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Rebecca Solnit on Climate Action, Plus John Nichols on Abortion Politics

On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast: why it’s not to late to slow global warming, and how Democrats can win in 2024.

Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense

April 20, 2023

Students holding banners and marching at a climate protest in New York City.(Erik McGregor / Getty)

It’s getting late to take action about the climate emergency, but it’s not too late: That’s what Rebecca Solnit and Thelma Young Lutunatabua say in their new book, Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility. Solnit joins the Start Making Sense podcast to discuss.

Also on this episode of the podcast, John Nichols comments on how the fight for abortion rights will be a key issue for Democrats in the 2024 election, especially after Republican judges have tried to ban medication abortions.

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Jon WienerTwitterJon Wiener is a contributing editor of The Nation and co-author (with Mike Davis) of Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties.


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