Podcast Episodes

Your Baby’s Microbiome

Your Baby’s Microbiome (start time 6:13): This week on How on Earth Beth Bennett interviews Toni Harmon, author of Your Baby’s Microbiome, a look int…

9 years, 1 month ago

Nature Fix 2 // Case Against Sugar

The Nature Fix.  (starts 1:50)  In this spring pledge drive show, we revisit the science show interview about the benefits of getting out in nature.

9 years, 1 month ago

Eclipse 2017

Eclipse 2017 (start time 5:56): This summer America will experience its first total solar eclipse in almost 30 years. How on Earth’s Alejandro Soto s…

9 years, 2 months ago

Of Wasps and Figs

Today’s feature has How on Earth’s Beth Bennett talking with Dr. Mike Shanahan, a biologist who has a degree in rainforest ecology.  He has lived in …

9 years, 2 months ago

The Nature Fix

Your Brain on Nature (start time: 5:49): You may think it’s a no-brainer: that nature is good for your mental and physical health. After all, a walk …

9 years, 3 months ago

Citizen Science

Citizen Science (start time: 5:32): For those who would love to track birds and other creatures or to test drinking water quality in their community,…

9 years, 3 months ago

Clinical Trials Test MDMA as PTSD Treatment

Artwork credit: MDMA trial participant Allison Heistand-Phelps

This week on How on Earth host Susan Moran interviews two investigators of FDA-approve…

9 years, 3 months ago

Secret Life of Fat

When Sylvia Tara had more trouble fitting into her skinny jeans than her friends, she decided to learn why she was prone to being fat.  Her new book …

9 years, 3 months ago

American Gut Project

The American Gut project is the largest crowd-sourced project ever: to date, over 80.000 participants have contributed fecal, skin, or oral samples. …

9 years, 3 months ago

Earth in Human Hands – Shaping our Planet’s Future

Dr. David Grinspoon
(photo by Lawrence Cheng)

Sometimes when we are having personal or health problems, it helps to get an outside perspective: talk t…

9 years, 4 months ago