<p>The weather can be a simple word or loaded with meaning depending on the context -- a humdrum subject of everyday small talk or a stark climactic reality full of existential associations with serious disasters. In his book <em>The Weather Machine</em>, author Andrew Blum discusses these extremes and much in between, taking readers back in time to early weather-predicting aspirations and forward with speculation about the future of forecasting, including potentially dark clouds on the horizon.</p>
<p><a href="https://99percentinvisible.org/?p=31512&post_type=episode" target="_blank">The Weather Machine</a></p>
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