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Nature Provides – But How Much Should We Take?

August 28, 2019 Culture, Environment

Edward Posnett joins us to talk about journeys to harvest eiderdown, vicuña fiber and other coveted rare objects – and to talk about if humans even have a right to these treasures.

In These Cities, Climate Change Is Now

August 22, 2019 Current Events, Environment, Global Issues

Journalist Steve Mufson joins us to talk about the American cities where they are already showing signs of permanent damage from climate change.

What Katrina Couldn’t Wash Away

August 21, 2019 Environment

Sarah M. Broom joins us to talk about the New Orleans home where she and her 11 siblings grew up and the emotional toll of being displaced from the world she loved.

The Politics of Water

July 25, 2019 Current Events, Economics, Environment, Race/Identity

NAACP Legal Defense Fund attorney Sparky Abraham joins guest host John McCaa to talk about how lack of water access contributes to the nation’s economic divide.

The Deep Blue Sea: Life Under Water

July 19, 2019 Environment, Science and Technology

Today, we’ll dive down and meet some of the animals who call our oceans home.

How The West Was Overrun

July 16, 2019 Culture, Current Events, Environment, History, Politics

Christopher Ketcham joins us to talk about the American West is slipping away in part to commercialization and lax federal protections.

Lost Cities As Seen From Space

July 12, 2019 Environment, Global Issues, Science and Technology

Sarah Parcak joins us to talk about how satellites are being used to scan for buried artifacts and more.

How Meteorologist Predict The Future

July 11, 2019 Culture, Environment, Global Issues

Andrew Blum joins us to talk about how satellites and super computers are vital to putting together a weather forecast.

Why Beef Is What’s For Dinner

July 5, 2019 Culture, Environment, History

Notre Dame visiting professor Joshua Specht joins us to recount the complex history – filled with exploitation and innovation – of the beef we consume.

The Invention of Cities

June 21, 2019 Culture, Environment, History

Monica L. Smith, professor of anthropology at UCLA, joins us to explain how the development of cities – from Mesopotamia to the present – is strongly linked to the prosperity of humankind as a whole.

It All Starts With Algae

June 20, 2019 Economics, Environment, Science and Technology

Ruth Kassinger joins us to talk about how algae might just be the key to creating a more sustainable future.

Tiny Nations, Giant Impact: The Politics of Climate Change

June 17, 2019 Current Events, Environment, Politics

Time’s Justin Worland joins us to talk about how Fiji and other tiny countries are leading the charge to address climate change.