Mary Annaïse Heglar

This week on Hot Take, Mary and Amy talk to Abrahm Lustgarten about how colonialism, both in the past and the present, put the weight of the climate crisis on the shoulders of the people who did the least to create it. As a lens, they use Abrahm's Propublica investigation of Barbados' (and other Caribbean nations) attempt to navigate the intersection of climate change and debt. This conversation was taped on the anniversary of Hurricanes Katrina and Ida, during devastating floods in Pakistan and Jackson, Mississippi. Go to our full show notes for links on where to donate your support to!

For this week’s Hot Take Labor Day special, Mary and Amy look into the connections between labor unions and the climate movement, the mega droughts in China and California, and the ongoing water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi.

Hot Take S3

S3, Ep20 | Both Sides of the Mississippi

S3, Ep19 | Climate Colonialism 101

Hot Take is a holistic, irreverent, honest look at the climate crisis and all the ways media and society are talking—and not talking—about it. Hosted by real-life friends Mary Annaïse Heglar and Amy Westervelt—an essayist and a journalist— Hot Take offers a unique perspective on the issue of climate change. With a breath of fresh humanity and humor, conversation moves swiftly from cackling about the bad week an oil company had, to speaking seriously and passionately about the unequal distribution of climate impacts and our own experiences of climate grief. And then washing it down with a round of dad jokes! Every week, we’ll connect you with the latest climate news and with the journalists and storytellers trying to make sense of this complex issue to help you see the world through climate-colored glasses. We ended production on Hot Take at the end of 2022, but you can still access episodes here, or 

A holistic, irreverent, honest look at the climate crisis and all the ways media and society are talking—and not talking—about it.

Hot Take

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S3, Ep1 | The Real F&#ckBois of Fossil Fuel

S3, Ep2 | Free Britney and Lock Up Exxon

Mea Culpas Are Great, But Climate Leaders Need to Model Real Accountability

S3, Ep3 | The Kids Are All Angry!

S3, Ep4 | A Total Moral Disaster

S3, Ep5 |  Down Uterus! Down Girl! with Rebecca Solnit

S3, Ep6 | Of Meat and Men, with Alicia Kennedy

S3, Ep7 | Death of Democracy with Adam Serwer

S3, Ep8 | A Republican Climate Plan?

Fossil Fuel Workers Are Dying Inhaling Gases — Despite U.S. Warnings to Big Oil

S3, Ep9 | How Many Oil Jobs Are There Really?

S3, Ep10 | Trans Rights Are Climate Justice

SCOTUS Says No to Exxon, Now the Corporate Free Speech Fight Begins

Climate Cases

S3, Ep11 | Supremely F*&cked

S3, Ep12 | “Resistance” Over “Resilience”

S3, Ep13 | Joe Manchin v The World

The Real Free Speech Threat

S3, Ep14 | Climate Behind Bars

S3, Ep15 | The Quiet Climate Emergency

S3, Ep16 | Devil in the IRA Details

S3, Ep17 | Amy and Mary Take a TV Break

S3, Ep18 | A FOX in the Newsroom

S3, Ep21 | Follow the Money, Eat the Rich

Personal Essay: I Am a Mad Scientist

S3, Ep22 | Ask a Scientist with NASA’s Dr. Kate Marvel

S3, Ep23 | Hurricane Season Heats Up

S3, Ep24 | Reclaiming Identity Politics, with Olufemi Taiwo

S3, Ep25 | Climate Candidates to Watch in the Midterms

Hot Take S2

S2, Ep1 | Media in Meltdown and Climate in Crisis, with Kendra Pierre-Louis

S2, Ep2 | Mary and Amy Watched “The Politician”

S2, Ep3 | Climate Bois Club, with Kate Aronoff

S2, Ep4 | Hate to Say We Told You So, with Brian Kahn

S2, Ep5 | Why Is It So Hard to Talk About Climate and Food? With David Tamarkin

S2, Ep6 | No Ordinary Pain: Katrina at 15 (with Story Collider)

S2, Ep7 | There’s No Climate Justice without Indigenous Sovereignty, with Rebecca Nagle

S2, Ep8 | Mary and Amy Watched “I May Destroy You”

S2, EP9 |  Around the Way, with Drew Costley

S2, Ep10 |  The Flyest Debate Ever, with Brian Kahn

S2, Ep11 | Political Instability =/ Planetary Instability, with Justin Worland

S2, Ep12 | All the Lives in the Balance, with Rachel Ramirez

S2, Ep13 | Mitch McConnell’s Cold, Dead Hands

S2, Ep14 | Making the Case, with Rihana Gunn-Wright

S2, Ep15 | 2020: The Shitshow

S2, Ep16 | No Better Time for Climate Reparations, with Tamara Toles O’Laughlin

S2, Ep17 | Blood for Oil, with Antonia Juhasz

S2, Ep18 | Two Sides to Every Story?  With Lewis Wallace

S2, Ep19 | The Greenwashing Olympics, with Emily Atkin and Brian Kahn

S2, Ep20 | The Ultimate Abolition

S2, Ep21 | Hot and Cold with Rev Yearwood and The Coolest Show

S2, Ep22 | April 20 Is #FUBPDay

S2, Ep23 | Moving Fast and Breaking Sh*t

The Reason Covid-19 and Climate Seem So Similar: Disinformation

S2, Ep24 | What Covid and Climate Have in Common: Science Denial, with ProPublica’s Caroline Chen

S2, Ep25 | Big Oil Had a Bad Month (Which Means We Had a Good One)

Hot Take S1

S1, Ep1 | Fangirl v Fangirl

S1, Ep2 | 2016-2017 in Review: The Hangover

S1, Ep3 | 2018: The Wake-Up Call

S1, Ep4 | 2019: It’s Go Time

S1, Ep5 | Jan 2020: No Chill, with Meera Subramanian

S1, Ep6 | Feb 2020: More Fucking Greenwashing! With Maddie Stone

S1, Ep7 | March 2020: Pandemic, Primaries, and Not Asking Permission, with Sarah Miller

S1, Ep8 | March 22, 2020: Seeing Corona Through Climate-Colored Glasses, with David Wallace-Wells

S1, Ep9 | Disaster Denialism with Dr. Samantha Montano

S1, Ep10 | So This Is Purgatory, with Eric Holthaus

S1, Ep11 | Season 1 Finale: Rum O’Clock!

S3, Ep19 | Climate Colonialism 101

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