Sir David King is a former Chief Scientific Adviser to Britain’s prime minister, Emeritus Professor in physical chemistry at the University of Cambridge and one of the most avid fighters against the climate crisis. At 80 years of age, he is still actively engaged in many of the biggest battles which are fought right now. Nevertheless, he took the time to talk to a small German podcast that tries to inspire young people to find their way. We talk to him about his upbringing in South Africa during Apartheid and how their family’s cook inspired him to fight for his beliefs, about the value of integrity and why we should consider jumping off the fence. And of course about how it feels to be knighted by the one, the only, the Queen.

The book about Existentialism: „At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails“ by Sarah Bakewell