Hey there, it's Shimita here. I am very excited to say that because it means I'm back from parental leave.

We're working on some brand new episodes for you that will come out starting next week,

but in the meantime, we are bringing back a good episode from our archives that's all about heat, and how rising temperatures affect our environment and our bodies.

This episode first played last summer, but it feels just as relevant this summer.

I hope you enjoy it.

This is in conversation from Apple News.

I'm Shemit Tabasu.

Today, the dangers of extreme heat

for our health and our planet. This summer has been hot.

This summer has been hot.

In many places, scarily so.

Heat records are being broken every day.

Planet Earth is on fire.

The record heat across the world has been unrelenting. You know it's

111 degrees outside. Tonight the deadly heat dome tightening its grip. It is the

kind of heat that you feel as soon as you step outside. When you open like an

oven that's what it feels like.

We're talking about a deadly heat wave

that is feeling more like a heat tsunami in the south.

Virginia Key, Florida.

Galveston, Texas, California, and Arizona.

The extreme weather is not just impacting the U.S.

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