Arctic sea ice — who needs it?! KC & JP celebrate yet another human achievement. Tour recent, arctic headlines and their origins as science "fiction." KC tells her bear-encounter stories.

Readings from MADDADDAM by Margaret Atwood & WE'RE DOOMED, NOW WHAT? by Roy Scranton.

Weaponize the bears. Leo: go on Maximum.

EPISODE SPONSOR: Operation Bearlift: Turn your dead loved-ones into food. [Fresh bodies only.]