Without algae, we wouldn’t have everyday items like paint, shampoo – even beer! Ruth Kassinger joins guest host Courtney Collins to talk about how this miracle organism might just be the key to creating a more sustainable future. Her new book is called “Slime: How Algae Created Us, Plagued Us, and Just Might Save Us” (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt).
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