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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Fires, heat, and snow complicate life in a changing climate

    California’s early-season fires might be a sign of more intense blazes to come. A scientist explains how climate change is fueling natural disasters locally and nationally.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jun 18, 2024 • 1 min read

    California’s early-season fires might be a sign of more intense blazes to come. A scientist explains how climate change is fueling natural disasters locally and nationally.

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    Julia Louis-Dreyfus on making sure older women aren’t ignored
    1. 0:00Fires, heat, and snow complicate life in a changing climateYou’re reading this
    2. 11:28Miriam Adelson is a massive Trump donor. What does she want in return?
    3. 24:20Julia Louis-Dreyfus on coping with grief, refusing to be ignored
    4. 42:20Encore: Anna May Wong fought discrimination in film. Now she’s on US quarter
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Sarah Sweeney

      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      Leah Stokes

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    Julia Louis-Dreyfus on making sure older women aren’t ignored
    1. 0:00Fires, heat, and snow complicate life in a changing climateYou’re reading this
    2. 11:28Miriam Adelson is a massive Trump donor. What does she want in return?
    3. 24:20Julia Louis-Dreyfus on coping with grief, refusing to be ignored
    4. 42:20Encore: Anna May Wong fought discrimination in film. Now she’s on US quarter
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand