There are all sorts of beats in journalism, but Brendan has probably the coolest. He covers space, as in outer space. Check out my conversation with Brendan about some of the cool stories he gets to cover.

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During his junior year, Alex Pena decided to take his spring break and go to one of the most dangerous cities in the Western Hemisphere. He turned that into a career as a journalist. Check out this fascinating story.

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We face a climate crisis. That means there's a lot of change happening. Considering how much has changed, what do you think our future will look like? This is a podcast that asks that question, especially of Gen Z, a generation that will live to see that world.

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Christopher Flavelle is an environmental reporter for The New York Times. We spoke with him in 2022 about how politicians have treated climate change in their administrations. We also discussed what scientists believe the world will become in the coming decades as the climate continues to warm. 

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Mario Ariza calls Miami home. He knows that his future in the city is at risk because of the climate crisis. I spoke with him in 2022 about his book Disposable City. We started the conversation about a former Miami mayor, Maurice Ferré, who warned people before his death about the coming crisis. 

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Former Republican Congressman Carlos Curbelo helped create the bipartisan House Climate Solutions Caucus. I spoke with him in 2022 about the role climate change is playing on both sides of the aisle. 

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First, we spoke with Caroline Lewis, founder and Senior Climate Advisor at the CLEO Institute. We also talked to Gen-Z member Gabriela Rodriguez, a coordinator at CLEO and a Yale graduate student. 

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First, I spoke with Professor Ben Kirtman from the University of Miami. He's the Director of the Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, the Deputy Director of the Institute for Data Science and Computing (IDSC), and the Director of the IDSC Earth Systems. I then spoke with Gen Z member Maya Gowda. She was a senior at Gulliver Prep in Miami-Dade at the time of this interview in 2022.

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First, I spoke with Florida International University professor Tiffany Troxler. I then talked with Gen Z member John-Paul Mejia. 

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I talked with one of the most amazing young people on the front lines of the climate crisis, Delaney Reynolds. Please check out the website to learn more about the girl many call the Greta Thunberg of South Florida. 

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During the day, I’m a radio host working for public media in Rhode Island. I’ve spent almost 30 years of my life as a broadcast journalist, most of it in radio. I’m fascinated by people who want to share their stories, and everybody’s got a story to share. ￼

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