This is a transcript of an October 8 interview I did with journalist Brendan Toller of WPKN. I encourage you to listen to it here! Since the interview aired, I got requests for a transcript. The interview covers many of the articles in my newsletter as well as other topics. It’s a useful conversation for these times so I’m printing it here. My thanks to Brendan and WPKN for giving me permission. The text was lightly edited for clarity.
Brendan Toller: Welcome, Sarah. I'm going to quote one of your latest newsletters on Substack [“Hanging by a Thread”]:
“People ask how I'm doing. I laugh at the chasm of the question. How is anyone doing? Climate catastrophes, genocide, the election from hell.” Your thoughts?
Sarah Kendzior: I'm trying to remember during which hurricane I wrote that, what with another one bearing down. This is a very difficult time. I could have listed a dozen other catastrophes. There’s a surreal aspect in that we're expected to go on with our lives and our jobs and raising our families and doing mundane tasks while catastrophes happen around us.