Whether you’ve had a direct experience with bad air, followed the air quality index on your phone, or formally learned about the importance of clean air, awareness can be a key driver for change. But once we know how poor air quality can impact our health, what does it take to change our behaviors — either to reduce our exposure or how we contribute to it?

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Episode Credits:

Reporting, writing, hosting: Kristan Uhlenbrock

Producing, marketing: Tricia Waddell

Additional writing: Meredith Sell

Additional reporting and fact-checking: Nicole Delaney and Kate Long

Sound design: Seth Samuels with tracks from Epidemic Sounds

Audio engineering: Jesse Boynton