Teens, Science Moms and Climate finale

Kelly Corrigan Wonders

Kelly Corrigan Show

Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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How do toddlers become tweens who become teens who take themselves so seriously, they get right to work on the biggest, hairiest problem on planet earth? We start with Stanford student Sophia Kianni, known as the family megaphone, the one who started every argument, and then sit down with Colorado State’s 2019 Outstanding Professor of the Year, Dr. Emily Fischer. To stay up to date with non-partisan facts about the climate and how we can help, sign up for the newsletter on ScienceMoms.com.

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0:00.0	I learned about climate change for the first time in my sixth grade class, and so that's
0:05.6	part of the reason I think I was so passionate, but I grew up with a tendency to start
0:09.9	arguments.
0:10.9	It was a joke that I was the megaphone of the family I could never stop talking.
0:21.3	Welcome to Kelly Corrigan Wonders.
0:22.7	I'm Kelly Corrigan, and today I'm wondering about how toddlers become tweens, who become
0:28.3	teens who take themselves and their role in the world seriously, so much so that they
0:34.6	want to protect that world.
0:36.5	My guests today are Sophia Keani, who as a teenager founded a nonprofit to translate
0:42.2	climate science into over 100 languages, and Dr. Emily Fisher, an atmospheric scientist,
0:48.4	a science mom, and the 2019 outstanding professor of the year.
0:53.1	We'll be right back with Kelly Corrigan Wonders.
0:58.3	Welcome back to Kelly Corrigan Wonders.
1:12.9	I'm Kelly Corrigan.
1:13.9	Today's episode is the Fit of Five Shows, where we had the real joy of sitting down with
1:19.4	teenagers and climate scientists to get an intergenerational perspective on what's working
1:25.0	to protect the planet from further damage.
1:27.9	My first guest is Sophia Keani.
1:30.8	She's a climate activist.
1:31.9	She's an advisor to organizations like the UN and the American Lung Association.
1:36.2	She's also a student at Stanford University.
1:42.8	So Sophia, you and your little sister were tick-tacking a lot during quarantine.
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