Professor Seirian Sumner discusses the wild world of wasps, which she says have an undeserved reputation as nature’s bad guys.
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Saving America’s wildlife will take more than national parks
Journalist Emma Marris talks about how preserving nature requires businesses and conservationists to better understand one another’s needs.
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We know more about the moon than the ocean floor, but that’s changing
Scientific American senior editor Mark Fischetti discusses the science emerging from below the surface, from bioluminescence to the potentially life-saving drugs being discovered from the chemical defenses of sea creatures.
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Rising seas, floods or droughts: Living with water as nature intended
Think broadcasts today from the studios of WWNO in New Orleans. Erica Gies discusses the Slow Water movement, an idea that pushes back on methods that speed water away so that floods and droughts find natural systems that work with today’s infrastructure needs.
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How to become a big-picture thinker
Ari Wallach is a futurist and he joins us to discuss his methods for teaching people to think far into the future in order to connect to what really matters.
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Why you should care about this missing salamander
Vox environmental reporter Benji Jones joins guest host Courtney Collins to discuss why it’s so hard to protect animals when the scientific community isn’t sure if they still exist.
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Has the Texas power grid been fixed?
KUT reporter Mose Buchele talks about the policies rolled out to ensure the grid would hold for the future, the failures that persist, and the people’s lives still affected by the powerful winter storm.
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Your AC won’t keep up with climate change
Eric Dean Wilson discusses how America uses more energy for cooling than any other nation on the planet and how that’s fueling the climate crisis.
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Beyond the hive mind, bees are smarter than you might think
Professor Lars Chittka discusses the sentience of bees – from their ability to learn to having an emotional life – and the moral obligation we have to help them survive.
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Can capitalism save us from climate change?
Bob Keefe discusses why the business world is concerned about the economic impact of climate change, and why capitalism might be the key to breaking gridlock on climate action.
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Dying insects and migrating trees: our planet in peril
Of all the species on Earth, humans have easily had the biggest impact. We’ll look at how our actions have affected everything from the bug population to the plants and trees many animals call home.
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How animals perceive reality
Ed Yong, Pulitzer Prize–winning science writer on staff at The Atlantic, discusses what seems like animal magic powers – from magnetic fields and sonar to complex vision and heightened smell.
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