways out of this mess. Join us as we Order the Disorder. Each week, host Jason Pack, co-hosts Jane Kinnimont and Mark Lobel, world-leading experts, senior diplomats and cultural icons, present their solutions to problems like: why are centrists losing and populist strongmen winning? How do we save our democracies? How do we deal with threats from Disorderers like Iran and Russia? And how do we build multilateral coalitions that work, how can we regulate AI, defend Ukraine, and fight climate change? All in a world without American leadership? Disorder is the go-to podcast for anyone who wants intelligent, thought…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T12:21:10.106481+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/disorder-6608099"},"episode":{"title":"Ep 178. Elemental: The Geopolitics of Climate Change with Arthur Snell","slug":"ep-178-elemental-the-geopolitics-of-climate-change-with-arthur-snell","published_at":"2026-04-14T01:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/disorder-6608099/ep-178-elemental-the-geopolitics-of-climate-change-with-arthur-snell","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/disorder-6608099","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/2IMk17EdnEqyRhJTIpIU/traffic.megaphone.fm/FPMN5848043857.mp3?updated=1776075206","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/2IMk17EdnEqyRhJTIpIU/traffic.megaphone.fm/FPMN5848043857.mp3?updated=1776075206","summary":"The Chinese are cleaning our clock when it comes to lithium batteries and EVs, while the Russians still dominate at nuclear energy? Why? Why can’t the West play the geopolitics of climate change better? Why can’t Western countries work together to prepare for, mitigate, and profit from the upcoming cataclysm? Why are we sleepwalking off the cliff? To find out, we return to friend of the show and former Co-host Arthur Snell returns to Disorder to explore the themes of his new book, Elemental: The New Geography of Climate Change and How We Survive it. The overall approach of the book showcases how the Enduring Disorder paradigm epitomizes the collective action challenges democracies face as they compete against each other and see-saw from one policy to another while dictatorships tend to think much more long term when it comes to how to prepare for the opportunities and challenges of climate change. This investigation comes at a highly relevant time as the Iran War has made clear how the geopolitics of energy, electricity, AI Data centres, critical minerals, and climate change are the top table issues of our day. Arthur and Jason start off talking about the situation in the Straight of Hormuz and how developments there will affect the energy transition. They quickly pivot to a discussion of the geopolitics of the Arctic and Antarctic, especially the scramble for the Northwest Passage. Jason points out that China has been strategic about how to benefit from climate change, while Western nations have only notched tactical successes, but have not systematically prepared for the top table challenges that climate changes poses for humanity. As they Order the Disorder, Arthur explores who the approach of Antarctic of international legal treaties could be expanded to other doma…","meta_description":"The Chinese are cleaning our clock when it comes to lithium batteries and EVs, while the Russians still dominate at nuclear energy? Why? 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