Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Hole That Changed the World
40 years ago a hole was discovered in the ozone layer. It provoked an international effort to ban the chemicals that were destroying our protection …
1 year, 2 months ago
Cry Wolf
The wolf has mounted an extraordinary comeback. Once hunted to extinction across Western Europe, the wolf has taken advantage of the collapse of the…
1 year, 2 months ago
Arctic Goldrush
For the Arctic, 2024 was the second-warmest year on record, with temperatures rising much faster than the global rate. The region's resources- oil, g…
1 year, 3 months ago
Reasons To Be Cheerful
Could 2025 be a year of progress on climate change and the nature crisis? Tom Heap and Helen Czerski search for some tentative green shoots with for…
1 year, 5 months ago
Christmas Trees
An ancient Babylonian text, Hammurabi’s Code of Laws, forbids the cutting down of street trees without permission. Nearly 4000 years later, threats …
1 year, 5 months ago
Good Clean Fun
With fans travelling halfway across the country, stars expecting first class flights and venues serving up beefburgers and drinks in plastic cups the…
1 year, 5 months ago
Amazon Future
It's been a hard year for the Amazon rainforest. The toughest drought on record has helped spread fires that have been the worst in two decades. Th…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Final Frontier
Some of the wealthiest tech entrepreneurs share a vision of life beyond the horizon. They see a future for humankind that abandons our tired, dirty …
1 year, 6 months ago
Who's in charge: us or plastic?
Our love affair with plastic has grown beyond all expectations since we were first introduced to the substance in the mid 20th century, and the rate …
1 year, 6 months ago
Beak and Talon
Nothing beats the sight of a top predator as it hunts. In the British Isles that means looking up. Our birds of prey are bouncing back after decade…
1 year, 6 months ago