This is 99% invisible.

I'm Roman Mars.

Long time 99 Pia listeners know that every couple of years,

one of our producers breaks off from the normal show production

and Helms their own

miniseries. This is how Avery Truffman's articles of interest and Katie

Mingle's according to need were made and they represent some of the best work we've ever done.

Next week we will premiere a new series of six episodes that will run twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays.

It was created by longtime superstar producer Emmett Fitzgerald and it's called

Not Built for This. It is absolutely brilliant. I cannot wait for you to hear it.

Here is a preview.

I grew up in Vermont, a state that has occasionally been described as a climate haven. Whenever someone publishes a list of places you should move if you want to escape climate change,

Vermont always seems to be somewhere near the top.

I've been covering climate change long enough to know that no place will be safe.

But I have to admit that I've always found these lists weirdly comforting.

That is, until last summer.

About a year ago it rains so hard in Central Vermont that my little green

valley filled up like a bathtub flooding downtown Montpelier. This eerie orchestra that you're hearing is the sound of every security system on Main Street going off all at once.

It felt almost too on the nose like the universe was ringing some kind of

planetary alarm bell saying snap out of it your quaint little home isn't as

safe as you think.

But if my little town isn't safe, is anyone's?

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