Not Built For This

99% Invisible

4.8from 26 ratings

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Episodes: 26
Ratings: 2024
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About Not Built For This

We used to think of climate change in future tense, as something we’d have to deal with decades from now. But the past few years of seemingly never-ending disasters have made it clear that climate change is happening now. California’s fire season is no longer just a season, but a year-round event. 100-year storms now hit our coasts every few years. Intense rain events are washing away mountainsides and drowning downtowns. And extreme heat is making parts of the Southwest nearly unlivable during the summer months. 99% Invisible will look at how these dynamics are playing out right now, in communities across the country, from Vermont to California, and from southwest Florida to central Arizona and the Louisiana coast.

Publisher: 99% Invisible
Category: society & culture
Language: en
Explicit: No
First episode: 20 Aug 2024
Latest episode: 5 Nov 2024

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5 Nov 2024
Not Built For This #6: Maximum Temperature
In the final episode of Not Built for This, we reckon with the biological limits of climate adaptation.
5 Nov 2024
Not Built For This #5: The Little Levee That Could
How the residents of Hamilton City, California finally got the levee they deserved.
5 Nov 2024
Not Built For This #4: Unbuilding the Terrace
What’s it like for residents to fight like hell for help, but the help on offer means leaving the place they love?
5 Nov 2024
Not Built For This #3: The Price is Wrong
As storms get more extreme and unpredictable, insurance companies are running the numbers on Florida and realizing that the math just isn’t working anymore.
5 Nov 2024
Not Built For This #2: The Ripple Effect
How a wildfire in California exacerbated a housing crisis.
5 Nov 2024
Not Built For This #1: The Bottom of the Bowl
Reporter Emmett Fitzgerald was used to hearing people call his home state of Vermont a “climate haven.” But last summer, he got a wake up call in the form of a devastating flood.
6 Sept 2024
Maximum Temperature
In the final episode of Not Built for This, we reckon with the biological limits of climate adaptation.
3 Sept 2024
The Little Levee That Could
How the residents of Hamilton City, California finally got the levee they deserved.
30 Aug 2024
Unbuilding the Terrace
What’s it like for residents to fight like hell for help, but the help on offer means leaving the place they love?
27 Aug 2024
The Price is Wrong
As storms get more extreme and unpredictable, insurance companies are running the numbers on Florida and realizing that the math just isn’t working anymore.
23 Aug 2024
The Ripple Effect
How a wildfire in California exacerbated a housing crisis.
20 Aug 2024
The Bottom of the Bowl
Reporter Emmett Fitzgerald was used to hearing people call his home state of Vermont a “climate haven.” But last summer, he got a wake up call in the form of a devastating flood.

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