S5 E4: Up to Heaven and Down to Hell

Published: Oct. 6, 2021, 12:45 p.m.

Why has the United States played such an outsized role in the creation of the climate crisis? As a settler nation, the U.S. emerged from the colonizing, capitalist West, but what did America and its cultural peculiarities bring to the party?\xa0Part 4 of our series,\xa0The Repair, on the climate emergency.

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Researched and written by this season\u2019s co-host, Amy Westervelt, produced and mixed by host John Biewen. Interviews with Colin Jerolmack, Darren Dochuk, Melissa Aronczyk, Bob Brulle, and the Rev. Lennox Yearwood.\xa0

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The series editor is Cheryl Devall. Music in this episode by Lili Haydn, Kim Carroll, Chris Westlake, Lesley Barber, Cora Miron, and goodnight Lucas.\xa0Music consulting by Joe Augustine of\xa0Narrative Music.

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The Repair\xa0is supported by\xa0Scene on Radio\xa0listener-donors, and by the International Women\u2019s Media Foundation.