This coronavirus shenanigan really stuck a wrench in things, didn’t it?
For months Alex and I had been going back and forth on this absurd idea.
We should start a podcast.
It was an empty refrain for a while, an idea without substance or direction, barely an idea if we’re being totally honest.
Dude, we should definitely start a podcast.
It became more solid. A messy, kind of chaotic plan began to form. Our inner (and frankly outer) nerds started freaking out (in a good way).
Alright, let’s do it, let’s start a podcast.
It became an outline and a title, a small number of ideas jotted down on a shared document. We were finally getting somewhere.
Then there was COVID-19.
We couldn’t keep putting it off. If there was ever a time for a podcast that delves into the nuances of how climate and disaster affect our day-to-day lives, during a global pandemic is pretty high on the list.
The only problem was, one of us had to respond to said global pandemic.
The podcast is most definitely a two-person show.
So, much like this coronavirus hopefully does not, Globally Heated has evolved to be even more infectious.
As Globally Heated: The Talking Bit (podcast) gets ramped up, we wanted to jump into the COVID-19 frenzy with some written thoughts, discussion, and ideas in Globally Heated: The Written Bit.*
This blog will also be an environment for a different approach to dissecting the nuances of disaster, climate, society, policy, and anything else that pops into our eclectic brain space. We hope it’s catchy, thought-provoking, and not at all fever-inducing.
Please read, enjoy, contemplate, engage, and keep coming back (and listen to our podcast)!
* We’re not doctors, y’all. If you want the most reliable, up-to-date information about COVID-19 in the United States, please refer to the CDC. Internationally, please refer to the WHO.
