logo
episode-header-image
Apr 2021
15m 2s

The case for climate optimism | Today, E...

Vox
About this episode
In 2019, David Wallace-Wells wrote a book called The Uninhabitable Earth. Just two years later, he’s feeling hopeful — thanks to the world’s biggest polluters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 
Up next
Sep 2021
A quick goodbye (and thank you!)
We’re going to make this goodbye short and sweet: Vox Quick Hits is ending. All of us from the Vox Culture Desk and the team at The Goods want to thank you for following our work and tuning in to Tell Me More, Ask a Book Critic, The Best Money I Ever Spent and What to Watch. You ... Show More
1m 2s
Sep 2021
What you should have watched this summer | What to Watch
Everything you should have watched this summer as recommended — for the final time — by Vox's film critic Alissa Wilkinson (@alissamarie) and critic at large Emily VanDerWerff (@emilyvdw). Thanks for listening to What to Watch. If you enjoyed the show, please rate Vox Quick Hits ... Show More
13m 45s
Sep 2021
Cocktails and caviar before my C-section | The Best Money I Ever Spent
Writer Gray Chapman tells us why a dinner of oysters, caviar, and champagne the night before she gave birth was the best $298 she ever spent. Link to essay: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22456529/best-money-birth-c-section-oysters-cocktail Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Quick Hit ... Show More
14m 19s
Recommended Episodes
Aug 2020
The Uninhabitable Earth
David Wallace-Wells is a lifelong New Yorker. He is not a lifelong environmentalist—“at all,” he says. He came of age in the ’90s, drank a lot of “that development, globalization, neoliberal Kool-Aid and really felt the world was getting better and richer.” But learning more abou ... Show More
51m 23s
Sep 2022
David Wallace-Wells on Empowering the Future
Ryan talks to journalist David Wallace-Wells about his new book The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming, seeking out information, challenging assumptions, and becoming empowered through better understanding.During his 11 years at New York magazine, David has emerged as one of ... Show More
1h 11m
Feb 2020
#102 Derek Johnson on Denuclearizing Earth by 2030
Global Zero CEO, Derek Johnson, on his organization's efforts to denuclearize Earth by 2030. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 
1h 10m
Jan 2021
How to Save The Planet, with Mike Berners Lee and Jenny Kleeman
Climate change, feeding the world, biodiversity, plastics – the list of environmental concerns seems endless. But which of these is the most pressing and, given the global nature of the challenges we face, what can any of us do as individuals to make a difference? Do we all need ... Show More
59m 54s
Jul 2022
The Unsettling Truth Behind Climate Science
Steven E. Koonin, author of Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters, joins us to debunk the wildest claims and fantasies of prominent "climate scientists". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 
19m 48s
Apr 2024
What Camels Teach Us About the Future
Global temperatures are rising, severe storms are intensifying and people are feeling climate anxiety. Does saving the planet mean living without comfort or convenience? Can policies and technology turn things around? CNN Chief Climate Correspondent, Bill Weir believes taking bet ... Show More
36m 16s
Apr 2019
Recode Decode: "The Uninhabitable Earth" author David Wallace-Wells
Journalist David Wallace-Wells talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming.In this episode: How Wallace-Wells got to writing about climate change; common misconceptions about it; “we’ve made no progress at all” on clean energy ... Show More
56m 51s