New Yorker staff writer Susan Orlean joins us to discuss her book of essays about the human-animal connection – stories that span the world from New Jersey to Morocco – and the lessons we can learn from the way we interact with these creatures.
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Beronda L. Montgomery joins us to discuss what plants “know,” how they overcome obstacles, and what we humans can learn from them.
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Two pioneering female scientists speak with us: one who describes life in the tops of trees as an eighth continent, and an oceanographer who studies bioluminescent marine animals that light up the ocean floor.
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