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UNDISTRACTED With Brittany Packnett Cunningham

The End of the World as We Know It? Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson Rates our Climate Future

UNDISTRACTED With Brittany Packnett Cunningham

The Meteor, Collective Media

News, News Commentary, Society & Culture

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

The floods, the hurricanes, the wildfires…if you feel like you’re living through a climate apocalypse, you’re not wrong. But it’s not all hellfire, says marine biologist Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson—there are signs of progress if you know where to look. In this episode, the “climate futurist” sits down with host Brittany Packnett Cunningham to give our planet a report card from the point of view of science, policy and climate action. The results? Not what we expected. But first, this week’s UNtrending news. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey y'all this episode of Undistracted is brought to you by Pfizer.

0:09.0

Now you know Pfizer as the maker of vaccines, my COVID-19 vaccine in fact and their other scientific advances

0:15.2

but I'm here to tell you something else about them they are the presenting sponsor of

0:19.6

drum roll please the meteor's full Day Summit Meet the Moment. An incredible gathering

0:25.6

on November 12th featuring intergenerational duos of leaders taking on issues like voting,

0:31.4

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0:35.6

And you all are all invited.

0:37.6

You'll even have the opportunity to meet and hear from some incredible Bi-Poc women scientists.

0:42.6

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0:45.4

at the Brooklyn Museum.

0:46.8

To purchase tickets and learn more about the event,

0:49.8

visit the meteor dot live.

0:52.2

Thanks again to Pfizer for helping make this event a reality. We hope to see

0:56.2

y'all it's Brittany so we took Baby M on his very first round trip

1:15.4

playing ride this week. I had to speak back home in St. Louis so we just made a

1:19.2

family trip out of it. We had no cry, no poop explosion, no adult explosions either, so please clap for us.

1:26.5

No like seriously, stop what you're doing and clap for us. This is a major, major development.

1:35.6

The trip was fun and there were grandparents and aunties and cousins everywhere masked and tested and outdoors of course but

1:39.8

despite what an already perfect traveler, my little guy, is,

1:43.4

the journey itself was not without some extreme expense

1:47.7

and some airline annoyance.

1:49.4

Getting fresh and frozen breast milk

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