Hot Mess, Matt Winning
Hot Mess, Matt Winning
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Hot Mess
What on earth can we do about climate change?

Author: Matt Winning

Narrator: Matt Winning

Unabridged: 8 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Headline

Published: 11/11/2021


Synopsis

What is climate change, who's to blame, and what the f**k can we do about it? Award-winning comedian and climate change researcher Dr Matt Winning explains all.

For fans of Randall Munro's WHAT IF? Matt Parker's HUMBLE PI and anyone looking for practical tips on how to stop the end of the world!

Dr Matt Winning is a stand-up comedian and environmental economist with a PHD in climate change policy, which means he's the sort of doctor who will rush to your side if you fall ill on a plane, but only to berate you for flying.

We are currently facing a global climate emergency. You've probably noticed. But why does the end of the world need to be so depressing? HOT MESS aims to both lighten the mood and enlighten readers on climate change. This is a book for people who care about climate change but aren't doing much about it, helping readers understand what the main causes of climate change are, what changes are needed, and what they can (and cannot) do about it.

But, most importantly, it is book that'll help people find the comedy in climate change, because if we can do that, well, we can do bloody anything.

(P) 2021 Headline Publishing Group Ltd

About Matt Winning

Dr Matt Winning is a London-based Scottish comedian and environmental economist who performs live climate change comedy, hosts the podcast 'Operation Earth' and has a TEDx talk about the importance of using humour to discuss climate change.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Hettie on October 09, 2022

I never thought I would enjoy reading a book about climate change. This book is one of - if not- the most digestible books on the most harrowing issue facing our collective future. Matt is a self proclaimed climate scientist and comedian, and his book is definitely an accomplished combination of the......more

Goodreads review by Dez on December 26, 2021

Having read a few books about the climate crisis, I can honestly say this is the first one that I found myself laughing at! Having seen Dr Winnings last standup show at Edinburgh and Greenbelt, I can confirm he is a great comedian, as well as climate economist and now an author. As you’d expect the c......more

Goodreads review by Elly on June 06, 2024

Lachen om klimaatverandering? Dat is vloeken in de kerk! Of toch niet? De Schotse klimaatwetenschapper Matt Winning is (ook) stand-up comedian en doet alles om mensen maar te laten luisteren naar zijn boodschap! Zelfs een conference-achtig boek schrijven. Hot mess, in Het Nederlands Het begint hier......more

Goodreads review by Mike on November 19, 2022

An easy read mixing humour with hope, amongst the less impressive facts about human impact. As usual though, I fear it will be read by those with some awareness and not those that could really make a big difference after reading it.......more

Goodreads review by Rudi on April 15, 2024

3, 69 , Een boek over klimaatverandering, oorzaak , gevolg met nu eens leuke grapjes , soms ook eens onnodige grapjes , Er is dan meestal ook een hoofdstuk over elektriciteit bij , … terwijl mijn gedachten dan altijd wat afdwalen naar beweging energie, deeltjesbotsing , thermodynamica, wat meestal g......more


Quotes

Climate change is no laughing matter - oh yes it is - with Matt Winning's superb, hilarious, side-splitting book that makes you take a whole new look at the climate crisis, surviving having children and life in general. Mark Maslin, author of How to Save Our Planet

A very funny, important and only moderately terrifying clarion call of a book. Adam Kay

HOT MESS provides loads of laughs about "the climate situation" and will position you at the right point between fear and determination. Mark Watson

Hilarious, informative and worrying in equal measure. And that's just the bits about having a baby. Josie Long

The first book about climate change that made me laugh out loud. If you've been too freaked out to subject yourself to the climate crisis, Hot Mess is the kick in the pants you need to start making yourself useful. ' Prof. Kimberly Nicholas, author of Under the Sky We Make: How to Be Human in a Warming World

Everything a Fringe show should be: hilarious, personal, inventive, and something that will stay with you for some time to come. EdFestMag

Winning's sharp wit and intelligence allows him to educate as he entertains. Sunday Post