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Is it becoming too hot to work?

The South is seeing the effects of a warming climate. 2024 was the hottest summer on record for much of the region. For people who work outside, it’s making jobs more difficult, dangerous... and even deadly.

This week, we chat with two journalists from WUNC-North Carolina Public Radio about their multi-part series Scorched Workers, which examines the impact of rising heat on outdoor workers in North Carolina.

Special thanks goes out to WUNC's Elizabeth Baier.

Featuring:

  • Aaron Sánchez-Guerra, Race, Class & Communities Reporter at WUNC
  • Celeste Gracia, Environment Reporter at WUNC

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Aaron Sánchez-Guerra covers issues of race, class, and communities for WUNC.
Celeste Gracia covers the environment for WUNC. She has been at the station since September 2019 and started off as morning producer.
Anisa Khalifa is an award-winning podcast producer and host at WUNC. She grew up in a public radio household, and fell in love with podcasts shortly before her friends convinced her to start one with them about Korean dramas. Since joining WUNC in 2021, Anisa has produced Me and My Muslim Friends, CREEP, Tested and Dating While Gray, and is the host of WUNC's weekly podcast The Broadside.
Charlie Shelton-Ormond is a podcast producer for WUNC.
Jerad Walker is WUNC’s editor of narrative audio and podcasts. He joined the station in 2022 after nearly a decade at Oregon Public Broadcasting.
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