{"id":1939401,"date":"2023-05-27T07:03:35","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T11:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/want-to-inspire-changemakers-in-india-to-fight-climate-change-biden-could-fund-your-podcast\/"},"modified":"2023-05-27T07:03:35","modified_gmt":"2023-05-27T11:03:35","slug":"want-to-inspire-changemakers-in-india-to-fight-climate-change-biden-could-fund-your-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/want-to-inspire-changemakers-in-india-to-fight-climate-change-biden-could-fund-your-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Want To Inspire &#8216;Changemakers&#8217; in India To Fight Climate Change? Biden Could Fund Your Podcast."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwant-to-inspire-changemakers-in-india-to-fight-climate-change-biden-could-fund-your-podcast%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1939401&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<p><h2>Dem&#8217;s State Department hopes to emulate success of past podcasts such as &#8216;What&#8217;s a Man? Masculinity in India&#8217;<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\tPresident Joe Biden and Indian schoolchildren protesting climate change \/ Getty Images and Wikimedia Commons\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Biden administration is set to spend tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars on a climate change podcast in India, which it hopes will inspire &#8220;changemakers&#8221; in the country to &#8220;use innovation and technology to solve the climate crisis.&#8221;\t<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden&#8217;s State Department will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grants.gov\/web\/grants\/view-opportunity.html?oppId=348162\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">award<\/a> the $50,000 grant this summer through its embassy in New Delhi, documents show. The department hopes the &#8220;climate action podcast&#8221; will &#8220;enhance India&#8217;s commitment to combating climate change&#8221; and persuade Indian &#8220;entrepreneurs and innovators of opportunities&#8221; to live &#8220;lifestyles with more sustainable choices&#8221; and &#8220;see the United States as a source of partnership and leadership in protecting the planet.&#8221; The department&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ND-NOFO-23-102-Climate-Podcast.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">funding announcement<\/a> also includes examples of &#8220;successful U.S. Mission podcasts&#8221; to emulate, including <em>What&#8217;s a Man? Masculinity in India<\/em>, a show that interviews Indian &#8220;boys as young as seven years old and men across the LGBTQIA+ spectrum&#8221; to discuss perceived issues with the &#8220;male-female binary.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is far from the first time the Biden administration has sent taxpayer dollars abroad to support unorthodox climate change initiatives. Biden&#8217;s U.S. Agency for International Development last year <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/one-billion-gretas-biden-admin-pledges-taxpayer-cash-to-support-young-climate-activists-abroad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pledged<\/a> to use taxpayer funds to both inspire young climate activists and help those activists treat their &#8220;climate-related mental health conditions,&#8221; such as &#8220;eco-anxiety.&#8221; Months later, in March, the agency announced a <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/want-to-help-disabled-tajikistanis-fight-climate-change-biden-could-pay-you-1-million-for-your-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$1 million grant<\/a> to help disabled people in the Central Asian country of Tajikistan become &#8220;climate leaders.&#8221; Beyond the bizarre climate spending, a Biden State Department program aims to teach more than two dozen Brazilian &#8220;trans activists&#8221; how to speak English, the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/bidens-state-department-is-putting-brazilian-trans-activists-in-english-classes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department has lofty goals for its Indian climate action podcast. The department&#8217;s funding announcement says the podcast in its first six months should &#8220;reach at least half a million listeners across various podcast streaming platforms,&#8221; at least 10 percent of whom &#8220;should engage in a dialogue on social media through a dedicated hashtag committing to a sustainable lifestyle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To meet that goal, the department says, the eventual podcast host should in each episode interview &#8220;an alum of a U.S. government-funded program&#8221; who has &#8220;demonstrated leadership and innovation\/entrepreneurship in taking action to combat climate change.&#8221; Podcast episodes should also include a conversation with &#8220;an American expert who can talk about innovation in the climate sector&#8221; and &#8220;share related information about current research, trends, policy, activism, invention, etc.,&#8221; including the push to transition away from gas-powered stoves.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A sample episode about emissions reduction \u2026 could host an Indian business that found a green energy source for cookstoves that replaces fossil or carbon-emitting fuels,&#8221; the department document says. &#8220;It can also feature the CEO of the American startup changing the toothbrush industry by producing plastic-free toothbrushes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The State Department defended its Indian climate podcast grant, telling the <em>Free Beacon<\/em> that it &#8220;supports a wide range of strategic programs around the world&#8221; and that &#8220;as one of the world&#8217;s largest economies and a global leader in science and innovation, India is a critical part of the solution to the climate crisis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first U.S.-led activist podcast in India. The State Department&#8217;s funding announcement also lists two &#8220;successful U.S. Mission podcasts,&#8221; <em>What&#8217;s a Man<\/em> and <em>Women in Labour<\/em>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsaman.com\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">former<\/a>, which has featured Indian &#8220;nonbinary&#8221; drag queen Sushant Divgikar, aims to explore &#8220;men&#8217;s inner lives, thoughts, joys, pain, fear, dilemmas, and doubts&#8221; and &#8220;explore the myths, truths, and lies about manhood and masculinity.&#8221; The <a href=\"https:\/\/hubhopper.com\/podcast\/women-in-labour\/308959\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">latter<\/a> is a &#8220;freewheeling, no-holds-barred comedy podcast&#8221; that &#8220;explores taboo topics related to women&#8221; and asks hard-hitting questions such as &#8220;what&#8217;s stopping us from finding our inner boss?&#8221; and &#8220;why do we preface our work emails with &#8216;I was just wondering \u2026&#8217;?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The grant reflects Biden&#8217;s government-wide mandate to fight climate change, which the Democrat outlined in a January 2021 executive order that called on all government agencies to &#8220;combat the climate crisis with bold, progressive action.&#8221; That order prompted federal agencies that have seemingly nothing to do with climate change to release &#8220;Climate Action Plans.&#8221; The Department of Veterans Affairs, for example, in August 2021 unveiled its climate plan, which pledged to respond to the &#8220;projected impacts of climate change&#8221; by making its buildings more &#8220;climate-resilient.&#8221;\t<\/p>\n<p>In many cases, the administration&#8217;s overseas climate spending has prompted criticism from congressional Republicans, who argue that the spending is a waste of taxpayer dollars.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;American tax dollars should be spent supporting Americans, not overseas climate activists,&#8221; Florida Republican senator Rick Scott <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottforFlorida\/status\/1640491022932164609?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in March. &#8220;American taxpayer dollars should not be used to build an army of Green New Deal activists around the world,&#8221; Virginia Republican congressman Ben Cline <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepBenCline\/status\/1640685375462031360?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dem&#8217;s State Department hopes to emulate success of past podcasts such as &#8216;What&#8217;s a Man? Masculinity in India&#8217; President Joe Biden and Indian schoolchildren protesting climate change \/ Getty Images and Wikimedia Commons The Biden administration is set to spend tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars on a climate change podcast in India, which it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":1939402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[27768,3620,5103,4321,4004,4338,9231,20409,11319],"class_list":["post-1939401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-changemakers","tag-biden","tag-change","tag-climate","tag-fight","tag-fund","tag-india","tag-inspire","tag-podcast"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1939401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1939401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1939401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1939402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1939401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1939401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1939401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}