“The Heat Will Kill You First” with Jeff Goodell

Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast

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🗓️ 22 August 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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This past July, Earth reached the hottest temperature since record-keeping began, according to the U.S. National Centers for Environmental Prediction. And the record-breaking temperatures are impacting everything from our bodies, to our food supplies to the habitability of the planet. Meanwhile, Texas Governor Abbot recently signed legislation prohibiting localities from passing any laws that require shade or water breaks for outdoor construction workers. As we continue to see the devastating effects of rising temps, it’s clear we need to rethink how we conceptualize and deal with heat. Our guest this week points out that simply cranking up our A.C. units isn’t the way out of this and that we instead need to urgently reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. Jeff Goodell is author of “The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet” and a contributor writer at Rolling Stone. Goodell joins WITHpod to discuss the deleterious ways extreme heat impacts every living thing, what rising temps reveal about fault lines in governments and more. **WITHpod Live Tour Special Announcement** We're taking #WITHpod back on the road for a live three-city tour. Join Chris in Chicago on 10/9, Philadelphia on 10/16, and NYC on 11/12. Buy your tickets now with special code WITHPOD: msnbc.com/withpodtour.

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0:00.0	Hey with pod listeners before we get into today's episode I'm excited to share that we
0:06.6	are taking with pod on the road again the first time since the pandemic.
0:10.9	I'm going to beat the house of blues on Monday October 9th in Chicago I'll be in Philadelphia
0:15.6	the film or theater on Monday October 16th in New York City at the town hall on Sunday
0:21.4	November 12th.
0:22.8	You can buy tickets online at msmec.com slash with pod tour join us in person for some
0:27.7	fascinating conversations with amazing guests tickets are going to go fast so buy yours
0:32.0	today at msnbc.com slash with pod tour using the special code with pod can't wait to see
0:37.9	you in the live audience this fall.
0:44.0	I fear that it's going to be something much more like covid that it just becomes this we
0:49.1	adapt by saying oh well 10 workers died on a rooftop in Houston it's hot out it's unfortunate
0:55.1	but you know it's a hot day and that's what happens on hot days sometimes and we carry
0:59.7	on and you know we're going to forget not only that these deaths were could be preventable
1:06.9	and they didn't have to die if we had like water breaks and intelligent labor laws to protect
1:12.0	these kinds of workers but also that this climate that is killing people is the climate
1:16.6	that we created by 50 years of denial and political insanity and that we are kind of stewing
1:24.7	in our own juices that we've created this world and so that's the kind of adaptation
1:29.4	that I'm kind of most concerned about and yet I feel is kind of clearly inevitable.
1:37.5	Hello welcome to why is this happening with me your host Chris A's well it's summer which
1:51.4	I love a big summer fan I guess it's not probably not a controversial opinion though it
1:55.7	may be a controversial opinion if you live in places like Austin Texas or Tucson Arizona
2:01.6	which have seen insane record heat this year and they're not alone and seeing insane record
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