Auden Schendler on Joy, Living Well, & His New Book, Terrible Beauty: Reckoning with Climate Complicity and Rediscovering our Soul

Auden Schendler is someone whose work we’ve admired for a long time. And In this conversation, Auden and Jonathan talk about human purpose, the importance of joy and living well; and Auden spells out the need for systemic change — and not just token actions — to actually address climate change. RELATED LINKS: audenschendler.com Ep. Sponsor: skitaos.com Blister Shop: Lone Pine Gear Exchange BLISTER+ Get Yourself Covered Blister Summit 2025 TOPICS & TIMES: Auden’s Background (5:14) Climate Change is Not Your Fault (17:29) Terrible Beauty (27:38) Reckoning with Climate Complicity (30:41) Rediscovering Our Soul (32:21) On the Idea that Climate Change is a Hoax (34:59) Analogy: the Tobacco Industry (41:25) Why Should We Recycle? (49:59) Why Climate Change Shouldn’t Be Political (59:23) Final Thoughts (1:03:42) CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS Blister Cinematic CRAFTED Bikes & Big Ideas GEAR:30 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.