Heated

27/05/2020

“I don’t think black people have ever not noticed birds, really. Birds are allegories for freedom. Birds do things black people can’t.”

Christian Cooper’s racist experience in Central Park wasn’t an anomaly, but black birdwatchers are—and that's not a coincidence.

19/05/2020

Thank you to everyone that has listened and supported the HEATED podcast. We set out to shed some light on the connections between COVID and climate change and we love hearing how it hit you. Find it on Apple, Spotify, the usuals and tell us what you think!

18/05/2020

Unprecedented times = let’s break something! Enter: the HEATED podcast. All 7 eps are out for your enjoyment. SHOUT OUT to all y'all that have listened and supported and let us know how it's hitting you.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts and, if you're able, consider supporting it on GoFundMe so we can do more. And thanks!

17/05/2020

Thank you for all the love for HEATED! We love hearing the ways it matters to you. Shedding light on these issues is exactly what we're aiming to do. You can support the work by listening to the podcast, sharing the newsletter and pod links, and supporting the team financially on GoFundMe. Thank you!

15/05/2020

THANK YOU to the 150+ of you that have supported the series so far!!! You are putting your money where your mouth is and we can’t thank you enough! This show is 100% independently produced with no outside support from any sponsors, funders, or advertisers. If you haven’t yet had a chance to contribute, please support Heated Podcast on GoFundMe. You can find the podcast on Apple, Google, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. And thank you!

14/05/2020

When COVID-19 took over the U.S. two months ago, Emily rallied a podcast team and sprang into action to create a special 6-episode series to explore the connections between the virus and climate change. We just dropped the 7th episode, an overview of what we learned in the process.

Find it on Apple or Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts.

And if you're able, consider supporting it on GoFundMe so we can make more...

📷: The Guardian

13/05/2020

You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll get pi**ed off if you’re not already! Now is the time to listen to the HEATED podcast and learn exactly why it’s the right time to be riled up about climate change. We just dropped a bonus episode that sums up all the juicy nuggets. You can find it wherever you listen to podcasts and, if you can, please consider supporting the Heated Podcast via GoFundMe.

https://pod.link/1510629695

The HEATED podcast is a limited run series that demonstrates that COVID-19 and the climate crisis cannot be separated. In a series of up-to-the-minute interviews, HEATED's Emily Atkin connects the dots on how two of the most pressing conversations of our time are really one and the same.

12/05/2020

A BONUS ep of the HEATED podcast just dropped! Mary Heglar, Kate Aronoff, and others on the COVID and climate change confluence. It's like the CliffsNotes of the series, but with more colorful language. Listen now on Apple or Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

https://podcasts.apple.com/be/podcast/heated/id1510629695

‎Earth Sciences · 2020

05/05/2020

The Guardian did a feature about Emily and HEATED! Check it out at the link below and then give a listen to the Heated podcast to see what the fuss is all about. Now is a great time to catch up on any episodes you may have missed, as we're working on a 7th bonus episode to tie it all together! Heated has its own feed now so you can find it directly on Apple, Google, or wherever you get your podcasts.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/may/04/parallels-climate-coronavirus-obvious-emily-atkin-pandemic

Environmental journalist Emily Atkin hopes public pressure over the pandemic will be a model for forcing governments to act

25/04/2020

Heated's very own Emily Atkin will be appearing on the Ali Velshi show on MSNBC on Saturday morning! Tune in at 9/9:30 a.m. ET to see what we can learn about dealing with a climate crisis from the coronavirus epidemic, commentary on changes in the oil industry and more with two of the brightest minds on these issues.

Velshi recently appeared on episode 6 of the Heated podcast -- find it in the Drilled feed wherever you get your podcasts.

24/04/2020

Check out the latest newsletter to see Emily's thoughts on why we don't have time for first-time climate dudes. Is Michael Moore helping??? Find the newsletter at https://heated.world and then let us know what you think.

23/04/2020

"What we're seeing is just a politicians owning up to the fact they've been lying to us right? They were lying to us about the amount of money that we can spend, about what's important, about what hard limits really do exist on policy. And everyone should be screaming about it. Because we've just been lied to. We've been lied to about what's possible and what's not."

Boom. That's the New Republic's Kate Aronoff speaking on the Heated podcast special miniseries about the connections between climate crisis and COVID-19. All 6 episodes are out now! You couldn't ask for a better thing to listen to during Earth Week.

Find it in the Drilled feed wherever you get your podcasts, and if you're able, please support it by finding Heated podcast in GoFundMe.

22/04/2020

Heated's superstar founder and host Emily Atkin was a featured guest expert on the public radio program 1A today! The episode is about the movement that gave birth to Earth Day and the EPA and the future of environmental regulations. Millions of listeners across the nation heard this program today. Give it a listen!

https://the1a.org/segments/the-policy-and-politics-of-earth-day/

Fifty years on from the first, how have the politics of Earth Day changed?

21/04/2020

As if you needed ANOTHER reason to listen to the amazing conversations in the Heated podcast: it's Earth Week! We launched this series because we were straight-up confused about how to think about climate change during the COVID-19 crisis -- so we asked some of the smartest people in climate and media and science and community organizing to help us make sense of it all. Find it now in the Drilled feed wherever you get your podcasts. And, if you're able, consider supporting the pod team on GoFundMe.

📷: earthday.org

21/04/2020

Check out this moving article from our friend Mary Heglar about the many ways climate change effects the future that our children will know. Mary recently spoke on the Heated podcast about life in the time of global pandemics -- find it in the Drilled feed wherever you get your podcasts.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/19/opinion/essay-shrinking-world-what-will-we-pass-our-children/?outputType=amp&__twitter_impression=true

There’s a very specific role I want to play in my young nephew's life, and it has everything to do with the world he's entered: one shaped by a climate in decline and pandemics on the rise.

19/04/2020

ICYMI: the final episode of the Heated podcast miniseries is out and it features the one and only Ali Velshi. As you probably know from seeing him on television, Ali is expert at connecting the dots and giving order to information chaos. It's the perfect cap to the series. You can find it in the Drilled feed wherever you get your podcasts.

18/04/2020

"If I never get a fancy interview with the CEO of an oil company, that's fine. Because they've got lots of airtime. You can always hear from them." came on the podcast to talk about the complexities of covering COVID-19 and climate change at the same time. Give it a listen here:

https://heated.world/p/an-interview-with-msnbcs-ali-velshi

MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi shares his thoughts on covering climate change, COVID-19, and both of them together.

17/04/2020

"The takeaway for a human consumer of media today is no one will save you. There is no one coming to save you. This is work for adults, you actually have to figure out what the right things are. We are in a world in which there's no time now for us to look for the leaders who are going to save us."

^^Ali Velshi once again slicing through the BS about how we deal with climate change in the time of coronavirus. Hear the full convo with this exceptional human in the Drilled feed now.

16/04/2020

Can we get an amen?! Get your dose of climate rage in the Heated podcast. Each episode features an expert exploring the connections between COVID and climate. You'll be smarter, ragier, and more empathetic just by listening. Find it in the Drilled feed wherever you get your podcasts, and please consider supporting it, if you're able, by finding Heated Podcast in GoFundMe.

16/04/2020

The conversations around climate change can be UNRELENTING. We need to keep our brains fresh AND be willing to tap the rage...

Enter Mary Heglar. We had Mary on the HEATED podcast not just because she’s a great person but because she’s also a badass giving a smart yet empathetic voice to climate rage. She’s a writer and a reader, so we asked her for the best ways to make ourselves smarter AND stay hot during the COVID lock-down. Mary’s kickass reading list includes pieces by Arundhati Roy and James Baldwin in addition to straight up climate journalism.

Find it at https://heated.world/p/oil-crumbles-mary-heglar-shines

A 30-rack of Bud Light Lime costs more than a barrel of oil right now. Also, climate justice essayist Mary Heglar on the connections between COVID-19 and climate.

16/04/2020

Climate activist, essayist and Columbia University writer-in-residence Mary Heglar is the guest on today's episode of the Heated podcast. Mary speaks wisely about the difference between facts and truth, the fossil fuel industry's knack for bullying, and leaves us with some assurance that it's ok to not be ok. You don't want to miss this conversation. Find it in the Drilled feed wherever you get your podcasts.

15/04/2020

In this week's episode of the Heated podcast, I'm talking with climate justice essayist and Columbia University writer-in-residence Mary Heglar. She doesn’t just convey the facts about climate change. She conveys the truth. What is it like to be a person who cares about climate, in a world where everyone else turns a blind eye? How do you live in that world? Mary conveys the answers better than anyone I know.

Listen now in the Drilled feed wherever you get your podcasts.

14/04/2020

This testimonial is why we do what we do!!! Thank you to each of you that has supported so far.

The public need for information right now is at its peak. But the ad marketplace is not engineered to keep you informed. It’s engineered to sell you stuff. None of us are buying a lot of stuff these days, which means the ad marketplace is collapsing - and that’s cratering the organizations that bring you the news.

The HEATED podcast is different. We don't rely on ads -- only listeners. We are a 100 percent independent project, with no corporate or foundation backing.

There has never been a more important time to support news that matters to you. So please, if you’re enjoying the podcast, consider supporting the team through our GoFundme page. It’s the only way we get paid for this work.

100% of what you give goes to production costs and supporting the four person team who is producing the series. Anything you can give would be appreciated.

Your individual action, right now, to help cover the costs will make a difference. Please go to GoFundMe and search HEATED PODCAST.

And thanks!

13/04/2020

Proof that the HEATED podcast is 🔥🔥🔥! You can find it in the Drilled feed now.

12/04/2020

“We've been lied to about what's possible and what's not.”

We can't unhear this quote from Kate Aronoff in the HEATED podcast. If you haven’t heard it yet, now is a great time to catch up. We’re shedding light on the connections between COVID-19 and climate action, and what our political system is really doing about it (spoiler alert: screwing us over). Find it in the Drilled feed wherever you get your podcasts and, if you’re able, support Heated Podcast on GoFundMe.

11/04/2020

It's finally the weekennnnndddd!! Which means it's the PERFECT time to binge the Heated podcast and get caught up before we release some kickass new episodes next week. You can catch our interviews with Bill McKibben, Kate Aronoff, Anthony Rogers-Wright and Dr. Aaron Bernstein in the Drilled feed wherever you get your podcasts. Let us know what you think! If you like it, please also consider supporting the pod team on the Heated Podcast GoFundMe. Cheers!

11/04/2020

Our friends at Living on Earth make a podcast that you should check out.

It’s your go-to source for the latest coverage of climate change, ecology, and human health. They’ve been at this for 30 years.

This week, the show features a conversation with award-winning activist and author Terry Tempest Williams on finding courage in the face of ecological grief. Also, hear more from public health expert Aaron Bernstein on air pollution and the global pandemic.

Listen on the radio or wherever you get your podcasts!

10/04/2020

Besides being a great human being, Dr. Bernstein is on HEATED because he’s one of the true experts on how the climate crisis is harming our health -- particularly children’s health.

“The echo chamber on climate change is pretty darn big these days and most folks in the United States recognize that climate change is caused by people...and that we need to do something about it. The health arguments accelerate the reality that we need to do something pretty fast. What we need to do is take the vast majority of people in the country who are worried about this and give them reason to find hope.”

We hope you’ll listen and be inspired. Find it in the Drilled feed wherever you get your podcasts.

Photo: The Harvard Gazette

10/04/2020

This is why we created the HEATED podcast! The COVID-19 pandemic and the climate crisis are THE SAME STORY. Catch up and binge our interviews with Bill McKibben, Kate Aronoff and Anthony Rogers-Wright. Episode 4 with pediatrician Dr. Aaron Bernstein is up NOW. Find it in the Drilled feed wherever you get your podcasts.

09/04/2020

Straight talk from Anthony Rogers-Wright on the HEATED podcast.

“Houston, New York, Detroit, New Orleans… where we're seeing COVID-19 really starting to take off. These people are in, what W.E.B. Dubois would say, double jeopardy. Because they live in frontline communities. They are black, brown, and indigenous. And COVID-19. So I would add to the Dubois theory and say they're in triple jeopardy right now.”

Episode 3 of the HEATED podcast is out now. It’s tough stuff. If you’re an activist (particularly a white one), it demands humility and self-reflection. But if we're going to save lives, both from the coronavirus and climate change, self-reflection is non-negotiable. Hope you'll listen (find it in the Drilled feed wherever you get your podcasts) and consider supporting if you can at https://www.gofundme.com/f/heated-podcast-support.

06/04/2020

Happy Monday! Folks, listen to this conversation with Kate Aronoff being super smart about how our political leaders are/aren't addressing the next global crisis (climate change) while they address COVID-19 here: https://t.co/BffAJNy2Gn

As thousands of Americans have been suffering and dying from COVID-19, the fossil fuel industry has sought to capitalize.

06/04/2020

ICYMI: HEATED has a podcast! It’s a special miniseries about the connections between COVID-19 and the climate crisis. Episode 2 just dropped Friday and it is🔥🔥🔥! In the episode, I rant and rave (in a very productive way, I promise!) with the amazing Kate Aronoff of The New Republic about creative policy solutions that could actually make a difference. Find it in the Drilled feed wherever you get your podcasts, and maybe even consider supporting the pod team by finding Heated Podcast on GoFundMe.

05/04/2020

Did you hear?? The HEATED podcast is out! It goes without saying that if you live on Earth, you should be concerned about climate change. It might be less obvious, though, why you should care about climate change now, as the coronavirus pandemic takes over the world.

That’s where the Heated podcast comes in. In the series, I’m exploring the relationship between the two crises--but also learning what it means to be a human who cares about other humans in today’s world. I’m talking with experts about how to connect the dots between politics, the economy, and climate action; how to connect with others when we can’t connect in person; and what we can do with our stay-at-home time that can actually make a difference for those less fortunate than ourselves.

The first episode dropped Wednesday and I’m really excited to share it. In it, I interviewed the legendary environmentalist Bill McKibben, who shed much-needed light on current events while also sharing personal insights on faith and humanity. I came out of our conversation more educated and energized on both the coronavirus and climate change. I hope it does the same for you.

You can hear it wherever you listen to podcasts, by searching for the “Drilled” podcast; they’re letting us drop into their feed for the next few weeks. And if you like it, you can support the HEATED podcast by searching “Heated podcast” on GoFundMe.

29/03/2020

Our little newsletter packs a big punch. On Thursday, The World — which reaches more than 2.5 million listeners a week — aired a segment about Monday's essay on COVID-19 and climate change. Give it a read/listen here:

When it comes to the spread of COVID-19, personal choices matter. One infected person staying home instead of going out could save thousands of lives.

26/03/2020

The plastics industry is using the COVID-19 pandemic to achieve environmental policy goals that just weeks ago would have been impossible.

By claiming reusable bags spread coronavirus, they are successfully convincing state governors across the country to ban reusable grocery bags and halt bans on single-use plastic bags.

There's just one problem--these bans are not science-based. There is no evidence to suggest reusable bags carry the coronavirus more than single-use bags, or cash or credit cards, for that matter.

More here:

Conservative interests are teaming up to bring back the single-use plastic bag, using scientifically questionable claims that reusable bags spread coronavirus.

25/03/2020

Every week, I come to you with a clear and unwavering message: that solving the climate crisis requires laser-focus on the powerful. That we all have a responsibility to reduce our personal carbon emissions, but that our responsibility pales in comparison to the bosses, the billionaires, the politicians and corporate executives. These are the people who got us into this mess, and they should be the ones getting us out.

I still believe that. But COVID-19 is teaching me that global crises don’t give a s**t about fairness.

This pandemic has shaken my worldview. But I have a plan for what to do next.

05/03/2020

Exxon's Disneyworld exhibit touting fossil fuels to children opened in the same year that Exxon’s manager of environmental affairs, M.B. Glaser, sent a memo out to company executives about the greenhouse effect.

The memo read: “Our best estimate is that doubling of the current concentration could increase average global temperature by about 1.3 degrees celsius to 3.1 degrees celsius.”

The oil industry has a long history of creating pro-fossil fuel material for children, even when they knew their products caused climate change.

05/03/2020

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05/03/2020