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Introducing “How We Survive Season 2: Saving Miami”

Oct 12, 2022 · Season 2
Aerial view of an empty beach in Miami Beach, Florida.

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  • Nov 24, 2021 · Season 1 · Episode 8

    How We Change

    Artist Luke Jerram's piece, “Floating Earth” on display in Wigan, England this week.
    Chris Furlong/Getty Images

    Technology will help us avoid the worst of the climate crisis, and it’ll help us adapt to a warming planet. But tech alone can’t save us.

  • Nov 17, 2021 · Season 1 · Episode 7

    The Better Battery

    Kristin Persson and Gerbrand Ceder are at the forefront of lithium battery research.
    Caitlin Esch/Marketplace

    This week, we’re headed to the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to answer your questions about lithium-ion batteries.

  • Nov 10, 2021 · Season 1 · Episode 6

    Sci-Fi Intermission

    Author Kim Stanley Robinson, who goes by Stan
    Courtesy: Kim Stanley Robinson

    Saving the planet will require a lot of collaboration and imagination.

  • Nov 3, 2021 · Season 1 · Episode 5

    Gnarly Brine

    Charles Marston said the ILiAD system for extracting lithium from the Salton Sea is his “greatest work.”
    Caitlin Esch/Marketplace

    Our journey through the California desert continues. There’s a lot of hope — and millions of dollars — riding on lithium extraction in the Salton Sea. But how close are those dreams to reality?

  • Oct 27, 2021 · Season 1 · Episode 4

    The Resource

    The Audubon Society's Frank Ruiz shows Molly Wood the dried up playa of the Salton Sea. Ruiz hopes a lithium boom could drive an economic — and ecological — recovery.
    Caitlin Esch/Marketplace

    Welcome to California’s Salton Sea, a dying region that might recover thanks to the lithium in the brine bubbling deep underground.

  • Oct 20, 2021 · Season 1 · Episode 3

    Electrify Everything

    A woman looks over damage to a neighborhood caused by Hurricane Ida on August 30, 2021 in Kenner, Louisiana.
    Scott Olson/Getty Images

    Welcome to the climate crisis, where saving lives might mean turning every building into a Tesla.

  • Oct 13, 2021 · Season 1 · Episode 2

    The Necessary Evil

    A view of the SSR Marigold gold mine in Valmy, Nevada.
    Hayley Hershman/Marketplace

    Mining is a complicated business. It’s destructive, it’s dangerous, but it’s also the reason that our modern world exists. Is there a better way?

  • Oct 6, 2021 · Season 1 · Episode 1

    White Gold

    Daranda Hinkey holds some pieces of clay containing lithium, or “white gold,” that could be key to a decarbonized future.
    Molly Wood/Marketplace

    To get off fossil fuels, you need a lot of batteries. To get a lot of batteries, you need to mine a lot of lithium. Welcome to Thacker Pass, Nevada, where a proposed lithium mine has sparked protests.

  • Sep 21, 2021 · Season 1

    Introducing “How We Survive”

    Introducing “How We Survive”

    This isn’t your typical climate podcast. The race for solutions starts Oct. 6.

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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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