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Guaranteed Human.

Hey, this is Annie.

And Samantha.

And welcome to Stuff Never Told You, a production of IHart Radio.

And today we are actually doing the thing we always say we're going to do when it comes to book club.

We are talking about a book written by someone recently featured on activists around the world.

We always say we're going to do it and then it gets on a list, but here we are.

We're doing it.

Follow through.

Yes.

And yes, you can see our recent activist around the world episode that we did on Michaela Loach, where we did say we would be discussing this book.

Loach's 2025 work, Climate is Just the Start.

And reminder from that episode, Loach is a black climate justice activist and organizer based out of the UK, who has just done so much to get her message out there, including writing

books like this one. And this work is aimed

specifically towards young folks who have grown up hearing doom and gloom, frankly, messaging

around climate change. But it's really hopeful and it offers solutions for change. But it's also

very, like, I understand why you feel this way.

The book feels very much like a conversation.

Her writing is really open.

It's really friendly.

When the book opens, she introduces herself in a very personable way.

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