Best Of: Meeting Tonya Mosley/Rising Temperatures

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🗓️ 15 July 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Terry Gross interviews co-host Tonya Mosley about her life and work, and how they intersect in the current season of her podcast Truth Be Told. It focuses on the therapeutic use of psychedelic mushrooms to heal racial trauma.

Later, Tonya talks about how rising temperatures and extreme heat will change our lives. Her guest is Jeff Goodell, author of The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on A Scorched Planet.

Film critic Justin Chang reviews the new film Joy Ride.

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0:00.0	From WHOIY in Philadelphia, I'm Terry Gross with Fresh Air Weekend.
0:07.4	Today you'll get to know our new co-host, Tanya Mosley.
0:10.7	You may already know her work from when she was a host of NPR's here and now, from her
0:15.4	Webby Award-winning podcast Truth Be Told, as well as from her Fresh Air interviews.
0:20.6	I recorded an interview with her about her life and work, and how they intersect in the
0:25.5	current season of her podcast Truth Be Told.
0:28.9	It focuses on the therapeutic use of psychedelic mushrooms to heal trauma, specifically racial
0:35.1	trauma.
0:36.1	Later, Tanya will talk about how rising temperatures and extreme heat are changing and will change
0:42.5	our lives.
0:43.5	Her guest will be Jeff Gidell, author of The Heat Will Kill You First, Life and Death
0:48.6	on a Scorched Planet.
0:51.0	And Justin Chang will review the new film Joy Ride.
0:56.0	Start coming up on Fresh Air Weekend.
1:01.0	This is Fresh Air Weekend.
1:02.6	I'm Terry Gross.
1:04.2	If you're a regular listener to our show, you know that we have a new co-host, Tanya Mosley.
1:10.0	She's not only a great interviewer, she's a really interesting and thoughtful person
1:14.2	whose life experiences inform her approach to journalism and what she chooses to cover.
1:19.8	It's been great getting to know her better as we continue to work together.
1:23.8	I want you to get to know her better too.
1:26.5	So my guest today is our co-host, Tanya Mosley.
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