Wonder Cabinet

Writing the Climate Change Story


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One of the toughest things about trying to understand climate change – arguably the most important story of our time — is wrapping our minds around it. To even imagine something so enormous, so life-changing, we need a story. Some characters, a metaphor, and even some lessons learned. For that, we turn to the novelists and journalists telling the story of climate change – as we – and our children – live it.

Original Air Date: August 14, 2021

Interviews In This Hour:
The Climate Change Stories We Need To HearThe Climate Crisis Gets BiblicalLidia Yuknavitch’s Dream World: How Dreams Shaped Her Dazzling Speculative Novel A Climate Dystopia Of Cold, Concrete, Wind and a Wall

Guests:
Alice Bell, Lydia Millet, Lidia Yuknavitch, John Lanchester


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