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The 2023 Incite season finale is sure to be one of our most riveting, incandescent events yet. John Vaillant, author of the nationally bestselling non-fiction titles The Golden Spruce and The Tiger, joins us with his latest work—a stunning account of a colossal wildfire, and a panoramic exploration of the rapidly changing relationship between fire and humankind. He speaks with award-winning journalist Laura Lynch, host of CBC’s What On Earth.

Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast takes us on a riveting journey through the intertwined histories of North America’s oil industry and the birth of climate science. In May 2016, Fort McMurray, the hub of Canada’s petroleum industry and America’s biggest foreign supplier, was overrun by wildfire. The multi-billion-dollar disaster drove 88,000 people from their homes in a single afternoon. Through the lens of this apocalyptic conflagration—the wildfire equivalent of Hurricane Katrina—Vaillant warns that this was not a unique event but a shocking preview of what we must prepare for in a hotter, more flammable world.