The Bottom of the Bowl

Reporter Emmett Fitzgerald was used to hearing people call his home state of Vermont a “climate haven.” But last summer, he got a wake up call in the form of a devastating flood.

All throughout the United States, people are watching the places they love change in unpredictable and scary ways. Places that once felt safe are starting to feel risky. Places that already felt risky are starting to feel downright dangerous. And as the climate continues to change, people are being forced to make impossible decisions about how to live, and where to live, in an increasingly unstable and unfamiliar world.

This is a series about climate change and how we prepare for the extremely bumpy ride ahead of us. Because right now we’re all living in a world that was just Not Built for This. 

Not Built for This is a 6-part mini-series from 99% Invisible, with new episodes on Tuesdays and Fridays in the 99% Invisible feed. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

Credits

This episode was reported and produced by Emmett FitzGerald, along with producers Jayson De Leon and Sofie Kodner, and managing editor Delaney Hall. Further invaluable editing from Christopher Johnson, Joe Rosenberg, Kelly Prime, and our fearless leader, Roman Mars. Mix and sound design by Martín Gonzalez. Theme and original music by George Langford with additional music by Swan Real. Fact checking by Liz Boyd. Series art by Aaron Nestor. 

Emmett spoke with Rob Kasow, co-owner of the wonderful Bear Pond Books; planetary futurist Alex Steffen who writes the newsletter The Snap Forward; Abraham Lustgarten, author of the book On the Move; and Ellen Starr and Geoff FitzGerald.

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