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Justine Calma

Justine Calma

Senior Science Reporter

Senior Science Reporter

    More From Justine Calma

    Justine Calma
    Justine Calma
    California is going to burn.

    What will it take to keep living with this huge looming threat? Episode 3 of Hell or High Water brings me back to my home state to answer that question.

    It’s a new podcast I host that takes us to places where disaster hits again and again. To read more about learning to live with fire, check out my story for The Verge about homes designed not to burn.

    Justine Calma
    Justine Calma
    A tsunami of fire.

    That’s what nearly wiped out all of Greenville, California in 2021. Now, residents are turning to traditional practices and new technologies to live with fire as a fact of life. We take you to Greenville in Episiode 3 of Hell or High Water, a new podcast I host from Vox Media and Audible about what happens after disaster hits.

    Justine Calma
    Justine Calma
    Heat divides.

    There’s a reason why some parts of a city are literally hotter than others. We learn why that falls along racial and economic lines in Phoenix in Episode 2 of Hell or High Water, a new podcast I host from Vox Media and Audible.

    I also took New York City’s temperature for The Verge back in 2021. Check out our video below and our heat map here.

    Justine Calma
    Justine Calma
    Heat kills more people in the US than any other weather disaster.

    That’s why I’ve been obsessed with extreme heat as a climate journalist. I host a new podcast called Hell or High Water, from Vox Media and Audible, that launched this week. Episode 2 takes us to America’s hottest city, Phoenix, where staying cool is a matter of life or death.

    Art depicting a boy looking out over a flood and fire. It says “Hell or High Water: When disaster hits home” and “Only from Audible”
    Justine Calma
    Justine Calma
    Rising seas, disappearing landmarks

    Louisiana’s coastlines aren’t the only shores vanishing under rising seas, as we hear about on the first episode of Hell or High Water, a new podcast about surviving disaster from Vox Media and Audible Originals. Before working on the podcast, I reported on these incredible visuals of what the future could look like with 3 degrees of global warming.

    Justine Calma
    Justine Calma
    What happens when your land disappears?

    The first episode of Hell or High Water, a new podcast from Vox Media and Audible Originals, takes us to a sinking Louisiana island, and the ‘New Isle’ some residents have tried to make home.

    Justine Calma
    Justine Calma
    What happens when disaster becomes a way of life?

    Hell or High Water launches today, a new podcast from Vox Media and Audible about what happens after disaster hits — from floods and fire to extreme heat and a volcano eruption. I’m the host, and I’m beyond honored to share these powerful stories that ask: what makes a place home come hell or high water?

    Hell or High Water

    [Audible.com]