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Complex Topics. Simple Conversations, where we take the world's densest topics

—from mind-bending science and tech breakthroughs to deep history and complex economics-and break them down into smooth, easy, and entertaining conversations. No jargon, no pretension, just brilliant ideas made brilliantly simple.

In our third episode, we are taking a deep dive into the fascinating mechanics of one of the most powerful naturally occurring climate patterns on Earth: El Niño. While you have likely heard the term on the news, we are breaking down the simple science of how a warming of ocean surface temperatures in the central and eastern Equatorial Pacific triggers a massive domino effect across the entire globe.

How does an event that originates in the Pacitic Ocean end up causing droughts in Australia and I ...