How to be a (realistic) climate optimist
Explain It to Me24 Jan 2024

How to be a (realistic) climate optimist

The Earth was its hottest in recorded history in 2023. Our winters are shorter, our summers hotter, and our natural disasters more extreme. It’s dark. But maybe it doesn’t have to be. Hannah Ritchie is deputy editor at Our World in Data and author of the book Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet. On this week’s episode of The Weeds, she talks with host Jonquilyn Hill about how the world has never been sustainable, why scientists shouldn’t advocate for policy, and ways to balance optimism and realism when it comes to stopping climate change. Read More: Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet — Hannah Ritchie Hannah Ritchie fights climate doomerism with facts — Vox What If People Don't Need to Care About Climate Change to Fix It? — NYT Submit your policy questions! We want to know what you’re curious about. Credits: Jonquilyn Hill, host Sofi LaLonde, producer Cristian Ayala, engineer A.M. Hall, editorial director of talk podcasts Want to support The Weeds? Please consider making a donation to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The Time Traveling Emanuel Brothers

The Time Traveling Emanuel Brothers

Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk about anti-Trump protests, cabinet confirmations, and health insurance age rating (exciting!)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

9 Feb 20171h 21min

SCOTUS, DBCFT, and Hitler's Highways

SCOTUS, DBCFT, and Hitler's Highways

Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk about Neil Gorsuch, a controversial tax reform idea, and Nazi infrastructure building. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The Don't-Call-It-A-Muslim-Ban

The Don't-Call-It-A-Muslim-Ban

Dara Lind joins Ezra and Matt to discuss Donald Trump's latest crackdown on immigrants and refugees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

30 Jan 201741min

Gag Order and Infrastructure

Gag Order and Infrastructure

Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk about widely-misunderstood Trump administration efforts to shut up career civil servants, talk about infrastructure, and ask journalism's most pressing question: What's up w...

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Inauguration Special

Inauguration Special

Shortly after the inauguration ceremonies ended, Ezra, Matt, and Sarah gathered to analyze what it all means in the first Trump-era Weeds episode.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podca...

21 Jan 201743min

DeVos, Rigged Polls, and Quitting Bureaucrats

DeVos, Rigged Polls, and Quitting Bureaucrats

Sarah, Ezra, and Matt are joined by Libby Nelson to discuss Trump's not-so-great hires, not-so-great polls, and new research into how career staff act during presidential transitions. Learn mor...

18 Jan 20171h 3min

Trump Cabinet, Obamacare Update, and Heroin

Trump Cabinet, Obamacare Update, and Heroin

Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk about the rush to hold hearings on Trump's cabinet appointees, the sudden emergence of trouble in repeal paradise, and an effort to cut down on pill abuse that backfired mas...

10 Jan 201759min

Sarah and Ezra Interview Obama About Obamacare

Sarah and Ezra Interview Obama About Obamacare

Two weeks before he leaves office, President Obama sits down for a lengthy conversation about the lessons of the Affordable Care Act and the law's uncertain future. Learn more about your ad cho...

6 Jan 20171h 13min

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