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Episode List:
Once upon a time, a woman adopted a 676-pound bale of wool and got an inside look at a disappearing industry
For Halloween, a special guest interview with Ruth Franklin
Mike Isaac on how Uber went so wrong
How a radical conservation effort is transforming a former farm into a verdant, biodiverse landscape—and challenging our ideas about what conservation looks like
Bringing self-help back to its ancient Greek roots
How country music has been used on the campaign trail—and in political office
A writer explores how displaced people, and adopted countries, should respond to the highest levels of displacement on record
And the immigrant composer who predicted a different future
How our hunger for more clothes is killing the environment and exploiting workers
What will our dinner tables look like 30 years into the climate crisis?
