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Welcome to Simmer Down · Simmer Down

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  SPEAKER_02: Our health, our homes, our food, our water, our investments, our outdoor activities, our families' future.
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  SPEAKER_02: These are the things we all value, no matter where we live or what our backgrounds are.
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  SPEAKER_02: But experts tell us that they are increasingly threatened by climate change.
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  SPEAKER_02: I'm Kathleen Biggins, the president and founder of Sea Change Conversations.
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  SPEAKER_02: For the last 10 years, I have been touring the United States, speaking with people on how climate change is impacting their lives.
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  SPEAKER_02: It can feel overwhelming and sensationalized and so hard to talk and learn about.
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  SPEAKER_02: My goal is to make it easier.
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  SPEAKER_02: Welcome to Simmerdown, a nonpartisan science-based podcast that lowers the heat around this hot topic and explores how climate change is affecting our lives today and what's in store for tomorrow.
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  SPEAKER_01: There's really no area of health that is not touched by the impact from climate change.
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  SPEAKER_06: It's really impacting the whole industry from top to bottom, from reshaping the products and the way we design them, the rules of sport, the shade protections we're going to put in place for fans that are attending matches, you name it.
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  SPEAKER_06: Climate change is forcing change.
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  SPEAKER_01: We tend to forget that we are part and parcel with the natural world around us.
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  SPEAKER_01: It really is a false barrier at these walls and windows that separate us.
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  SPEAKER_01: Because the cells, the molecules in our body are nature.
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  SPEAKER_04: What if we have to look for another policy, another carrier?
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  SPEAKER_04: What if we can't afford this house anymore because the insurance costs have gotten so high?
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  SPEAKER_02: People who can help us evaluate the real life risk of climate change and understand what we can do to protect ourselves and our families.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's costing more not to do something at this point than to do something.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's where we are.
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  SPEAKER_05: It's hard to find something that isn't changing in the world of plants, in the oceans, what we eat.
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  SPEAKER_05: It's part of our cultures, our family histories.
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  SPEAKER_05: It's a motive.
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  SPEAKER_02: So pour yourself a cup of coffee and pull up a seat.
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  SPEAKER_02: We're so glad you're here.