Hot Takes by the UCLA Heat Lab
As global warming worsens, heat increasingly impacts people's daily lives - influencing health, behavior, and more. But, we often aren’t very conscious about heat and knowledge of it doesn’t get shared beyond academia and specialized fields. In every episode, our hosts engage different researchers, activists, or community members to share their work and how it can be applied in the real world.
Podcasting since 2023 • 6 episodes
Hot Takes by the UCLA Heat Lab
Latest Episodes
Ep 6- Getting the Scoop on Metropolitan Heat with Dr. Kara Schlichting
This episode, join us as we learn more about heat through a sensorial and historical lens from our guest Dr. Kara Schlichting. Through her research, Dr. Schlichting delves into the individual’s experience with temperature through a holistic sta...
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Ep 5 - Bringing the Heat to Early Education with the Heat Lab Education Team
There is a critical need for more in-depth environmental curricula to prepare students for the climate-impacted world they'll soon inherit. The UCLA Heat Lab's education team creates digestible lesson plans about thermal inequality for students...
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Ep 4 - Dismantling Carceral Ecologies with Dr. Nicholas Shapiro and Kate McInerny
Although many of us are familiar with mass incarceration and environmental injustice as separate issues, we often don’t put the two together. Through his Carceral Ecologies lab, Dr. Nicholas Shapiro does just that - examining unjust environment...
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Ep 3 - Unveiling the Hot Truth about Food Trucks with Sofia Sabra and Olivia Toledo
Many of us love food trucks, but the food we enjoy often conceal a hidden reality—the workers enduring extreme heat. This is thermal inequality, the idea that some people bear the heat so others don't have to. Join us in an episode with Sofia S...
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Ep 2 - Throwing Shade at Shade Inequality with Sam Bloch
If you live in Los Angeles, or another super-hot city, you know how important shade is. Whether it’s a dog-owner trying to hop from one patch of shade to another to prevent burned paws, or an exhausted commuter hoping to grab a seat under a sha...
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