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Boiling Point
Join Boiling Point in its second season as independent investigative reporter Miranda Green walks listeners through the climate challenges and solutions facing our natural world. Produced by LA Times Studios, the weekly series will feature interviews with Los Angeles Times reporters, state officials, business leaders and scientific experts discussing the latest news and trends impacting Californians and the country.
Episodes
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AI Bots Are Lobbying Against Clean Energy
On this week’s episode of Boiling Point, Miranda Green speaks with Los Angeles Times climate reporter Hayley Smith about how AI bots are meddling in…
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The Climate Law That Trump Couldn’t Quite Kill
In her new book, The Carbon Wave, political scientist Leah Stokes traces the years of work involved in the creation of the Inflation Reduction Act, the…
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Is there a Greener AI option?
Artificial Intelligence or AI seems to be all around us. It’s part of every conversation, every news cycle, and in every product. When people talk about AI…
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Introducing: The California Politics Podcast
Hosted by Emmy Award-winning journalist Beth Ruyak, California Politics Podcast is a weekly show examining the latest news, trends and policies shaping the…
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Boiling Point Live at Climate Week NYC
How do you get more people to care about climate change — and tell riveting stories along the way? Boiling Point explored that question at a live event during…
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The Myth of Forest Management
Boiling Point’s Miranda Green and Heated’s Emily Atkin team up in a collaborative episode exploring the truth behind forest management. They speak with…
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Can Your Plants Stop California's Wildfires?
Wildfires in California are getting bigger and more destructive. Now, state regulators are turning to homeowners to take a new approach to fire prevention–…
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The Colorado River Is Experiencing a Megadrought. Can The West Adapt?
The Colorado River has sustained communities, farms and cities across the American West for generations. But the river is shrinking due to hotter temperatures…
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Bonus Episode: Are Trump’s Offshore Wind Settlements a “Sham”? AG Rob Bonta Thinks So.
California on Friday filed its 88th lawsuit against the Trump administration– this time suing them for an “illegal” settlement it entered into to stop an…
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Can Offshore Wind Survive the Trump Administration?
California once bet big on offshore wind to help power its clean-energy future, but the Trump administration is now paying developers billions to walk away…
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A Super El Niño Is Coming. Are We Ready?
From an unnamed weather event to an SNL punchline, our awareness of El Niño has grown rapidly over the past several decades. And now, as climate change raises…
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Why Whales Are Getting Hit by Rising Ocean Temps
This year, sea mammals and birds have been washing up along the western coastline in alarming numbers. Gray whales, which migrate from Baja California up to…
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Two New Plastics Laws are Bringing a Whole Lot of Baggage
California implemented two landmark plastics laws this year that aimed to answer an existential question: who is responsible for plastics waste? Both bills are…
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California’s Offshore Drilling Nightmare
When a pipeline off Gaviota Coast cracked in 2015 and spewed 123,000 gallons of oil into the ocean, local officials shut it down for 11 years. But this past…
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Presenting: Season 2 of Boiling Point
Join “Boiling Point” in its second season as independent investigative journalist Miranda Green walks listeners through the climate challenges and solutions…
Boiling PointSmoglandia Pt 6: FUTURE ELECTRIC, FUTURE TROUBLE
Decades ago, some unhappy Angeleno wondered why cars couldn’t just run on nice, clean … water? Not for want of trying – cleaner power has created lots of…
Boiling PointSmoglandia Pt 5: SMOG CHECK AND DOUBLE CHECK
Whaddya know – the federal government sees the wisdom of working with California and its “queen of green” for cleaner air – up to a point. The Golden State…
Boiling PointSmoglandia Pt 4: SCIENCE AND GOVERNMENT, BESTIES?
Well, it took long enough. We finally realized that smog didn’t stop at some city limits line … that burning the family trash in the backyard incinerator…
Boiling PointSmoglandia Pt 3: COUGH COUGH
Living with smog was like living with an obnoxious neighbor. Angelenos tried protesting at city hall. They kept their coughing kids inside. A couple of actors…
Boiling PointSmoglandia Pt 2: SCIENCE TO THE RESCUE
By the late 1940's, Los Angeles had experienced several extreme smog days -- or "gas attacks" as they were called back then. Everyone had their eyes on wartime…
Boiling PointSmoglandia Pt 1: L.A. SMOG – VERY OLD-SCHOOL
Don’t blame us – blame our geography! Modern LA earned its first smoggy nickname 450 years ago, as the “bay of smokes.” At the La Brea tar pits, we take a…
Boiling PointBoiling Point Presents: Smoglandia
For decades, the city’s air was so thick and gross with smog that it hid the mountains from view, shut down Hollywood film shoots and sent children home from…
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ICYMI: “Breaking Down Plastic”
Los Angeles Times journalist Susanne Rust shares her eye-opening experience documenting her daily interactions with plastic. Despite being an expert on the…
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ICYMI: “Baseball, Brought to you by Oil and Gas”
Bill McKibben is an acclaimed environmental activist and journalist, and the co-founder of 350.org. As spring training gets underway, Sammy and Bill discuss…
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L.A. Is Finally Ditching Coal
Sammy Roth talks with Jason Rondou, an assistant general manager at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, about the city’s shift from coal to clean…
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Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks Explained
Sammy Roth talks with Los Angeles Times environment reporter Hayley Smith about the Trump administration’s regulatory rollbacks, the misinformation driving…
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Electric Bills Are Too High. Here's What California Is Doing About It
Sammy Roth talks with Matt Freedman, staff attorney at the Utility Reform Network, about what California lawmakers are doing to rein in soaring electricity…
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Putting the Chutzpah Into Climate Action
Rabbi Jennie Rosenn started Dayenu to provide a much-needed space for the Jewish community to discuss and address climate change. Now, amid the Trump…
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Boiling Point introduces: Rebuilding L.A.
This week we’re sharing an episode of another L.A. Times Studios podcast, Rebuilding Los Angeles. Hosted by Kate Cagle, this episode discusses post-fires Los…
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A New Look at L.A.’s War on Smog
Los Angeles has long been famous for its smog — and while things are better today, the fight isn’t finished. Sammy Roth talks with L.A. Times columnist Patt…
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Taking a Hack at Climate Change
Sammy Roth welcomes award-winning actor Hannah Einbinder to the show. You may know her for her role as Ava Daniels on HBO Max’s “Hacks.” Or maybe you’re…
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The Colorado Plateau at a Crossroads
Environmental journalist Jonathan P. Thompson joins Sammy Roth to discuss the future of the Colorado River, the state of America’s public lands, and the myths…
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The Future of the Colorado River
The Colorado River is shrinking, and the stakes couldn’t be higher for California. Sammy Roth talks with JB Hamby, the state’s lead Colorado River negotiator…
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Abundance, Part 2: What’s Slowing Down Solar?
Sammy Roth talks with a California solar industry leader and a conservation advocate about where big solar farms should go — and where they shouldn’t. They…
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Abundance, Part 1: Are Environmental Protections Blocking Housing?
In the first of a two-part series on “abundance,” Sammy Roth talks with L.A. Times housing reporter Liam Dillon about California’s controversial move to roll…
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Cows, Carbon and Fixing Our Food
Sammy Roth talks with journalist Michael Grunwald about his new book, “We Are Eating the Earth,” which began as a story about food and became a story about…
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Just How Bad Is the Beautiful Bill for Clean Energy?
President Trump’s new budget law guts federal support for solar and wind power, while boosting fossil fuels. Sammy Roth talks with Princeton researcher Jesse…
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Boiling Point Introduces: A Matter of Degrees
This week, we're sharing an episode of A Matter of Degrees. Hosted by Dr. Leah Stokes and Dr. Katharine Wilkinson, this award-winning series tells stories…
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The Lithium Dilemma at Rhyolite Ridge, Part 2
Sammy Roth returns to Esmeralda County, Nevada, to tour the proposed Rhyolite Ridge mine with Bernard Rowe, managing director of Ioneer. Rowe explains why he…
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The Lithium Dilemma at Rhyolite Ridge, Part 1
Sammy Roth travels to Esmeralda County, Nevada, to meet Naomi Fraga, a botany professor at Claremont Graduate University, and see the endangered Tiehm’s…
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Fighting Climate Change in an Authoritarian Age
What’s a greater threat to humanity: climate change, or the potential collapse of democracy? In this episode, Sammy Roth speaks with Clark University geography…
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As Trump Slashes Renewable Energy, Is Nuclear the Future?
Sammy Roth visits America’s second-largest nuclear plant, Arizona’s Palo Verde Generating Station, and sits down with three experts to explore the pros and…
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Hot Takes About Climate Journalism
NPR climate editor Sadie Babits talks about why the media has long overlooked the climate crisis, and how that’s starting to change. Her new book, “Hot Takes…
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Boiling Point Introduces: Living Planet
This week, we're sharing an episode of Living Planet, a podcast by the German broadcaster DW. It explores the idea of 15-minute cities — and why the…
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Post-Fires, the L.A. Times Is Digging Up Dirt
After the Eaton and Palisades fires, federal agencies skipped standard testing for toxic metals in the soil of burned homes. A team of L.A. Times reporters…
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Taking Stock at 101 Days
In this panel discussion, some of the American West’s leading climate activists, scientists and policymakers share their thoughts on the first few months of…
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Inside L.A.’s Solar Megaproject
Sammy Roth tours the largest solar and battery storage facility ever built for Los Angeles. He also sits down with the L.A. Department of Water and Power’s CEO…
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Traffic, Trains and Trade-Offs
California’s climate goals demand a radical rethink of how we build — and how we move. Carter Rubin of NRDC breaks down the promise and peril of permitting…
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The Fake News Pipeline
A North Dakota jury hit Greenpeace with a staggering $666 million judgment for its role in the Dakota Access Pipeline protests. Investigative reporter Miranda…
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Edison Under Fire
Southern California Edison is facing intense scrutiny after the Eaton fire, including dozens of lawsuits over the utility company’s possible role in igniting…
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The Great Rooftop Solar Debate
California’s fight over rooftop solar has divided climate advocates, pitting solar companies against economists and regulators. In this episode, two leading…
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Breaking Down Plastic
Los Angeles Times journalist Susanne Rust shares her eye-opening experience documenting her daily interactions with plastic. Despite being an expert on the…
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Can a Perfect Bagel Be Made Without Fossil Fuels?
Berkeley’s Boichik Bagels helped defeat a climate-friendly gas tax, arguing that great bagels need gas ovens. We talk with owner Emily Winston about tradition…
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Reporting the Truth About Water in California
Ian James is a veteran climate and water reporter at the Los Angeles Times. His recent stories have exposed misinformation surrounding California’s water…
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How John Francis Became a Planetwalker
Sammy Roth sits down with environmental activist John Francis, also known as the "Planetwalker." John shares his extraordinary journey, from a 17-year vow of…
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Climate Change Is No Joke. Or Is It?
Comedian Esteban Gast talks with Sammy about using humor to alleviate climate anxiety, while making clean energy and other environmental solutions more…
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Baseball, Brought to you by Oil and Gas
Bill McKibben is an acclaimed environmental activist and journalist, and the co-founder of 350.org. As spring training gets underway, Sammy and Bill discuss…
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The Future of Solar on Public Lands
This week, Sammy goes for a hike in one of America’s newest national monuments, designated last month by President Biden. He’s joined by retired federal…
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California’s Shapeshifting Coastline
Los Angeles Times environmental reporter and Pulitzer Prize finalist Rosanna Xia joins Sammy to discuss her book, “California Against the Sea. They talk about…
Boiling PointDrill, Baby, Drill…Again
What will the second Trump administration mean for climate and clean energy – and is there still hope for a better future? Sammy interviews Ann Carlson, an…