What's up everybody? Are you tuning in to the Challenge USA on CBS?

Well tune in to me, Tyson Apostle, as I break down each and every episode with my co-host,

Amelia Wedamire. I'm also a contestant on the show, which gives you all the insider scoop.

Amelia, how stoked are you to do this? Tyson, I'm freaking excited. I cannot wait to

sit my butt down every single week to watch the show, then come here and recap it with you on

the Ringer Reality TV podcast.

Today, I want to begin with a quote. Every few years, American politics astonishes you.

Yesterday was one of those days. End quote. That's how the Atlantic journalist, Robinson Meyer,

began his report on the climate deal compromise between Senator Joe Manchin and majority leader

Chuck Schumer. Last week in a move that seemed to shock literally everybody, not just journalists

who've been following the story closely, but fellow senators as well. The two men unveiled

a bill that would reduce the deficit, lower healthcare costs, and most importantly for our

purposes today, invest record-breaking sums in clean energy infrastructure.

And when I say record-breaking sums, what I mean is this, this is the biggest green energy

investment bill in American history. It would be the single biggest one-off green energy investment

in European history. Now, it's still just a bill. It's not a law. It's not a policy. It could

be revised. It could be changed. It could be scuttled. So I don't want to get entirely over our

skis here, but in a summer of climate doom, with record-breaking heat and droughts,

fires throughout Europe, we are looking at a possible extraordinary leap forward.

So what's in the bill? What would it actually do to the economy? How could it realistically

transform the world? Today's guest is Atlantic journalist Rob Meyer. This mini-episode is our

breakdown of the bill, but more than a cold explanation, I want to provide context.

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