Volts (guest) podcast: an episode of Know Your Enemy on living with climate change

As a dog walker and kitchen cleaner, I listen to a lot of
podcasts. One that I’ve been enjoying quite a bit lately is Know
Your Enemy, which bills itself as “a leftist's guide to the
conservative movement.” Sponsored by Dissent Magazine and hosted
by Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell, it typically interviews
experts, analysts, and activists about the current (lamentable)
state of the US conservative movement. It is unusually smart and
thoughtful, offering more illumination than rage bait.


Recently it had a different kind of episode: a pod on climate
change. The guests were Daniel Sherrell, an activist and
organizer who just released a book called Warmth: Coming of Age
at the End of the World, and Dorothy Fortenberry, a playwright
and television writer currently working on Extrapolations, an
upcoming limited series for Apple TV+ that focuses on climate
change.


I’ll be honest: I don’t typically enjoy climate change content.
It’s mostly a bunch stuff I already know, arguments I already
agree with, and exhortations I don’t need. But this one was
different. Rather than focusing on politics, policy, or science,
it’s about, well, living with climate change. How to think about
it. How to acknowledge its horror and weight without being
crushed and immobilized. How to make fiction about it. How to
imagine a future in its shadow. Lots of philosophical and even
spiritual stuff that I haven’t focused on much here at Volts.


Anyway, I asked Matthew and Sam if I could share it with Volts
listeners and they were kind enough to say yes. It is long, but
rich and full of interesting ideas. I hope you enjoy it. Don’t
forget to support Know Your Enemy on Patreon!


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