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Hot weather kills. Who gets protected?
32 minutes Posted Aug 5, 2025 at 7:05 pm.
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The heat disproportionately kills poor, elderly and people of color. So on this episode we're focusing on the lives of those impacted, from roofers in Florida to prisoners who live and die in cells that feel more like ovens in Texas. We’re asking why so many people are dying from the heat and whose lives we value enough to count their deaths and try to prevent them.



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