Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question

by Jade Sasser, PhD

Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question takes a deep dive into exploring all of the emotions that come along with the climate crisis, from eco-anxiety, grief and fear, to motivation, optimism, and excitement. Join us as we explore these emotions and delve into the complicated questions they raise around whether, when, and why we are birthing and/or raising children (or not) in this climate-altered landscape. How do you feel abo ... 

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Podcast episodes

  • Season 2

  • Episode 7: Climate change, mental health, and parenting as a commitment to joy

    Episode 7: Climate change, mental health, and parenting as a commitment to joy

    S02 E07
    29:08

    In this episode, I talk to Britt, a climate mental health expert and new mother. She helped me form my earliest understanding of climate emotions and mental health impacts, and how they intersect with reproductive anxieties. And she has wisdom to impart about how to manage climate emotions, and why having a child is her way of committing to joy and rejecting fear.

  • Episode 6: All of the emotions, and activism too

    Episode 6: All of the emotions, and activism too

    S02 E06
    26:09

    In this episode, I talk to Natalie, an 18 year old college student and climate justice activist. She talks about navigating climate despair through her connections to nature and other climate activists, as well as maintaining a sense of optimism about having children in the future.

  • Episode 5: On stepparenting and stewardship

    Episode 5: On stepparenting and stewardship

    S02 E05
    26:08

    In this episode, I talk to Aaliyah, a new stepmother who draws on her Sustainability Studies degree and indigenous heritage to forge her approach to stepparenting, now and in the future. Also: I advertise my new book: Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question: Deciding Whether to Have Children in an Uncertain Future (out April 9th).

  • Episode 4: An elected official and new mother speaks up

    Episode 4: An elected official and new mother speaks up

    S02 E04
    26:40

    In this episode, I talk to Denise, who is a city council member and new mother. She breaks down how she developed more awareness of (and anxiety about) climate change and air quality issues when she became a mother, and how she is using her position in local government to effect change.

  • Episode 3: No more Struggle Narratives

    Episode 3: No more Struggle Narratives

    S02 E03
    28:47

    In this episode, I talk to Finn, an 18-year old climate activist and high school student, about why all generations should step up to the climate fight, and the need to move past struggle narratives and find ways to create strong, intentional communities, with or without children.