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.
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This hour, we’ll talk about how people’s relationship to the natural world has evolved over time.
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Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, visiting professor in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard and president of the International Society for Evolution, Medicine and Public Health, joins us to talk about how all animals — humans included — transition into adulthood.
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Julie Packard, executive director of the Monterey Bay Aquarium, joins us to talk about how aquariums foster ocean life and contribute to a healthy environment.
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Science writer David Quammen joins us to talk about why an animal-to-human zoonotic transmission happens and what the risk is, now and in the future.
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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.
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H.W. Brands, Jack S. Blanton, Sr. chair in history at the University of Texas at Austin, join us to talk about the perseverance of the pioneers who set out for the American West.
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Journalist Ash Sanders joins us to talk about how the rise of eco-anxiety is creating a public mental health crisis.
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Bina Venkataraman joins us to talk about why we’re so bad at developing foresight – and what we can do about it.
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Tanisha M. Fazal, associate professor of political science at the University of Minnesota, joins us to talk about how a belief that modern war is tapering off is a dangerous falsehood.
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Adam Minter joins us to talk about people who find treasure in our trash — and why, with all our stuff, we continue to buy new things.
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Ecologist Alejandro Frid joins us to talk about integrating Western science with ancient traditions.
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