Deborah Lehr
Straight Talk with Hank Paulson
David Wallace-Wells on Journalism, the Climate Crisis, and Green Recovery
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David Wallace-Wells (Author, The Uninhabitable Earth and Deputy Editor, New York Magazine) joins Hank on the latest episode of Straight Talk to discuss the role of journalism in the climate crisis, the implications of the rise in global temperatures, the threat of increased zoonotic pandemics, how global stimulus spending provides an opportunity for a green recovery, and the hope he sees for the future.
Host
Henry M. Paulson Jr.
Founder and Chairman | Paulson Institute
Henry M. Paulson, Jr., is a business leader, conservationist, statesman, and author who is the founder and chairman of the Paulson Institute and executive chairman of TPG Rise Climate. He served as the 74th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury from 2006 to 2009, where he led the response to the...
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Episode Guest
David Wallace-Wells
Journalist | New York Magazine
David Wallace-Wells is an American journalist known for his writings on climate change. He wrote the 2017 essay “The Uninhabitable Earth”; the essay was published in New York as a long-form article and was the most-read article in the history of the magazine.
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