Bad Idea #14 "increasing disaster costs show extreme weather is getting worse" with Roger Pielke Jr

Saving the World From Bad Ideas · Jun 19, 2025 · 1h 10m · transcript

🔍 Episode Summary:

Hurricanes. Floods. Fires. Tornadoes. Are extreme weather disasters getting worse because of climate change — or is that just the story we tell?

In this provocative episode, Mark Lynas sits down with climate scientist and policy scholar Roger Pielke Jr., one of the most polarising voices in climate debates over the last 30 years. Roger explains why the costs of disasters are rising — but not primarily because extreme weather is increasing. Instead, it's us — where we build, how we build, and what we place in harm’s way.

Together, they unpack why pointing this out has gotten…