De christopher was sentenced to two years in prison, a serve 21 months. He won 14 parcels in a row before they finally stopped the auction and took him out n an and questioned me about what i was doing. After his release he has done a lot of different things since then including going to harvard divinity school. And also started an organization called 'to climb' with lots of other folks that are engaging in in civil edience to defend a lovable future.
Climate change has driven some environmental activists to extremes. We talk about overcoming despair with Terry Kaelber, whose husband David Buckel took his life to protest inaction, and Tim DeChristopher, who was imprisoned for his activism.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Mounsey with help from Christian Ayala, and hosted by Noel King.
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