{"id":24042,"date":"2025-10-29T08:50:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T12:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T12:31:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T16:31:31","slug":"an-optimists-guide-to-the-planets-nikolaj-coster-waldau-john-ealer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/an-optimists-guide-to-the-planets-nikolaj-coster-waldau-john-ealer\/","title":{"rendered":"An Optimist\u2019s Guide to the Planet\u2019s Nikolaj Coster-Waldau &amp; John Ealer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While the threat of climate change continues to make headlines, there are those around the world who remain steadfast in engineering solutions and fixing humanity\u2019s mistakes. <em>An Optimist\u2019s Guide to the Planet<\/em>\u00a0is back with a six-episode second season to shine a spotlight on some of those people and their innovations.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block; position: relative; max-width: 690px;\">\r\n \t                <div style=\"padding-top: 56.2504%;\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<video data-video-id=\"6384195820112\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-account=\"1120308147\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-player=\"default\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-embed=\"default\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-application-id \r\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"video-js\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tcontrols=\"\"\r\n                    loop autoplay\r\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"width: 100%; 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