I'm about to wrap up the most ambitious reporting project I've ever taken on.

I traveled a Senegal.

When you were in the house and the water was coming in, can you show us how high it was?

When you were in the heat?

The water was up to your hips.

Then we went to the land border between Morocco and a tiny patch of Spain on the African continent.

Melilla is, in some way, a powerful Europe.

Melilla is somehow a gate into Europe.

And we visited a regional office of Spain's far-right anti-immigrant party Vox.

If we hope to defend our cultural identity, we need to reject the idea of the climate refugee.

I wanted to see firsthand how climate change is making places like Senegal less habitable,

how that's pushing some people to places like Morocco,

where they cross international borders in search of a better life,

and how that migration is driving a rise in far-right politics in wealthier countries like Spain.

We did a bunch of pieces and interviews on NPR's broadcast shows,

and you heard a couple on this podcast, too.

But the thing is, all of that was kind of the tip of the iceberg.

For starters, it wasn't just me on the trip.

Ricky Shryah, welcome to the Spring Room.

You're right on time.

Hello.

We're just digging in.

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