Beth Stelling
Beth Stelling (Netflix, HBO, comedian, writer) joins Esteban in the sauna to talk about comedy show behavior, chocolate prices, and how we can just be kind people who care.
HOSTED BY Esteban Gast
DIRECTED BY Stoney Sharp
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR / EDITOR Connor Linnerooth
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Adam McKay, Staci Roberts-Steele, Anna Wenger, Jessie Bluedorn, Esteban Gast
GUEST Beth Stelling
PRODUCER Stoney Sharp, Carl Fieler
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER Brittney Badduke
CONSULTING PRODUCER Elijah Zarlin
DP / CAMERA OPERATOR Connor Linnerooth
SOUND Brandon Cruz
SET MEDIC Paul Joubran
SPECIAL THANKS to Big Oil for being so sneaky and evil that we had to make a show about their disinformation and lies.
FACTS, REFERENCES, AND MORE
THE TRUE COST OF US CORPORATE EMISSIONS IS ESTIMATED AT $87 TRILLION — MORE THAN THE TOTAL MARKET VALUE OF THOSE COMPANIES
- Chicago Booth Review — “The Price of Corporate America’s Carbon Emissions: $87 Trillion.” Covers the peer-reviewed study by Chicago Booth’s Lubos Pastor and Wharton’s Robert Stambaugh estimating total social costs of US corporate emissions through 2050
- Bloomberg — “Carbon Costs: Corporate America Owes Us $87 Trillion.” Op-ed by Bloomberg’s Mark Gongloff summarizing the same research.
CHOCOLATE IS PROJECTED TO BE 30–50% MORE EXPENSIVE BY 2030 BECAUSE CACAO TREES CAN ONLY GROW IN A NARROW EQUATORIAL BAND THAT’S GETTING TOO HOT
- Yale Climate Connections — on how climate change threatens cacao crops and the chocolate supply.
- Smithsonian Magazine — “Climate Change Could Make Chocolate More Expensive“
- NPR — reporting on West African cacao harvests and heat stress on crops
- National Geographic — on the narrow equatorial growing range of cacao and what rising temperatures mean for it
INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE RAISING RATES, CANCELING POLICIES, AND LEAVING ENTIRE STATES BECAUSE OF CLIMATE DISASTERS
- CalMatters — “When Insurance Fails, California’s Families and Communities Feel the Fallout.”
- Center for American Progress — “Managing the Climate Change-Fueled Property Insurance Crisis.“
- US Senate Joint Economic Committee — “Climate Risks Present a Significant Threat to the US Insurance and Housing Markets.” Bipartisan Senate report on the insurance crisis.
WANT TO LEARN A BIT MORE?
- Consumer Reports — “The Per-Person Financial Cost of Climate Change” A child born in the US in 2024 is expected to face $500,000 in additional lifetime costs from climate change.
- Brookings Institution — “How Much Is Climate Change Costing US Households?” The most rigorous academic take, finding climate costs are already as high as $1,000/year per household in some regions, and hit poorer families hardest.
- United Nations University — “5 Ways Climate Change Is Driving Up the Cost of Living” Excellent overview explainer covering insurance, food, energy, healthcare, and housing — all in one readable piece. Great general reference for the show.
