Episodes
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The Link Between Extreme Weather and Climate Change
S1 E36 - 9m 48s
Climate and weather are not the same thing. But climate change is making extreme weather events even more extreme. How do scientists pick apart how much stronger a storm is or how much hotter a heat wave is due to climate change and global warming? Guest host Adam Levy talks to Dr Fredi Otto to find out.
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The Rise of Climate Fiction feat. Lindsay Ellis & Amy Brady
S1 E35 - 12m 27s
Climate Fiction comes in all sorts of forms, there’s your Mad Maxes, your Games of Thrones, your Parables of the Sowers, and your WALL-Es. But are Cli-Fi books, movies, and TV shows just capitalizing on a hot topic, or do they actually change people’s perceptions of climate change? Lindsay Ellis, of It’s Lit, and Amy Brady, the editor-in-chief of The Chicago Review of Books, help us find out.
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Our Food System is Rigged feat. Sheril Kirshenbaum
S1 E34 - 11m 53s
The way we eat is unsustainable for the climate. Our food system contributes a massive amount of greenhouse gas emissions and touches basically every facet of our life. The answer is pretty simple on paper: We need to convert more of our diet to plant-based foods, and away from red meat. But in practice? It’s nowhere near that easy.
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Are You Scared Enough? feat. David Wallace-Wells
S1 E33 - 9m 45s
The conventional wisdom on how to talk about climate change and inspire people to do something about it has always been "don't scare people". At least until recently. In the past couple years climate scientists and climate journalists have started talking in scarier and more worst case terms than ever before. Why? And is this a good thing? I talked to author David Wallace-Wells to learn more.
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Feeling Guilty About Climate Change feat. Hank Green
S1 E32 - 9m 7s
Climate guilt is a common feeling. We’ve all benefited from fossil fuels, and most of the stuff we do in life depends on them. But we also know that we can’t continue down this path if we want to live in a stable world. So how do we overcome this challenge? How do we make a change? We talked to Hank Green to get his thoughts.
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Climate Change is Too Big for our Brains feat. Mike Rugnetta
S1 E31 - 10m 18s
What can a bunch of circles and squares from a 19th century novella tell us about Climate Change? It's metaphor time!
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What’s The Best Car For The Climate?
S1 E30 - 6m 43s
Say you’re looking to buy a car. How do you pick the best car for the planet? There’s already a lot to consider when choosing a new ride, and factoring in climate change makes it even trickier. Well we’re here to guide you through it… even if we can’t come to the dealership with you.
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How to Talk About Climate Change
S1 E29 - 8m 20s
Talking about climate change is hard. Not talking about climate change is easy. But if we want to keep our planet livable then we have to do the hard thing and not the easy thing. But how do we do the hard thing? I asked some of my favorite creator friends to help me figure that out.
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How To Make Clothes Less Terrible for the Planet
S1 E28 - 6m 39s
Clothing is something we have to think about every day, but we don’t always think about how our clothes impact the planet. Fashion designers like Justine Leconte are transforming the industry by creating sustainable, ethical clothing and showing everyone that fashion can be about more than having the latest trends.
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How To Suck Carbon Dioxide Out of the Sky
S1 E26 - 5m 33s
Carbon dioxide gets a lot of grief these days. It’s the main cause of the global warming that’s already damaging coral reefs, ice caps, and coastlines. But for eons, life survived on Earth because natural processes kept CO2 levels within limits, preventing the planet from getting either too cold or too hot.
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Will Big Oil Have To Pay Up Like Big Tobacco?
S1 E25 - 5m 58s
Today, lawsuits are positioning climate change as this generation's smoking: it pollutes the air, it’s caused by burning chemicals we buy from a handful of huge companies, and it’s dangerous to human health. Fossil fuel companies are being taken to court just like tobacco companies were, because of what they knew and when. Should they be forced to pay for damages from climate change?
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How One Conservative Texas Town Went 100% Renewable
S1 E24 - 7m 48s
Georgetown, TX is a conservative city in the middle of oil and gas country that’s committed to 100% renewable energy, and we could learn a lot from them.
Extras + Features
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