Looking Back at 2018 with Al Gore and Michael Barbaro (Part Two)

The podcast reflects on the year 2018 in climate change and politics. Al Gore discusses the growing impacts of the climate crisis, attributing extreme weather events to man-made global warming pollution and criticizing the role of large carbon polluters in sowing doubt. Gore highlights technological advances and policy changes, such as the Paris Agreement, as sources of optimism, while advocating for political activism. Michael Barbaro analyzes the political landscape, focusing on the deaths of prominent Republicans like George H.W. Bush and John McCain, the Mueller investigation's implications, and controversies surrounding figures like Mohammed bin Salman and Mark Zuckerberg. The conversation also touches on gun violence, the Democratic Party's future, and the upcoming 2020 election.