On this edition of Your Call, we’ll discuss the record-breaking extreme heat wave across the globe, and its connection to the climate crisis. Nearly 5000 US heat and rainfall records have been broken or tied in the last 30 days, and more than 10,000 set globally, according to NOAA. More than 100 people have died in heat waves in the United States and India so far this summer.

Major media news coverage has largely ignored how republicans and big oil companies have sabotaged action on the climate crisis for years. A year-long Democratic-led congressional investigation from 2022 revealed how big oil companies have misled the public about climate change for decades with a widespread campaign of greenwashing.

What will it take to change the conversation?