Fires and Soaring Temperatures: A New Global Normal?

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Fires on all sides, as France and Spain battle blazes, Europe swelters under high temperatures, and the U.S. sees its third heat dome in a month. Environmentalist Bill McKibben explains how we can still get on top of the climate change challenge, if we act now. And, reflecting on Emmett Till's legacy, and the life he could have had, in a new exhibition "If Emmett Till Lived." Curator Sarah Elizabeth Lewis and Till's cousin, Reverend Wheeler Parker Jr., join the program. Then, learning lessons about sleep, from one of the world's most sleep deprived nations. Hanako Montgomery tries out the whacky inventions Japanese inventors are coming up with to improve our sleep quality. Author Dave…