Hot & Bothered: Has the Fracking Bubble Finally Burst? with Bethany McLean
The fracking boom that drove a decade of record U.S. oil and gas production was never really profitable to begin with. Has its bubble finally burst?
Winter 2021
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Hot & Bothered: Designing a Green New Deal, with Billy Fleming
Billy Fleming discusses not just the kinds of policies that should anchor a Green New Deal, but how to advance an effective inside-outside strategy to win them as we gear up for 2021.
Hot & Bothered: A Climate Story to Win a Multiracial Majority, with Mary Annaïse Heglar
Mary Annaïse Heglar talks to Kate and Daniel about climate grief; why we don’t have to choose between caring about police violence and caring about the polar bears; and why Bernie Sanders’s campaign message didn’t resonate with many (especially older) black voters.
Hot & Bothered Podcast: A New Commonwealth, with Jedediah Britton-Purdy
On this week’s show, Kate and Daniel talk to Jedediah about his vision of commonwealth politics; the challenges of organizing in a socially distanced world; where the law fits in; and whether coming together also means naming new enemies.
A Ballad of Unchecked Dread
In Weather, Jenny Offill explores how our sense that society is on the cusp of disaster takes hold.
Hot & Bothered Podcast: Debt vs. Democracy, with Astra Taylor
On this week’s show, Kate and Daniel talk to Astra about what the coronavirus pandemic has to do with eating meat, whether we really need a technocratic savior, and why debt relief is inherently tied to democracy.
Hot & Bothered Podcast: Building Power in a Time of Monsters, with Waleed Shahid
On this week’s show, Kate and Daniel talk to Waleed Shahid about how the left can still build a winning coalition for climate justice after the Bernie Sanders campaign.
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 not used to thinking about in political terms: food.
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. The first episode in a new season of the Hot & Bothered podcast.
Announcing Hot & Bothered Season 2: Pandemic Edition
We are back for a new series of the Hot & Bothered podcast, with weekly episodes on climate politics in the time of coronavirus. But we won’t be able to do it without your support.
Hot & Bothered: Bold Visions for a Green New Deal
We can only decarbonize fast and reduce social inequalities at the same time with a new political economy.
Hot & Bothered: Radical Pragmatism
A Green New Deal needs to translate lofty ideas into specific interventions. How quickly can we decarbonize our energy grid, how do we overcome the institutional obstacles of the American political system, and how do we put frontline communities in the lead?
