Air Date: 7-27-2025
Back when I worked in the climate movement, just after the turn of the century, we knew that the extreme weather we were warning about would become ever-more clear to see in people's lived experiences and assumed that any doubts people had about the science of climate change would be wiped away with the evidence they could see with their own eyes as weather became more intense and less predictable. Of course, we didn't foreseen that we were headed straight into the eye of a storm of partisan conspiracism that would fully take over a third of the political spectrum. But here we are, head for high ground.
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KEY POINTS
KP 1: Flooding Is Common in Texas Hill Country. This Was Different - Consider This - Air Date 7-7-25
KP 3: Why Kristi Noems Incompetence Matters Part 1- Bulwark Takes - Air Date 7-10-25
KP 4: Republicans Get Exposed on Fox Live - The Adam Mockler Show - Air Date 7-10-25
KP 6: The Real Conspiracy Behind the Texas Floods - More to the Story - Air Date 7-16-25
KP 7: Disasters, Natural and Man-made Part 1 - The Muckrake Political Podcast - Air Date 7-8-25
(00:51:08) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On why we need to fight ignorance with research
DEEPER DIVES
(00:57:45) SECTION A: FLOOD DETAILS
A1: Texas Flooding Tragedy Was Both Predictable and Predicted Part 1 - The Bradcast - Air Date 7-7-25
A2: Flooding Is Common in Texas Hill Country. This Was Different Part 2- Consider This - Air Date 7-7-25
A3: Texas Flooding Tragedy Was Both Predictable and Predicted Part 2 - The Bradcast - Air Date 7-7-25
A4: This Is Not a Good Time to Cut Funding for Weather Forecasting - Even More News - Air Date 7-8-25
(01:33:24) SECTION B: FASCIST REGIME
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