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Parasites could unlock evolutionary history

January 5, 2023 Environment, History, Science and Technology

Scott L. Gardner, professor of biological sciences, joins us to discuss parasitology around the world and how these tiny creatures offer insight to the evolutionary history of regions.

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How do we get all that cardboard we use?

December 13, 2022 Environment

Matthew Shaer from The New York Times Magazine discusses where cardboard comes from, how supply can barely keep up with demand, and why the industry is recession-proof.

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How the planet’s physical features shape global affairs

November 29, 2022 Environment, History

Associate professor Daniel Immerwahr talks about why map reading is key to understanding hot spots around the globe and how topography is related to history.

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When was the last time you touched nature?

November 23, 2022 Environment

Nikita Arora talks about how long walks touching the moss growing at her feet reconnected her with her sense of being, and how touch can be used as a way of connection – and sometimes oppression.

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The underground world of carnivorous plant smuggling

November 10, 2022 Environment, Science and Technology

Wired contributor Brian Howey talks about the bug-eating nepenthes family of plants, the growers who can build their whole worlds around collecting these specimens, and how they sometimes run afoul of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Why we should love the insects we hate

November 4, 2022 Environment, Science and Technology

Host Krys Boyd talks with behavioral ecologists about wasps and bees, and a professor of animal sentience about flies to explore all the wonderful ways their tiny minds work.

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Wasps are ‘pests’ worth protecting

September 16, 2022 Environment, Science and Technology

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

September 15, 2022 Environment

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

September 14, 2022 Environment, Science and Technology

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

September 1, 2022 Current Events, Environment, Global Issues, Science and Technology

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

August 29, 2022 Current Events, Environment, Global Issues

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

August 22, 2022 Environment, Science and Technology

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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