Human-caused climate change is real and growing in impact. Yet many Americans see climate change as a belief that they can opt out of. Two belief structures are to blame: American Protestantism and postmodernism.

Produced by Liya Rechtman

Guests

• Tanya Luhrmann, professor of anthropology and psychology at Stanford University and author of When God Talks Back, among other books.

• Gary Aylesworth, professor emeritus of philosophy at Eastern Illinois University.

• Lee McIntyre, Research Fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University and author of Post-Truth.

Special thanks to Cristine Russell, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and Senior Fellow in the Environment and Natural Resources Program