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In a summer plagued by heatwaves, wildfire smoke, and biblical rainfall, it’s natural to wonder whether this is the new normal for our weather.  Scientists warned about many of these particulars, but even they’ve been stunned at how quickly they’re coming to pass.  Mark and Joe contemplate whether climate calamity will render vast swaths of the United States uninhabitable over the next few decades, and whether our getting used to once-in-a-century weather events happening with frightful regularity might be part of the problem. (Recorded July 28, 2023.)