Host Ira Glass remembers Hurricane Sandy, and the feeling that we might be getting a preview of
what the world would looking like as climate change continues. He talks about how stuck the
country’s conversation about climate change has been, but how for the first time in a long time, it
seems that might change. (2 minutes)
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