The Impact Of Climate Storytelling With Maiya May & Trip Jennings
Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration
Corinna Bellizzi
5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 October 2024
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Despite the undeniable impact of climate change everywhere in the world, from the scorching weather to deadly hurricanes, many people still turn a blind eye to this devastating reality. Therefore, the PBS show “Weathered” employs engaging climate storytelling to raise awareness about the urgent need to take action against extreme weather changes. Corinna Bellizzi sits down with Trip Jennings and Maiya May, the show’s director and host, respectively, to discuss how they combine the realities of climate science with real-life community stories and nature-based solutions. They talk about the importance of acknowledging climate risks as soon as possible and what it takes to effectively mitigate them. Trip and Maya also delve into their production experiences to provide a glimpse of what’s happening behind the cameras just to deliver authentic climate stories to their viewers.
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| 0:00.0 | How do we make those calls? Like, wear those lines. And let's think about and learn about what's coming, what we're experiencing now and how it's going to change in the future, so we can make informed decisions to keep our families and ourselves safe. |
| 0:11.8 | Welcome to Care More Be Better, a podcast for people like you who care about the social impact of conscious companies and everyday heroes. |
| 0:21.2 | Hear inspiring stories from those who put people in planet before profit and personal gain. |
| 0:26.5 | You'll learn how you can make a difference. Vote with your dollars and get involved today. |
| 0:31.3 | Here's your host, Karina Belizei. |
| 0:35.6 | Hello and welcome to Care More Be Better, a Circle B podcast. Each week, I invite you to |
| 0:40.9 | care more so that we can create a better world together. As summer drifts into fall, we are |
| 0:46.5 | seeing heat waves and stronger storms around the globe. The devastating potential of global |
| 0:50.9 | warming is on full display. Fires blaze on the west coast and in the southeastern |
| 0:55.9 | states, we are struggling to recover from Hurricane Helene. Pimate scientists, they agree. They agree |
| 1:01.7 | that this pattern will continue given the amount of greenhouse gases that are presently in our |
| 1:06.1 | atmosphere and our present rate of deforestation. To help us better understand all of these weather challenges, |
| 1:12.7 | PBS has released the fifth season of a climate-focused show called Weathered Earth's Extremes. |
| 1:19.3 | I'm joined by the show's host, Maya May, and the director, Tripp Jennings today. But before I bring |
| 1:25.0 | them up, I'd like to offer you a taste as we review the trailer |
| 1:28.4 | for this six episode series. So here is your first look at weathered, Earth's extremes. |
| 1:35.6 | I'm Miami and I'm fascinated by our dynamic planet, our weather, and our climate. What began as an |
| 1:41.7 | aspiration to become an on-air meteorologist has become a mission |
| 1:45.4 | to figure out where we are and where we're going as we leave this long, stable climate period, |
| 1:52.8 | and enter the hockey stick era. This morning, scientists say the 101.1 degree temperature |
| 2:00.4 | recorded at a buoy near Key Largo, |
| 2:02.9 | Florida this week, may break a record for the highest observed sea surface temperature. |
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