Following Der Standard and Kurier, Die Presse has now also joined the club of "climate podcasts" from Austrian daily newspapers. On 1 December, the first episode of "Der letzte Aufguss" launched. Every 14 days, the core team — made up of Mathias Auer, Teresa Wirth, Christine Mayrhofer, Anja Drechsler and Michael Lohmeyer — dedicates itself to the climate debate, as you'd expect.
"We've had a cross-departmental climate team in-house for a while now. With the podcast, we want to make the topic even more prominent", says Christine Mayrhofer. The format is designed as a "relaxed" conversation between three rotating hosts. Recurring elements include the "Mitbringsl" and the "Mutmacher". "It was particularly important to us to also highlight solutions. We don't want to spread panic or be alarmist — instead, we want to engage constructively with the issues", Mayrhofer emphasises.
Episodes so far
A low-meat diet, travelling by train, green electricity and plastic-free shopping: living in a climate-friendly way often seems inconvenient, expensive or complicated. What structural changes could help, and whether it's really worth the effort.
This year, one temperature record followed another: 2023 was the warmest year since records began. A look back at the many temperature records and what they mean.
Whether global average temperature rises by one and a half, two or three degrees makes a significant difference. Die Presse's climate podcast explains what that looks like in detail.
Can the head of an oil company contribute to climate protection? How quickly will the radical phase-out of fossil fuels come? And who should foot the bill for the damage caused by climate change in the Global South? Answers to these questions and more from "De...
