Ear­ly Spring wild­fires cov­er parts of North Amer­i­ca with smoke. Record tem­per­a­tures roast the Pacif­ic North­west, again. India and Thai­land went into their ninth straight week of unbear­able heat, into the mid-40s Cel­sius, well over 100 degrees Fahren­heit. That’s how it was last week dur­ing this decade of cli­mate shift. This week you will hear 3 of my best inter­views on wild­fires. But first I want to explain why I almost gave up.