Podcast S2E4: Weather by Jenny Offill Discussion and Review—Climate Doomers And Climate Anxiety
Channel: Stories for Earth
Date: 2020-12-13

Weather by Jenny Offill is the story of one woman's bout with what I call climate doomerism. Lizzie Benson is a librarian in New York who gets a side hustle replying to emails for her old college professor's podcast—a climate change podcast called Hell and High Water.

As the podcast grows in popularity, Lizzie goes deeper and deeper down the climate doomer rabbit hole, finding herself spiraling as her anxiety about the climate crisis grows. In this episode, I provide a brief plot summary of Weather by Jenny Offill, explore the word "doomer," and offer some (hopefully) helpful insight from my personal struggle with climate doomerism.

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:53 Plot summary of Weather by Jenny Offill
6:17 Climate change doomers and doomsday preppers
10:02 Obligatory note of hope
12:36 Final word

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