(Airdate: February 8, 2021) Eclipsed recently by the raging pandemic that will soon have killed half a million Americans, and a near-toppling of Congress by white supremacist insurgents encouraged by the ex-president, climate change continues to accelerate relentlessly and nearing exponential increase. Are the social disruptions caused by the pandemic along with the anxiety induced by political warfare just a mere foretaste of things to come? If so, how do we as a community prepare to meet a daunting future? Hosts Dahr Jamail and Robert Ambrose examine these difficult-to-discuss aspects of our new normal that pose an urgent challenge to all of us and our communities.