Beyond Cattle: How Giraffes And Giant Antelopes Came To Texas

July 7, 2020 Environment

Asher Elbein joins us to talk about what happens when a nilgai meets the cow – and how these nonnative animals are affecting the landscape.

The Inner Lives Of Butterflies

July 2, 2020 Environment, Science and Technology

Journalist Wendy Williams joins us to talk about the colorful, weird and beautiful ways butterflies survive — and how they help humans live.

Building Cities That Climate Change Won’t Wash Away

June 30, 2020 Environment, Science and Technology

Shayla Love, a senior staff writer at Vice covering science, medicine, health, drugs, and climate, talks to us about the hidden things that make a city run smoothly and why it’s not ready to face the reality of climate change.

The Wisdom Of Trees

May 19, 2020 Environment, Science and Technology

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.

Rethinking Our Relationship With The Natural World

May 1, 2020 Environment, Global Issues

This hour, we’ll talk about how people’s relationship to the natural world has evolved over time.

The Adolescence of Animals

April 23, 2020 Culture, Environment, Science and Technology

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.

Aquariums Care For Animals- And The Planet

April 20, 2020 Environment, Science and Technology

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.

The Role Of Animals In Human Pandemics

April 2, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Environment, Global Issues, Health, Science and Technology

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.

Life Is Better with Bugs

March 10, 2020 Environment, Science and Technology

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.

The Pioneers Who Pushed America West

January 2, 2020 Environment, History

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.

Is Climate Change Causing Your Depression?

December 16, 2019 Culture, Current Events, Environment

Journalist Ash Sanders joins us to talk about how the rise of eco-anxiety is creating a public mental health crisis.

We Can See The Future – So Why Do We Fail To Plan?

December 11, 2019 Current Events, Education, Environment, Global Issues, Science and Technology

Bina Venkataraman joins us to talk about why we’re so bad at developing foresight – and what we can do about it.