Temperature Check

Host Andrew Simon and returning co-host Angely Mercado talk big takeaways from a recent UN climate report on global warming. Then, we hear from Dr. Gaurab Basu about the relationship between people's health and planetary health.

Further Reading:

Dr. Gaurab Basu

• @GaurabBasuMDMPH on Twitter
• "Want to prevent the next pandemic? This doctor is prescribing climate action"
• Center for Health Equity Education and Advocacy

Angely Mercado

• @AngelyMercado on Twitter  
• @angely_mercado on Instagram
• Writing at Grist

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Host Andrew Simon and returning co-host Yessenia Funes discuss president-elect Joe Biden's climate czar pick. Then, we hear from Doctor Chelsea Frazier about Black feminism, and how it's core to saving the planet.

Further Reading:

Dr. Chelsea Frazier

• Website
• Twitter
• "Black Feminist Ecological Thought: A Manifesto"

Yessenia Funes

• Website
• Twitter
• Her newsletter, The Frontline

Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm

Octavia Butler's The Parable Series

Combahee River Collective

On John Kerry

Temperature Check is a podcast from Grist, produced in collaboration with Reasonable Volume.

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This Thanksgiving holiday, we're publishing a special episode—a podcast version of the Grist and Town Hall Seattle chat between New York Times Magazine reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones and Bloomberg CityLab writer and editor Brentin Mock. This summer, the two sat down to talk about the New York Times 1619 Project, which sheds light on the consequences of slavery in the U.S.

Further Reading

• Grist and Town Hall Seattle present Nikole Hannah-Jones with Brentin Mock on Race, Journalism, and Justice

Nikole Hannah-Jones

• The 1619 Project in the New York Times
• "What is Owed" in the New York Times Magazine
• Website
• Twitter

Brentin Mock

• Work at Bloomberg CityLab
• Twitter

Temperature Check is a podcast from Grist, produced in collaboration with Reasonable Volume.

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Host Andrew Simon and co-host Justin Worland of Time Magazine talk about the state of renewable energy in 2020. Then, we hear from Kristal Hansley, founder and CEO of We Solar. Hansley wants to bring community solar to underserved communities.

Further Reading:

Justin Worland

• Twitter
• Writing (2020 Is Our Last, Best Chance to Save the Planet)
• Newsletter

Kristal Hansley

• Twitter
• We Solar

Temperature Check is a podcast from Grist, produced in collaboration with Reasonable Volume.

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Host Andrew Simon and co-host Angely Mercado talk climate under the incoming administration. Then, we hear from James Beard award-winning Chef Edouardo Jordan about sustainable foods and diversity in the culinary industry. And stay tuned for cooking tips for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday.

Further reading / eating:

Chef Jordan on Twitter and Instagram

His restaurants:

• Junebaby (Be sure to check out Junebaby's Encyclopedia)
• Salare
• Lucinda

Angely Mercado on Twitter and Instagram

• Grist: "Is the lonely astronaut in Bad Bunny’s latest music video thinking about lost love or a lost climate?"
• Grist: "Here’s what it will take for Biden and Harris to deliver on environmental justice"

Temperature Check is a podcast from Grist, produced in collaboration with Reasonable Volume.

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Host Andrew Simon and co-host Yessenia Funes talk about what the pending results of the 2020 presidential election means for environmental justice. Then, we hear about the push for environmental equity, the recent merging of social movements, and about powwow dancing from Julian Brave NoiseCat, Vice President of Policy and Strategy at Data for Progress, a non-profit progressive think tank.

Further Reading:

Julian Brave NoiseCat

• Website
• Twitter
• The art of Ed Archie NoiseCat (Julian's father)

Yessenia Funes

• Website
• Twitter
• The Frontline newsletter

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Host Andrew Simon sits down with Gimlet Media's Kendra Pierre-Louis to learn how suburbs are harsh on the planet and how stories about solutions don't have to be boring. Plus: some of the best -- and worst-- songs that mention climate change.

Further Reading & Listening:

'Wakanda Doesn't Have Suburbs': How Movies Like Black Panther Could Help Us Save the Planet

The Hot 10 Climate Songs

How to Save a Planet: Unnatural Disasters

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Grist is excited to introduce Temperature Check, a new show about climate, race, and culture. 2020 has been a year of reckoning with racial justice on a global scale, while another global crisis - climate change - continues to grow. But these two stories are actually one and the same: climate justice is racial justice. Join us and host Andrew Simon each week as we talk to inspiring leaders, changemakers, and journalists about the overlaps between climate change and social justice, and how unsung leaders in pop culture are reimagining a better, more just planet.

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