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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What a rare-bird sighting says about the planet
Kevin Nguyen is features editor for The Verge, and he joins us to tell the story of a man who spotted the first redwing in Maine and the domino effects that unleashed for avid birders.
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Did humans evolve to need meat?
Roanne van Voorst is a futures-anthropologist, and she joins us to discuss her vision for a world not reliant on meat for food or clothing.
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Why we’re all a little afraid of the dark
Harper’s Magazine contributor Suzannah Showler discusses the night sky, how light is polluting it and the effect that has on all animals, and the profound connection humans have to darkness.
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The next disaster is coming. Are you ready?
Juliette Kayyem, a lecturer at Harvard and faculty director of the Homeland Security Project and the Security and Global Health Project, discusses her approach to crisis management.
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Beyond batteries: What we need to store renewable energy
New Yorker contributing writer Matthew Hutson explains why there needs to be 100-times more storage for renewables by 2040, and why that goal is currently out of reach.
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