Aaron Sachs Explain Why Dark Comedy Matters in the Fight Against Climate Change
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In this episode, Andrew talks to Cornell historian and author of Stay Cool, Aaron Sachs, about why dark comedy matters so much in the fight against climate change.
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Aaron Sachs is Professor of History and American Studies Cornell University. He is the author of The Humboldt Current: Nineteenth-Century Exploration and the Roots of American Environmentalism, and Arcadian America: The Death and Life of an Environmental Tradition. With John Demos, he co-edited Artful History: A Practical Anthology. He lives in Ithaca, NY, with his wife, three children, and two cats. Occasionally there’s a woodchuck in the backyard.
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