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Surviving the Climate
The climate crisis demands collective preparedness, evidence-based research, creative innovation, and a good podcast to listen to while hunkering down in your bunker. Surviving the Climate is a podcast hosted by professor Robbie Parks and emergency manager Nate Matthews-Trigg. These longtime friends will discuss climate and disaster-related news, pop culture, the latest research, all with a focus on practical insights for regular people just trying to make do with what they have.
Each episode will (hopefully) not be too serious and feature guests that can talk about their experience and expertise. Robbie and Nate will reference content from r/heat_prep and other forums they moderate or participate in.
Surviving the Climate is produced by Marcelo Jauregui-Volpe. Blanche Ellis created the podcast artwork, and Robbie Parks produced the theme music.
Episodes
15 episodes
Nepal Floods and Nate’s School Heat Story
Nate and Robbie discuss the tragic floods around the Nepal-Tibet border and reflect on what preparation means in the face of more frequent and extreme hazards.Nate also shares some anecdotes from his son’s return to school, where student...
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Should We Stay or Should We Go? Disasterology with Samantha Montano
Robbie and Nate sit down with Dr. Samantha Montano, an associate professor of emergency management at Massachusetts Maritime Academy, author of Disasterology: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis, and writer of the mont...
The Myth of the Climate Haven
Nate and Robbie interview David Lubell, a senior climate mobility and cities fellow at ICLEI USA. The three discuss how cities like Cincinnati and Orlando are preparing for climate migrants, what climate migr...
Protecting Workers During Heatwaves With Terri Gerstein
Robbie and Nate interview Terri Gerstein, Director of the NYU Wagner Labor Initiative at NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, to talk about how employers can protect workers, how workers can advocate for themselves, and wha...
Hot Cross Puns
This week, Nate kicks things off with a review of his infrared thermometer and its many use cases. Robbie shares more heat puns and Marcelo introduces a new segment, "This or That," where the hosts have to pick between heat-related scenarios an...
Clown Hats and Cli-Fi
Nate reviews a solar-powered fan hat, Robbie introduces a climate pun segment, and together they plot how they’d survive a heat apocalypse.Follow us on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and Bluesky @survivingtheclimate.Links from today’s...
Short Short Zip-off Jorts
Shorts are in. Pants are out. But it’s actually quite controversial. This episode starts by highlighting our insightful, brilliant, helpful host Robbie and a news segment he was on about smoke in NYC. Nate and Robbie the...
Big Fans of Little Fans
Robbie tells Nate how his rechargeable handheld fan came in clutch during his recent trip to Europe. Then, fresh off a run, Marcelo joins to recount what it was like exercising as a thick plume of smoke covered New York City. This episode also ...
Heat in the Media with Zoya Teirstein
Nate and Robbie interview Zoya Teirstein, a senior staff writer at Grist, an online news site that covers climate change and the environment. They discuss how the media's coverage of extreme heat is changing, the health effects of climate chang...
The Future of Heat Clothing with Dr. Robert Meade
Get your summer outfit ready. Robbie and Nate dig into the trendiest and most practical clothing and gear people are buying or making to stay cool this season. Plus, they sit down with Robert Meade, a research fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan Sc...
Surviving the European Heatwave and Why France Is Banning Alcohol
Nate checks in with Robbie while he's baking at London Climate Action Week. They discuss the tragic drowning deaths in France, how European governments are responding to the historic heatwave, and why umbrellas deserve a little more love. ...
Surviving the Heat with Professor Ollie Jay
Nate and Robbie interview Professor Ollie Jay, director of the Heat and Health Research Centre at The University of Sydney. They discuss how to exercise safely in the heat, the heat policy Ollie helped develop for the Australian Open, what fan-...
Beating the Heat on the Move
You’ll want to listen to this one before planning your next vacation. Robbie and Nate will break down how to travel safely in hot places and the precautions you should take when going on hikes. They also review some innovative travel cooling st...
Cool(ing) vest test and going nocturnal
Nate gives us a live cooling vest review. Then, Robbie and Nate dig into the latest r/heat_prep posts and other community-sourced tips from Reddit. They also break down what El Niño is, what it means for our climate, and how we can prepare.&nbs...
Baking in the Bleachers
☀️ In our first ever episode, Nate and Robbie talk about the recent bouts of extreme heat at the 2026 French Open, and what players and fans can do to stay safe. They also get into concerns about the heat at the upcoming 2026 FIFA Men’s World C...