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Climate news, culture and commentary from the team behind Drilled and Hot Take.
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Nov 26, 2024 • 52min
This Is Bullsh*t
We're pissed off and full of dread and tired of hiding it. Buckle up, folks, Mary and Amy get real about what's coming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 9, 2024 • 50min
Mary + Amy's Debate Preview: What Project 2025 Tells Us About Trump, What Harris Is and Isn't Saying About Climate, and More
Will we hear anything about climate in Harris's first debate with Trump? What can we glean from Project 2025 about how Trump will approach environmental justice? Plus re-thinking the climate movement and politics, with Mary Annaïse Heglar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 9, 2024 • 36min
Could You Really Charge Oil Companies with Murder? Plus: Supreme Court Climate Update
Aaron Regunburg, senior climate policy counsel at Public Citizen, discusses exploring criminal charges, including homicide, against oil companies for climate change-induced deaths. The podcast delves into the challenges of proving causation and mental state, advocating for using criminal law as a tool for climate action amidst Supreme Court challenges.

Jun 25, 2024 • 44min
ProPublica's Abrahm Lustgarten on Climate Migration
In his new book, On the Move, ProPublica climate reporter Abrahm Lustgarten digs into the ways climate change is re-shaping where people live and how they move in the U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 30, 2024 • 52min
John Kasper: A Guy Who Sucked
Over the years we've talked a lot about the intersection between civil rights and climate change. Now Mary Annaïse Heglar has a novel out (her first!) that lives in that intersection and it's fascinating. On this episode she brings us the story of a guy who fought the desegregation of schools, and why it's important to remember the many ways in which the fight for climate action and the fight for racial justice overlap.Help Mary's Aunt Jackie: https://www.gofundme.com/f/pej5x-please-help-me-support-my-aunt?attribution_id=sl:f9898bae-f933-4b7a-a739-58d6b8b6b202&utm_campaign=man_ss_icons&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_linkBuy Mary's book: https://bookshop.org/p/books/troubled-waters-mary-annaise-heglar/20208074?ean=9781400248117 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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May 8, 2024 • 35min
Maddie Stone on Microsoft's Role in the Climate Crisis
Environmental activist and journalist Maddie Stone discusses Microsoft's ties to the oil and gas industry, employee activism urging the company to stop aiding fossil fuel companies, concerns about environmental impact, and challenges in transitioning to renewable energy.

Apr 22, 2024 • 55min
Welcome to Spill and Happy Earth Day: Freeing Palestine Is a Climate Issue
Hot Take co-hosts Mary Annaïse Heglar and Amy Westervelt are back with a new show blending climate news updates and cultural commentary, plus a monthly Hot Take-style conversation. In our first episode: what else? A conversation about the intersection between the war on Gaza and the climate crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 16, 2024 • 41min
Climate News Update: The New Carbon Majors + Swiss Elders Win Landmark Climate Case
Lots of news lately on stories we've been following, so in today's episode: an update! The landmark Carbon Majors report has been updated with some surprising new data, and the European Court of Human Rights has sent down an historic ruling that will shape how EU legislators look at energy and climate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 2, 2024 • 44min
Slow Factory's Céline Semaan on Climate Justice, Collective Liberation, and Building an Unbreakable Movement
When Celine Semaan began calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, she was surprised at the backlash she and her team at Slow Factory got, including multiple funders pulling their support. Today, Semaan is more determined than ever to push for climate justice and collective liberation.
Pre-order A Woman Is a School: https://shop.slowfactory.earth/products/a-woman-is-a-school
Check out course(s) on Open Edu: https://slowfactory.earth/open-edu
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Mar 5, 2024 • 1h 1min
Messy Conversations: Rhiana Gunn-Wright on What the Climate Movement Loses When It Excludes Environmental Justice
Rhiana Gunn-Wright, climate policy director, discusses Green New Deal nuances, climate as a 'culture war,' anti-renewables backlash, and importance of environmental justice in climate movement. Emphasizes intersectionality, systemic issues, and inclusive policies.
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