How to Save a Planet with Kendra Pierre-Louis

The War on Cars

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Society & Culture, News, News Commentary

4.9 • 937 Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Kendra Pierre-Louis, a climate reporter and co-host of the Gimlet Media podcast How to Save a Planet, joins us to discuss storytelling in an age of crisis. How can we effectively communicate that better streets, better cities and a better world are possible? How can we point regular citizens toward solutions that can not only fight climate change but improve their day-to-day lives? Plus, what was up with that Kia ad featuring the dude who drives on a beach to save seat turtles?

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This episode was recorded by Josh Wilcox at the Brooklyn Podcasting Studio. It was edited by Doug Gordon. Our theme music is by Nathaniel Goodyear. Our logo was designed by Dani Finkel of Crucial D Designs.

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0:00.0	Summer is almost here and that means it's the perfect time to think about how life can be better on a Rad Power Bike.
0:11.0	Rad Power Bike's mission isn't all that different from ours.
0:15.3	They want a world where it's easier for more people to get around without ever having to get in a car.
0:21.3	As North America's leading electric bike brand, Rad Power Bikes has
0:25.2	affordable e-bikes for every kind of rider, whether you're heading to the
0:28.9	grocery store, commuting to work, or just trying to get some exercise.
0:33.4	No matter where you're going, you'll experience what
0:35.6	founder Mike Radenbao calls, the e-bike grin.
0:39.5	You can't help but have fun.
0:41.8	To learn more, go to power bikes.com. There are plenty of bikes
0:45.7	in stock now and shipping is free. Rad power bikes transforming the way we move and
0:51.6	helping to win the war on cars.
0:59.0	I think it's really important and we do this on how to save a planet.
1:02.0	It's not enough to have people
1:03.4	understand what they're fighting against you need to have people understand
1:06.4	what they're fighting for and it's very easy for people to imagine a future where
1:11.0	you take a gas car and you substitute it for an
1:14.2	E.V. It is much harder I think for people who have not experienced it to just
1:18.8	picture a different way of moving through society overall. This is the war on cars. I'm Doug Gordon. Aaron and Sarah are off this week.
1:38.0	So, we have a lot of overlapping crises in this country.
1:44.0	Last year, 42,000 people died in motor vehicle crashes
1:47.5	and that's the highest number of fatalities in about 16 years.
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