Animals Sometimes Don’t Follow The Rules

Photo of a group of African safari animals composited together in a scene of the grasslands of Kenya.

Animals Sometimes Don’t Follow The Rules

January 19, 2022 Environment, Science and Technology

Mary Roach joins us talk about when humans and wildlife are in conflict – from errant elephants to rule-breaking moose and life-threatening trees.

The miracle of electricity

January 13, 2022 Environment, Health

Timothy J. Jorgensen talks about advances in our understanding of the connection between electricity and the nervous system – and how these discoveries are changing how we live.

Is the Texas power grid ready for the winter?

January 5, 2022 Environment, Politics, Science and Technology

KUT reporter Mose Buchele walks us through any regulatory or policy changes that have happened since the massive storm.

The race to save coffee from extinction

December 7, 2021 Current Events, Environment, Global Issues, Science and Technology

Sarah Sax of High Country News joins us to discuss how climate change and questionable farming practices are harming crops and ways researchers are trying to breed more sustainable beans.

Searching the Amazon for the next miracle drug

December 6, 2021 Environment, Health, Science and Technology

Dr. Cassandra Quave joins us to discuss her work searching the globe for plant-based medicines.

Want to help the planet? Stop buying so much

November 29, 2021 Economics, Environment, Global Issues, Think

J. B. MacKinnon joins us to talk about the push-pull between the supposed economic harm of less shopping with the environmental impacts of buying too much.

Why People Obsess Over Pakistani Mangoes

November 25, 2021 Culture, Environment

Food writer Ahmed Ali Akbar joins us to discuss the backchannels of importing fruit, the lengths people will go to, and the customs bureaucracy that keeps foods from reaching American shores.

When disaster strikes, his phone always rings

November 22, 2021 Current Events, Environment, Global Issues, Think

Robert A. Jensen of Kenyon International Emergency Services joins us to discuss the delicate art of balancing practical management of large-scale disasters while honoring the humanity of families affected.

How we trample on tribal sovereignty

November 10, 2021 Current Events, Environment, Race/Identity

Nick Martin joins us to talk about the process of consultation, which was designed as a negotiation tool but is more often used to notify Indigenous communities about pipelines, mines and other major projects adjacent to sacred lands – after it’s too late for them to meaningfully voice their concerns.

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