From ABC Listen (the first time I’ve posted a link to a podcast)…
(Too) hot right now — life on a sweltering planet
(This is an interview with the author of a book about… life on a sweltering planet, held at the Wheeler Centre and posted in Big Ideas on ABC Listen. It is well worth listening to, although perhaps a little scary.)
The planet’s hotter than it has ever been. July was the Earth’s hottest month ever recorded since records began. And the consequences of this warming is increasingly becoming too hard to bear — particularly among those who don’t have access to climate control.
So what happens to our bodies in times of heat extremes? And what will happen when these extremes become the new ‘normal’? It’s something the veteran environmental reporter Jeff Goodell explores in his new book Heat: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet.
Speakers
Jeff Goodell
Author, contributing editor for Rolling Stone and a frequent contributor to the New York Times Magazine.
Sally Warhaft
Melbourne broadcaster, anthropologist and writer. She is the host of The Fifth Estate, the Wheeler Centre’s live series focusing on journalism, politics, media, and international relations.
