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Temperature Check Grist
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Temperature Check is a podcast from Grist at the intersection of climate and justice. It’s about the people leading climate action and climate solutions, and stories that show the pathways to a more sustainable, equitable future.
Season 3 is all about pivot points: How does a special education teacher nearing retirement become a renowned environmental justice advocate? What leads a climate journalist to become an electrician, or a corporate executive to create a mobility-justice nonprofit? We asked six climate and justice leaders to share their stories of changing course in their lives or careers in order to bring meaningful change to their communities.
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Taking on big coal to protect Navajo water
After getting her linguistics degree, Nicole Horseherder planned to return home to Black Mesa and teach. But with the region’s aquifers under threat from coal companies, she rallied against them – and won.
Full transcript and related reading: https://grist.org/temperature-check/nicole-horseherder-coal-navajo-water/
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A life-altering bike ride
Struggling with depression and on medical leave from his corporate job, Olatunji Oboi Reed decided to get his bike out of the basement and go for a ride. That ride set him on a new path that led to his current work: promoting racial equity in transportation and beyond, through his organization Equiticity.
Full transcript and related reading: https://grist.org/temperature-check/olatunji-oboi-reed-equiticity-biking-equity
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Becoming a future climate doctor
Growing up, Hamid Torabzadeh experienced the impacts of climate change and pollution. In high school, he found a club that showed him his path to doing something about it. Now a college freshman, he's studying to be what he calls a "new type of doctor" in the field of climate health.
Full transcript and related reading: https://grist.org/temperature-check/hamid-torabzadeh-readyteens-climate-health
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From theater kid to climate filmmaker
Maya Lilly had achieved the dream of many a theater kid: studying at Juilliard. But when she realized her environmental activism didn’t have a home there, it set her on a mission to bring climate storytelling to mainstream audiences. It was a journey that took decades.
Full transcript and related reading: https://grist.org/temperature-check/maya-lilly-climate-hollywood-producer/
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Why this climate writer quit to become an electrician
Until last year, Nate Johnson was a journalist at Grist, covering climate. But when he felt his passion for writing start to wane, he found a new direction — as an electrician. Now, instead of writing about the need to electrify everything, Nate is doing that work himself … and he says he is happier than ever.
Full transcript and related reading: https://grist.org/temperature-check/nate-johnson-journalist-electrician/
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In ‘Cancer Alley,’ a teacher called to fight
Sharon Lavigne lives in St. James Parish, Louisiana, where industrial pollution causes high cancer rates. For decades, Sharon witnessed her neighbors suffer as air quality worsened. But when yet another plant planned to open in her community, she decided to do something about it.
Full transcript and related reading: https://grist.org/temperature-check/sharon-lavigne-cancer-alley-industry-formosa/
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Customer Reviews
New season Temperature Check
Very interesting and inspiring podcast.
Great Pod! Adding to my list of must listen.
I’ve been a Grist reader/supporter since the beginning. This is a wonderful way to dig deeper and learn more about the people working to protect our environment and fight climate change.
Needs improvement
I appreciate what this podcast is trying to do, but it’s kind of boring. I will revisit sometime in the future.