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"A Children's Bible" Author Lydia Millet On Climate Fiction And Envisioning Crisis

Dec 30, 20201 hr 17 minSeason 1Ep. 90
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Episode description

This week, Lydia Millet, author of "A Children's Bible", a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction and one of the New York Times' Ten Best Books of the Year, joins the show to talk about why she wanted to explore intergenerational responses to the climate crisis in her new novel. We discuss coping mechanisms, the role of religion, parenting, and much more. 

Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also talk about their expectations for what may drive climate politics in 2021. 

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