Climate Change
70 episodes
#6109: Anteater Biology, With an Actual Anteater
A donkey and a sloth finally interview their anteater producer about tongues, claws, and sixty million years of family resemblance.
#6053: Köppen's 30 Boxes vs. a Changing Planet
Köppen squeezes the planet into 30 boxes — and the hottest places can't change class, even as they heat. What the map hides.
#5888: Where Does the Rain Actually Go?
An inch of rain on one acre of pavement is 27,000 gallons. Cities have three ways to get rid of it — and all of them fail on purpose.
#5877: A Sloth Diagnoses Human Civilization
One hundred thirty armed conflicts, a $100 barrel of oil, and a sloth on a branch in Jerusalem asking whether this is collapse or just another chap...
#5709: Life at 76°N: Inside Canada's Arctic Outposts
Grise Fiord scores 0.9839 on Canada's remoteness index. Toronto scores zero. What daily life looks like at the top of the world.
#5708: The Islands Between Two Oceans
Fifteen obscure sub-Antarctic islands, the governments that run them, and the penguin who holds a noble title.
#5322: How New Is the Air You're Breathing?
A sealed air pillow from AliExpress leads to a genuinely strange question: how old are the molecules you're breathing right now?
#5151: Why Dry Heat Is a Different Animal
Dry heat at 45°C can be survivable while humid 35°C kills. The physics of sweat, the limits of acclimatization, and what Bedouin trackers see in sand.
#4929: How Fire Chiefs Call Fire Chiefs Across Borders
How Greece, Italy, and Israel coordinate firefighting aid when political relationships are strained.
#4926: How Arson Investigators Read the Ashes
How fire investigators distinguish arson from accident in an age of climate change and political tension.
#4885: Cold Sanctuaries: A Radical AC Policy for Heat Survival
What if every neighborhood had a free, permanent air-conditioned refuge? One man's radical idea for surviving extreme heat.
#4883: Can We Cool Buildings Without Making People Miserable?
Why broken AC at Athens airport reveals a policy knot between sustainability and human suffering.
#4877: Hunting the Year-Round Swamp Climate
Where on Earth is it always hot, humid, and buggy? And what does the body do when sweat stops working?
#4867: Greenland's Coldest Inhabited Place: How 646 People Survive
Qaanaaq, Greenland, endures weeks below -40°C. How do 646 people survive the planet's most consistently lethal cold?
#4816: Can Your Body Learn to Tolerate a Swamp?
Why 32°C in Tel Aviv feels worse than 35°C in Jerusalem — and how fast your body can adapt.
#4807: What Actually Burns in Ireland vs. Israel
Same job, radically different fires. How climate and construction shape a firefighter's daily reality.
#4771: The Nine Dials That Tell Us If Earth Is Still Working
Six of nine planetary boundaries are already crossed. Here's what the dashboard says about our safe operating space.
#4674: Why Earth's Heat Has a Ceiling (And 57°C Is a Lie)
Why 40°C is routine but 57°C is impossible, and what that means for your body, your car's thermometer, and heatwave deaths.
#4512: Steel vs Aluminum vs Plastic: The Real Sustainability Story
Steel, aluminum, and plastic compared on carbon footprint, recyclability, and real-world lifespan. The answers might surprise you.
#4510: What All Plastics Actually Have in Common
Plastics aren't a single material. Their chemistry determines if they fragment, leach, or truly break down.
#4509: Wood in 2026: Forests, Species, and Sustainability
Global forests are still shrinking, but the story is more complex than deforestation headlines suggest.
#4484: Cooling Cities Without Cooking the Planet
Paris district cooling, passive design, and whether we can stay cold without climate guilt.
#3979: Why Rain Hits Different in Cork vs Jerusalem
Why moderate rain knocks out power in Jerusalem but not Cork — and what "design return periods" reveal about infrastructure.
#3823: How Cities Can Enforce Construction Noise with Real-Time Data
Can cities actually enforce noise limits with real-time sound data? We explore the tech, the gaps, and who's doing it right.