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A decades-old US Forest Service rule that's been used to supposedly reduce wildfire risk through large-scale logging while bypassing environmental review has been deemed unlawful by a federal court in Oregon. Clearcutting can instead increase wildfire risk, and our guest says USFS needs to rethink its entire approach to managing forests and wildfire risk.   Also, the Artemis II mission is getting ready to use the most powerful rocket ever built by NASA to return to the moon for the first time since the original Apollo missions more than 50 years ago. How declining public support shut down the Apollo program, and why NASA again faces headwinds in maintaining the public's interest in space exploration.   And women have historically been underrepresented in science and engineering, but that didn't stop Marie Curie, Jane Goodall, and Rachel Carson, and there are many more women in these fields who are not as famous. Artist and author Rachel Ignotofsky shares the contributions of some of the remarkable female scientists she profiles in her book, Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World.   ---   Join LOE and Inside Climate News for the next Living on Earth Book Club event on Thursday, March 26th! We'll talk with data scientist Hannah Ritchie about her new book Clearing the Air: A Hopeful Guide to Solving Climate Change in 50 Questions and Answers. Learn more and sign up for this free, live online event at loe.org/events. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anne Ghesquière reçoit Laurence Devillairs, normalienne, agrégée et docteur en philosophie. Pourquoi les femmes ont-elles été oubliées dans l'histoire de la philosophie ? Comment des figures comme Gabrielle Suchon, Elisabeth de Bohême ou Simone de Beauvoir ont-elles pourtant contribué à l'évolution de la pensée sans recevoir la reconnaissance qu'elles méritent ? Qu'est-ce que la philosophie féminine, et comment en parler sans réduire ces penseuses à leur féminité ? Quel impact le mouvement #MeToo a-t-il eu sur la manière dont nous repensons l'histoire de la philosophie et de la justice ? Hypatie, Ban Zhao, Rosa Luxemburg, Olympe de Gouges, Jeanne Hersh, Simone de Beauvoir, Mary Wollstonecraft, Isabelle Stengers, Rachel Carson... Laurence Devillairs nous propose de redécouvrir ces femmes oubliées de l'histoire des idées, et de repenser la place des femmes dans la philosophie. Elle a co-dirigé, avec Laurence Hansen-Løve, Ce que la philosophie doit aux femmes aux éditions Robert Laffont. [SÉLECTION WEEK-END – METAMORPHOSE] L'épisode #527 a été diffusé, la première fois, le 30 sept. 2024.Quelques citations du podcast avec Laurence Devillairs :"Il n'y a pas une pensée féminine, il y a de la pensée.""Comment parler de ces philosophes sans les réduire à leur féminité, mais sans non plus occulter leur féminité.""Je crois que MeToo a permis, permet et permettra de repenser la justice et donc l'injustice."Recevez chaque semaine l'inspirante newsletter Métamorphose par Anne GhesquièreDécouvrez Objectif Métamorphose, notre programme en 12 étapes pour partir à la rencontre de soi-même.Suivez nos RS : Insta, Facebook & TikTokAbonnez-vous sur Apple Podcast / Spotify / Deezer / CastBox / YoutubeSoutenez Métamorphose en rejoignant la Tribu MétamorphoseThèmes abordés lors du podcast avec Laurence Devillairs :00:00Introduction00:51 L'invitée03:33 Les femmes, grandes oubliées de l'Histoire09:03 Être une femme impacte-t-il la façon de penser ?16:44 Histoire de la philo, reflet de l'Histoire ?21:18 Place des femmes dans l'Antiquité25:26 Qu'est-ce qu'être philosophe ?29:09 L'incroyable Gabrielle Suchon au 17e36:54 La méconnue Elisabeth de Bohême48:16 Penser l'amour : l'impact des mystiques du Moyen-Âge58:05 Catherine McKinnon et l'injustice institutionnelle01:01:10 Le corps : un enjeu de la pensée01:11:21 Révolutions et femmes01:15:27 Repenser la justice après MeToo01:19:08 Consentement et inégalité systémique01:23:59 L'écoféminisme et le CAREAvant-propos et précautions à l'écoute du podcast Photo © Astrid di Crollalanza Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Benvenuti su Bookatini 2.0 - il podcast per chi è ghiotto di libri.L'ospite di questa puntata è Valentina, appassionata lettrice e host del podcast Gossip Green Podcast che potete ascoltare qui https://open.spotify.com/show/13MbyPwMPlDO6UCp4CVeUN?si=rj3c8YGBSRqp8FleySuF0A qui https://podcasts.apple.com/it/podcast/gossip-green-podcast/id1809340412 e che trovate sul sito https://gossipgreenpodcast.my.canva.site/ e alla pagina instagram https://www.instagram.com/gossipgreen_podcastInsieme abbiamo chiacchierato di alcune delle nostre più recenti letture ovvero:- "Primavera silenziosa", Rachel Carson, Feltrinelli Editore- "Il cottage degli uccelli", Eva Meijer, Nottetempo Editore- "La saga di Terramare, Ursula K. Le Guin, Mondador- "Le vite di ieri", Marta Mulè e Francesco Salvatore, Galluzzi EditorePotete contattarmi, scrivere commenti, suggerimenti, domande e condividre con me le vostre letture su questo tema contattandomi alla pagina Instagram Bookatini_podcast.Se volete sostenermi e godere di contenuti aggiuntivi, potete unirvi a 4 possibili livelli di Patreon che trovate al link: https://www.patreon.com/bookatiniLa sigla di Bookatini è scritta e suonata da Andrea Cerea

During the late 1950s through the early 1970s, Helen Hoover's stories and essays of life in the wilderness on northern Minnesota's Gunflint Lake, published in popular magazines and several bestselling books (including The Gift of the Deer in 1966 and A Place in the Woods in 1969), found millions of fans and earned her accolades alongside nature writers like Sigurd Olson, Rachel Carson, Sally Carrighar, and Calvin Rutstrum. Hoover's own unlikely history of leaving a corporate career in Chicago for a small cabin without electricity or running water is just one chapter of the remarkable life that David Hakensen describes in Her Place in the Woods: The Life of Helen Hoover. This first complete biography illuminates how Helen Hoover (1910–1984) made a place for herself and for countless readers in, as she put it, the world of her time. On October 20, 2025, Hakensen was joined in conversation with Annette Atkins at the Minnesota Historical Society. This is the full audio of their conversation.David Hakensen is an award-winning public relations executive with more than forty years of experience. He has served on several nonprofit boards and was president of the executive council of the Minnesota Historical Society from 2018-2023.Annette Atkins is a scholar, teacher, public historian, and professor emerita at Saint John's University and the College of Saint Benedict in Collegeville, Minnesota. Atkins is author of Creating Minnesota: A History from the Inside Out.Praise for the book:"None of it was easy. None of it was a straight line. Much was laced with human paradox and contradiction and courage. David tells Helen's remarkable story with grace and understanding, helping readers to discover the real woman behind the myth and why her place in the woods is still the stuff of dreams."—Douglas Wood, author of A Wild Path"A compelling portrait of an uncompromising artist. It is an excellent companion to her works and will surely assist a long-overdue Helen Hoover revival."—Ann McCutchan, author of The Life She Wished to LiveHer Place in the Woods: The Life of Helen Hoover is available from University of Minnesota Press.Thank you for listening.

Med indutrialiseringen steg koldioxidhalten i atmosfären, men det var efter andra världskriget det verkligen tog fart. Ann-Sofi Ljung Svensson funderar över sin del. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna.Mars 1958.Charles Keeling gör sin första mätning av koldioxidhalten i atmosfären på Mauna Loa, Hawaii. Mätvärdet är 315 ppm/parts per million. Värdet ligger 35 enheter högre än under förindustriell tid, då halten beräknats ligga runt 280. Kurvan stiger svagt under hela 1800-talet, men efter andra världskriget går lutningen skarpt uppåt.Några månader efter Keelings första mätning – i mitten av juli 1958 – lämnar en liten cell bland miljontals andra explosivt min pappas kropp för att målmedvetet leta sig fram till den väntande värmen i min mammas mage. Det är en het sommar. Kanske var det en tidig, lite sval morgon i vindsrummet på Brunnsgatan i Nyköping precis innan pappa skulle ta bussen till flygflottiljen där han just blivit stamanställd. Mamma skulle kanske strax därefter promenera till dispensären på lasarettet där hon arbetade. Eller så var det semester och de var på besök ute hos det som skulle bli min farmor och farfar i torpet och sov över i utdragssoffan av trä under älgbonaden och oljetrycken med skyddsänglar.Torsdagen den 16 april 1959 föds jag på barnbördshuset på Nyköpings lasarett. Mamma har haft havandeskapsförgiftning – stor, svullen – med en vikt lika hög som tungviktaren Ingemar Johansson. Några månader senare skulle han gå sin berömda match mot Floyd Patterson.Maj 1959, Mauna Loa, koldioxidhalten har stigit till 316 ppm under mammas graviditet.Nu börjar mitt liv på den allt brantare Keelingkurvan. Vi flyttar. Först från rummet med kokplatta, till enrummaren med sovalkov. Sen till tvårummaren med balkong i tvåvåningshuset från 1940-talet. Min bror anländer. Mamma tar oss varje förmiddag till det nyöppnade snabbköpet. En tetrapack med mjölk, havregryn, lite blandfärs, några morötter. Allt får plats i nätkassen. Plastkassar tillhandahålls inte i butikerna förrän i mitten av 1960-talet.1963. Pappa köper familjens första bil, en Vauxhall Victor. Röd och vit. Begagnad såklart, mer räcker inte pengarna till.Pappa gör som alla andra. Bilköp ligger i tiden. Under 1950-talet ökade antalet bilar i Sverige från 250 000 till en miljon. Tio år senare har antalet fördubblats. Och pappa har bytt till en Ford Zephyr. I de sörmländska skogarna ligger de uttjänta bilarna redan tätt.April 1965, Mauna Loa, 320 ppm.Vi flyttar igen. Nybyggt miljonprogram. Fjärde våningen i ett höghus i utkanten av stan. Nu tre rum. Pappa har just sålt insatslägenheten. Det kändes alldeles för osäkert. Tänk om man inte får sina pengar tillbaka? Under höststormen natten den 17 oktober 1967 ligger vi alla i pappas och mammas säng och tittar ut mot himlen. Strömmen har gått, vi har ett värmeljus i fönstret. Dagen efter ligger höghusens takplåtar på marken.På somrarna åker vi och badar i Stavsjön, spelar dart och plockar blåbär. Eller så fiskar vi i Brobyån. Vi har sommarhus nu, hyr en gammal uttjänt statarlänga. Sommarstugeägandet ökar. Ödetorpen är många där ute på landsbygden. Allt fler har ju flyttat till stan.Sjuttiotalet. Mamma läser Tyst vår av Rachel Carson, röstar på Fälldin och talar om 'glada grisar'. Men pappa skakar på huvudet och skrattar när mamma inte vill dricka vattnet i sommarhuset. Pumpen står mitt ute på åkern och godsägaren har just låtit flygbespruta fältet med bekämpningsmedel.Nu bor vi i en fyrarummare, ovanpå ett konditori där man köper lördagsgodis genom att peka genom glasdisken. En sån. Och en sån.1975. 331 ppm. Jag gör min första flygresa. Åker till Lindau am Bodensee med ett gäng svenska ungdomar. Det kallas språkresa och alla vill göra det. ”Det är så bra för språkutvecklingen”, säger Ingegerds mamma. Min mamma nickar instämmande. Det är klart flickan ska få en god utbildning. I den tyska småstadens gränder lär jag mig nattetid en hel del tyska, men också att dricka Jägermeister och dansa bump. I hemstaden öppnar Hennes & Mauritz butik. De expanderar nationellt efter börsintroduktionen 1974. Jag köper en beige täckjacka. Alla andra har likadana.Åttiotalet. Det är nu det händer. Jag har flyttat hemifrån. Min konsumtion ökar drastiskt: resor till London och Italien, linneklänningar och Allessobryggare. Yuppivännerna omkring mig börja inreda sina hem medvetet och metodiskt. Jag hänger inte riktigt med, fattar inte att vi gått in i en samhällelig situation, som släppt pengarna loss. Jag missbedömer allt och tror att det handlar om en individuell utvecklingsfas. Fast jobb, bostadsrätt. Bäbis på väg.Men alla gör likadant. 1987. Nu går det fort. 350 ppm.Det blir äldre villa utanför Malmö, två barn, flytt, tre barn, flytt. Bil, ny större bil, ny bil igen. Nittiotalet och millenieskiftet rusar förbi. Resor till Medelhavet, New York, San Fransisco. Familjen studsar med flyg mellan Paris och Malmö, maken flygpendlar till Stockholm ett par gånger i veckan.Jag planerar mina pensionsfonder. Alla andra gör ju det. Rysslandsfonderna rusar, jag hänger på. Naivt, omedvetet. Stöder Gazprom med mina placeringar, men besinnar mig så småningom, och känner en lättnad när det sent omsider visar sig att värdet är noll och fonderna kraschat.2013: koldioxidhalten passerar 400 ppm. 2016: 403 ppm.Jag står bland uttjänta möbler och flyttkartonger och sorterar efter 23 år i samma lägenhet ett avvecklat familjeliv. Barnen har flyttat. Ett helt liv ska sorteras, säljas, skänkas bort, slängas. En lägenhet, ett vindsförråd, tre källarförråd. När auktionsfirmorna och secondhandorganisationerna fått sitt kommer ett företag som specialiserat sig på att forsla bort det ingen vill ha. 1,1 ton går till tippen. En och en halv lastbil.Jag rannsakar mig själv. Biktar mig. Gråter en del. Räkningen på de 1,1 tonnen är 10 000 kronor. Jag ser det som en rättmätig skuldsedel.Är jag skyldig?Självklart är jag skyldig.Jag tillhör den del av jordens befolkning som levt hela sina liv i en ständigt accelererande välståndsökning som passerat rimlighetens gräns och landat i en förgörande överkonsumtion. Min skuld kan jag inte skaka av mig. Skuld handlar om verifierbara fakta. Har jag medverkat till de stigande utsläppen av växthusgaser – eller har jag inte medverkat till dom?Men skammen då? Ska jag skämmas nu när eftertankens kranka blekhet inträtt.Nej, jag kan inte skämmas över det jag gjort. Jag visste inte bättre. Jag var en kugge i ett samhällsmaskineri. Jag kan givetvis skämmas över min aningslöshet. Jag borde nog vetat bättre.Men jag gjorde som alla andra. Så jag blir villkorligt frigiven.Villkoret, då? Jag måste skämmas för det jag gör idag. Jag kan inte med rent samvete låtsas som att jag inte är med om att bära skulden. Jag kan inte med rent samvete fortsätta som att ingenting har hänt, eller som att ingenting kommer att hända. Jag har en individuell skyldighet – som en liten del av mänskligheten – att ta mitt ansvar. Allt annat är bortförklaringar.Våren 2025, då jag fyllde 66 år, passerade koldioxidhalten i atmosfären för första gången 430 ppm. Under mina år på jorden hade halten då ökat med 114 enheter.Det är ingen slump.Det är jag som är Keelingkurvan.Säg det högt för dig själv:Det är jag som är Keelingkurvan.Ann-Sofi Ljung Svenssonlitteraturforskare

  Neste episódio, Mayra Trinca fala sobre duas pesquisas que, ao seu modo, usam o som para estudar maneiras de enfrentamento à crise climática. Na conversa, Susana Dias, pesquisadora do Labjor e Natália Aranha, doutoranda em Ecologia pela Unicamp contam como os sons dos sapos fizeram parte das mesas de trabalho desenvolvidas pelo grupo de pesquisa para divulgação sobre esses anfíbios. Participa também Lucas Forti, professor na Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido do Rio Grande do Norte. Ele conta como tem sido a experiência do projeto Escutadô, que estuda a qualidade do ambiente da caatinga através da paisagem sonora. ____________________________________________________________ ROTEIRO [música] Lucas: É incrível a capacidade que o som tem de despertar a memória afetiva. Mayra: Você aí, que é ouvinte de podcast, provavelmente vai concordar com isso. O som consegue meio que transportar a gente de volta pros lugares que a gente associa a ele. Se você já foi pra praia, com certeza tem essa sensação quando ouve um bom take do barulho das ondas quebrando na areia. [som de ondas] Mayra: O som pra mim tem um característica curiosa, na maior parte do tempo, ele passa…  despercebido. Ou pelo menos a gente acha isso, né? Porque o silêncio de verdade pode ser bem desconfortável. Quem aí nunca colocou um barulhinho de fundo pra estudar ou trabalhar? Mayra: Mas quando a gente bota reparo, ele tem um força muito grande. De nos engajar, de nos emocionar. [música de violino] Mayra: Também tem a capacidade de incomodar bastante… [sons de construção] Mayra: Eu sou a Mayra Trinca e você provavelmente já me conhece aqui do Oxigênio. Mayra: No episódio de hoje, a gente vai falar sobre som. Mais especificamente, sobre projetos de pesquisa e comunicação que usam o som pra entender e pra falar sobre mudanças climáticas e seus impactos no meio ambiente. [música de fundo] Natália: E as paisagens sonoras não são apenas um conjunto de sons bonitos. Elas são a própria expressão da vida de um lugar. Então, quando a gente preserva uma paisagem sonora, estamos preservando a diversidade das espécies que vocalizam naquele lugar, os modos de vida e as relações que estão interagindo. E muitas vezes essas relações dependem desses sons, que só existem porque esses sons existem. Então, a bioacústica acaba mostrando como os sons, os sapos também os mostram, como que esses cantos carregam histórias, ritmos, horários, temperaturas, interações que não aparecem ali somente olhando o ambiente. [Vinheta] João Bovolon: Seria triste se músicos só tocassem para músicos. Pintores só expusessem para pintores. E a filosofia só se destinasse a filósofos. Por sorte, a capacidade de ser afetado por um som, uma imagem, uma ideia, não é exclusividade de especialistas. MAYRA: Essa frase é de Silvio Ferraz, autor do Livro das Sonoridades. O trecho abre o texto do artigo “A bioacústica dos sapos e os estudos multiespécies: experimentos comunicacionais em mesas de trabalho” da Natália. Natália: Olá, meu nome é Natália Aranha. Eu sou bióloga e mestra pelo Labjor, em Divulgação Científica e Cultural. Durante o meu mestrado, eu trabalhei com os anfíbios, realizando movimentos com mesas de trabalhos e com o público de diferentes faixas etárias. Atualmente, eu sou doutoranda no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia pelo Instituto de Biologia da Unicamp. MAYRA: A Natália fez o mestrado aqui no Labjor na mesma época que eu. Enquanto eu estudava podcasts, ela tava pesquisando sobre divulgação científica de um grupo de animais muitas vezes menosprezado. [coaxares] Susana: Os sapos, por exemplo, não participam da vida da maioria de nós. Eles estão desaparecidos dos ecossistemas.  Eles estão em poucos lugares que restaram para eles. Os brejos são ecossistemas muito frágeis. São os lugares onde eles vivem. Poucos de nós se dedicam a pensar, a se relacionar, a apreciar, a cuidar dessa relação com os sapos. Mayra: Essa que você ouviu agora foi a Susana, orientadora do trabalho da Natália. Susana: Meu nome é Susana Dias, eu sou pesquisadora do Laboratório de Estudos Avançados em Jornalismo, o Labjor, professora da pós-graduação em Divulgação Científica e Cultural, do Labjor/IEL/Unicamp. E trabalho com comunicação, artes, ciências, desenvolvendo várias metodologias de experimentação coletiva com as pessoas. Mayra: Mas, o interesse da Natália pelos sapos não começou no mestrado. Ela já era apaixonada pela herpetologia antes disso. [som de ícone] Mayra: Herpetologia é a área da biologia que estuda répteis e anfíbios. E eu posso dizer que entendo a Natália. Pra quem não sabe, eu também sou bióloga. E durante a faculdade cheguei a fazer um estágio na mesma área, porque também era um tema que me interessava muito. Mayra: Só que eu trabalhei mais com répteis, que são as cobras e os lagartos. E eu acabei desistindo da área em pouco tempo, apesar de ainda achar esses bichinhos muito legais. Já a Natália descobriu o amor pelos sapos num congresso de herpetologia que foi durante a graduação e, diferente de mim, ela segue trabalhando com eles até hoje. Natália: E eu me apaixonei. Eu digo que me apaixonei a partir da abertura do congresso, porque foi uma experiência muito legal que fizeram a partir dos sons, a partir de fotos e vídeos de vários pesquisadores realizando trabalhos de campo com esses animais. E, a partir desse momento, eu falei que era isso que eu queria fazer na minha vida. Mayra: Ah, e é importante dizer, que antes mesmo disso tudo, a Natália já tinha um interesse artístico por esses animais. Natália: E, como eu amo desenvolver pinturas realistas, esses animais são maravilhosos, quando você pensa nas cores, nos detalhes, nas texturas que eles trazem. Mayra: Porque foi dessa experiência que surgiu a ideia de trabalhar com divulgação científica, que acabou levando a Natália  até a Susana. Mas como ela também tinha interesse de pesquisa com esses animais, ela acabou participando dos dois grupos ao longo do mestrado: o de divulgação e o de herpetologia, com o pessoal da biologia. Susana: Foi muito legal justamente pela possibilidade da Natália habitar esse laboratório durante um tempo, acompanhar o trabalho desses herpetólogos e a gente poder conversar junto com o grupo de pesquisa, que é o Multitão, aqui do Labjor da Unicamp, que é o nosso grupo, sobre possibilidades de conexão com as artes, e também com a antropologia, com a filosofia. A gente começou a tecer esses emaranhados lentamente, devagarzinho. Mayra: Quando a Natália chegou no mestrado, ela tinha uma visão muito comum da divulgação científica, que é a ideia de que os divulgadores ou os cientistas vão ensinar coisas que as pessoas não sabem. Mayra: É uma visão muito parecida com a que a gente ainda tem de escola mesmo, de que tem um grupo de pessoas que sabem mais e que vão passar esse conhecimento pra quem sabe menos. Natália: E daí a Susana nos mostrou que não era somente fazer uma divulgação sobre esses animais, mas mostrar a importância das atividades que acabam gerando afeto. Tentar desenvolver, fazer com que as pessoas criem movimentos afetivos com esses seres. Mayra: Se você tá no grupo de pessoas que tem uma certa aversão a esses animais, pode achar isso bem esquisito. Mas criar essas relações com espécies diferentes da nossa não significa necessariamente achar todas lindas e fofinhas. É aprender a reconhecer a importância que todas elas têm nesse emaranhado de relações que forma a vida na Terra. Mayra: Pra isso, a Natália e a Susana se apoiaram em uma série de conceitos. Um deles, que tem sido bem importante nas pesquisas do grupo da Susana, é o de espécies companheiras, da filósofa Donna Haraway. Natália: Descreve esses seres com os quais vivemos, com os quais aprendemos e com os quais transformam como seres em que a gente não habita ou fala sobre, mas a gente habita e escreve com eles. Eles nos mostram que todos nós fazemos parte de uma rede de interações e que nenhum ser nesse mundo faz algo ou vive só. Então, os sapos, para mim, são essas espécies companheiras. Mas não porque eles falam na nossa língua, mas porque nós escutamos seus cantos e somos levados a repensar a nossa própria forma de estar no mundo. Mayra: Uma coisa interessante que elas me explicaram sobre esse conceito, é que ele é muito mais amplo do que parece. Então, por exemplo, bactérias e vírus, com quem a gente divide nosso corpo e nosso mundo sem nem perceber são espécies companheiras. Ou, as plantas e os animais, que a gente usa pra se alimentar, também são espécies companheiras Susana: E uma das características do modo de viver dos últimos anos, dos últimos 50 anos dos humanos, são modos de vida pouco ricos de relações, com poucas relações com os outros seres mais que humanos. E a gente precisa ampliar isso. Trazer os sapos é muito rico porque justamente abre uma perspectiva para seres que estão esquecidos, que pertencem a um conjunto de relações de muito poucas pessoas. Mayra: Parte do problema tem a ver com o fato de que as espécies estão sumindo mesmo. As mudanças climáticas, o desmatamento e a urbanização vão afastando as espécies nativas das cidades, por exemplo, que passam a ser povoadas por muitos indivíduos de algumas poucas espécies. Pensa como as cidades estão cheias de cães e gatos, mas também de pombas, pardais, baratas. Ou em áreas de agropecuária, dominadas pelo gado, a soja e o capim onde antes tinha uma floresta super diversa. Susana: Eu acho que um aspecto fundamental para a gente entender esse processo das mudanças climáticas é olhar para as homogeneizações. Então, como o planeta está ficando mais homogêneo em termos de sons, de imagens, de cores, de modos de vida, de texturas. Uma das coisas que a gente está perdendo é a multiplicidade. A gente está perdendo a diversidade. Mayra: Pensa bem, quando foi a última vez que você interagiu com um sapo? (Herpetólogos de plantão, vocês não valem). Provavelmente, suas memórias com esses animais envolvem pouco contato direto e você deve lembrar mais deles justamente pelo… som que eles fazem. [coaxares, música] Lucas: Eu comecei a pensar na acústica como uma ferramenta de entender a saúde do ambiente, e queria aplicar isso para recifes de coral, enfim, a costa brasileira é super rica. Mayra: Calma, a gente já volta pra eu te explicar como a Natália e a Susana relacionaram ciências e artes na divulgação sobre os sapos. Antes, eu quero te contar um pouco sobre outro projeto que tem tudo a ver com o tema. Deixa o Lucas se apresentar. Lucas: Pronto, eu me chamo Lucas, eu sou biólogo de formação, mas tive uma vertente acadêmica na minha profissão, em que eu me dediquei sempre a questões relacionadas à ecologia, então fiz um mestrado, doutorado na área de ecologia. Mayra: Sim, o Lucas, assim como eu, a Natália e mesmo a Susana, também fez biologia. Lucas: Os biólogos sempre se encontram em algum lugar. Mayra: A gente ainda vai dominar o mundo…[risadas] Mayra: Tá, mas voltando aqui. O Lucas esteve nos últimos anos trabalhando no Nordeste. Eu conversei com ele durante um estágio de professor visitante aqui na Unicamp. Lucas: Então estou passando um estágio de volta aqui às minhas raízes, que eu sou daqui do interior de São Paulo, então vim passar frio um pouquinho de volta aqui em  Campinas. Mayra: Essa entrevista rolou já tem um tempinho, em agosto de 2025. E realmente tava fazendo um friozinho naquela semana. Mayra: Eu fui conversar com o Lucas sobre um projeto que ele faz parte junto com o Observatório do Semiárido, da Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido, no Rio Grande do Norte. Mayra: A ideia dessa pesquisa é criar um banco de dados sonoros e construir um algoritmo. Lucas: testar algoritmos, né, conseguir ter uma ferramenta na mão que possa ajudar a gente a detectar níveis de degradação no Semiárido com base em informação acústica. Mayra: Esse projeto é o Escutadô. Lucas: O projeto Escutadô, ele nasceu… assim, tem a história longa e a história curta. Mayra: Óbvio que eu escolhi a longa. E ela começa escuta só, com os anfíbios. Mayra: Coincidência? Lucas: Não, não tem coincidência nenhuma. Lucas: Mas eu comecei sim estudando o comportamento de anfíbios, e uma característica muito peculiar dos anfíbios é a vocalização, né? Então, os anfíbios me levaram para a acústica, e aí a acústica entrou na minha vida também para tornar as abordagens da minha carreira, de como eu vou entender os fenômenos através desse ponto de vista sonoro, né? Mayra: Isso é uma coisa muito comum na biologia. Tem muitos animais que são complicados de enxergar, porque são noturnos, muito pequenos ou vivem em lugares de difícil acesso. Então uma estratégia muito usada é registrar os sons desses animais. Vale pra anfíbios, pra pássaros, pra baleias e por aí vai. [sons de fundo de mar] Mayra: Inclusive, lembra, a ideia original do projeto do Lucas era usar a bioacústica, essa área da biologia que estuda os sons, pra investigar recifes de corais. Ele tava contando que elaborou essa primeira proposta de pesquisa pra um edital. Lucas: Aí a gente não venceu essa chamada, mas a gente reuniu uma galera com colaboração, escrevemos um projeto super lindo, e aí por alguma razão lá não foi contemplado o financiamento. Mayra: Isso também é algo muito comum na biologia. E em várias outras áreas de pesquisa. Mas, vida que segue, novas oportunidades apareceram. Lucas: O projeto Escutadô começou no mar, mas a gente conseguiu ter sucesso com a ideia mesmo, a hora que eu cheguei em Mossoró, como professor visitante na Universidade Federal Rural do Semiárido, abriu um edital da FINEP, voltado para a cadeias produtivas, bioeconomia, e a gente identificou que a gente poderia utilizar essa ideia, né, e aplicar essa ideia, mas aí eu já propus que a gente fosse atuar no ecossistema terrestre. Mayra: FINEP é a Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos do Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação. O Lucas quis alterar a proposta inicial, primeiro, porque fazia mais sentido dentro do contexto que ele tava trabalhando. E, depois, porque a região tem uma forte dependência do ecossistema da caatinga pro sustento da população e pra preservação do seu modo de vida, a tal bioeconomia que ele citou. Mayra: Além disso, Lucas: a caatinga é o bioma que certamente tá sentindo mais os extremos, né, das mudanças climáticas, então isso trouxe uma contextualização muito interessante para o projeto, especialmente porque casava com a questão da bioeconomia, né, então a gente tentou embarcar nessa linha e transformamos essa tecnologia para pensar como ela poderia detectar níveis de degradação para a região do Semiárido, né, e aí deu certo. Mayra: Funciona mais ou menos assim, a equipe de pesquisa instalou uma série de gravadores espalhados, mais de 60 pontos no estado do Rio Grande do Norte e alguns pontos na Paraíba e no Ceará. Lucas: Então, quando a gente instala o gravador no ambiente, ele grava três minutos, dorme sete, grava três minutos, dorme sete e fica assim rodando, a gente tem duas rodadas de amostragem, uma que é feita durante a estação seca e outra que é feita durante a estação chuvosa, então o gravador fica em cada ponto por 20 dias e nesses 20 dias ele fica continuamente gravando três minutos e dormindo sete. Mayra: Essas gravações viram uma grande biblioteca sonora. O próximo passo é reconhecer quais sons representam áreas mais conservadas… [captação de área preservada] Mayra: E quais gravações foram feitas em áreas mais degradadas, principalmente com mais alterações antrópicas no ambiente. [captação de área antropizada] Mayra: Pra gente, até que é fácil reconhecer a diferença entre os sons. Agora, como a gente transforma isso, por exemplo, num aplicativo, capaz de identificar o nível de degradação do ambiente usando só o som daquele lugar? Lucas: Pois é, agora você tocou no ponto que eu acho que é o maior desafio do projeto e também o que torna o projeto, assim, inovador. A gente já tem hoje mais ou menos 16 mil horas de gravação, então a gente não tem como não usar uma ferramenta de aprendizado de máquina para ajudar no processamento desses dados. Mayra: A essa altura, você já deve saber o básico de como funcionam as inteligências artificiais. Elas comparam bases de dados gigantescas pra achar padrões. Mas, isso funciona bem pra texto ou pra imagens. Lucas: E a gente introduziu um conceito de aprendizado de escuta de máquina, ou seja, a gente não vai trabalhar sobre o ponto de vista da imagem, vai trabalhar sobre o ponto de vista da escuta, opa, pera aí, mas como é que a gente faz isso? Mayra: O Lucas explicou que o que eles tiveram que fazer foi, de certa forma, realmente transformar esses sons em imagens. Pra isso, eles usam os espectrogramas, que são aquelas representações visuais do som, eu vou deixar um exemplo lá no site e no nosso Instagram, depois você pode procurar pra ver. Mayra: Essa etapa do projeto, o treinamento da IA, tá sendo feita em parceria com o BIOS, o Centro de Pesquisa em Inteligência Artificial aqui da Unicamp. A gente já falou um pouco desse projeto no episódio 201 – Um bate-papo sobre café. Se você ainda não ouviu, tem mais essa lição de casa pra quando acabar esse episódio, vale a pena, porque tá bem legal. [divulgação podcast SabIA!] [música] Mayra: Os sons captados pelo Escutadô, projeto que o Lucas faz parte, ou as gravações dos anfíbios que a gente tava falando com a Natália, nunca são sons isolados. Mayra: Esse conjunto de sons de um ambiente forma o que a gente chama de paisagem sonora. Lucas: Esses sons podem ter origens geofísicas, então o som do vento, o som da chuva, o som dos fluxos de corrente, riachos, cachoeiras, você tem os sons da própria biodiversidade, né, que é baseado nos sistemas de comunicação acústica da fauna, por exemplo, quando as aves produzem as vocalizações, os anfíbios, os insetos, os mamíferos, você tem todo ali um contexto de produção de sinais acústicos que representam assinaturas da presença da biodiversidade no ambiente. E você ainda tem a assinatura da presença das tecnofonias ou antropofonias, né, que são os sons que são produzidos pelos seres humanos, né, seja os sons das rodovias, das construções, das obras, das edificações, ou seja, que tem toda uma contextualização. Mayra: A ideia de usar o som, ou a paisagem sonora, pra entender a saúde de um ambiente, não é nada nova. Um dos livros mais importantes, praticamente fundador do movimento ambientalista nos Estados Unidos, é o Primavera Silenciosa, da Rachel Carson, e ele foi publicado em 1962. Lucas: Então ela já estava alertando para a sociedade acadêmica, especialmente, que o uso de pesticidas, né, as mudanças que o ser humano está promovendo na paisagem estão causando extinções sonoras, né, porque está alterando a composição das espécies na natureza, então a gente está embarcando um pouco nessa ideia que influenciou o que hoje a gente chama de soundscape ecology, que é a ecologia da paisagem sonora, ou ecologia da paisagem acústica. Natália: As pessoas automaticamente imaginam que o silêncio seja algo bom. Mas, esse silêncio é um sinal de alerta, porque ele mostra que as espécies estão desaparecendo e como os seus ciclos e modos de interação estão mudando. E que o habitat, o lugar, já não está dando mais condições impostas pelo clima. Eu acredito que os sons funcionam como uma espécie de termômetro da vida. Quando eles diminuem, é porque a diversidade está ali diminuindo. Mayra: A gente vai ver que a Natália usou noções de paisagem sonora pra criar atividades imersivas de divulgação, onde as pessoas puderam experimentar com diferentes sons e ver como era possível criar novas relações com os sapos a partir deles. Mayra: No caso do Lucas, a paisagem sonora funciona bem como a Natália descreveu, é um termômetro que mede a qualidade de um ambiente da Caatinga. Talvez você imagine esse bioma como um lugar silencioso, um tanto desértico, mas isso tem mais a ver com a imagem comumente divulgada de que é uma região de escassez. Lucas: Do ponto de vista das pessoas interpretarem ela como um ambiente pobre, enquanto ela é muito rica, em termos de biodiversidade, em termos de recursos naturais, em termos de recursos culturais, ou seja, a cultura das populações que vivem lá é extremamente rica. Mayra: Pra complicar ainda mais a situação, a Caatinga está na área mais seca do nosso país. Lucas: Ou seja, a questão da escassez hídrica é extremamente importante. E torna ela, do ponto de vista das mudanças climáticas, ainda mais importante. Mayra: A importância de se falar de grupos menosprezados também aparece na pesquisa da Natália com os sapos. Vamos concordar que eles não tão exatamente dentro do que a gente chama de fofofauna, dos animais queridinhos pela maioria das pessoas, mas não por isso projetos de conservação são menos importantes. Pelo contrário. Mayra: Pra dar uma ideia, na semana que eu escrevia esse roteiro, estava circulando nas redes sociais um estudo que mostrou que, em cinquenta anos, as mudanças climáticas podem ser responsáveis pelo desaparecimento completo dos anfíbios na Mata Atlântica. Mayra: Daí a importância de envolver cada vez mais pessoas em ações de preservação e enfrentamento às mudanças climáticas. Susana: Que a gente pudesse trazer uma paisagem sonora da qual os humanos fazem parte e fazem parte não apenas produzindo problemas, produzindo destruição, mas produzindo interações, interações ecológicas. [música] Mayra: Voltamos então à pesquisa da Natália. Mayra: Ela usou uma metodologia de trabalho que tem sido muito utilizada pela Susana e seu grupo de pesquisa, que são as mesas de trabalho. Susana: E elas foram surgindo como uma maneira de fazer com que a revista ClimaCom, que é uma revista que está tentando ensaiar modos de pensar, de criar, de existir diante das catástrofes, a revista pudesse ter uma existência que não fosse só online, que fosse também nas ruas, nas praças, nas salas de aula, nos outros espaços, que ela tivesse uma existência fora das telas. E que, com isso, a gente se desafiasse não apenas a levar para fora das telas e para as outras pessoas algo que foi produzido na universidade, mas que a gente pudesse aprender com as outras pessoas. Mayra: A ideia das mesas é reunir pessoas diversas, de dentro e de fora da universidade, pra criarem juntas a partir de um tema. Susana: Então, quando chegou a proposta dos anfíbios, a gente resolveu criar uma mesa de trabalho com os sapos. E essa mesa de trabalho envolvia diversas atividades que aconteciam simultaneamente. Essas atividades envolviam desde fotografia, pintura, desenho, colagem, grafismo indígena, até estudo dos sons. Mayra: A Susana estava explicando que durante essas mesas, elas conseguem fazer com que as pessoas interajam com os sapos de uma forma diferente, mais criativa. Criativa aqui tanto no sentido de imaginar, quanto de criar e experimentar mesmo. Susana: A gente propôs a criação de um caderno de estudo dos sons junto com as pessoas. A gente disponibilizou vários materiais diferentes para que as pessoas pudessem experimentar as sonoridades. Disponibilizamos um conjunto de cantos da fonoteca aqui da Unicamp, de cantos dos sapos, para as pessoas escutarem. E pedimos que elas experimentassem com aqueles objetos, aqueles materiais, recriar esses sons dos sapos. E que elas pudessem depois transpor para um caderno essa experiência de estudo desses sons, de como esses sons se expressavam. Mayra: Esse é um exemplo de como a gente pode aproximar as pessoas do trabalho dos cientistas sem que isso coloque a pesquisa feita nas universidades como algo superior ou mais importante do que outros conhecimentos. Escuta só a experiência da Natália: Natália: Através de diferentes materiais, de diferentes meios, é possível criar um movimento afetivo que vai além daquele movimento do emissor-receptor que traz uma ideia mais generalista, mais direta, de que você só fala e não escuta. Então, uma das coisas que mais marcou o meu trabalho nessa trajetória foi a escuta. Onde a gente não apenas falava com os anfíbios, mas também a gente escutava as histórias que as pessoas traziam, os ensinamentos de outros povos, de outras culturas. Então, essa relação entre arte e ciências possibilitou todo esse movimento que foi muito enriquecedor (6:14) Susana: As mesas de trabalho foram um lugar também onde as pessoas acessaram um pouco do trabalho dos herpetólogos. Entraram em relação com a maneira como os herpetólogos estudam os sapos. Interessa para eles se o som do sapo é mais amadeirado, é mais vítreo, é mais metálico. O tipo de som, se ele tem uma pulsação diferente da outra, um ritmo diferente do outro. Eles fazem várias análises desses sons, estudam esses sons em muitos detalhes. Mayra: Trazer essa possibilidade de experimentação é um dos principais objetivos das ações e das pesquisas realizadas pelo grupo da Susana aqui no Labjor. E o encontro com as práticas artísticas tem sido um meio de trabalhar essas experimentações. [música de fundo] Susana: Eu acho que a gente tem pensado muito ciências e artes no plural, com minúsculas, justamente para trazer uma potência de multiplicidade, de possibilidades não só de pesquisa e produção artística, mas de pensamento, modos diferentes de viver no mundo e de praticar a possibilidade de pensar, de criar, de se relacionar com os outros seres. Mayra: Mas, segundo a Susana, tem um desafio grande nesse tipo de trabalho… Susana: Porque é muito comum as pessoas, sobretudo os cientistas, acharem que as artes são uma embalagem bonita para as ciências. Então, o que as artes vão fazer vai ser criar uma maneira das pessoas se seduzirem por um conteúdo científico, de se tornar mais belo, mais bonito. A gente não pensa que esse encontro entre artes e ciências pode tornar as ciências mais perturbadoras, pode questionar o que é ciência, pode gerar coisas que não são nem arte nem ciência, que a gente ainda não conhece, que são inesperadas, que são produções novas. Mayra: Quando a Natália fala da possibilidade de criar relações afetivas com os sapos, ela não quer dizer apenas relações carinhosas, mas também de sensibilidade, de se deixar afetar, no sentido de se permitir viver aquela experiência.  De entrar em contato com essas espécies companheiras e, realmente, sair desses encontros diferente do que a gente entrou. Susana: Então, a gente está tentando pensar atividades de divulgação científica e cultural que são modos de criar alianças com esses seres. São modos de prestar atenção nesses seres, de levar a sério suas possibilidades de existir, suas maneiras de comunicar, suas maneiras de produzir conhecimento. É uma ideia de que esses seres também produzem modos de ser e pensar. Também produzem ontopistemologias que a gente precisa aprender a se tornar digno de entrar em relação. Mayra: Em tempos de crise climática, isso se torna especialmente importante. Quando a gente fala de comunicação de risco, sempre existe a preocupação de falar com as pessoas de uma forma que a informação não seja paralisante, mas que crie mobilizações. Mayra: Eu aposto que você, assim como eu, de vez em quando se sente bem impotente quando pensa na catástrofe ambiental em curso. A gente se sente pequeno diante do problema. Só que é necessário fazer alguma coisa diferente do que a gente tem feito ou veremos cada vez mais eventos naturais extremos que têm destruído tantas formas de vida. [encerra música] Susana: Acho que a gente tem pensado nesses encontros justamente como aquilo que pode tirar a gente da zona do conforto e pode gerar uma divulgação científica e cultural nesses encontros entre artes e ciências, que experimentem algo que não seja massificado, algo que escape às abordagens mais capitalizadas da comunicação e mais massificadas, e que possam gerar outras sensibilidades nas pessoas, possam engajá-las na criação de alguma coisa que a gente ainda não sabe o que é, que está por vir. Mayra: A única forma de fazer isso é efetivamente trazendo as pessoas para participar dos projetos, aliando conhecimentos locais e tradicionais com as pesquisas acadêmicas. Isso cria um senso de pertencimento que fortalece os resultados dessas pesquisas. Mayra: O projeto Escutadô, que o Lucas faz parte, também trabalha com essa perspectiva de engajamento. Lucas: A gente usa uma abordagem chamada ciência cidadã, onde a gente se conecta com o público, e os locais onde a gente vai fazer as amostragens são propriedades rurais de colaboradores ou de voluntários do projeto. Então, a gente tem toda essa troca de experiências, de informação com esse público que vive o dia a dia ali no semiárido, ali na Caatinga. Tudo isso enriquece muito a nossa visão sobre o projeto, inclusive as decisões que a gente pode ter em relação a como que essa tecnologia vai ser empregada ou como que ela deveria ser empregada. Mayra: Lembra que o projeto foi financiado a partir de um edital que considerava a bioeconomia? Então, pro Lucas, a pesquisa só se torna inovadora e significativa de verdade se tiver efeitos práticos pra população que ajudou a construir esse conhecimento. Lucas: Senão é só uma ideia bacana, né? Ela precisa se transformar em inovação. Então, a gente tem toda essa preocupação de criar essa ferramenta e de que essa ferramenta seja realmente interessante para mudar a forma com que a gente vai entender ou tomar as decisões de forma mais eficiente, né? E que isso se torne um recurso que seja possível, né? Para que as pessoas utilizem. Mayra: A ideia do projeto é que, a partir de um aplicativo com aquele algoritmo treinado, as pessoas consigam por exemplo avaliar as condições ambientais da região em que vivem. Ou que esses dados possam ser usados pra ajudar a identificar áreas prioritárias de conservação e com isso, contribua diretamente pra qualidade do cuidado com a Caatinga. [música] Mayra: As mudanças climáticas estão aí faz tempo, infelizmente. Mas seus efeitos têm se tornado mais perceptíveis a cada ano. É urgente pensarmos em outras formas de estarmos no mundo, diminuindo os impactos ambientais, antes que esse planeta se torne inabitável, porque, como a gente também tem falado aqui no Oxigênio, não é tão simples assim achar outro planeta pra morar. Susana: Então, acho que isso tem sido fundamental para a gente criar uma comunicação científica em tempos de mudanças climáticas, que não apenas fica na denúncia dos problemas, mas que apresenta possibilidades de invenção de outros modos de habitar essa terra ferida, essa terra em ruínas. [encerra música] Mayra: Eu sou a Mayra Trinca e produzi e editei esse episódio. A revisão é da Lívia Mendes. A trilha sonora tem inserções do Freesound e de captações do projeto Escutadô e do João Bovolon, que também leu o trecho do Livro das Sonoridades. Mayra: Esse episódio é parte de uma bolsa Mídia Ciência e também conta com o apoio da FAPESP. Mayra: O Oxigênio é coordenado pela Simone Pallone e tem apoio da Secretaria Executiva de Comunicação da Unicamp. Estamos nas suas plataformas de áudio preferidas e nas redes sociais como Oxigênio Podcast. Te espero no próximo episódio! [Vinheta encerramento]

We sat down with Matthew Thompson to discuss his forthcoming book: On Life Support: Eco-Dystopian Cinema in the Long 1970s. The book charts various environmentalisms in 1970s films, containment vs. contamination, that evolved out of the environmentalist work of the 1960s typified by Rachel Carson and Paul Ehrlich. Thompson's idea of "contamination" jockeys with the conceptual north star of recent ecocriticism: interconnectivity. This connects to an earlier episode we had with Steven Swarbrick and Jean-Thomas Tremblay on Negative Life: The Cinema of Extinction.   For more of Thompson:   Website: https://matthewithompson.com   ASLE EcoCast: If you have an idea for an episode, please submit your proposal here: https://forms.gle/Y1S1eP9yXxcNkgWHA   Twitter: @ASLE_EcoCast Lindsay Jolivette: @lin_jolivette Alex Tischer: @ak_tischer   If you're enjoying the show, please consider subscribing, sharing, and writing reviews on your favorite podcast platform(s)!   Episode recorded February 4, 2025 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

It's been more than half a century since the publication of Silent Spring by the scientist and creative writer Rachel Carson. The seminal volume caught the attention of U.S. presidents, artists and musicians, spurring the environmental movement and leading to the eventual ban of the toxic pesticide DDT. Joining the Mongabay Newscast is environmental writer and director of the creative writing program at Middlebury College, Megan Mayhew Bergman. She unpacks the impact of Carson's work, which came under public attack from chemical companies seeking to discredit her, and how, eventually, the truth broke through. "We don't change our minds usually based on data. We change our minds based on emotion, but historically, it's been pretty taboo for scientists to include emotion in the way that they write. And I feel like Carson risked that here in a way that was really powerful." Please take a minute to let us know what you think of our podcast, here. Image: Megan Mayhew Bergman. Image by Cameron Russell. Environmental writing and authors mentioned in this conversation: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer Florida by Lauren Groff The Home Place by J. Drew Lanham Hope Is the Thing With Feathers by Christopher Cokinos How Strange a Season by Megan Mayhew Bergman Silent Spring by Rachel Carson Under a White Sky by Elizabeth Kolbert Vesper Flights by Helen Macdonald The Wild Flag by E.B. White Zora Neale Hurston Other works and authors mentioned: Ecology of a Cracker Childhood by Janisse Ray Men We Reaped by Jasmyn Ward A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid Speak Memory by Vladimir Nabokov —- Timestamps (00:00) Changing hearts and minds (02:46) Rachel Carson's journey to Silent Spring (08:22) Controversy and impact (14:40) Room for a new voice (20:55) Bioaccumulation and what it means (24:07) "We don't change our minds based on data" (26:43) Recommended reads (35:21) The American South and environmental writing (39:57) Lessons for writers

This episode features a conversation with award-winning investigative climate journalist, Amy Westervelt. It was recorded in June 2025.Amy has been on the climate beat for more than 20 years, reporting for a wide range of outlets including Inside Climate News, The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Nation, The Intercept, NPR, and many more. In the past 10 years, Amy has worked extensively in the audio realm, most notably with Drilled, a true crime podcast about climate denial.What was planned to be a single limited-run audio series was an absolute hit, and has now grown into an ongoing investigative reporting project digging into the various forces obstructing action on climate.Despite her successes in audio though, Amy continues to write regularly for a wide range of publications. In 2023 she was named one of Covering Climate Now's Journalist of the Year and her work has previously received Murrow, ONA, SEJ, Rachel Carson, and Folio awards, as well as a Peabody nomination.Amongst other things, Amy and I discussed the structural influence the fossil fuel industry has carefully crafted over our information ecosystem; the magic that narrative injects into climate journalism; and the need for more of us to don our tin-foil hats a bit more often, because things are frequently way wackier than we'd maybe like to believe.Additional linksDrilled: https://drilled.media/Amy's 5 petroganda narratives: https://drilled.media/news/petroganda-narrativesBen Franta's paper on weaponising economics: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09644016.2021.1947636The Media Matters bubble graph: https://www.mediamatters.org/google/right-dominates-online-media-ecosystem-seeping-sports-comedy-and-other-supposedlyThe Black Thread: https://communicatingclimatechange.com/the-black-thread

Después de nuestro curso de meditación, nos disponemos a cultivar nuestro jardín interior aprendiendo varios conceptos. El sacerdote y escritor Pablo d'Ors nos propone profundizar en la idea de "sabiduría"; ¿qué es? ¿sufrimos porque no sabemos? ¿qué necesitamos aprender? Continuamos nuestro camino tras la tormenta con Rafael Álvarez "El Brujo" que ha llevado al teatro el célebre libro Autobiografía de un yogui. Nuestro contador de historias, Alfonso Levy, nos acerca a una figura de la que aprender, la ecologista Rachel Carson.Escuchar audio

After following up a lead from a birdwatcher, Rachel Carson drew a web of connections that led to one of the most influential books of the 20th century. Silent Spring (1962) investigated the synthetic pesticides that proliferated after the Second World War, which were assiduously defended by overconfident policymakers, industrial chemists and agribusiness. The book quickly became a bestseller and kickstarted the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency. In the first episode of Nature in Crisis, Meehan Crist and Peter Godfrey-Smith discuss one of the truly great success stories in science writing. Carson was a masterful stylist and gifted scientist who could make abstruse developments in organic chemistry compelling, accessible and alarmingly intimate. Meehan and Peter show how Carson wrote at the edge of science, anticipating the study of epigenetics and endocrine disruption. They illustrate why, though some of her proposed solutions fell short, Silent Spring remains ‘both an exhilarating and melancholy pleasure'. Non-subscribers will only hear an extract from this episode. To listen in full, and to all our other Close Readings series, sign up: Directly in Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lrb.me/applecrna⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ture In other podcast apps: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lrb.me/closereadingsna⁠⁠⁠ture Get the book: https://lrb.me/carsoncr Further reading from the LRB: Meehan Crist on Silent Spring https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v41/n11/meehan-crist/a-strange-blight Stephen Mills on Rachel Carson https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v20/n08/stephen-mills/chaffinches-with-their-beaks-pushed-into-the-soil-woodpigeons-with-a-froth-of-spittle-at-their-open-mouths Edmund Gordon on the insect crisis: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v44/n09/edmund-gordon/bye-bye-firefly Anthony Giddens on chemical contamination: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v18/n17/anthony-giddens/why-sounding-the-alarm-on-chemical-contamination-is-not-necessarily-alarmist

Undaunted: How Women Changed American Journalism (Knopf, 2023) is a representative history of the American women who surmounted every impediment put in their way to do journalism's most valued work. From Margaret Fuller's improbable success to the highly paid reporters of the mid-nineteenth century to the breakthrough investigative triumphs of Nellie Bly, Ida Tarbell, and Ida B. Wells, Brooke Kroeger examines the lives of the best-remembered and long-forgotten woman journalists. She explores the careers of standout woman reporters who covered the major news stories and every conflict at home and abroad since before the Civil War, and she celebrates those exceptional careers up to the present, including those of Martha Gellhorn, Rachel Carson, Janet Malcolm, Joan Didion, Cokie Roberts, and Charlayne Hunter-Gault. As Kroeger chronicles the lives of journalists and newsroom leaders in every medium, a larger story develops: the nearly two-centuries-old struggle for women's rights. Here as well is the collective fight for equity from the gentle stirrings of the late 1800s through the legal battles of the 1970s to the #MeToo movement and today's racial and gender disparities. Undaunted unveils the huge and singular impact women have had on a vital profession still dominated by men. Jane Scimeca is Professor of History at Brookdale Community College. @JaneScimeca1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

Undaunted: How Women Changed American Journalism (Knopf, 2023) is a representative history of the American women who surmounted every impediment put in their way to do journalism's most valued work. From Margaret Fuller's improbable success to the highly paid reporters of the mid-nineteenth century to the breakthrough investigative triumphs of Nellie Bly, Ida Tarbell, and Ida B. Wells, Brooke Kroeger examines the lives of the best-remembered and long-forgotten woman journalists. She explores the careers of standout woman reporters who covered the major news stories and every conflict at home and abroad since before the Civil War, and she celebrates those exceptional careers up to the present, including those of Martha Gellhorn, Rachel Carson, Janet Malcolm, Joan Didion, Cokie Roberts, and Charlayne Hunter-Gault. As Kroeger chronicles the lives of journalists and newsroom leaders in every medium, a larger story develops: the nearly two-centuries-old struggle for women's rights. Here as well is the collective fight for equity from the gentle stirrings of the late 1800s through the legal battles of the 1970s to the #MeToo movement and today's racial and gender disparities. Undaunted unveils the huge and singular impact women have had on a vital profession still dominated by men. Jane Scimeca is Professor of History at Brookdale Community College. @JaneScimeca1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies

Undaunted: How Women Changed American Journalism (Knopf, 2023) is a representative history of the American women who surmounted every impediment put in their way to do journalism's most valued work. From Margaret Fuller's improbable success to the highly paid reporters of the mid-nineteenth century to the breakthrough investigative triumphs of Nellie Bly, Ida Tarbell, and Ida B. Wells, Brooke Kroeger examines the lives of the best-remembered and long-forgotten woman journalists. She explores the careers of standout woman reporters who covered the major news stories and every conflict at home and abroad since before the Civil War, and she celebrates those exceptional careers up to the present, including those of Martha Gellhorn, Rachel Carson, Janet Malcolm, Joan Didion, Cokie Roberts, and Charlayne Hunter-Gault. As Kroeger chronicles the lives of journalists and newsroom leaders in every medium, a larger story develops: the nearly two-centuries-old struggle for women's rights. Here as well is the collective fight for equity from the gentle stirrings of the late 1800s through the legal battles of the 1970s to the #MeToo movement and today's racial and gender disparities. Undaunted unveils the huge and singular impact women have had on a vital profession still dominated by men. Jane Scimeca is Professor of History at Brookdale Community College. @JaneScimeca1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies

Undaunted: How Women Changed American Journalism (Knopf, 2023) is a representative history of the American women who surmounted every impediment put in their way to do journalism's most valued work. From Margaret Fuller's improbable success to the highly paid reporters of the mid-nineteenth century to the breakthrough investigative triumphs of Nellie Bly, Ida Tarbell, and Ida B. Wells, Brooke Kroeger examines the lives of the best-remembered and long-forgotten woman journalists. She explores the careers of standout woman reporters who covered the major news stories and every conflict at home and abroad since before the Civil War, and she celebrates those exceptional careers up to the present, including those of Martha Gellhorn, Rachel Carson, Janet Malcolm, Joan Didion, Cokie Roberts, and Charlayne Hunter-Gault. As Kroeger chronicles the lives of journalists and newsroom leaders in every medium, a larger story develops: the nearly two-centuries-old struggle for women's rights. Here as well is the collective fight for equity from the gentle stirrings of the late 1800s through the legal battles of the 1970s to the #MeToo movement and today's racial and gender disparities. Undaunted unveils the huge and singular impact women have had on a vital profession still dominated by men. Jane Scimeca is Professor of History at Brookdale Community College. @JaneScimeca1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/journalism

Undaunted: How Women Changed American Journalism (Knopf, 2023) is a representative history of the American women who surmounted every impediment put in their way to do journalism's most valued work. From Margaret Fuller's improbable success to the highly paid reporters of the mid-nineteenth century to the breakthrough investigative triumphs of Nellie Bly, Ida Tarbell, and Ida B. Wells, Brooke Kroeger examines the lives of the best-remembered and long-forgotten woman journalists. She explores the careers of standout woman reporters who covered the major news stories and every conflict at home and abroad since before the Civil War, and she celebrates those exceptional careers up to the present, including those of Martha Gellhorn, Rachel Carson, Janet Malcolm, Joan Didion, Cokie Roberts, and Charlayne Hunter-Gault. As Kroeger chronicles the lives of journalists and newsroom leaders in every medium, a larger story develops: the nearly two-centuries-old struggle for women's rights. Here as well is the collective fight for equity from the gentle stirrings of the late 1800s through the legal battles of the 1970s to the #MeToo movement and today's racial and gender disparities. Undaunted unveils the huge and singular impact women have had on a vital profession still dominated by men. Jane Scimeca is Professor of History at Brookdale Community College. @JaneScimeca1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In Marshall Curry's (“Street Fight,” “A Night at the Garden”) new Netflix documentary, “The New Yorker at 100”, the magazine's editor, David Remnick, calls its very existence “a miracle”: in a typical issue you might find  a long profile of a museum, and then a report from Southern Lebanon, all interspersed with gag cartoons   Curry's documentary reflects the variegated nature of its subject, revealing the process by which the magazine's 100th anniversary edition is created while tracking the history of the magazine as it morphed from: a chiefly humor offering putatively aimed at the city's upper crust; then embracing ground-breaking journalism first led by Jon Hersey, and later Rachel Carson and Truman Capote; to the celebrity-laden reign of Tina Brown; to Remnick's politically-imbued editorial approach.  And throughout, as he notes both continuity and change, Curry pays homage to the people who make it all happen at such an elevated level:  the editors and writers, sure, but also the fact-checkers, cartoonists, designers, and even the employee who maintains the building and hides away the priceless archival material.   You can watch “The New Yorker at 100” on Netflix.   Hidden Gems: “Spellbound” “How to Die in Oregon”   Follow: @marshallcurry_ on Instagram and @marshallcurry on X @topdocspod on Instagram and X    The Presenting Sponsor of "Top Docs" is Netflix.

On Dec 2, 1970 the U.S. EPA was created because a lady named Rachel Carson created a myth about DTT. Today the EPA continues to destroy production at the vechicle and farm equipment level with zero net gain.

5/8. Guano, Tragedy, and the Rise of Intensive Farming — Steven Moss — Moss discusses seabird guano (nutrient-rich droppings), first recognized as a valuable resource by the Incas and subsequently monetized by William Gibbs, who accumulated immense wealth trading guano from arid Peruvian islands. Moss emphasizes that guano harvesting occurred under tragic human conditions, with Chinese indentured laborers frequently dying during extraction operations. Mossnotes that declining guano availability stimulated the invention of synthetic fertilizers by Haber and Bosch, catalyzing the emergence of intensive chemical agriculture. Moss documents that high-intensity chemical farming, despite enabling global food production, precipitated catastrophic declines in bird and insect populations, a phenomenon extensively documented in Rachel Carson's seminal work Silent Spring. 1880

Theresia Graw: In uns der Ozean | Gelesen von Elke Schützhold | 10 Std. 12 Min. | Hörbuch Hamburg || Kai Karlsson: Stiller als die Nacht. Der Schweden-Krimi-Adventskalender | Gelesen von Imme Beccard, Sebastian Horstmann, Timo Dierkes, Stefan Dehler, Lara Dieke, Henriette Mudrack, André Rulofs | Ca. 15 Min. pro Tag | Verlagsgruppe Oetinger || Rainer Maria Rilke: Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge | Ungekürzte Lesung mit Klaus Nägelen | 7 Std. 10 Min.| DAV / hr2-kultur und in der ARD-Audiothek || Rainer Maria Rilke: Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge | Gelesen von Gert Westphal | 5 Std. 55 Min. | DAV / SRF || Rainer Maria Rilke: Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge - Hörspiel | Mit Jens Harzer, Victoria Trauttmannsdorff, Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger | Regie: Iris Drögekamp | Bearbeitung: Manfred Hess | Musik: Klaus Weber | ARD-Audiothek || Die große Klassikerbox für die ganze Familie - 10 Schätze der Kinderliteratur | Gelesen von Rufus Beck, Charles Brauer, Rosemarie Fendel, Benno Fürmann, Heike Makatsch, Ulrich Noethen, Josefine Preuß, Udo Wachtveitl | 37 Std. 42 Min. | Ab 10 Jahre | Cbj Audio

Theresia Graw: In uns der Ozean | Gelesen von Elke Schützhold | 10 Std. 12 Min. | Hörbuch Hamburg || Kai Karlsson: Stiller als die Nacht. Der Schweden-Krimi-Adventskalender | Gelesen von Imme Beccard, Sebastian Horstmann, Timo Dierkes, Stefan Dehler, Lara Dieke, Henriette Mudrack, André Rulofs | Ca. 15 Min. pro Tag | Verlagsgruppe Oetinger || Rainer Maria Rilke: Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge | Ungekürzte Lesung mit Klaus Nägelen | 7 Std. 10 Min.| DAV / hr2-kultur und in der ARD-Audiothek || Rainer Maria Rilke: Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge | Gelesen von Gert Westphal | 5 Std. 55 Min. | DAV / SRF || Rainer Maria Rilke: Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge - Hörspiel | Mit Jens Harzer, Victoria Trauttmannsdorff, Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger | Regie: Iris Drögekamp | Bearbeitung: Manfred Hess | Musik: Klaus Weber | ARD-Audiothek || Die große Klassikerbox für die ganze Familie - 10 Schätze der Kinderliteratur | Gelesen von Rufus Beck, Charles Brauer, Rosemarie Fendel, Benno Fürmann, Heike Makatsch, Ulrich Noethen, Josefine Preuß, Udo Wachtveitl | 37 Std. 42 Min. | Ab 10 Jahre | Cbj Audio

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Summary: Do ants need conservation efforts? Join Kiersten to find out.   For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean   Show Notes:  “Tales from the Ant World” by Edward O. Wilson “Adventures Among Ants” by Mark W. Moffett “Silent Spring” by Rachel Carson Music written and performed by Katherine Camp   Transcript (Piano music plays) Kiersten - This is Ten Things I Like About…a ten minute, ten episode podcast about unknown or misunderstood wildlife. (Piano music stops)   Kiersten - Welcome to Ten Things I Like About… I'm Kiersten, your host, and this is a podcast about misunderstood or unknown creatures in nature. Some we'll find right out side our doors and some are continents away but all are fascinating.  This podcast will focus ten, ten minute episodes on different animals and their amazing characteristics. Please join me on this extraordinary journey, you won't regret it. The final episode of ants has arrived. As my loyal listeners know, this episode is typically about conservation and how we can help the animals or plantsman highlighted in this series, but the question I have about ants is whether they need conservation or do we need to conserve other animals and plants against ants. Let's find out. The tenth thing I like about ants is conservation. The answer to this question may be both. Within our lifetimes it is thought that some species of ants have gone extinct, but not much research has been done on invertebrate extinction. I cannot say why, maybe it doesn't happen often, maybe invertebrates that were undiscovered are the one that go extinct, or maybe no scientist has taken the time, or had the funding, to research this topic. One species of ant that was thought to be extinct was Myrmecia apicalis, a bull ant found outside of Australia. The only species of bull ant found outside of Australia. Somehow this species was able to cross an ocean and settle in New Caledonia. You probably noticed that I said it was thought to be extinct. Our ant hero Edward O. Wilson was on a trip with other scientists that happened to find a colony of Myrmecia apicalis on an island proving that it had not gone extinct. It was a joyful discovery but not one without concern. The ants had survived when we thought they had succumbed, but other ants, invasive ants had also come to the island and the excitement at finding Myrmecia apicalis was tempered with the knowledge that the invasive fire ant neighbors might wipe them out.  As Edward Wilson said in his book Tales from the Ant World, “The dark fate of this exquisite little species is entirely up to humanity. Myrmecia apicalis can be saved, along with other species still unrecognized, only if the little fire ants are halted and pushed back, and if the woodlands where the New Caledonian bull ant and probably other endangered species yet to be identified live are turned into carefully monitored reserves.” End quote. I could not say it any better. On the other side of conservation efforts are invasive species. An invasive species as defined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Interior is an exotic species that is introduced, non-native or alien and is also harmful in some way to the environment or to humans or both. I definitely think fire ants qualify. Solenopsis invicta, more commonly known as The fire ant, is one of the most successful invasive species of all time. Solenopsis invicta was probably introduced into the United States in the 1930s somewhere in Alabama. They establish themselves quickly and new colonies grow quickly. They can create new queens and more colonies within a year. By the 1940s it was well on its way to dominating the entire southern United States and found its way to Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand, and China. It also spread south onto the islands of the Lesser Antilles.  Anywhere fire ants go, destruction follows. They are omnivorous and eat anything and everything that gets in their way. In pineland habitats, imported fire ants attack and consume small mammals and ground nesting birds. In the 1950s the U.S. Department of Agriculture said we must stop this destructive invasive species by any means. They decided to spray pesticides everywhere the ant was found all at one time. That would surely get rid of the problem. But that would also kill every other insect in the vicinity, poison mammals, birds and other vertebrates, pollute water sources, and expose humans to debilitating poisons. If even one fire ant colony survived it was all for not because that colony could start the process all over again within a few years. Thank goodness Rachel Carson and Edward Wilson spoke out against this option and widespread pesticide use was discontinued before more damage could be done. One thing we can thank fire ant for here in the United States is the launching of the new era of environmentalism. A time of more thought and less gut reaction. So how do we combat imported fire ants? One mound at a time. If we kill off the queens before they make more queens, then we can help. We will probably never extinguish them in their introduced habitats but we can fight the good fight by implementing targeted insecticide use and boiling hot water.  Another ant that has dominated the planet is the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile. This ant is native to Northern Argentina and has been found on almost every piece of land on the planet. They have colonies that can span hundreds of square kilometers and they are indomitable. A quote form Mark Moffet's book Adventures Among Ants give us a glimpse of the Argentine ant problem, “Argentine ants are as tenacious in the wars they wage with other ant species as they are in battles with their own, annihilating even California ants with far bigger and meaner workers. Though the Argentines can't sting and are too small to bite humans, they use the energy-rich honeydew from their homopteran herds as fuel to quickly find and dominate every food resource they can reach, thereby leaving the competition hungry. But their depredations go further than that, for even when native species don't vie for the same resources and offer no physical threat, the Argentine ants plunder their brood for an easy meal.” End quote. Isn't it great that this species of ant made it around the world?  I guess the answer to the conservation question about ants isn't as straight forward as some of the other species of animal and plant I have highlighted, but what we can say is that yes, they are in need of conservation whether from habitat loss or the invasion of other ants. Humans do have a role in the future of ants. Thank you for listening to the final episode of ants because the tenth thing I like about ants is conservation. I do have one final comment before signing off and that is a recommendation to read the books I have been referencing for this series. Any of the books by Edward O. Wilson will change your mind about ants, which I hope this series has at least partially done, and the photography and storytelling in Mark Moffet's book Adventure Among Ants gives you a look into the ant world that will blow your mind. It is well worth your time. If you're enjoying this podcast please recommend me to friends and family and take a moment to give me a rating on whatever platform your listening. It will help me reach more listeners and give the animals I talk about an even better chance at change.  Join me in two weeks for another exciting series about an unknown or misunderstood creature.        (Piano Music plays)  This has been an episode of Ten Things I like About with Kiersten and Company. Original music written and performed by Katherine Camp, my very own piano playing hero.

Rachel Carson: Voice of the Silent Spring In this episode, we honor Rachel Carson—the marine biologist turned environmental prophet—whose cautionary voice saved countless lives and ecosystems. We reflect on how she listened to nature's silence and urged us to do the same, carrying on our theme: Stewards of the Earth. Get the book Peace Stuff: Enough (Kickstarter) Find the Books, Podcast & Kickstarter: Everything you need to follow the Peace Stuff: Enough journey is here: AvisKalfsbeek.com Recommended Reading: Silent Spring by Rachel Carson Music: "Dalai Llama Riding a Bike" by Javier "Peke" Rodriguez Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW?si=uszJs37sTFyPbXK4AeQvow

Hai mai pensato a cosa accadrebbe se un giorno la primavera smettesse di cantare?Niente uccellini, niente api, niente ronzii nell'aria.Solo silenzio.In questo episodio ti porto a conoscere Rachel Carson, la donna che più di sessant'anni fa ebbe il coraggio di denunciare i veleni che stavano zittendo la Natura.Con il suo libro "Primavera silenziosa", ha aperto gli occhi al mondo e ha dato il via al movimento ambientalista moderno.Ti racconterò la sua storia, cosa conteneva davvero quel libro, e perché – anche oggi – il suo messaggio è più attuale che mai.Parleremo di pesticidi, giardini e responsabilità, ma anche di speranza: perché ogni volta che scegli di coltivare in modo sostenibile, stai restituendo voce alla primavera.

When Silent Spring came out in 1962, it was an instant best-seller and led to the establishment of the EPA, as well as the ban of harmful pesticides such as DDT. But Rachel Carson's seminal work also shifted our way of thinking about nature. For the first time, the environment was not just something out there that could be tracked and measured, but something that lived inside all of us. You can read a transcript of this episode on our website, and visit learn more about the topics brought up in this episode.Check out our booklist with books recommended for this episode.This episode was a collaboration with the podcast Thresholds. You can listen to Jordan Kisener's full interview with Ayana Elizabeth Johnson here. And check out Johnson's new book, What If We Get It Right? Read Bob Musil's book, Rachel Carson and Her Sisters, and learn more about the Rachel Carson Council. Read Rachel Frazin's book, Poisoning the Well, which she co-wrote with Sharon Udasin.Watch Rachel Carson's full speech to the National Women's Democratic Club in 1962.

In this week's episode, we are speaking with Deborah Blum, environmental journalist, Pulitzer-prize winning science writer and science columnist. Let me explain why we have asked Deborah to join us. In 1962, American marine biologist, science writer, and conservationist Rachel Carson writes a pivotal book in our history, titled Silent Spring, which skillfully lays out the very real life scenario of how and where poisonous chemicals and controls, like DDT, were created and distributed by the US government in hand with major chemical companies and were used in agricultural fields, orchards, and private homeowners.What consumers didn't know at the time was that chemicals like DDT were doing immeasurable and great harm to animals, ecosystems, and humans. We have asked Deborah Blum to speak with us about Rachel Carson because of Blum's extensive qualifications as a science writer, and for the fact that she only just recently retired as the Director of the Knight Science Journalism program at MIT, and has specialised in toxicology for the last 15 years, writing about poisons and pesticides in our everyday lives.Time Stamps:Intro: 00:15Interview: 9:40TA: 55:50Show Notes:⁠https://deborahblum.com/⁠PBS with Blum featured⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeJNRaE11A0⁠A short film on Rachel Carson⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezVEzCmiXM4⁠

The Great Disarmament Part 14: A Future Retold. What Comes Next? In the final episode of The Great Disarmament – The Great Disfarmament, peace storyteller Avis Kalfsbeek invites listeners to reflect on the journey so far—and to imagine what comes next. From ancient farming to nuclear warfare, from compost to chemical weapons, this 14-part podcast series traces the parallel histories of agricultural violence and militarized conflict—and the courageous movements working to undo them. A Future Retold offers a poetic, historical, and deeply human recap of the series. It revisits the voices that have shaped this work—Rachel Carson, Martin Luther King Jr., Gandhi, adrienne maree brown, and many more—and names the everyday actions that make peace not just possible, but already underway. We explore the symbolism of the Doomsday Clock, the myth of perpetual war, and the dream of a Peace Clock that points to something new: a world where disarmament becomes part of daily life. If you care about climate justice, nuclear disarmament, regenerative agriculture, nonviolent resistance, or simply the possibility of a livable future—this episode is for you. Because peace is not a gimmick. It's a choice. A story. A path. This is #TheGreatDisarmament. Download the Peace Resource Guide: AvisKalfsbeek.com/PeaceGuide Follow my Kickstarter: AvisKalfsbeek.com/Kickstarter Get the books: aviskalfsbeek.com Music: “Dalai Llama Rides a Bike” by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez • Bandcamp: javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com • Spotify: Javier “Peke” Rodriguez

Going Green is a Finalist in the Signal Awards—the largest award solely dedicated to podcasting! Now I need YOUR help: The Listener's Choice Awards are open for voting worldwide through October 9th. Vote here today! This episode of Going Green (a SPACES podcast story) explores the history of the environmental movement, focusing on the impact of Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring and the establishment of Earth Day. It highlights the growing awareness of environmental issues throughout history and the role of key figures in advocating for environmental protection. The conversation also discusses the legislative reforms and architectural advancements that resulted from the environmental movement.Subscribe to SPACES PodcastEpisode Extras - Photos, videos, sources and links to additional content I found during my research. Check out the Going Green Soundtrack on SpotifyEpisode Credits:Production by Gābl MediaWritten by Dimitrius LynchExecutive Produced by Dimitrius LynchAudio Engineering and Sound Design by Jeff AlvarezArchival Audio courtesy of: Anna Samsonov, hjvd, The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel, Congressional Archives Carl Albert Center, Nelson Institute, EarthWeek 1970

This week is United Nations Climate Week in New York City. During his address to the U.N., Trump talked about the climate crisis being a hoax and how "the environmentalists want to kill all the cow."To discuss the climate crisis with a lens of resistance and militancy, Scott talks with Prof. John Maerhofer, lecturer at Rutgers, and author of "Guerrilla Ecologies: Green Capital, Nature, and the Politics of Catastrophe" about capital's attack on the environment and radical militant responses to it. They discuss the legacy of Rachel Carson and the mainstreaming of the U.S. environmental movement, the rise of green capitalism, liberal co-optation of the environmental movement, and militant eco-movements in the U.S. and around the world. Bio//John Maerhofer, Ph.D. is an activist-scholar based in the greater NYC area. He has taught literature, radical ecological history, and interdisciplinary studies at various colleges and universities, including Hofstra University, the University of Rhode Island, and at several campuses in the CUNY system. He is currently a full-time Teaching Instructor at Rutgers University where he teaches in the Writing Program. He is author of Guerrilla Ecologies:Green Capital, Nature, and the Politics of Catastrophe.-------------------------------Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by Moody

This episode marks the turning point between The Great Disfarmament (Parts 1 - 6) and The Great Disarmament (Parts 8 - 13). We look back across centuries of agricultural violence—fertilizer bombs, chemical dependency, and genetic control—and begin to see a new story taking root. We recap key voices: the ecological grief of The Epic of Gilgamesh, the defiant poetry of William Blake, the wartime witness of Erich Maria Remarque, the prophetic science of Rachel Carson, the double-edged legacy of Norman Borlaug, and the braided wisdom of Robin Wall Kimmerer. The Great Disarmament didn't begin with a summit or a ceasefire. It began when people said no. When they composted control. When they made peace in the soil. Next episode, we follow that thread—into Spears & Surrender.

In this episode, host Avis Kalfsbeek examines the Cold War's eerie balance between restraint and escalation. While world powers held their fire through Mutually Assured Destruction, another kind of battle intensified in the fields. The Green Revolution promised to end hunger, but often delivered dependency. With hybrid seeds, fossil-fuel fertilizers, and pesticides drawn from wartime chemistry, agriculture became a new theater of control. Countries in the Global South were offered technological salvation—at the cost of local knowledge, biodiversity, and sovereignty. Our featured voice is Rachel Carson, whose 1962 book Silent Spring revealed the hidden cost of domination disguised as innovation. Her quiet courage helped spark a global movement for environmental awareness and restraint. We also reflect on Norman Borlaug's legacy through The Man Who Fed the World—a reminder that even well-intentioned interventions can carry unintended consequences. Control, scale, and speed defined the era. But memory, humility, and care may yet define the future.

Part One: A discussion about storm water runoff with Laura Buska (program managers with the Root Pike Watershed Initiative Network) and Samantha Katt (policy expert with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.) Part Two: Ann Burg talks about her novel "Force of Nature," based on the life and legacy of the legendary environmentalist Rachel Carson.

▶️ Dans cette troisième et dernière partie, Cédric Villani, mathématicien, académicien et lauréat de la médaille Fields, nous partage sa carte blanche durant laquelle il décrit comment les oeuvres "Formes et Croissances" de D'Arcy Thompson et "Ma Thémagie" de Douglas Hofstader ont influencé son approche de la science et façonné le mathématicien qu'il est devenu.

What if I told you The Great Disarmament has already begun? Not as a headline, or a treaty, or a dream—but as something quiet. Ongoing. Something you might not have noticed. In this opening episode, we trace the overlapping histories of agriculture and war—and ask what it means to disarm a system built to dominate. We start with a simple truth: for most of human history, farming and war were opposites. One fed. One destroyed. But in the last century, their paths began to merge—military chemicals were recast as fertilizers and pesticides, and the language of conquest entered our relationship with land. We end with the voice of Rachel Carson, whose 1962 book Silent Spring challenged the chemical mindset reshaping our world, and offered, instead, a way of seeing nature as something we belong to, not something we conquer. This is not a series about easy answers. It's a listening project. A way of seeing what was built—and what is being unbuilt. —

Welcome to The Great Disarmament – The Great Disfarmament. Host Avis Kalfsbeek, peace storyteller, ecofiction author, leads us in this 14-part nonfiction podcast tracing how violence became embedded in agriculture, policy, and culture—and how people across history have resisted it. From soil to soul, this series blends history, science, activism, and hope.

We're taking a breather this August as we work on bringing you more great episodes of the ATS Breathe Easy podcast. But we're not going off the air - instead, we're bringing back some of our best episodes of the last season. See you in September for season two! Rolling back major EPA policies that protect our health from air pollution exposure is dangerous and even fatal in some cases. This episode features the chair and vice-chair of the ATS Environmental Health Policy Committee, Alison Lee, MD, (Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai) and Gillian Goobie, MD, PhD (University of British Columbia). Patti Tripathi hosts. Resources: The Southern California Children's Health StudyThe Ella Roberta FoundationSilent Spring by Rachel Carson

Diese Folge enthält Spoiler. Rachel Carson hat mit ihren Büchern viel bewegt. Sie schrieb über die Natur, verband Forschung mit poetischer Sprache, und erreichte somit nicht nur die Köpfe, sondern auch die Herzen der Menschen. Als sie mutig den massenhaften Einsatz des Pestizids DDT anprangerte, erhielt sie viel Widerstand… und wurde zu einer Mitbegründerin der Umweltbewegung, in den USA und international. Die Autorin Theresia Graw hat sich dem Leben dieser besonderen Frau im Roman „In uns der Ozean“ (Ullstein, 2025) angenähert. Wir haben ihn für euch gelesen und besprechen in unserer neuen Folge, was Rachel Carson zu einer der Begründerinnen der modernen Umweltbewegung macht, und wie es einer Frau gelingen konnte, mit Liebe zur Natur und zum Schreiben Menschen und Politiker*innen wachzurütteln. Ihr sucht einen neuen Podcast, der Wissenschaft in eine spannende Geschichte verpackt? Hört rein bei "Hiccup. Per Schluckauf durch die Zeit". Darin reist eine Zeitreisende ins Mittelalter - und stößt auf einige Herausforderungen: Wie lädt man ein elektrisches Gerät in der Vergangenheit auf? Wie klang das Deutsch im 15. Jahrhundert? Und war die Pest wirklich so gefährlich? All diese Fragen klärt „Hiccup. Per Schluckauf durch die Zeit. Ein Podcast der ÖAW“ für Junge & Junggebliebene. Hört rein auf Youtube, Spotify und Apple Podcast.

When writer Rachel Carson built a house on Maine's Southport Island, her new neighbor, Dorothy Freeman, sent her a note to welcome her. Rachel wrote back. And when the summer was over, they kept writing to each other. Lida Maxwell's book is Rachel Carson and the Power of Queer Love. Martha Freeman's book is Always, Rachel: The Letters of Rachel Carson and Dorothy Freeman, 1952-1964 Say hello on Facebook and Instagram. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts. Want to listen to This is Love ad-free? Sign up for Criminal Plus – you'll get to listen to This is Love, Criminal, and Phoebe Reads a Mystery without any ads. Plus, you'll get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal and other exclusive benefits. Learn more and sign up here. We also make Criminal and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join us for an incredible conversation with the beautiful and godly Sis. Rachel Carson as she shares her heart for ministry and God.

Devil's urine. That's what Dupont employees called PFAS. These toxic, human made forever chemicals are now in the blood of almost every human on the planet. They are found in drinking water around the world, even Antarctica. And they are used in a broad range of consumer products, like non-stick cookware, stain-resistant clothing, waterproof items, dental floss, and even medical masks. These are only a few examples of many. This group of toxic chemicals, perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), permanently concentrates in your body and the environment. You can't get rid of them. In fact, they bioaccumulate, meaning they get worse and worse. The public awareness from uncovering of the truth behind Dupont's misdeeds now contaminating much of the planet is tantamount to this generation's Silent Spring. Our guest Rob Bilott is very much a Rachel Carson sort of figure who has stood up to the chemical industry as the lead attorney to bring light to the dangers of PFAS and its many variations. He fought and won a 20+ year battle against Dupont for the poisoning of over 70,000 people in West Virginia and Ohio. His work was even captured in the 2019 feature film, Dark Waters where he was portrayed by Mark Ruffalo. Rob has continued his groundbreaking work and is looking at the potential of a nationwide class action lawsuit as newer versions of PFAS emerge, unregulated and as dangerous as ever. In this interview from Summer 2022, we explore the history of PFAS, what exposure means, where it can be found, and what we can do. Rob Bilott is a partner in the Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky offices of the law firm, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP [https://www.taftlaw.com/people/robert-a-bilott], where he has practiced in the Environmental and Litigation Groups for over 31 years. During that time, Rob has handled and led some of the most novel and complex cases in the country involving damage from exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”), including the first individual, class action, mass tort, and multi-district litigation proceedings concerning the toxic chemical, recovering over $1 billion for impacted clients. In 2017, Rob received the Right Livelihood Award, known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize,” for his decades of work on behalf of those injured by PFAS chemical contamination. Rob is the author of the book, “Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer's Twenty-Year Battle Against DuPont,” [https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Exposure/Robert-Bilott/9781501172823] and his story is the inspiration for the 2019 motion picture, “Dark Waters,” starring Mark Ruffalo. Rob's story and work is also featured in the documentary, “The Devil We Know.” Jessica Aldridge, Co-Host and Producer of EcoJustice Radio, is an environmental educator, community organizer, and 15-year waste industry leader. She is a co-founder of SoCal 350, organizer for ReusableLA, and founded Adventures in Waste. She is a former professor of Recycling and Resource Management at Santa Monica College, and an award recipient of the international 2021 Women in Sustainability Leadership and the 2016 inaugural Waste360, 40 Under 40. Podcast Website: http://ecojusticeradio.org/ Podcast Blog: https://www.wilderutopia.com/category/ecojustice-radio/ Support the Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/ecojusticeradio Guest: Rob Bilott Host and Producer: Jessica Aldridge Engineer and Original Music: Blake Quake Beats Executive Producer: Jack Eidt Created by: Mark and JP Morris

durée : 00:48:08 - Affaires sensibles - par : Fabrice Drouelle, Franck COGNARD - Aujourd'hui, dans Affaires sensibles, le combat de Rachel Carson, lanceuse d'alerte contre les biocides. - réalisé par : Stéphane COSME

On this week's episode, I talk about my love for the word wonder. Wonder slows me down, drops me into curiosity, and then opens the rich doors to gratitude. Even as a senior citizen, I consider myself a child of wonder. Let the magnificent gifts of Spring re-ignite your sense of wonder. Check out the show notes for links to hear the poignant words of Dot, a 96 year old woman who strives to live in awe and to the timeless wisdom of Rachel Carson's The Sense Of Wonder.  May we embrace what it means to be a child of wonder. Enjoy the podcast! Links: IG: @endwellproject Rachel Carson: The Sense of Wonder

Hello internet! This week's episode is all about some CONSERVATIONISTS you should know, including Rachel Carson, Hazel M. Johnson, and Wangarĩ Maathai! Enjoy and be sure to share with a friend!National Immigration Project: https://nipnlg.org/

We've donated to Everytown. If you can spare it, we recommend you do the same here. This week, we go over a few headlines out of the Florida State Capitol, explore Rachel Carson's writing on Florida, and chat about the strange phenomenon of a senator's voicemail box. Find Your Representative and Find Your Senator. Learn how to call your Congresspeople here concerning a number of topics. Make your comments on the black bear hunt here. Read the latest on the DeSantis scandal here.   Pick up your copy of FLORIDA! right here! Thank you to Chelsea Rice for her incredible design of our logo! Follow Chelsea on Instagram here!   All of the music was originally composed.

Today, more than 1 billion people around the world celebrate Earth Day—but decades before this global movement began, one woman laid the foundation. When aerial pesticide programs drenched the Northeast in chemicals like DDT, devastating ecosystems and killing thousands of wildlife species, marine biologist and writer Rachel Carson sounded the alarm. Her groundbreaking book, Silent Spring, ignited a nationwide reckoning with the hidden environmental costs of modern life. Listen to Watch Her Cook on Apple and Spotify! Follow us on Instagram  Resources:  The Sea Around Us, by Rachel Carson (1951). Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson (1962). “The Story of Silent Spring,” by the National Resources Defense Council (2015). “The Right Way to Remember Rachel Carson,” by Jill Lepore (The New Yorker, 2018). “The Personal Attacks on Rachel Carson as a Woman Scientist” by Mark Stoll (Environment & Society Portal, 2020). “Rachel Carson Memorial,” (Atlas Obscura, 2023). For the latest NPAD updates, group travel details, merch and more, follow us on npadpodcast.com and our socials at: Instagram: @nationalparkafterdark TikTok: @nationalparkafterdark Support the show by becoming an Outsider and receive ad free listening, bonus content and more on Patreon or Apple Podcasts. Want to see our faces? Catch full episodes on our YouTube Page! Thank you to the week's partners! Harvest Hosts: For 20% off your order, head to HarvestHosts.com and use code NPAD. Lume Deodorant: Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with @lumedeodorant and get 15% off with promo code NPAD at LumeDeodorant.com! #lumepod IQBAR: Text PARK to 64000 to get 20% off all IQBAR products and free shipping.

Episode: 3310 Nature, Romanticism, and the Poetry of John Clare.  Today, we look closely at Romantic nature.

Carson's SILENT SPRING has been the gold standard of the environmental movement for more than 50 years. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile's Robin Whitten discuss how narrator Susie Berneis is more than up to the task of making the complex workings of the natural world easy for the average person to follow. Berneis truly excels when her narration mirrors the emotion Carson made so evident in her work. She is by turns passionate, saddened, uplifted, and furious at the history and impact of synthetic pesticides on every aspect of nature and our lives.  Read our review of the audiobook at our website https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/151168/ Published by Dreamscape Discover thousands of audiobook reviews and more at AudioFile's website https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ralph welcomes historian Douglas Brinkley (author of "The Unfinished Presidency: Jimmy Carter's Journey Beyond the White House") as well as journalist and former Carter speechwriter James Fallows to reflect on the life and legacy of the late, great President Jimmy Carter.Douglas Brinkley is the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and Professor of History at Rice University, presidential historian for the New-York Historical Society, trustee of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library, and a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. He has authored, co-authored, and edited more than three dozen books on American history, including Silent Spring Revolution: John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the Great Environmental Awakening, Rosa Parks: A Life, and The Unfinished Presidency: Jimmy Carter's Journey Beyond the White House.When [Jimmy Carter] came in in January of 1977, he said, “The Democratic Party is an albatross around my neck…” The Southern Democrats that voted for Carter in 1976 in the Senate because of, you know, “he's a fellow Southerner,” they abandoned him. They wanted nothing to do with him.Douglas BrinkleyRalph, I don't know if anyone's already told you this—there's a lot of Carter in yourself. You have a lot of similarities in my mind in the sense that you both work tirelessly, and are brilliant, and you learn the nuts and bolts of an issue and you lean into it, and both of you are known for your integrity and your honesty and your diligence and your duty. The question then becomes: Where did Carter fail? And it's about media and about power within the Democratic Party. Those two things Carter couldn't conquer.Douglas BrinkleyI've just written a column called “Jimmy Carter Was My Last President.” And by that I meant he was my last president—and I believe he was the last president for progressive civic groups as well—because he was the last president to actively open up the federal government to engagement and participation by long politically-excluded American activists. He did this actively. He took our calls. No president since has done that. He invited us to the White House to discuss issues. No president since has done that. And that's what I think has been missing in a lot of the coverage—he really believed in a democratic society.Ralph NaderJames Fallows is a contributing writer at the Atlantic and author of the newsletter Breaking the News. He began writing for the magazine in the mid-1970s, reporting from China, Japan, Southeast Asia, Europe, and across the United States and has written hundreds of articles for the publication since then. He's also worked as a public radio commentator, a news magazine editor, and for two years he was President Jimmy Carter's chief speechwriter. He is the author of twelve books, including Who Runs Congress (with Mark Green and David Zwick), The Water Lords, Breaking the News: How the Media Undermine American Democracy, and Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey Into the Heart of America (with Deborah Fallows).Jimmy Carter, for better and worse, had zero national politics experience. That was part of what made him seem refreshing…But Carter, I think one of his limitations in office was that he didn't know what he didn't know, in various realms. This happens to all of us. That's why many outsiders struggle in their first term as president. And so I think yes, he felt as if he could be in command of many things. And I think if he had a second term, he would have been more effective—as Barack Obama was, and others have been.James FallowsI'm really grateful for the chance to talk with you, Ralph, at this moment. As we reflect on a president of the past and prepare for an administration of the future…There are people whose example lasts because they've been consistent over the decades. And I think you, Ralph, in the decades I've known you, that has been the case with you. I think it's the case of Jimmy Carter as well. For people who are consistent and true to themselves, there are times when fortune smiles in their favor and there's times when fortune works against them, but their lasting example endures and can inspire others.James FallowsNews 1/8/251. According to newly released CIA documents, the agency conducted extensive surveillance on Latino – specifically Mexican and Puerto Rican – political activity in the 1960s, ‘70s, and early ‘80s Axios reports. Among other revelations, these documents prove that the agency infiltrated student activist groups “making demands for Mexican American studies classes” – in direct contravention of the CIA's charter, which prohibits domestic activities. The push to disclose the reality of this spying campaign came from Congressmen Jimmy Gomez and Joaquin Castro, whose mother was monitored by the FBI for her Chicano-related activism. Unlike the CIA, the FBI has not released their records.2. Crusading independent journalists Ken Klippenstein and Daniel Boguslaw are out with a new Substack piece regarding Luigi Mangione. This piece, based on a leaked NYPD intelligence report “Warning of ‘a wide range of extremists' that ‘may view Mangione as a martyr,'” due to their “disdain for corporate greed.” These reporters go on to criticize the media for hiding this report from the public, as they have with other key documents in this case. “The report, produced by the NYPD's Intelligence & Counterterrorism Bureau …was blasted out to law enforcement and counterterror partners across the country. It was also leaked to select major media outlets which refused to permit the public to read the document…By withholding documents and unilaterally deciding which portions merit public disclosure, the media is playing god.”3. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has finalized its rule to remove medical bills from credit reports. The bureau reports this rule will wipe $49 billion in medical bills from the credit reports of approximately 15 million Americans. Further, embedded within this rule is a critical provision barring creditors from access to certain medical information; in the past this has allowed these firms to demand borrowers use medical devices up to and including prosthetic limbs as collateral for loans and as assets the creditors could repossess.4. President Biden has blocked a buyout of US Steel by the Japanese firm Nippon Steel, per the Washington Post. His reasons for doing so remain murky. Many in Biden's inner circle argued against this course of action, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. And despite Biden framing this decision as a move to protect the union employees of US Steel, Nippon had promised to honor the United Steelworkers contract and many workers backed the deal. In fact, the only person Biden seemed to be in complete agreement with on this issue is incoming President Donald Trump.5. In September 2023, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson issued a groundbreaking proposal: a publicly owned grocery store. While such institutions do exist on a very small scale, the Chicago pilot project would have been the largest in the United States by a wide margin. Yet, when the city had the opportunity to apply for Illinois state funds to begin the process of establishing the project, they “passed” according to the Chicago Tribune. Even still, this measure is far sounder than the previous M.O. of Chicago mayors, who lavished public funds on private corporations like Whole Foods to establish or maintain stores in underserved portions of the city, only for those corporations to turn around and shutter those stores once money spigot ran dry.6. On January 5th, the American Historical Association held their annual meeting. Among other proposals, the association voted on a measure to condemn the “scholasticide” being perpetrated by Israel in Gaza. Tim Barker, a PhD candidate at Harvard, reports the AHA passed this measure by a margin of 428 to 88. Along with the condemnation, this measure includes a provision to “form a committee to assist in rebuilding Gaza's educational infrastructure.” The AHA now joins the ever-growing list of organizations slowly coming to grips with the scale of the devastation in Gaza.7. According to Bloomberg, AI data centers are causing potentially massive disruptions to the American power grid. The key problem here is that the huge amounts of power these data centers are gobbling up is resulting in “bad harmonics,” which distort the power that ends up flowing through household appliances like refrigerators and dishwashers. As the piece explains, this harmonic distortion can cause substantial damage to those appliances and even increase the likelihood of electrical fires and blackouts. This issue is a perfect illustration of how tech industry greed is impacting consumers, even those who have nothing to do with their business.8. The Department of Housing and Urban Development reports homelessness increased by over 18% in 2024, per AP. HUD attributes this spike to a dearth of affordable housing, as well as the proliferation of natural disasters. In total, HUD estimates around 770,000 Americans are homeless, though that does not include “those staying with friends or family because they do not have a place of their own.” More granular data is even more appalling; family homelessness, for example, grew by 40%. Homelessness grew by 12% in 2023.9. On January 7th, Public Citizen announced that they have launched a new tracker to “watchdog federal investigations and cases against alleged corporate criminals…that are at risk of being abandoned, weakened, or scaled back under the Trump administration.” This tracker includes 237 investigations, nearly one third of which involve companies with known ties with the Trump administration. These companies include Amazon, Apple, AT&T, Bank of America, Coinbase, Ford, Tesla, Goldman Sachs, Meta, OpenAI, SpaceX, Pfizer, Black & Decker, and Uber among many others. As Corporate Crime expert Rick Claypool, who compiled this tracker, writes, “Corporate crime enforcement fell during Trump's first term, even as his administration pursued ‘tough' policies against immigrants, protestors, and low-level offenders…It's likely Trump's second term will see a similar or worse dropoff in enforcement.”10. Finally, Senate Republicans are pushing for swift confirmation hearings to install Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence, per POLITICO. Yet, the renewed spotlight on Gabbard has brought to light her association with the Science of Identity Foundation, an alleged cult led by “guru” Chris Butler, per Newsweek. The New Yorker reports members of this cult are required to “lie face down when Butler enters a room and even sometimes eat his nail clippings or ‘spoonfuls' of the sand he walked on.”This has been Francesco DeSantis, with In Case You Haven't Heard. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for December 8, 2024 is: galvanize • GAL-vuh-nyze • verb To galvanize people is to cause them to be so excited or concerned about something that they are driven to action. // The council's proposal to close the library has galvanized the town's residents. See the entry > Examples: “The original Earth Day was the product of a new environmental consciousness created by Rachel Carson's 1962 book, Silent Spring, and of public horror in 1969 that the Cuyahoga River in Ohio was so polluted it caught fire. … On April 22, 1970, some 20 million people attended thousands of events across America, and this galvanizing public demand led in short order to the creation, during Richard Nixon's presidency, of the Environmental Protection Agency (1970), the Clean Air Act (1970), the Clean Water Act (1972), and the Endangered Species Act (1973), and much more after that.” — Todd Stern, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2024 Did you know? Luigi Galvani was an Italian physician and physicist who, in the 1770s, studied the electrical nature of nerve impulses by applying electrical stimulation to frogs' leg muscles, causing them to contract. Although Galvani's theory that animal tissue contained an innate electrical impulse was disproven, the French word galvanisme came to refer to a current of electricity especially when produced by chemical action, while the verb galvaniser was used for the action of applying such a current (both words were apparently coined by German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt, who modeled them after the French equivalents of magnetism and magnetize). In English, these words came to life as galvanism and galvanize, respectively. Today their primary senses are figurative: to galvanize a person or group is to spur them into action as if they've been jolted with electricity.