The Family Business

Outside/In

NHPR

Society & Culture, Documentary, Natural Sciences, Nature, Science

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2019

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

The Sununus are one of New Hampshire's grandest families. John H. Sununu was governor and White House Chief of Staff. One of his sons, John E. Sununu, was a U.S. congressman and senator, and another, Chris Sununu, is governor today. In their roles of political power, all of these men have faced a different landscape with regard to climate change, and what it means to be a Republican. Today, we track that party's evolution on the subject, through the frame of this one family. For full versions of several of the interviews in this episode, head to our website outsideinradio.org Sign up for our newsletter ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey there is a single stray F-bomb in this story that we have left unbleeped.
0:07.5	If you'd like to try to skip it, it comes at about 18 and a half minutes when we're talking about the conclusion of a global climate
0:13.4	negotiation. So good luck.
0:16.5	As I said I've had the privilege of knowing working some with John and his
0:20.6	son Michael over the last six years. I've learned much from that
0:24.3	association. I'm confident that you'll feel the same after today. It's my
0:29.2	distinct honor to introduce Governor John Henry Sununu.
0:34.0	This is Joe Delillo, a meteorologist who doesn't believe human activity is driving global warming.
0:40.0	Introducing John H. Sununu in 2013.
0:43.3	Sununu served as governor of New Hampshire for six years
0:46.0	from 1983 to 1989.
0:48.7	In political circles, he's famous for being
0:50.8	a rhetorical knife fighter, an attack dog, and an expert crafter of incendiary
0:55.5	soundbites.
0:56.5	And that's Annie Ropeek, Environment reporter in New Hampshire Public Radio's newsroom.
1:00.4	Thank you very much, Joe. We've gathered to bring some reality and some sound science to the ongoing debate on climate change
1:10.4	and global warming.
1:12.0	John H. Sununu is famously whip smart. He reportedly scored
1:16.0	near the top on a test that billed itself as a mega IQ test intended to
1:21.3	distinguish who are the smartest among geniuses.
1:24.4	Following his governorship, he was White House Chief of Staff, and is something of an elder
1:28.6	statesman to the GOP.
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