Tropical ecology in the Anthropocene
Tropical evolutionary biologist Rodolfo Dirzo discusses the importance of biological diversity, his connection to the Anthropocene, and his work in Central and South America in one of our most spirited...
View ArticleOur evolving understanding of tropical biodiversity
Human ecologist Bill Durham discusses his career trajectory including his work in the Galapagos Islands, issues surrounding the new field of eco-tourism, and how a mishap with a lawn mower started his...
View ArticleThe rock hard truth of mass extinctions
Paleobiologist and geologist Jon Payne discusses Earth’s previous mass extinctions including his work on the largest extinction in Earth’s history, how geologists define boundaries, our current...
View ArticleWe can’t save everything: The road to triage
Biologist Terry Root talks about her approach to bio-diversity loss, earth science communication, and the far-reaching impacts of humankind in our most heartfelt interview to date. Download Episode...
View ArticleA view from the treetops
“Canopy” Meg Lowman talks about her trail-blazing journeys with a homemade harness into the treetops, the strange and unknown world of the rainforest canopy, and some of her recent work restoring...
View ArticleRevisit a classic: Save the whales 2.0
Conservation biologist Leah Gerber discusses her work with marine ecosystem conservation, the remarkable backlash to a proposal she and her colleagues made, and the difficulties working between two...
View ArticleConservation in the Anthropocene
History is accelerating. As we move farther into the Anthropocene, we must ask ourselves what we want for the planet today and what will we preserve for the next generation. But how do we know where...
View ArticleConserving culture through biodiversity
Conservation biologist Luis Zambrano discusses his work in wetland and ecosystem restoration in Mexico City and a rare salamander threatened by development (the Axolotl). Seriously, if you like...
View ArticleEmerging infectious disease in the Anthropocene
Biological anthropologist James Holland Jones explains how diseases typically spread from animal to human populations and how that might change as our planet continues to warm. He also discusses how...
View ArticleCritical Mass: A documentary on global population
Filmmaker Mike Freedman explains the creative process behind his debut documentary, Critical Mass. His film explores how the growing population alters the social and psychological environment, and the...
View ArticleThe Apocalypse (or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Anthropocene)
One month after the Mayan apocalypse of 2012, the Generation Anthropocene team of Leslie Chang, Mike Osborne, and Miles Traer chat about the relations between the Anthropocene and apocalyptic...
View ArticleMasters of the Anthropocene Boundary
It’s our 50th episode! To celebrate we sit down with four members of the Anthropocene Working Group: the scientists and experts who are deciding whether or not we formally adopt the Anthropocene into...
View ArticleExtremophiles of the Anthropocene
If we’re looking for how life will respond to rapid environmental changes, we should probably look to bacteria adapted to live in extreme environments – what scientists call extremophiles....
View ArticleThe dawn of de-extinction
Hank Greely and Jake Sherkow discuss the science, morals, and ethics of de-extinction: bringing extinct species back to life. As lawyers with an interest in biotechnologies, Hank and Jake explain how...
View Article[VIDEO] Everything we’ve learned in 15 minutes or less
Audio is nice. No cameras, no spotlight. And here’s what we hope we didn’t do… (but kind of secretly wanted to)
View ArticleScience…Sort Of & GenAnthro: Where the wild things aren’t
On today’s episode, our friend and co-creator of the wildly popular Science…Sort Of podcast, Ryan Haupt, joins us to talk about Pleistocene re-wilding. If you don’t know what that is, don’t worry!...
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