We’re Back! Intro to A New Season on the Climate Crisis
This past summer, the UN Secretary General, in connection with the UN report on climate change, spoke of a “code red for humanity,” a warning that was...
In the Weeds
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In the weeds explores how culture shapes our relationship to the natural world through interviews with a wide range of guests, from scientists to artists to cultural critics and theologians.
Mountains and Desire with Margret Grebowicz
In 1923, when British mountaineer George Mallory was asked why he wanted to summit Mount Everest, he famously answered “Because it’s there.” These day...
The Rich Ecology of Oak Trees with Doug Tallamy
Entomologist Doug Tallamy and I discuss his new book, The Nature of Oaks, in which he pulls back the curtain on the fascinating world of living creatu...
The Forests of Toni Morrison’s Beloved with Philip Weinstein
In our fourth episode on the forest in fiction, I speak to Philip Weinstein, Professor Emeritus of Swarthmore College and author of numerous books on ...
The Forest of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Randall Martin
In our third episode on the forests of the Western imagination, I discuss A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Randall Martin, Professor of English at the U...
The Tangled Woods of the Psyche: Ellen Handler Spitz on Sondheim and Lapine’s Into the Woods
In the second episode of our series on the forest in fiction, Ellen Handler Spitz - a renowned specialist of psychology and the arts and senior lectur...
The Forests of Dante’s Inferno
If you hear a story that begins “in a dark wood,” you’re instantly transported to a place of fear, of danger and disorientation. Where does this come ...
The Forests of Our Imagination - Intro to a new series
Whenever we enter a fictional forest - whether in a film, a novel or a fairy tale - we know we’re bound for a story of adventure, possibly of danger, ...
Growing Whole Children in the Garden
Two friends - Margaret Ables, co-host of the podcast What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood, and Sonia Fujimori, educator and former coor...
Reading Rocks with Marcia Bjornerud
Geologist Marcia Bjornerud gives us primer in “reading rocks.” We start by discussing where the “stuff” of our solar system comes from - you’ll be ama...