Explorer Tristan Gooley joins us to talk about the subtle — and not so subtle — signs nature gives us to interpret the wind, rain, snow and sun.
Read moreArtificial Solutions To Preserve The Natural World
New Yorker staff writer Elizabeth Kolbert joins us to talk about how scientists are looking to address climate change by studying the ways plants and animals have already adapted to live alongside humans.
Read moreNature Has A Lot To Teach Us If We Would Only Listen
Poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil joins us to talk about finding solace and inspiration from the beautiful and odd creatures that stand out – or blend in – to their surroundings and what we can learn from them.
Read moreThe Wisdom Of Trees
Valerie Trouet, associate professor in the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona, joins us to talk about what we can learn by looking inside tree trunks – everything from the science of climate change to momentous occasions in human history.
Read moreGrow A Garden, Tend Your Mind
Psychiatrist Sue Stuart-Smith joins us to talk about the therapeutic qualities of horticulture.
Read moreLife Is Better with Bugs
John Hainze, an entomologist and ethicist with Seattle University Center for Environmental Justice and Sustainability, joins us to talk about his evolution from pesticide designer to insect advocate.
Read moreThey Made One Of The Greatest Archaeological Discoveries Of All Time
Paleoanthropologist professor Lee Berger and Director of the Center for the Exploration of the Human Journey Becca Peixotto join us to discuss the new Perot Museum of Nature and Science exhibition.
Read moreA Bug’s Life
David MacNeal joins us talk about the world’s bug-lovers – the people who study them and learn how we can benefit from their presence.
Read moreThe Future of Yellowstone
This hour, we’ll talk about America’s first national park with David Quammen, whose reporting on Yellowstone appears in the May issue of National Geographic magazine.
Read moreDocumenting Nature’s Wonders
This hour, we’ll talk with photographer Charlie Hamilton James about documenting nature in the Peruvian rainforest, Yellowstone National Park, Tanzania’s Serengeti and elsewhere.
Read moreOutdoor Therapy
This hour, we’ll talk about the value of interacting with our natural surroundings with “National Geographic” writer Florence Williams.
Read moreConstructing Our Continent
This hour, we’ll talk about how North America came to bet and how life evolved here with paleontologist Kirk Johnson.
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