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EPISODE · Apr 24, 2025 · 1H 25M

If This Is Climate Fight Club, Does That Make Nick Stern Tyler Durden?

from Let Me Sum Up · host Tennant Reed, Frankie Muskovic, Luke Menzel

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Your intrepid hosts dig into the early data on Safeguard Mechanism 2.0 and a new paper from climate consultancy Systemiq that proposes some shock therapy for the global climate movement.

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