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Dec 14, 2022 · Season 2 · Episode 8
Middle-aged man sitting in a wheelchair next to a bright yellow sign that reads "Isle de Jean Charles is not dead. Climate change sucks."

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  • Dec 7, 2022 · Season 2 · Episode 7

    Swampland for Sale

    Flying over the Everglades, you see a patchwork of agriculture, highways, wetlands and human settlement.
    Caitlin Esch/Marketplace

    The process that made South Florida habitable now threatens the region’s future.

  • Nov 30, 2022 · Season 2 · Episode 6

    Betting Against a Storm

    Betting Against a Storm
    Joe Raedle/Getty

    Catastrophe bonds allow investors to bet on risk — and they might just help the insurance industry survive the climate crisis.

  • Nov 23, 2022 · Season 2

    Special Episode: Ask Amy Anything

    Special Episode: Ask Amy Anything

    Eyebrow-raising lending practices, homeownership angst and the best places to live in the U.S. You asked, we answered.

  • Nov 16, 2022 · Season 2 · Episode 5

    Risky Business

    Nimmond Lockhart’s mother, Louisa, lived through Hurricane Andrew in 1992. He kept a black-and-white photo of her sitting amid the wreckage.
    Emily Macune/Marketplace

    The insurance industry quietly rules our lives. What happens when it starts to break down?

  • Nov 9, 2022 · Season 2

    Built to Last

    What will it take to stay in the places we love?

  • Nov 2, 2022 · Season 2

    Science Meets Fiction

    We know what the science says about the future of sea-level rise. The unknown? How humans will handle it.

  • Oct 26, 2022 · Season 2

    Little River

    Floodwaters haven’t stopped house flippers from descending on this Miami neighborhood.

  • Oct 19, 2022 · Season 2 · Episode 1

    Selling Miami

    Selling Miami
    Emily Macune/Marketplace

    Miami could be underwater by the next century. Has anyone told the housing market?

  • Oct 19, 2022 · Season 2 · Episode 0

    Prologue: Tracking a Catastrophe

    Prologue: Tracking a Catastrophe
    Caitlin Esch/Marketplace

    Reporting from the aftermath of a hurricane.

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“How We Survive” is an award-winning podcast from Marketplace about the messy business of climate solutions. From the glitz and glam of Miami, to the punishing Arizona desert, to a sinking island that our national security depends on, every season, takes listeners on an adventure. We’re finding the innovative, surprising and occasionally disturbing ways that people are navigating solutions to a changing climate. Previous seasons explored the underbelly of the lithium extraction economy with tech expert Molly Wood and investigated the red hot Miami real estate market that’s increasingly vulnerable to storms and sea level rise with journalist Amy Scott. The latest season hosted by former navy pilot Kai Ryssdal, examines the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, that’s also on the front lines of dealing with the climate crisis: The US military. How will the institution that shaped Kai, shape our climate future? Kai traverses the frigid landscape of Alaska, participates in experiments in a Navy lab, and gets stranded on a remote tropical island to find out. In addition to long-form deep dive seasons, “How We Survive” has a spin-off video-first podcast series called “Burning Questions,” that empowers listeners with information they can implement in their lives. We answer questions about how to find climate-safe places to live, the best and worst foods to eat for the environment, maintaining hope when all you want to do is doom-scroll and tips to climate-proof your house.

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