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Hot & Bothered: A Dissent Climate Podcast

A podcast on climate politics for the 99%, brought to you by Dissent magazine.

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Hot & Bothered: Has the Fracking Bubble Finally Burst? with Bethany McLean

Hot & Bothered: Has the Fracking Bubble Finally Burst? with Bethany McLean

On April 20, oil prices did something they’ve never done before. The value of West Texas Intermediate crude, a U.S. benc... Read more

28 May 2020

1hr 7mins

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Hot & Bothered: Designing a Green New Deal, with Billy Fleming

Hot & Bothered: Designing a Green New Deal, with Billy Fleming

The New Deal is often remembered for bringing the United States Social Security, the Works Progress Administration, and ... Read more

21 May 2020

1hr 3mins

Ranked #3

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Why Environmentalism Needs Class Politics

Why Environmentalism Needs Class Politics

We know—it’s been a long, hot summer without us, but the Hot & Bothered team is dipping its toes back in the rising ... Read more

17 Nov 2017

59mins

Ranked #4

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Hot & Bothered Podcast: What the Climate Doomsayers Get Wrong

Hot & Bothered Podcast: What the Climate Doomsayers Get Wrong

Facing a deluge of doom-and-gloom reporting on the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPC... Read more

23 Oct 2018

1hr 2mins

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Hot & Bothered Podcast #11: A Just Transition for New York State? With Franchelle Hart

Hot & Bothered Podcast #11: A Just Transition for New York State? With Franchelle Hart

We’re just under one month into the Trump regime and prospects for curbing climate change feel bleak. ExxonMobil CEO Rex... Read more

15 Feb 2017

49mins

Ranked #6

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Hot & Bothered Podcast #10: Into the Abyss

Hot & Bothered Podcast #10: Into the Abyss

With Donald Trump at the White House doorstep, we do something different this month. The show features four brief interv... Read more

20 Jan 2017

1hr 23mins

Ranked #7

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Hot & Bothered Podcast #8: Why Climate Justice Means Racial Justice, with Dawn Phillips

Hot & Bothered Podcast #8: Why Climate Justice Means Racial Justice, with Dawn Phillips

In the eighth episode of Hot & Bothered, we get two perspectives on the crucial links between racial justice and cli... Read more

12 Dec 2016

1hr 3mins

Ranked #8

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Hot & Bothered: A Climate Story to Win a Multiracial Majority, with Mary Annaïse Heglar

Hot & Bothered: A Climate Story to Win a Multiracial Majority, with Mary Annaïse Heglar

In its sheer scope, climate change may be an unprecedented threat. But that doesn’t mean communities—in particular commu... Read more

14 May 2020

59mins

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Hot & Bothered Podcast: A New Commonwealth, with Jedediah Britton-Purdy

Hot & Bothered Podcast: A New Commonwealth, with Jedediah Britton-Purdy

From crocus blooms to interstates, the material world we live in sets the conditions for our politics. What would it tak... Read more

7 May 2020

1hr 13mins

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Hot & Bothered Podcast: Why Food Doesn’t Cure Hunger, with Raj Patel

Hot & Bothered Podcast: Why Food Doesn’t Cure Hunger, with Raj Patel

With half of the planet on lockdown, many people around the world have been suddenly confronted with an issue they’re no... Read more

16 Apr 2020

1hr 4mins

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Hot & Bothered: Building Power, with Naomi Klein, Jane McAlevey, and Julian Brave NoiseCat

Hot & Bothered: Building Power, with Naomi Klein, Jane McAlevey, and Julian Brave NoiseCat

This podcast episode is part of a special mini-series on Designing the Green New Deal. The Hot & Bothered podcast wi... Read more

1 Apr 2020

1hr 32mins

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Hot & Bothered Podcast #9: A Holiday Gift for Climate Wonks, with Kevin Ummel

Hot & Bothered Podcast #9: A Holiday Gift for Climate Wonks, with Kevin Ummel

Daniel’s map for “Carboniferous” in “Nonstop Metropolis: A New York Atlas” by Rebecca Solnit and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro (... Read more

21 Dec 2016

1hr 9mins

Ranked #13

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Hot & Bothered Podcast: Climate Politics in the Time of Coronavirus

Hot & Bothered Podcast: Climate Politics in the Time of Coronavirus

Still hot… still bothered… and now facing a global crisis rivaled only by the climate emergency itself. Kate Aronoff and... Read more

9 Apr 2020

37mins

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Hot & Bothered Podcast: Building Power in a Time of Monsters, with Waleed Shahid

Hot & Bothered Podcast: Building Power in a Time of Monsters, with Waleed Shahid

The last two months have seen the left come closer than it has in decades to nominating a U.S. presidential candidate, o... Read more

23 Apr 2020

1hr 1min

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Hot & Bothered: Radical Pragmatism

Hot & Bothered: Radical Pragmatism

This podcast episode is part of a special mini-series on Designing the Green New Deal. The Hot & Bothered podcast wi... Read more

3 Apr 2020

1hr 47mins

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