Who’s A Little Heated? We Are!
We here at Globally Heated consist of Sam (she/her) and Alex (he/him).
Besides both having solidly gender-ambiguous names, we share a meandering professional, academic, volunteer, and “oh, that looks interesting” kind of history—and we are both fascinated by every aspect of disaster, society, climate, and where they all intersect.
We created Globally Heated because we want to untangle the knots that make understanding our changing world so challenging. We want to delve into the little details that so often get overlooked, and we want to share our discoveries with you.
Getting to this point has been its own crazy voyage. Over the years we discussed starting a blog, a YouTube channel, a weird science-based online show that would somehow include animations neither of us have the skill to create, and everything in between.
Before COVID-19 hit, we had settled pretty assuredly on starting a podcast that would center on the interconnectedness of climate, disaster, and our everyday lives – focusing on the nuances of these topics that people aren’t talking about yet.
It’s not really in our nature to wait for some global pandemic to settle down before jumping in, so here we are!
Although we are continuing to work on the Globally Heated podcast, we both wanted to engage with a myriad of topics, including the novel coronavirus. So, in writing these blog posts, we will be diving deep into the nitty-gritty parts of the existing pandemic, drawing comparisons to past pandemics and epidemics and the responses to them, and hopefully providing some context and information that will be helpful to others living through this hectic and stressful time.
While Alex works to respond to this global crisis, Sam will be using her current state of unemployment to drive down into the research, incorporating updates and context based on Alex’s work experience with active response.
We are not professional emergency managers, epidemiologists, or doctors. However, we will link you to reliable, trustworthy sources any chance we get.
Join us on this interesting, zany, hopefully informative journey as we all try to learn and understand a little more about our most definitely heated—but still wonderful—little blue (and kind of green?) globe.