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The Gray Area with Sean Illing

The power of climate fiction

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

Vox Media Podcast Network

Society & Culture, News, Politics, News Commentary, Philosophy

4.610.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Stephen Markley’s novel, “The Deluge,” is an ambitious and terrifyingly realistic look at our collective future on a warming planet. He joins Sean to talk about the 10-year process of writing the book, the current political struggle over climate action, and how we can confront and mitigate the worst effects of climate change. Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling), host, The Gray Area Guest: Stephen Markley. His book is “The Deluge.” Enjoyed this episode? Rate The Gray Area ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Be the first to hear new episodes of The Gray Area by following us in your favorite podcast app. Links here: https://www.vox.com/the-gray-area Support The Gray Area by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts This episode was made by: Producer: Jon Ehrens Engineer: Patrick Boyd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Support for the gray area comes from Choiceology, an original podcast from Charles Schwab.

0:07.0

Hosted by Katie Milkman, an award-winning behavioral scientist and author of the best-selling book How to Change.

0:12.8

Choiceology is a show about the psychology and economics behind our decisions.

0:17.8

Hear true stories from Nobel laureates, authors, athletes,

0:21.3

and more about why we do the things we do.

0:24.0

Listen to Choiceology at Schwab.com slash podcast,

0:28.0

or wherever you listen.

0:30.0

Support for this show comes from Krakan.

0:35.0

Cripo is like the financial system but different.

0:40.0

It doesn't care where you come from, what you look like, your credit score, or your outrageous food delivery habits.

0:47.0

crypto is finance for everyone, everywhere all the time.

0:51.0

Krakhan, see what crypto can be. Don't invest unless you're prepared to

0:56.2

lose all the money you invest. This is a high-risk investment and you should not

0:59.7

expect to be protected if something goes wrong. In general, I try not to look away from the problems

1:06.8

in the world. I mean, I've built a whole show that really forces me to think about them.

1:15.0

But climate change, that's a rough one.

1:19.0

I think for most of us, not just for me.

1:21.0

It's big and intimidating, and I don't know what I'm supposed to do about it.

1:26.2

What I even could do about it.

1:28.8

The whole thing makes me pessimistic about where we're heading and as a parent that's just not a place I want to be

1:39.8

So I distract myself. I try to avoid that dread.

1:44.0

Every now and again, though, something comes along.

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