What the World’s Response to COVID-19 Can Teach Us About Fighting Climate Change

The guest host for today's show is Brad Bannon. Brad runs Bannon Communications Research, a polling, message development and media firm which helps labor unions, progressive issue groups and Democratic candidates win public affairs and political campaigns. His new show, 'Deadline D.C. with Brad Bannon,' airs every Monday from 3-4pm ET.

Brad is first joined by Dr.Margaret Klein Salamon, a clinical psychologist and now Founder and Director of 'The Climate Mobilization,' an organization that calls for moving from climate grieving to emergency mode.
Her radical new self-help guide, 'Facing the Climate Emergency: How to Transform Yourself with Climate Truth,' helps readers reckon with the terror of the climate emergency, process their feelings, and turn their pain into heroic action. Her Twitter handle is @MobilizeClimate.

The two discuss applying the same type of 'emergency action' response that has been used to fight COVID-19, but instead, using it to fight the climate crisis.

During the second half of the show, Brad leads a political round-table with Tim Zenk and Mark Grimaldi.  The roundtable adds to the discussion of the topics covered in the first segment. They also hypothesize what type of President Joe Biden would be in the area of climate action if he wins in November.

Tim is a Principle at 'Molecule,' a business and public affairs company, a former Democratic staffer, and a well known renewable energy expert. His Twitter handle is @greencrude.

Mark Grimaldi has been a progressive political activist for the past 12 years.  He volunteered for the campaigns of President Obama (2008 and 2012), Senator Bernie Sanders (2016), and Secretary Hillary Clinton (2016).  Mark is also involved in campaign finance reform efforts around the country, and philanthropic efforts for Cancer research.  His Twitter handle is @MarkJGrimaldi.

Brad writes a column every Sunday on the 2020 Presidential race for 'The Hill.'  He's on the National Journal's panel of political insiders and is a national political analyst for WGN TV and Radio in Chicago and KNX Radio in Los Angeles.
You can read Brad's columns at www.MuckRack.com/Brad-Bannon. His Twitter handle is @BradBannon.

Watch a video broadcast of the show here: www.periscope.tv/BradBannon/1RDxlQqyArOKL