I'm Afraid of Climate Change

In this episode, Audrey discusses the connection between the US' history of redlining and its disparities in green infrastructure. Sources: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs144p2_029251.pdf https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/redlining https://www.savi.org/2021/06/24/lasting-impacts-of-segregation/ https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0249715#:~:text=Tree%20cover%20cools%20the%20air,than%20sensible%20heat%20%5B20%5D. https://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/8/1/12 https://www.npr.org/2020/01/14/795961381/racist-housing-practices-from-the-1930s-linked-to-hotter-neighborhoods-today https://www.americanforests.org/our-programs/tree-equity/ To weigh in, email: imafraidofclimatechange@gmail.com

Welcome to season two of I'm Afraid of Climate Change, hosted by Audrey Casper.

The Weather book club poem-response, separate from the rest of the episode! Read along: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WVb7iFd75_PiBZgGeCLi4_ctLThbOIOYYhksIAGceA0/edit?usp=sharing To weigh in, email: imafraidofclimatechange@gmail.com

In this episode, Audrey hosts their first book club episode, discussing Jenny Offill's Weather. The episode is broken into three sections: a non-spoilery discussion on the philosophy of the novel, a spoilery section on Weather's themes, and a poem-response of Audrey's own. Enjoy! Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15MMA1tczy8M-g-527qxkzlApLxhmEdRJyUuNwa6sJ2M/edit?usp=sharing Poem: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WVb7iFd75_PiBZgGeCLi4_ctLThbOIOYYhksIAGceA0/edit?usp=sharing Resources: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2020/02/14/learning-to-die-an-interview-with-jenny-offill/ nytimes.com/2020/02/05/magazine/jenny-offill-weather-book.html https://www.obligatorynoteofhope.com/ https://dark-mountain.net/ National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255

In this episode, Audrey breaks down Lorde's newest album, Solar Power, with their friend and fellow Lorde fan, Sadie Roussell. They discuss the responsibility of "pop stars" to talk about pressing issues, how art can empower us, fascism, and whether Lorde should've scaled the fish in "Oceanic Feeling" (Audrey: yes. Sadie: no.). "Weather" by Jenny Offill book discussion episode coming September 15th. To read along: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780345806901 To weigh in, email: imafraidofclimatechange@gmail.com Resources: https://www.insider.com/lorde-solar-power-new-album-details-release-date-2021-6 https://twitter.com/lordeanalytics/status/1417880758237208579 https://www.nme.com/news/music/lorde-solar-power-isnt-big-climate-change-record-2978876

In this episode, Audrey discusses the fossil fuel industry's past and present with funding climate disinformation. To weigh in, email: imafraidofclimatechange@gmail.com Line 3 Resources: https://www.stopline3.org/ https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/07/line-3-protest-pipeline-biden.html https://mn.gov/puc/line3/summary/ Get Weather by Jenny Offill: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780345806901 Resources: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2015/nov/05/scientists-warned-the-president-about-global-warming-50-years-ago-today https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-how-well-have-climate-models-projected-global-warming#:~:text=He%20was%20fairly%20accurate%20up,into%20account%20in%20his%20model. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/06pdf/05-1120.pdf https://climate.nasa.gov/scientific-consensus/ https://www.climatechangecommunication.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/America_Misled.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-116hhrg38304/html/CHRG-116hhrg38304.htm https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-53640382 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/exxon-mobils-messaging-shifted-blame-for-warming-to-consumers/ https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/S2590-3322(21)00233-5 https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2021/05/25/slowing-population-growth-environment/ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/11/business/energy-environment/california-solar-mandates.html National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255

In this bonus episode, Audrey breaks down the Summary for Policymakers of the IPCC's Sixth Assessment Report, "a high-level summary of the understanding of the current state of the climate, including how it is changing and the role of human influence, the state of knowledge about possible climate futures, climate information relevant to regions and sectors, and limiting human-induced climate change." To weigh in, email: imafraidofclimatechange@gmail.com Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XVY_gDsZsCT7TNOHeZiYsWvn39iiakMZ8G7pHk8jWtA/edit?usp=sharing Resources: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/ https://www.ipcc.ch/about/ https://www.ipcc.ch/about/history/ National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255

In the inaugural episode of I'm Afraid of Climate Change, Audrey Casper addresses their personal history with eco-anxiety, defined by the American Psychological Association as "anxiety or worry about climate change and its effects." Audrey discusses how to balance warranted fears of climate disaster with feelings of hopelessness, and what it might mean to weather it out. To weigh in, email: imafraidofclimatechange@gmail.com Resources: https://www.apa.org/research/action/speaking-of-psychology/eco-anxiety https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/therapists-are-reckoning-with-eco-anxiety/ National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255

New episodes released on the 1st and 15th of the month.