Lives, Livelihoods, and the High Cost of Heat

<p>This summer, unrelenting heat waves have taken a devastating toll in many parts of the world, putting this year on track to be the hottest ever recorded.</p><p>Coral Davenport, who covers energy and environmental policy for The Times, and Dana Smith, a reporter for the Well section, discuss what it means to live in this new normal, an era in which extreme heat threatens our way of life.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/coral-davenport">Coral Davenport</a>, an energy and environmental policy correspondent for The New York Times.</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/dana-smith">Dana G. Smith</a>, a reporter for the Well section of The New York Times.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Heat is<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/31/climate/heat-labor-productivity-climate.html"> costing the U.S. economy billions</a> in lost productivity.</li><li>Here’s what extreme heat<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/08/10/well/live/heat-body-dehydration-health.html"> does to your body</a>.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p>