Summary: One of the toughest things about trying to understand climate change – arguably the most important story of our time - is wrapping our minds around it. To even imagine something so enormous, so life-changing, we need a story. Some characters, a metaphor, and even some lessons learned. For that, we turn to the novelists and journalists telling the story of climate change – as we – and our children – live it. Original Air Date: August 14, 2021 Guests: <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/alice-bell" target="_blank">Alice Bell</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/lydia-millet" target="_blank">Lydia Millet</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/lidia-yuknavitch" target="_blank">Lidia Yuknavitch</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/john-lanchester" target="_blank">John Lanchester</a> Interviews In This Hour: <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/climate-change-stories-we-need-hear" target="_blank">The Climate Change Stories We Need To Hear</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/climate-crisis-gets-biblical" target="_blank">The Climate Crisis Gets Biblical</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/lidia-yuknavitchs-dream-world-how-dreams-shaped-her-dazzling-speculative-novel" target="_blank">Lidia Yuknavitch’s Dream World: How Dreams Shaped Her Dazzling Speculative Novel </a>— <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/climate-dystopia-cold-concrete-wind-and-wall" target="_blank">A Climate Dystopia Of Cold, Concrete, Wind and a Wall</a>
