The Dig

Insuring Catastrophe w/ David Wallace-Wells, Madison Condon, Moira Birss

August 31, 2026·2h 8m
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Featuring David Wallace-Wells, Madison Condon, and Moira Birss on how insurance companies profit off climate catastrophe—and, in doing so, ensure that people and the planet suffer the consequences. Guest hosted by Astra Taylor. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Read “National Disaster Insurance for All: Single-Payer Disaster Insurance and Community Resilience Investments for Safer and More Affordable Housing” climateandcommunity.org/research/national-disaster-insurance-for-all-single-payer-disaster-insurance-and-community-resilience-investments-for-safer-and-more-affordable-housing/ Sign up! Late Victorian Holocausts: El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World reading group equator.org/events/late-victorian-holocausts Buy When We Are Kin and The Veiled Prophet at Haymarketbooks.org

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