Invisible Ink: adventures of a misanthropic memoirist, writing from the heart of the climate crisis

About Invisible Ink: adventures of a misanthropic memoirist, writing from the heart of the climate crisis

Invisible Ink is the ‘most brilliant climate crisis memoir the world has never heard of, and no one wants to read’, according to the entirely unbiased author. It is a rollicking, white-knuckled ride through 20 years of misadventures on the frontline of climate reporting in Africa. It is sometimes dark, sometimes funny, often furious. It's also 'too much', according to one critic. Way too much. A self-inflicted injury this big — turning a planet’s climate system into chaos — is too much. Join our intrepid misanthropic memoirist — a competent writer who is not a man, if you can believe it — as she goes utterly mad in the face of climate collapse, and is absolutely sane as she watches herself do so. Warning: includes at least one irate witch hunter, a few insurgents with hand-me-down Kalashnikovs and murderous intent, some predatory capitalists, a sexist or two, and a deity in the shape of a cat. Because no adventure is complete without a cat. Even dog people know this to be true.

Publisher

Leo Joubert

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

30 May 2025

Latest episode

30 May 2025

Latest episodes

9 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 May 2025

   Invisible Ink Leo Joubert Ch 3 Homo Hubris

   Leo Joubert explores humanity's hubris and its impact on the climate crisis, drawing parallels to Galileo's groundbreaking observations of the Moon.

2. 

   30 May 2025

   Invisible Ink Leo Joubert Ch 7 Buddha Behind the Wheel

   Leo Joubert narrates chapter seven of Invisible Ink, depicting a tense taxi ride on the Angolan-Namibian border, revealing the narrator's vulnerability and unease.

3. 

   30 May 2025

   Invisible Ink Leo Joubert Ch 5 Eye for an Eye

   Leo Joubert narrates a vivid scene from 1981, depicting a harrowing escape in a Datsun 120Y near the site of Steve Biko's arrest, showcasing the intensity of the time.

4. 

   30 May 2025

   Invisible Ink Leo Joubert Ch 4 Wild Child

   Leo Joubert describes a fierce ocean storm and the experience of battening down the hatches, highlighting the raw power of nature.

5. 

   30 May 2025

   Invisible Ink Leo Joubert Ch 6 Invisible Ink

   Leo Joubert narrates chapter six of Invisible Ink, detailing a wild 60th birthday party scene with sequined guests and deep house music in a repurposed warehouse.

6. 

   30 May 2025

   Invisible Ink Leo Joubert Ch 8 Negative Spaces

   Leo Joubert describes the changing perception of time during an adventure, highlighting how external factors influence our experience.

7. 

   30 May 2025

   Invisible Ink Leo Joubert Going Mad: a foreword of sorts

   Leo Joubert shares his experience of witnessing the climate crisis unfold during Australia's Black Summer in 2020, exploring the feeling of watching oneself descend into madness while remaining sane.

8. 

   30 May 2025

   Invisible Ink Leo Joubert Ch 1 Half Way Home

   Leo Joubert reads Chapter 1 of "Invisible Ink," exploring themes of love, mortality, and perhaps a touch of intoxication, in this episode.

9. 

   30 May 2025

   Invisible Ink Leo Joubert Ch 2 The End

   Leo Joubert describes a photograph of a dead kangaroo from Australia’s Black Summer and its painful, macabre imagery.

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