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Episode List:
The “quiet emergency” created by industrial agriculture
Why we shouldn’t give up on how cities make us feel
The legendary actor on why poetry matters
What rocks reveal about the stories we’ve lost and the stories we tell
The story of a Senegalese fishing community on the brink
The discomforting parallels between our current moment and the end of Rome
Hunting down America’s favorite fringe stories, cryptids, and alien encounters
One man’s quest to uncover the mysteries of Europe’s most enduring folk songs
A conversation about Covid-19 and racism with Philip Alcabes and Harriet Washington
How the Plant Messiah saves species from the brink of extinction
