Episode Details

Two stories that encapsulate our climate predicament and human nature. One is an uplifting tale of survival through cooperation, and the other a dark story of blind loyalty that led to tragic results. See if you can tell which is which.

Plus News of the Future

• Elephants close to extinction in the wild: It's been a long time coming - what did we expect?
• Reef safe sunblock: The very stuff you use to protect your skin, is killing the very thing you came to see. 
• New Civilian Climate Corps: Modeled after the Great Depression's Civilian Conservation Corps. 
• Plastic Camels: Plastic it turns out is turning out to be as destructive as climate change and habitat destruction. 
• First US City to Ban New Gas Stations  

LINKS TO STORIES FROM THE PODCAST
China's Great Leap Forward: into mass starvation

• Paved With Good Intentions: Mao Tse-Tung’s “Four Pests” Disaster
• The Four Pests Campaign: Objectives, Execution, Failure, And Consequences

The real Lord of the Flies

• The real story of The Lord of the Flies
• The Real 'Lord of the Flies' Turned Out Very Differently For The Young Boys Trapped on an Island

NEWS OF THE FUTURE
Elephants are in rapid decline - it doesn't have to be that way

• Extinction: Elephants driven to the brink by poaching
• Why World Elephant Day? Because the world’s elephants are in trouble and need your help.
• 10 WAYS YOU CAN SAVE THE ELEPHANTS
• SAVE the ELEPHANTS

States are banning sunblocks - why would that be...?

• These 7 Locations Have Sunscreen Bans — Here’s What You Need To Know
• Which Sunscreens Are Best for the Environment?
• Underwater Mexican sculpture garden
• There Is an Underwater Museum in Mexico and It's Absolutely Amazing

Plastic fills our lives -  and animals stomachs

• Plastic waste forms huge, deadly masses in camel guts
• Companies Are Failing to Address Plastic Pollution Crisis
• Why We Can’t Quit Plastic