25 Episodes

  1. Boiling Point Introduces: A Matter of Degrees

    Published: 6/26/2025

  2. The Lithium Dilemma at Rhyolite Ridge, Part 2

    Published: 6/19/2025

  3. The Lithium Dilemma at Rhyolite Ridge, Part 1

    Published: 6/12/2025

  4. Fighting Climate Change in an Authoritarian Age

    Published: 6/5/2025

  5. As Trump Slashes Renewable Energy, Is Nuclear the Future?

    Published: 5/29/2025

  6. Hot Takes About Climate Journalism

    Published: 5/22/2025

  7. Boiling Point Introduces: Living Planet

    Published: 5/15/2025

  8. Post-Fires, the L.A. Times Is Digging Up Dirt

    Published: 5/8/2025

  9. Taking Stock at 101 Days

    Published: 5/1/2025

  10. Inside L.A.’s Solar Megaproject

    Published: 4/24/2025

  11. Traffic, Trains and Trade-Offs

    Published: 4/17/2025

  12. The Fake News Pipeline

    Published: 4/10/2025

  13. Edison Under Fire

    Published: 4/3/2025

  14. The Great Rooftop Solar Debate

    Published: 3/27/2025

  15. Breaking Down Plastic

    Published: 3/20/2025

  16. Can a Perfect Bagel Be Made Without Fossil Fuels?

    Published: 3/13/2025

  17. Reporting the Truth About Water in California

    Published: 3/6/2025

  18. How John Francis Became a Planetwalker

    Published: 2/27/2025

  19. Climate Change Is No Joke. Or Is It?

    Published: 2/20/2025

  20. Baseball, Brought to you by Oil and Gas

    Published: 2/13/2025

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Climate change is battering California. Can the state find a way forward? Listen every Thursday as award-winning L.A. Times columnist Sammy Roth dives deep with scientists, energy leaders, legislators, activists and journalists who are experts on today's climate challenges and solutions. They’ll discuss everything from electric cars to renewable energy to the difficulties of phasing out fossil fuels. Sammy has been reporting on climate and energy in California and the American West for over a decade, touring sprawling solar farms, coal-fired power plants and hilltops blanketed with wind turbines. He’s focused on telling stories that challenge public officials and energy companies to do better.