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Sep 6, 2023 · Season 3 · Episode 1
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  • Introducing “How We Survive’s” Burning Questions

    Those pressing climate questions — answered! Starting Sept. 6.

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  • Apr 20, 2023 · Season 2

    Bonus: Earth Day fundraiser

    Amy Scott reporting from the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Placida, Florida.
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    You make our climate reporting possible.

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  • Dec 14, 2022 · Season 2 · Episode 8

    No Place Like Home

    Chris Brunet with his dog Coco, next to his handmade sign underneath his house on Isle de Jean Charles.
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    Climate change will force many to leave the places they call home.

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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.

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  • Nov 30, 2022 · Season 2 · Episode 6

    Betting Against a Storm

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

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  • 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.

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  • 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?

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  • Nov 9, 2022 · Season 2 · Episode 4

    Built to Last

    Key West, a popular destination off the coast of Florida, sits less than 5 feet above sea level.
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    What will it take to stay in the places we love?

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  • Nov 2, 2022 · Season 2 · Episode 3

    Science Meets Fiction

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

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About the show

“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.

The climate crisis is a food and agriculture crisis. On season eight of “How We Survive,” host Amy Scott takes a closer look at what’s on our plate. We embark on a food tour of the future. We sample “cell-cultivated” salmon and chocolate. We visit farmers in our nation’s breadbasket where hotter, drier, less predictable weather has global consequences. And we’ll take you on the ground into one of the more demonized (and misunderstood) parts of the agricultural system: Factory farms.

Previous seasons of “How We Survive” explored the underbelly of the lithium extraction economy with tech expert Molly Wood, and examined the military — the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases that’s also on the front lines of dealing with the climate crisis — with “Marketplace” host and former navy pilot Kai Ryssdal. 

In addition to long-form deep dive seasons, “How We Survive” has a spin-off series called “Burning Questions” that empowers listeners with information they can implement in their lives. We answer questions about 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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