Rowan Hooper
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1,494 appearances
19 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 3d ago
Rowan Hooper’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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In the summer of 2022, more than 60,000 people across Europe died as a result of extreme heat.
In 2023, that was a bit cooler, 47,000 still heat-related deaths.
And Alec, you've been digging into this bit more.
And one of the things that jumped out at me was this increase in nighttime temperatures that we're seeing.
So it's just relentless.
I mean, just imagine it.
That's 35 degrees.
People in many parts of the world are trying to work outdoors in 40, 45 degrees outside.
It's just untenable.
Can you imagine it?
I can't even imagine it.
Well, you can now.
You can start to imagine it.
What does it mean, a heat tolerance?
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And a trick I learned when I lived in Japan and it's very hot and humid there is have a wet towel in like a dish next to your bed and you can just lay under a wet towel and
Which sounds freezing cold, but it really works.
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