{"id":1028500,"date":"2023-03-17T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grist.org\/?p=605276"},"modified":"2023-03-17T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T10:30:00","slug":"extrapolations-is-the-climate-tv-show-were-finally-ready-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/03\/17\/extrapolations-is-the-climate-tv-show-were-finally-ready-for\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Extrapolations\u2019 is the climate TV show we\u2019re finally ready for"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-default-font-family\">If Hollywood has the power to shape our collective imagination for good, it has too often failed when it comes to compelling stories about climate. But that untapped power is part of what makes <em>Extrapolations<\/em>, the new Apple TV+ series being touted as the biggest-budget scripted TV show ever made about global warming, so intriguing.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">Despite its unflinching focus on the existential crisis of our times,<em> Extrapolations<\/em> resists the temptation to dwell exclusively on end-of-the-world narratives. The series manages to fold the requisite wildfires and epic storms into a more complex narrative of a society that hasn\u2019t hasn\u2019t evaded climate catastrophe but hasn\u2019t ended, either.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">There has been so much storytelling done around the post-apocalyptic, denuded world,\u201d said producer and screenwriter Scott Z. Burns. \u201cBut before we get to that end, there&#8217;s a lot of messy middle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Extrapolations \u2014 Official Trailer | Apple TV+\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2QP-xrG0kZk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">With the help of an absurdly star-studded cast \u2014 Meryl Streep, Kit Harington, Daveed Diggs, Sienna Miller, Gemma Chan and Marion Cotillard are less than half of the big names involved \u2014 the eight-episode series sets out to imagine what life on our warming planet might look like in the very near future using interconnected vignettes that take place everywhere from Mumbai to Miami.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">\u201c[Screenwriters] have this role to play in helping us understand these watershed moments,\u201d Burns said, \u201cand obviously, climate change is the big existential crisis of our time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">While there\u2019s plenty of climate science powering <em>Extrapolations<\/em>, the show focuses on the kinds of connections that can\u2019t be adequately conveyed via a<a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/climate-energy\/the-most-controversial-chart-in-history-explained\/?utm_source=syndication&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=grist\"> hockey stick graph<\/a> \u2014 not that Burns doesn\u2019t have experience trying. Nearly 20 years ago, he produced <a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/article\/an-inconvenient-truth-legacy-van-jones-annie-leonard\/?utm_source=syndication&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=grist\"><em>An Inconvenient Truth<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em>arguably the most influential climate documentary ever made<em>. <\/em>For many Americans, <em>An Inconvenient Truth<\/em> was a wake up call to the very existence of climate change.<strong> <\/strong>Ever since then, as humans have increasingly felt the effects of rising CO2 firsthand, Burns has been wondering what more he can do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-ups-image alignfull js-breaks-column\"><div class=\"wp-block-ups-image-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010101.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010101.jpg?w=1200 1200w, https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010101.jpg?w=330 330w, https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010101.jpg?w=1024 768w, https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010101.jpg?w=1200 1200w, https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010101.jpg?w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010101.jpg?w=160&amp;h=90&amp;crop=1 160w, https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010101.jpg?w=640&amp;h=853&amp;crop=1 640w, https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010101.jpg?w=96&amp;h=96&amp;crop=1 96w, https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010101.jpg?w=150 150w, https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010101.jpg 1024w\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"Sienna Miller in &quot;Extrapolations.&quot;\" data-credit=\"Apple TV\"\/><figcaption>Sienna Miller in &#8220;Extrapolations.&#8221; <cite>Apple TV<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">\u201cComing from having done <em>An Inconvenient Truth,<\/em> I think [Burns] felt like he had done everything he could to communicate the scientific reality with images and text and words to say, \u2018Here is what is happening to the planet,\u2019\u201d said Dorothy Fortenberry, a former <em>Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/em> screenwriter who Burns recruited as his <em>Extrapolations <\/em>co-showrunner. \u201cBut what a documentary can&#8217;t capture is what it will <em>feel<\/em> like.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-default-font-family\">When crafting each episode, <em>Extrapolations <\/em>writers started with the science \u2013 say, how many degrees of warming we might expect in 2037 \u2014 and tried to imagine how that scenario might impact the everyday lives of people around the world. The show follows a bevy of characters (in the first three episodes alone, these include an international climate conference delegate from a drought-stricken country, a tech billionaire, a rabbi in a coastal city, a wildlife researcher and a kid with a chronic, heat-induced health issue) whose trajectories are shaped by the changing climate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">\u201cWe wanted to make something that someone who knew a medium amount or a large amount about climate change could watch and wouldn&#8217;t feel like, \u2018They got that so wrong that I have to turn it off,\u2019\u201d said Fortenberry. \u201cBut we also didn\u2019t want to have so much science or data that a person who had never thought about climate change would feel alienated or excluded.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\"><em>Extrapolations <\/em>doesn\u2019t try to bury its<em> <\/em>nods to real-world climate wonkiness. There are United Nations climate conference negotiations portrayed onscreen, complex story arcs exploring the pros and cons of geoengineering, and nods to the ongoing existence of activist groups like Extinction Rebellion and Sunrise Movement in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-ups-image aligncenter\"><div class=\"wp-block-ups-image-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010104.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010104.jpg?w=1200 1200w, https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010104.jpg?w=330 330w, https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010104.jpg?w=1024 768w, https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010104.jpg?w=1200 1200w, https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010104.jpg?w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010104.jpg?w=160&amp;h=90&amp;crop=1 160w, https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010104.jpg?w=640&amp;h=853&amp;crop=1 640w, https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010104.jpg?w=96&amp;h=96&amp;crop=1 96w, https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010104.jpg?w=150 150w, https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010104.jpg 1024w\" alt=\"a man in a suit sits in front of an &quot;Algeria&quot; placard at a conference\" data-caption=\"Tahar Rahim in \u201cExtrapolations.\u201d \n\" data-credit=\"Apple TV\"\/><figcaption>Tahar Rahim in \u201cExtrapolations.\u201d \n <cite>Apple TV<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">Rather than distract, these heightened callbacks to our current climate-impacted reality demonstrate the dramatic potential that has always been hiding between the lines of<a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/science\/we-are-at-a-crossroads-new-ipcc-report-says-its-fossil-fuels-or-our-future\/?utm_source=syndication&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=grist\"> IPCC reports<\/a>. But it\u2019s taken writers who actually understand the stakes, as well as the science, to tease that out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">Throughout the process of developing the show, the showrunners sought out notable climate thinkers and writers in the space to ground their script in relevant literature: Burns references Amitav Ghosh\u2019s <em>The Great Derangement<\/em>, calls Earth Day co-founder Denis Hayes his \u201cenvironmental mentor,\u201d and notes that he had conversations with Bill McKibben and Elizabeth Kolbert. (Readers of Kolbert\u2019s <em>The Sixth Extinction and <\/em>McKibben\u2019s <em>Falter <\/em>will find particularly strong echoes of those books in episodes that grapple with extinction and escapist technology, respectively.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-ups-image alignfull js-breaks-column\"><div class=\"wp-block-ups-image-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010102.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010102.jpg?w=1200 1200w, https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010102.jpg?w=330 330w, https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010102.jpg?w=1024 768w, https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010102.jpg?w=1200 1200w, https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010102.jpg?w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010102.jpg?w=160&amp;h=90&amp;crop=1 160w, https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010102.jpg?w=640&amp;h=723&amp;crop=1 640w, https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010102.jpg?w=96&amp;h=96&amp;crop=1 96w, https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010102.jpg?w=150 150w, https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010102.jpg 1024w\" alt=\"two men and a women dressed inexpensive athleisure clothing on a boat near ice floats\" data-caption=\"Matthew Rhys, Heather Graham, Alexander Sokovikov and Noel Arthur in \u201cExtrapolations.\u201d \" data-credit=\"Apple TV\"\/><figcaption>Matthew Rhys, Heather Graham, Alexander Sokovikov and Noel Arthur in \u201cExtrapolations.\u201d  <cite>Apple TV<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">Though the show does take scientific liberties \u2014 it is fiction, after all \u2014 they tend to come in the form of inventions that allow people to upload their memories to the cloud or change their eye color at whim, rather than anything that majorly distorts climate science. \u201cI wanted to create an event horizon that I thought would make it harder for people to push this issue away and go, \u2018Oh, that&#8217;s not my world.\u2019 That&#8217;s why I wasn&#8217;t interested in flying cars, or other world building like that,\u201d said Burns. \u201cI wanted people to look at it and go, \u2018Hmm, that looks a lot like my world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">In the second episode, for example, Sienna Miller\u2019s character uses technology to hold conversations with the world\u2019s last humpback whale, voiced by none other than Meryl Streep. While that animal-translation tech is a product of the screenwriters\u2019 imaginations, the humpback\u2019s current endangered status is not. It\u2019s precisely this combination of the fantastical and the real that hooks viewers into grappling with environmentally uncomfortable topics such as species loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">The show is a feat of storytelling made all the more remarkable given that <a href=\"https:\/\/learcenter.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/GlaringAbsence_NormanLearCenter.pdf\">less than 3 percent<\/a> of scripts from 2016 to 2020 touched on anything remotely related to climate change. Of the Hollywood productions that have dealt with climate throughout the years, most have been<a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/climate-energy\/which-hollywood-style-climate-disasters-will-strike-in-your-lifetime\/?utm_source=syndication&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=grist\"> overwhelmingly apocalyptic<\/a> (say, 1995\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2009\/02\/was-kevin-costner-s-waterworld-an-ahead-of-its-time-eco-parable.html\"> <em>Waterworld<\/em><\/a><em>)<\/em> or based on shoddy science (2006\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/article\/relax-the-day-after-tomorrow-isnt-going-to-happen-like-tomorrow\/?utm_source=syndication&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=grist\"> <em>The Day After Tomorrow<\/em><\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-in-article-recirc\">\n  <article class=\"in-article-recirc\">\n    <span class=\"in-article-recirc__label\">Read Next<\/span>\n    <div class=\"in-article-recirc__content\">\n            \n              <figure class=\"in-article-recirc__art\">\n          <img src=https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/dont-look-up-v2-e1639244821243.jpg alt=\"\"  class=\"js-modal-gallery__hidden\"\/>\n        <\/figure>\n            <div class=\"in-article-recirc__body\">\n        <div class=\"in-article-recirc__title\">\n                    <a class=\"in-article-recirc__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/culture\/dont-look-up-climate-shows-how-hard-it-is-to-satirize-the-end-of-the-world\/?utm_source=syndication&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=grist\">\u2018Don\u2019t Look Up\u2019 shows how hard it is to satirize the end of the world<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"in-article-recirc__meta\">\n          \n\t\n  <div class=\"tease-meta\">\n                            <a class=\"byline-link\" href=https:\/\/grist.org\/author\/eve-andrews\/>Eve Andrews<\/a>              <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/article>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">That\u2019s not to say that Burns is inherently anti-apocalypse story; he just thinks it shouldn\u2019t be the only option. Burns explains his thinking by recounting a conversation he had with <a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/culture\/dont-look-up-climate-shows-how-hard-it-is-to-satirize-the-end-of-the-world\/?utm_source=syndication&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=grist\"><em>Don\u2019t Look Up<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>director Adam McKay shortly after that film&#8217;s release. McKay asked, <em>If there can be 20 cop shows, why not 20 climate change shows?<\/em> \u201cThat&#8217;s what I hope for,\u201d said Burns, \u201cthat the series that we made would become part of a very large body of work that allows us to look at this problem from every angle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">With a total runtime of 60 minutes per episode, the first three of which are available starting March 17, <em>Extrapolations<\/em> feels like a sprawling body of work unto itself. When the show falters, it\u2019s as much a result of what it leaves out as much as what it leaves in: Despite a couple strong episodes led by complex, multifaceted characters of color \u2014 Daveed Diggs as a rabbi whose Miami synagogue is sinking, Adarsh Gourav as a truck driver navigating drought-ravaged India \u2014 it\u2019s hard not to wish the show had pushed even deeper into trying to tell the stories of frontline communities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">That\u2019s one pitfall of taking such an unbounded approach to the climate story: A show about one particular place and time can be more easily excused for leaving some people out than a show that sometimes spans the globe but still centers mostly Western (and often white, wealthy) viewpoints, even if it frames them critically.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">Even so, the showrunners\u2019 attempts to meet the current moment, both in terms of filmmaking and climate zeitgeist, are still laudable. As <em>Extrapolations <\/em>Executive Producer Michael Ellenberg pointed out, these \u201cbig, epic, limited series\u201d didn\u2019t exist 15 years ago. The relatively new format allows the viewer to examine climate change from a number of different viewpoints, devoting entire episodes to geoengineering and coastal flooding rather than relegating the topics to a few minutes of dialogue in a two-hour runtime.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-ups-image aligncenter\"><div class=\"wp-block-ups-image-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010601.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010601.jpg?w=1200 1200w, https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010601.jpg?w=330 330w, https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010601.jpg?w=1024 768w, https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010601.jpg?w=1200 1200w, https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010601.jpg?w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010601.jpg?w=160&amp;h=90&amp;crop=1 160w, https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010601.jpg?w=640&amp;h=853&amp;crop=1 640w, https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010601.jpg?w=96&amp;h=96&amp;crop=1 96w, https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010601.jpg?w=150 150w, https:\/\/grist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Extrapolations_Photo_010601.jpg 1024w\" alt=\"a woman in a blue dress standing with a young girl holding a stuffed animal\" data-caption=\"Gemma Chan, left, as Natasha Alper in &quot;Extrapolations.&quot;\" data-credit=\"Apple TV\"\/><figcaption>Gemma Chan, left, as Natasha Alper in &#8220;Extrapolations.&#8221; <cite>Apple TV<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">The commercial appeal of an ambitious project about climate change is much higher today than it would\u2019ve been even five years ago, Ellenberg said. Shopping <em>Extrapolations<\/em> around to the networks, it was clear to him that \u201cthis show wasn\u2019t for everybody.\u201d But those who got it, got it: When he pitched the series to Apple, they called to say they wanted it before he had even made it out of the parking lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">\u201cWhile this is the first of its kind, we don&#8217;t want it to be the last,\u201d he said. \u201cWe&#8217;re hoping that this encourages more storytellers to tackle this subject with all their creative ambition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-default-font-family\">For people currently sounding the alarm about climate change, <em>Extrapolations<\/em> is a cathartic (if not always comforting) watch. Fortenberry said the writers wanted the show to resonate with those who already feel the nearness of climate catastrophe but often feel alone in grappling with it, to \u201cdisrupt that sense of feeling kind of insane\u201d that can come from experiencing a bizarrely warm winter day and then \u201cgoing home and watching TV that has a snowy Christmas episode.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">\u201cThe very first thing that we can do is just show people: you&#8217;re not alone, you&#8217;re not crazy, yes this is happening,\u201d she said. Maybe once people know they\u2019re not alone, she hopes, \u201cthat gives them the energy to figure out what they want to do about it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">The result of all these calculations is a show that feels haunting when it reminds us of how close we might be to an unwanted future, whether by exploring the oversized role tech billionaires might have in our climate politics or imagining our night skies filled with smog and the lights of hundreds of drones rather than stars.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">But it\u2019s also a series shot through with beauty and moments of unexpected levity as it follows the lives of characters who continue to raise kids, have sex with strangers, ask questions of God, experience meaningful connection with animals, make music, and throw dinner parties even as the global temperature continues to rise \u2014 to continue living, in other words, even as the catastrophes unfold around them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"grist-story-credit\">This story was originally published by <a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/\">Grist<\/a> with the headline <a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/culture\/extrapolations-climate-change-tv-show-apple\/\">\u2018Extrapolations\u2019 is the climate TV show we\u2019re finally ready for<\/a> on Mar 17, 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/culture\/extrapolations-climate-change-tv-show-apple\/\">Grist<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple TV&#8217;s sprawling series depicts the &#8220;messy middle&#8221; of climate change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13212,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[250],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028500"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13212"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1028500"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1031773,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028500\/revisions\/1031773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1028500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1028500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1028500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}