The world is on fire. You know that meme about the disaster getting closer until you’re the one filming it? Last year I was filming it. 40% of my daughter’s school was damaged by the Palisades Fire, and while the school has been repaired, she lost her senior year to climate change, and many of her friends lost their homes. A billion-dollar climate disaster hits the US every two and a half weeks. And mainstream news coverage of the climate crisis has gone down three years in a row.

This week we sat down with Chris Gloninger, my friend and former co-anchor on the very short-lived Climate Report (find out why in the episode). Chris is the meteorologist who left his Iowa broadcast TV job after death threats for reporting on climate change. Because we’re all literally feeling the heat, we thought it would be great to have Chris on to talk about what’s actually happening and why you’re not hearing about it on the news.

Chris is now a recurring segment! We’re calling it the Dystopian Weather Report or something like that. Help us name it in the comments!

Lauren called in from a van on day 10 of the 1000 Miles to Memphis March, somewhere between Nashville and Atlanta, with Bri Woodson driving.

Watch the full episode and let us know what you think in the comments. See you Monday!

Maya & Lauren