Plus: A vision of life beyond burnout
| | | | At the height of the Black Summer bushfires, Emily Townsend burned her bridges.
On the last day of a job at News Corp, where she’d worked for five years, she wrote an all-staff email explaining why she was leaving.
And she made sure it was addressed to everyone, including the chairman and every last executive.
"I find it unconscionable to continue working for this company, knowing I am contributing to the spread of climate change denial and lies."
It made headlines around the world at the time – but what happened next?
Emily tells the full story in the first episode of WHO’S GONNA SAVE US?, a new podcast from triple j Hack and RN’s Science team.
For more great listening this weekend, catch up on Earshot’s latest series of audio postcards from across the country.
These stories will take you from Elizabeth on the arid edge of Adelaide, where ghosts of Holden cars and electric guitars haunt the streets, to the small town of Yirrkala in Arnhem Land that Siena Stubbs calls home.
And – have we finally reached the point where we can reimagine the relationship between work and life?
Hear more on this episode of The Minefield, where Scott Stephens and Waleed Aly speak to author Jonathan Malesic.
Enjoy your weekend,
Rosie Ryan, digital editor |
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| 'A powerful mix of people, history and culture' |
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| Join Siena Stubbs as she takes us around Yirrkala, a small Northern Territory town perched on the edge of Australia, exploring a history of missionaries and Yolngu resistance, along with her own connection to family and country. |
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| | | At the height of the bushfires, Emily sent an explosive email |
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| Emily Townsend very publicly quit her job at News Corp over its bushfire and climate change reporting. She thought she was burning her bridges. Then the messages arrived. |
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| A vision of life beyond burnout |
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| The Protestant work ethic valorises a destructive ideal of working to the point of martyrdom, says Jonathan Malesic. To overcome burnout, we have to create a new conception of how work fits into a life well lived. |
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We're all looking for a way through the climate crisis. Who's going to get us there — and how will they do it? Meet the people who are trying to draw the map to a better future.
WHO'S GONNA SAVE US? is a co-production of the science team at ABC RN and triple j Hack. | | LISTEN |
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