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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    'It's worse than you think:' PR strategies around climate change

    A New York Magazine story envisions a future of broiling and drowned cities if nothing is done on climate change. But some climate scientists say it’s “disaster porn” and counter-productive. We talk about the best way to convince people to take climate change seriously.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jul 11, 2017 • 1 min read

    A New York Magazine story envisions a future of broiling and drowned cities if nothing is done on climate change. But some climate scientists say it’s “disaster porn” and counter-productive. We talk about the best way to convince people to take climate change seriously.

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    The full episode

    2 of 5
    Do scare tactics make people care about climate change?
    1. 0:00Trump Jr. and Russia: Collusion or incompetence?
    2. 13:14'It's worse than you think:' PR strategies around climate changeYou’re reading this
    3. 22:14Scientists find humans' sense of smell is far stronger than we think
    4. 30:58Breaking the Grim Sleeper serial killer case in South LA
    5. 43:04East Coast chefs are trying to colonize LA, but will we stand for it?
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand