Episode Details

Host Joe DeMare talks about the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and the HBO Miniseries by the same name, and what both say about humans and our attitudes towards technology, the truth, and each other. Next he interviews Scott Weidensaul, author of the new book, "The Return of the Oystercatcher." Rebecca Wood takes a deeper dive into Ohio's Cedar Bog Nature Preserve. Ecological News includes: Trump eliminating scientists from the National Science Foundation; Indigenous Youth locking themselves to mining equipment defending the Black Hills; and Larry Householder's failed attempt to make bribery legal.