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EPISODE · May 14, 2026 · 28 MIN

What is the link between climate change and chronic illness?

from Still Here: A Podcast From The Sick Times · host The Sick Times

What happens when your body and the climate break down at the same time?In this episode, Still Here co-host Miles Griffis talks to Lorraine Boissoneault, science journalist and Sick Times contributor, about her new book, Body Weather: Notes on Chronic Illness in the Anthropocene. Lorraine shares how she came to see the links between her own chronic illness and the broader climate crisis, from barometric pressure and wildfire smoke to mold and flooding, and why she believes the crises facing chronically ill people and the planet are two sides of the same coin.Subscribe to Still Here wherever you get your podcasts, and leave us a review telling us what you think of this episode.

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