I'm Rachel Martin, host of Wildcard from NPR.

I've spent years interviewing all kinds of people, and I've realized there are ideas that we

all think about, but don't talk about very much.

So I made a shortcut, a deck of cards with questions that anyone can answer, questions that

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Listen to the Wild Card podcast only from NPR.

Hey, everyone, you're listening to Code Switch.

I'm B.A. Parker.

Now, the summer has been hot, and it's no exception.

Last year and the year before, both set new records for being the hottest year at the time.

So with the heat of summer upon us, I'm talking to a few of my colleagues at the climate desk

about some of the people who have been most negatively affected by the heat.

We're talking from Florida to Texas to California. So welcome to Code Switch,

Alejandra Burunda. Hey Parker. I am so glad to be here. And I am a climate reporter at NPR. I cover how

climate change affects human health. Climate change. Generally not good for human health. No, it is not. And the heat increases

that have come with climate change especially impact workers on their health. A while back, I was

out of training for union workers about how to stay safe when you're working in really hot conditions,

like in factories or warehouses or restaurant kitchens.

Me and heat don't get along.

One of the workers I met was Daniel Christopher.

He lives near Oakland, California, and he worked in oil refineries.

I've been in 105 degree heat, beaming sun, three, four, five hours, no air, circulation, no

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