Right now in the US, there is a GAS BOOM. A liquified natural gas boom — or LNG. The US produces the most LNG in the world. And the epicenter of this massive expansion? It’s here on the Gulf Coast.For the last year, we’ve traversed Louisiana

Tell Us What You Think About Life Raft (And Win $50)

Mar 25th, 2021 2m 31s

What did you think about the first season of Life Raft? We want to know how to tweak the show to better serve you because you are who we make this show for. Here’s how you can help us: fill out this super short online survey. It takes less th

What If We Just...Made Our Houses Float?

Mar 9th, 2021 35m 11s

With flood risk increasing and flood insurance rates likely following suit, it seems like there's got to be a better way to tackle the challenge.For example: could we make our homes float when the water comes?This week we talk to an archite

Could Flood Insurance Sink Us Before The Water Does?

Feb 23rd, 2021 32m 28s

Everyone knows flood insurance isn’t the most exciting topic. What this episode presupposes is: maybe it should be?It’s not difficult to imagine a future in which climate change-fueled storms and floods depopulate our coastal communities. Gen

What Would It Take For Louisiana To Go Carbon Neutral By 2050?

Feb 10th, 2021 28m 36s

Gov. John Bel Edwards wants Louisiana to dramatically cut its emissions by 2050. What would it take to get there?This week on Life Raft, reporter Tegan Wendland breaks it down for us. We talk about where Louisiana’s emissions come from, what

How Much Can We Blame The 2020 Hurricane Season On Climate Change?

Jan 26th, 2021 20m 57s

The 2020 Hurricane Season was intense. It set all kinds of records: most named storms in a season,and most to rapidly intensify, among others. Five storms hit the Louisiana coast.How much of this can we chalk up to climate change, and how muc

Bonus Episode: Confronting The Loss That Climate Change Promises

Jan 12th, 2021 20m 37s

Happy New Year, Life Raft listeners!We’re busy readying the second half of the Life Raft season, but we still wanted you to feast your ears on some climate content, so here’s a story for you.It’s all about our attachment to place in the fac

HumaNature: Afrovivalist

Dec 29th, 2020 17m 47s

Doomsday prepping seems more and more logical to us on the Life Raft team. Climate change-induced weather disasters are only getting worse, and it never hurts to be prepared, right?Today on the show we’re going to get a glimpse into the world

How Can I Reduce Flooding In My Neighborhood?

Dec 15th, 2020 25m 33s

When it rains, it pours. And when it pours, it floods.More and more, that appears to be the situation down South. In New Orleans, several big rain storms in recent years have turned streets into rivers and flooded homes and cars.This week o

So You’ve Got Climate Anxiety. Here’s What You Can Do With It.

Dec 1st, 2020 26m 2s

No matter where you fall on the eco-anxiety spectrum, on a scale from low-key stressed to lying up at night in a dread spiral, you could probably use some advice on doing something about it. Climate change can be scary, after all.We talk with

Have I Had My Last Good Oyster?

Nov 17th, 2020 31m 46s

Is climate change coming for oysters? This week on Life Raft we take a dive into the world of food. We drop by a famous New Orleans oyster bar, and visit with an oyster scientist to get a better feel for the ways a changing climate threatens oy

Is It Ever Gonna Be Too Hot To Live Here?

Nov 3rd, 2020 25m 49s

In this debut episode of Life Raft we’re digging into extreme heat: is it ever gonna be too hot to live here?We talk to a doctor about what happens to the human body when it starts to overheat, and to a New Orleans resident on a mission to co

Trailer: Welcome To Life Raft

Oct 20th, 2020 4m 22s

Welcome to Life Raft! We’re your survival guide for a changing planet.If you’re like us, climate change leaves you with a lot of questions, and they’re not about the rate of ocean warming — they’re about practical things that affect our every

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