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  • The Link Between Extreme Weather and Climate Change: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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.

  • The Rise of Climate Fiction feat. Lindsay Ellis & Amy Brady: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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.

  • Our Food System is Rigged feat. Sheril Kirshenbaum: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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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