Dr. Vijay Limaye is a climate and health scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC, nbd). Vijay, who has a joint PhD in Environment & Resources AND Epidemiology, talks to Rachel and Steph about how the climate crisis (or should we be calling it the climate problem?!) IS actually a public health crisis. He chats about everything from his first job bagging groceries to his love of languages to the importance of science communication. Vijay also talks about his his journey in deciding to get a PhD while also knowing the end-game wasn’t academia, and why you should maybe check-out your college career fair. Two words: free pizza. You can follow his very informative and entertaining twitter feed here! Episode Notes “Climate change” in Hindi: जलवायु परिवर्तन (jalavaayu parivartan) and Spanish: cambio climático.