then, ty and brock benefiel on their podcast, the climate pod. c-span's washington journal starts now. ♪ host: good morning and welcome to washington journal. the cost of housing in the united states is skyrocketing. with houses and rental prices going up all around the country. the covid-19 pandemic, along with supply chains disruptions is making it worse. with the cost of land, labor and lumber, -- and the trend of moving out of metro areas and consolidating households because of covid-19 is ending, leading to a shortage of affordable apartments and houses. our question to you this morning , is housing affordable in your community? we will open up special lines this morning. renters, we want to know what you are seeing out there. you can call (202) 748-8000. new homeowners, if you recently bought a house or condo, we want to know what your experience is like. your number is (202) 748-8001. if you are looking to buy a house or condo, we want to know what you are seeing in your community. your number is (202) 748-8002. if you don't fit in any of

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up next, our weekly spotlight on podcast segment featuring brothers ty and brock benefiel and their podcast “the climate pod.” but first, governors on both sides of the aisle talked about energy and climate issues in their recent state of the state address here is a portion from those addresses. [video clip] >> iowa is a national and international leader. what we do reverberates beyond our borders and that is certainly true when it comes to agriculture and energy, and especially with renewable energy. iowa is a leader and we lead the nation in the production of both even all and biodiesel and crops that make them. everyone knows that noble fuel is important to iowa. d.c. is losing sight of its important to the country. time and again in administrations of both parties, the federal government has walked away from its commitment to renewable fuels and we have to bring them back. well, we need to do it again. the biden administration focused all of its efforts on electric vehicles, actively working to eliminate gas powered cars. that is a mistake, especially as china works to lock the precious

and we are featuring brothers brothers ty and brock benefiel and their podcast is called “the climateod.” welcome. >> thank you for having us. >> happy to be here. host: what is the podcast about? caller: we started in the summer of 2019. it is a wide-ranging conversation on politics, economics, activism, culture, science and social justice issues. we try to have in-depth conversations with experts that touch on every aspect of society because we know the climate crisis is touching on every aspect of society. we try to make sure that podcast is in-depth, informative and engaging pig we know the climate crisis is heavy stuff. again, it touches every aspect of society so we try to make it approachable so anyone who cares and wants to learn more can dive into the podcast and have a great conversation. host: when did you start it? caller: months after the 2018 intergovernmental panel on the 1.5 degree warming report. we had to do something so we started the show. host: tell me about some of the guests you have had and how do you pick them? caller: we really have a wide range of guests. ju

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