# Dana Fisher

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'No Kings' Is Even Bigger Than It Looks

The movement behind the biggest single-day protest in US history understands that the assignment is to save democracy. Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer's Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What and get Andrea's posts first: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/subscribe Read the post that insp…

Can We Save Ourselves? with Dana Fisher

In this Climate Chat episode, we talk with Dana Fisher, author of "Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action," about what it will take to get the public to demand climate action and get policymakers to listen to them. Dana R. Fisher is the Director of the Center for Environment, Comm…

The Climate Change Survival Guide

Today on The Next Big Idea Daily, we’re starting with the big-picture question: what does it actually take to move from climate anxiety to climate action? Political sociologist Dana Fisher argues in Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action that the era of “climate shocks” is already …

How to Break Through Big Oil’s Disinformation

What happens when a global superpower starts dismantling its own scientific infrastructure to protect a dying industry? In this episode, Dr. Dana Fisher sits down with acclaimed Harvard historian Dr. Naomi Oreskes to map out the terrifying parallels between current American rollbacks in science and…

Episode 13: Dana Fisher - Saving Ourselves

“Shift will involve sections of the world becoming uninhabitable, leading to mass migration as well as pain, suffering, and death around the world.”             Dana Fisher Saving Ourselves: From Climate shocks to Climate ActionHow bad will it get before meaningful action is taken on climate change…

The Most Overlooked Climate Solution Isn’t Technological

What happens when the climate movement focuses entirely on data and strategy, but completely ignores the human hearts carrying the load? In this episode, Dr. Dana Fisher sits down with best-selling author and leader Dr. Katharine Wilkinson to navigate our transition into a mapless political world u…

Somebody Should Do Something | Individual Action vs. Systemic Change

Bridging the Gap and Finding Agency in a Complex World What can one person actually do about problems as vast as climate change, racism, or inequality? For most of us, the honest answer feels like: not much. That sense of powerlessness is exactly what philosophers Michael Brownstein and Alex Madva …

How Moms Are Shutting Down Big Polluters

When federal environmental guardrails start buckling, who steps up? Meet Dominique Browning, who pivoted from a career as an editor at Condé Nast into building a 1.6-million-strong army of caregivers fighting for clean air and healthy kids. Alongside host Dr. Dana Fisher, Dominique breaks down how …