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Plastic Planet: Stopping Big Oil, Big Plastic, and Big Misdirection
Episode 233
After World War II, the U.S. government worked with industry to create a single-use, disposable consumer culture as a way to ensure ongoing market pr…
2 months, 1 week ago
Erosion and Evolution: Our Undoing is Our Becoming | Terry Tempest Williams
Erosion and evolution. Shadow and light. Death and rebirth. These are some of the strands that the acclaimed author, naturalist and activist Terry Te…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Nature of Language and the Language of Nature
Over 7,000 languages are spoken around the world. Each one reflects a rich ecosystem of ideas - seeds that grow into a multitude of worldviews. Today…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
How, Then, Might We Live? with Krista Tippett & Azita Ardakani
After accomplished stints as a journalist, author and diplomat, and studying theology at Yale Divinity School, Krista Tippett was struck by a signifi…
3 months ago
Saving Nature Means Saving Ourselves | Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant
Episode 277
Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant shares her personal odyssey as a wildlife ecologist, conservation biologist and co-host of the famed TV nature show “Wild Kingdom.…
3 months, 1 week ago
Busting the Myth of Primate Patriarchy: The Nature of Sex and Gender in Our Ape Relatives
Episode 251
The late world-renowned primatologist Professor Frans de Waal (1948-2024) explores the nature of sex and gender among our cousins the apes, and how g…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Laboring for Justice: See No Stranger
Episode 235
In a world that’s unraveling from climate disruption and gaping inequality, another climate crisis confronts us: the climate of hate and othering. Aw…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The Apology: Love Means Having to Say You’re Sorry
They say love means never having to say you’re sorry. But what if that popular aphorism from the 1960’s is wrong and that love precisely means having…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
When Truth Is Dangerous: The Power of Independent Media | Amy Goodman & Monika Bauerlein
Today, there’s a renaissance of independent journalism dedicated to holding power accountable. Political pressures are mounting to break up media mon…
4 months ago
Toward a More Perfect Union
Episode 254
In this time of radical upheaval and change, fulfilling the promise of a “more perfect union” in the United States means building a multi-racial demo…
4 months, 1 week ago