The Beck Environmental Lecture: Jeff Goodell

About the Event:

New York Times bestselling journalist and author Jeff Goodell is back with The Heat Will K*ll You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet. In this book, Goodell examines how extreme heat from global warming will drastically change life on Earth as we know it, urging us to prepare accordingly. Author and climate scientist Michael Mann says, “Jeff Goodell brings a mix of fantastic storytelling, lucid science communication, and eternal optimism in detailing the profound threat we face with the climate crisis and what we can still do about it.” Goodell is also the author of The Water Will Come, Big Coal, How to Cool the Planet and more. Sponsored by Robert & Lucy Beck.

This event is part of the Fall for the Book Festival, which runs from October 7-11, 2025. To view the full schedule, visit: https://fallforthebook.org/schedule/

About the Author:

Jeff Goodell’s latest book is the New York Times bestseller The Heat Will K*ll You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet.  He is the author of six previous books, including The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World, which was a New York Times Critics Top Book of 2017.  He has covered climate change for more than two decades at Rolling Stone, The New York Times Magazine, and many other publications.  As a commentator on climate and energy issues, he has appeared on NPR, MSNBC, CNN,  CNBC,  ABC, NBC, Fox News and The Oprah Winfrey Show.  He is a 2020 Guggenheim Fellow.

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