Podcast Episodes

Earth in Human Hands – extended interview

This is the full interview with Dr. David Grinspoon, author of the book “Earth in Human Hands: Shaping Our Planet’s Future”.  Excerpts of this int…

9 years, 4 months ago

Forensic Plant Science: CSI for Real!

Beth interviews Drs Jane Bock (starts at 16:35) and David Norris (starts at 7:10), co-authors of Forensic Plant Science, the application of plant sci…

9 years, 4 months ago

2016 Retrospective

For this end-of-the-year How on Earth show, we look back to 2016 with clips from some of our features from the past year: selections from the Our Mic…

9 years, 4 months ago

Where is climate science research heading?

This week on How on Earth Beth interviews two NOAA scientists who study climate change. Joanie Kleypas is a marine ecologist who investigates how ris…

9 years, 4 months ago

Biodiversity Matters // Scientists Implore Trump

Gillian Bowser, research scientist, CSU

This week’s show offers two features:
Global Biodiversity (start time: 1:22): Scientists, NGOs and government…

9 years, 4 months ago

Colonizing Mars?

The Red PlanetThis week, Alejandro speaks with Leonard David, a space journalist who has written a new book Mars – Our Future on the Red Planet. In h…

9 years, 5 months ago

Beyond Earth: Our Path to a New Home in the Planets

Titan, a moon of Saturn, rises above the rings of Saturn. Image courtesy of NASA/JPL

Beyond Earth (start time 5:10) Many have dreamt of colonizing ot…

9 years, 5 months ago

Regenerative Economics//Logicomix

Regenerative Economics (starts 3:20) Natural Capitalism Solutions leader, Hunter Lovins, will share an economic argument for why now’s the time for c…

9 years, 5 months ago

Max Boykoff – Global Climate Talks – Moving Ahead

Max Boykoff

Max Boykoff – Global Climate Talks – Moving Ahead With or Without US –  (entire show) While the world has held climate talks for 22 years…

9 years, 5 months ago

Suggestible You: How Our Brain Tricks Us

The Science of Suggestibility (start time: 5:00) Scientists are learning more and more about how our expectations and beliefs influence how our bodie…

9 years, 6 months ago