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In this January 2007 file photo, former Vice President Al Gore acknowledges spectators in Japan in front of a poster of his documentary film (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) An Inconvenient Truth In an age of affective polarization where Republicans and Democrats each increasingly dislike the other, it makes sense that Republicans may have taken an oppositional stance on climate change, at least partly, in response to signals from Democratic elites. When one side’s messages are clear and the other side’s are muddled, as was the case here, it’s plausible that Republican voters took their cues from Democrats. Contrary to conventional wisdom, only a small fraction of Republican messages on climate change explicitly denied the scientific consensus on climate change. Meanwhile, Republican messages have been fewer in number, and, until the Obama presidency, ambiguous in direction. 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Cameras follow him behind the scenes-in moments private and public, funny and poignant-as he pursues the empowering notion that while the stakes have never been higher, the perils of climate change can be overcome with human ingenuity and passion. Vice President Al Gore continues his tireless fight, traveling around the world training an army of climate champions and influencing international climate policy. A decade after An Inconvenient Truth brought climate change into the heart of popular culture comes the riveting and rousing follow-up that shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution. I think it becomes like an easy out for an emotional appeal. What can I do? These characters that I built up for my readers for so long let's just rip readers' hearts apart by just killing them off. I think that's the third book because that's the last one and that's when everything kind of hits the fan there.Ĭharity 4:34 I think you can move a story forward without killing off a bunch of your main characters that you've come to love.īreea 4:41 I think sometimes it becomes an easy out like, oh gosh, I have to make an emotional appeal now. It just frustrates me.īreea 4:26 I know in Hunger Games. I can't remember which book it, if it was book two or three in Hunger Games, and I don't know which one it is in the Maze Runner but like they just start killing off big people. And that's the Hunger Games and the Maze Runner series. And so a couple of series came to mind when I thought of this. My biggest pet peeve is when they start killing off a lot of big characters in a book. I think it would be low.īreea 3:49 Probably we'd be like, oh, yep.Ĭharity 3:52 We don't have anything in common as readers.Ĭharity 3:56 Well, my first pet peeve that I wanted to share, and they all kind of have to do with just things that I read. I don't think we're friends on Goodreads.Ĭharity 3:46 But we should be and then we can see what our percentage would be. My favorite feature on Goodreads though, is where you can match up with your reader friends and see like what percentage you are alike. I might feel differently at the beginning of next year and whether or not I meet this goal, we'll see. And I was like okay, let's backtrack, because I got really ambitious and then the world turned on its head for a little bit.īreea 3:25 And then it was way too ambitious. And then like every year, or at least my goal every year is to like just add a little bit more. I have to be like, okay, I can manage that, 40. I set 121.īreea 3:02 See, I don't want it to be daunting. I like to really challenge myself and I set my highest goal yet. And the reason I set it kind of lower is so that when I go past it, I'll feel even more accomplished.Ĭharity 2:54 That is probably good strategy. And so this year, because I pitched so high last year, I'm giving myself 40. How many books do you set for yourself?īreea 2:36 I try to be realistic. And so I'm one book ahead and I'm like, yes, I've got a little bit of leeway there.Ĭharity 2:32 It feels like such an accomplishment. So it's like, you know, in a few days, a week or two, I'm gonna be way ahead as well.īreea 2:20 I do a lot of well, at least this year, I'm doing a lot of graphic novels, and manga series. So it's like, I'm in the middle of reading lots of books, though. And it does feel like, if you're a huge reader, it does feel like a lot of pressure to, like, keep up with it. And I looked at mine, I'm like five or six books behind. And she was like, I'm 19 books ahead on my Goodreads challenge. A coworker and I were having a conversation just this week. We don't need your judgment.Ĭharity 1:54 I totally feel you. I'm trying my best over here.Ĭharity 1:51 That's right, Goodreads. And I'm like, I don't need that attitude from you Goodreads. It's like, hey, you're five books behind schedule. And it was hard for me to go on Goodreads, just to look at other people's reviews or to add things to my to be read list because in the corner, in the left hand side corner, especially when you're on the computers instead of your phone. And it's like I've talked about in a previous episode. And so I'm like, oh, I've got to meet this by the end of the year. I love being able to scroll through what my friends are reading, what my coworkers are reading and put it on my to be read list. And you know, all the cool librarians are on Goodreads.īreea 1:01 I had to join it too. So I was never a big Goodreads person not until I actually started working for the library. But when Goodreads reminds me how far I am on my reading goal. And I think I've talked about this a little bit in previous episodes. Let's start off with the first pet peeve of mine. 0:25 So I am really looking forward to getting into this with you, Breea.īreea 0:30 Yeah, let's do it. I feel like this kind of is in line with our reader confessions episode.Ĭharity. On this episode, we're talking about reader pet peeves. On each episode you'll hear us talking about our favorite tween and teen books. I'm your host Charity.Ĭharity 0:07 We're youth librarians with the Springfield-Greene County Library District. Charity 0:01 Welcome to the Planet Book podcast. |
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