Boiling Point

LA Times Studios

Climate change is battering California. Can the state find a way forward? Listen every Thursday as award-winning L.A. Times columnist Sammy Roth dives deep with scientists, energy leaders, legislators, activists and journalists who are experts on today's climate challenges and solutions. They’ll discuss everything from electric cars to renewable energy to the difficulties of phasing out fossil fuels. Sammy has been reporting on climate and energy in California and the American West for over a decade, touring sprawling solar farms, coal-fired power plants and hilltops blanketed with wind turbines. He’s focused on telling stories that challenge public offi...

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Boiling Point

Episodes (47)

Dec 11, 2025 Smoglandia Pt 6: FUTURE ELECTRIC, FUTURE TROUBLE
Dec 4, 2025 Smoglandia Pt 5: SMOG CHECK AND DOUBLE CHECK
Nov 20, 2025 Smoglandia Pt 4: SCIENCE AND GOVERNMENT, BESTIES?

Boiling Point

Dec 11, 2025
45¼ minutes
41 MB

Decades ago, some unhappy Angeleno wondered why cars couldn’t just run on nice, clean … water? Not for want of trying – cleaner power has created lots of engine experiments, most dramatically Caltech versus MIT in the great electric car race of 1968, a story you’ll hear from the winner. Not all is fresh air and plug-ins: smog has been especially devastating on communities of color, and the Trump administration may pull the plug on that have let California clear its own air.

Boiling Point

Smoglandia Pt 6: FUTURE ELECTRIC, FUTURE TROUBLE

LA Times Studios

00:00 -45:13