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Has the UK become ungovernable? was just one of many questions in the headlines this week, after Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his resignation. Even though it may no longer be a major news story for the rest of the world, it’s relentless in the UK, including helicopter footage of Andy Burnham (future PM?) arriving in London by train to be sworn in as an MP. The other side of this story – apart from the 10-year anniversary of Brexit – is we’ve seen coverage both praising OR condemning Starmer, so for those of us outside the UK, it might be hard to know which is which. There really is no centre in the discussion at all - a sign of the times.

A lot of other big news moments happening this week, from the US/Iran deal to the reflecting pool in Washington DC “attacked by vandals,” and of course, we await to hear the number of deaths from the double earthquakes that hit Venezuela, while Japan and California experienced earthquakes too. Heat is top of the agenda in Europe, as records are smashed across the continent, and the conversation is: should we get air conditioners? One thing is clear, Europe is not ready for extreme heat, while the scientists continue to scream about the accelerating impacts of climate change. This is all happening during Climate Week in the UK, which is experiencing cancellations due to extreme heat – ironic.

There’s a lot more news to talk about, and to help us this week we have a returning guest, Jessica Figueras. Always passionate about politics, who’s going to help us understand what’s changed in the UK, and how she views the entire political debate going on in the UK right now. Is the country ungovernable? Is Brexit to blame for where it is? Will Nigel Farrage really be the next Prime Minister? Jess’s professional focus is around cybersecurity, governance, data and innovation, which we might get to as well, but this week, it’s going to be about British politics, and we can’t wait to dig in and understand.

Don’t miss out as we get under the covers of UK politics and world news. We’ll be going live Friday, 26th June 2026, kicking off at 8am UK, 9am EU, 11am UAE, 12.30pm IN, 2pm TH, 3pm SG, 5pm AEST. Streaming across various locations, and no doubt about it, we’d love your support.

The Sh*t Show is a Livestream happening every Friday, where Andrea T Edwards, Dr. David Ko, Richard Busellato and Joe Augustin, as well as special guests, discuss the world’s most pressing issues across all angles of the polycrisis, working to make sense of the extremely challenging and complex times we are all going through, plus what we can do about it. Help us move the needle so we can change the name of the show to something more genteel when (or if) it is no longer a sh*t show.

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SpaceX’s IPO went off with a bang, and it could come down with a bang, but what does its success say about us as a society? The peace deal or MOU has been signed between Iran and the US, which is getting a lot of attention, but the obvious question is: will it hold and when will the ships move? We also have the G7 meeting happening in Europe (Trump “I’m the boss”), a heatwave is blasting Europe as well, and of course, El Niño (which we discussed in detail last week) is officially “in-play” according to all meteorological groups, and we still don’t know how bad it will be or what to expect – will we see 2°C warming for the first time?

Scientists are talking about the earth energy imbalance, which is the reason it’s getting hotter and not cooling down in between ENSO events, JD Vance is on a book tour, META is turning into a Gulag, Grok is fundamental to US national security, Anthropic lost Fable, and the Nerd Reich are looking at creating baby geniuses to thwart AI threats… what could possibly go wrong? Oh, and while the World Cup is capturing the world’s imagination, it appears the language of some fans is raising alarm in the US. Cheeky chappies.

Please do join us this Friday for an enlightening show. We’ll be going live Friday, 19th June 2026, kicking off at 8am UK, 9am EU, 11am UAE, 12.30pm IN, 2pm TH, 3pm SG, 5pm AEST. Streaming across various locations, and no doubt about it, we’d love your support.

The Sh*t Show is a Livestream happening every Friday, where Andrea T Edwards, Dr. David Ko, Richard Busellato and Joe Augustin, as well as special guests, discuss the world’s most pressing issues across all angles of the polycrisis, working to make sense of the extremely challenging and complex times we are all going through, plus what we can do about it. Help us move the needle so we can change the name of the show to something more genteel when (or if) it is no longer a sh*t show.

#TheShitShow #UncommonCourage

You can find me Andrea T Edwards | The Digital Conversationalist and Welcome - Uncommon Courage - An Invitation.

My book Uncommon Courage, an invitation, is here https://mybook.to/UncommonCourage

My book 18 Steps to an All-Star LinkedIn Profile, is here https://mybook.to/18stepstoanallstar

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El Niño warnings are in the news every day, with some declaring a super or even Godzilla event is coming, and then someone else will say it won’t be that bad, while others declare that even if it isn’t a record event, an El Niño landing on an already overheated planet (it was just announced we had the hottest May since 2024) is not good news, regardless. It’s confusing, isn’t it?

But the even bigger story, which is often reported separately, is there’s a double impact on our horizon, and this is where it becomes a polycrisis. We are moving into even hotter conditions at a time when infrastructure, energy systems, food systems, trade routes, and political systems are all under strain. It speaks to the essential truth that climate risk and geopolitical risk do not sit in separate boxes; they interact and compound. Yet the media keeps reporting it all separately, so how can we prepare if we do not know?

The war in Iran will have a profound impact on our food supply. Farmers are either not planting crops because they can’t afford fertilizer or are paying much higher costs, which means we – the consumer - will experience significantly higher food prices and inflation. However, with extreme temperatures and extreme weather events (like extreme flooding) coming, how much food will even make it to market? Just rice, which more than 50% of humanity relies on as a staple, doesn’t grow above 40°C, and we’ve seen months above that recently in Asia – where most of the world’s rice is grown! It’s getting serious.

We are very happy to welcome our very special guest, Jan Umsonst, the Earth System Nerd, and he’s promised he’ll join us this time! One of the great benefits of listening to Jan is he sees the whole system, starting with the ocean, and he educates on how the changes in our oceans ripple out and impact the world. He will provide an insight into what he is seeing developing right now, and what it means to us across the globe. Jan is an earth system consultant, and we encourage you to follow him on social media, as he is a great educator on the state of the planet, especially as someone with the systemic view, which is so critical right now.

Please do join us this Friday for a not to be missed show. We’ll be going live Friday, 12th June 2026, kicking off at 8am UK, 9am EU, 11am UAE, 12.30pm IN, 2pm TH, 3pm SG, 5pm AEST. Streaming across various locations, and no doubt about it, we’d love your support.

The Sh*t Show is a Livestream happening every Friday, where Andrea T Edwards, Dr. David Ko, Richard Busellato and Joe Augustin, as well as special guests, discuss the world’s most pressing issues across all angles of the polycrisis, working to make sense of the extremely challenging and complex times we are all going through, plus what we can do about it. Help us move the needle so we can change the name of the show to something more genteel when (or if) it is no longer a sh*t show.

#TheShitShow #UncommonCourage

You can find me Andrea T Edwards | The Digital Conversationalist and Welcome - Uncommon Courage - An Invitation.

My book Uncommon Courage, an invitation, is here https://mybook.to/UncommonCourage

My book 18 Steps to an All-Star LinkedIn Profile, is here https://mybook.to/18stepstoanallstar