Producer (and resident Minnesotan) Cody joins Alex and Simona for another election episode where they do the unthinkable: 35 minutes of politics talk without a single Charli xcx reference. Instead, they talk about the politicization of the word “climate,” why good solutions are boring, and how to think about stains on a candidate’s record.

Here are some of the pieces we were reading before recording:

https://time.com/7006717/tim-walz-kamala-harris-vp-climate-change/

https://heated.world/p/tim-walzs-green-resume-has-an-oily?utm_medium=web

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4815990-mike-johnson-ira-clean-energy-tax-credits/

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/07/us/politics/tim-walz-kamala-harris-2024.html