As record breaking temperatures are recorded across the world, we talk to Jeff Goodell, author of the new book "The Heat Will Kill You First."
Jul 10
This Author Says You Shouldn’t Be Intimidated by ‘The Odyssey’
If you can’t tell your Eurylochus from your Telemachus, fear not: Your primer on “The Odyssey” is here, just in time for Christopher Nolan’s new film adaptation of the 3,000-year-old epic. Madeline Miller, who reinvented “The Odyssey” in her best-selling novel “Circe,” explains w ... Show More
43m 38s
Jun 2024
What can humanity do about heatwaves?
<p>It's still spring in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, but the world faces scorching hot temperatures. Summer heat has arrived early, setting records, claiming lives, and expected to get worse. Who's responsible and what should be done about it?</p> <p><strong>In this episode: ... Show More
18m 25s
Jul 2023
Sorry, Honey, It’s Too Hot for Camp
A heat dome in Texas. Wildfire smoke polluting the air in the East and Midwest. The signs are everywhere that our children’s summers will look nothing like our own. In this episode we talk to the climate writer Emma Pattee about how hot is too hot to go outside, and what summer c ... Show More
31m 38s