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Climate denial is deadly and the silence around it even more so. In this gripping episode of Meteorologist, Climate Expert, and Host of Skytop's Extreme Weather, Chris Gloninger confronts the rising tide of climate disasters and shrinking media coverage. Dr. Genevieve Guenther, founder of End Climate Silence, joins us to expose why ignoring the science puts lives at risk.
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Chris Gloninger is an American meteorologist known for his work as the chief meteorologist at KCCI 8 in Des Moines, Iowa. He joined KCCI in July 2021 and has been recognized for his contributions to climate change reporting and emergency management. Chris developed an interest in weather after Hurricane Bob hit his hometown of Sag Harbor, New York. He pursued a degree in meteorology from Plymouth State University and later earned a master’s degree in emergency management from Millersville University of Pennsylvania. Throughout his career, Chris has worked at several stations, including WHEC-TV in Rochester, New York, WISN-TV in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and NBC 10 Boston. He has covered a wide range of extreme weather events, including hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, and coastal flooding.
Chris has also been an instructor at the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center and Boston University School of Medicine. Chris has received multiple awards for his work, including three Emmys and several Wisconsin Broadcasters Association awards.
Chris Gloninger, meteorologist and host of SkytopTV’s Extreme Weather, steps into a charged conversation with Admiral Michael Franken, the Pentagon’s point man on climate‑driven threats, and Secretary Tom Vilsack, former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and now CEO of the World Food Prize Foundation. Together, they trace the fault line where national security collides with a planet in upheaval. Across the armed forces, hurricanes have torn at aircraft carriers, knocked out power grids, crippled command centers, and scrambled satellite systems—warnings written in wind and saltwater. It’s enough to make anyone take cover and reach for a familiar refrain. “Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you got till it’s gone,” Joni Mitchell once sang—a lyric that now hangs over the debate about whether today’s extremes are anomalies or simply the new normal. It’s a haunting loop, and too many remain caught in the reprise.