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.
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What Is Appalachia Without Coal Mining?
Jeff Young is managing editor of Ohio Valley ReSource, a regional journalism collaborative reporting on economic and social change in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia. He joins us to discuss his investigations into the struggles of the people and businesses there, and why they don’t bode well for the future of the nation.
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What If Sugar Had All The Sweetness Without The Calories?
Journalist Nicola Twilley joins us to talk about the food science that focused not on sugar replacements but instead on actually making sugar better.
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The Modern Day Hunt For Buried Treasure
Benjamin Wallace joins us to talk about the people who endlessly try to decode puzzles to solve where someone has buried the loot — sometimes upending their lives to find it.
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She Escaped To Nature — But Racism Followed
Latria Graham joins us to talk about how our public parklands are still full of reminders of American racism – and about what she has to say to those who feel unsafe when they explore the backcountry.
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It All Starts With Algae
Ruth Kassinger joins us to talk about how algae might just be the key to creating a more sustainable future.
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When Kids Sued The Government Over Climate Change
Environmental journalist Lee Van Der Voo joins us to talk about the 21 young people who sued the federal government in a landmark case that sought to hold elected officials responsible for protecting the planet.
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His Dad Was Kidnapped – And That Was Just The Beginning
Filmmaker Miles Hargrove joins us to tell his own story — the story he captured on a Video8 camcorder — of his family’s dramatic and harrowing struggle to get their patriarch home.
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In The Age Of Hurricanes And Wild Fires, Americans Will Have To Move
Abrahm Lustgarten, senior environmental reporter with ProPublica, joins us to talk about projections of global migration patterns modeled just 50 years from now and how they will upend our planet.
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The 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.
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Junk: The Billion Dollar Industry
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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Human Migration Is Nothing New – And Nothing To Fear, Either
Science journalist Sonia Shah joins us to talk about why global movement is actually a hopeful signal, bringing with it diversity and help for ecosystems.
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