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This week’s episode of then & now is the first in a series examining one of the most powerful and destructive natural disasters in U.S. history, the Los Angeles wildfires. Joined by Professor Emeritus at Arizona State University Stephen Pyne, one of the country’s leading thinkers about fire, we discuss the history of urban fire to understand what is unfolding in Los Angeles—where lives, communities, histories, and large swaths of nature are being destroyed before our eyes. Informed by his wide-ranging perspective on fire management, Stephen situates the L.A. wildfires within a broader historical perspective. He describes the current era as the Pyrocene, the age of the Fire.  He suggests that while nuisance fires have decreased, we now face dire conditions worsened by factors such as climate change, land use, and the burning of fossil fuels—all of which highlight the need for a fundamental reorganization of our lives. To conclude, he stresses the importance of avoiding the conditions that cause massive destruction, especially the burning of fossil fuels, and advocates for a thoughtful reassessment of our relationship with fire that minimizes the risk of future destructive events.Stephen Pyne is an Emeritus Professor of Life Sciences at Arizona State University.  He spent 15 seasons with the North Rim Longshots, a Grand Canyon National Park fire crew. Out of those seasons emerged a scholarly interest in the history and management of fire, with major surveys for America, Australia, Canada, Europe (including Russia), and the Earth. He has written 40 books, mostly on the history and management of wildland and rural fire, including a multi-volume fire history of the U.S. and its regions since 1960 (University of Arizona Press).  Further ReadingHuman use of fire has produced an era of uncontrolled burning: Welcome to the Pyrocene2025 Los Angeles Fires

"Most of California is built to burn: it has fires to match its mountains." -Stephen Pyne, Fire Historian*ERROR CORRECTION: At 20:40 into the episode, I made a reading error by reporting "Cost of Fire Suppression" in CA mistakenly as the total volume of "Acres Burned." The specifics for "Costs of Suppression" in CA for the three years I mentioned were: 2019=$447 million; 2020=1.23 million; and 2021=$1.17 million. Sorry for the error. (Source: "History of California Wildfires," November 2022; Western Fire Chiefs Association)Like many, I was overwhelmed by the catastrophic fires recently in Los Angeles. I felt obligated to dive into the actual history of fires in my home state of California. While I thought I had a decent understanding of Native wisdom of forest management to clean the forest and prevent mega-fires, I quickly realized during my last couple of weeks of research that there was a lot more to understand. I hope this episode helps you to better understand the long history of California fires and how important native wisdom was to prevent the current biblical force fires by having more "good" (significantly smaller) cultural burns. "We need more burning by good fire-a lot more-while pushing for less by bad fire." -Stephen PyneIn summary, it's not a water problem; it's a fuel problem.Here are some important references I mentioned in the episode:Fire Historian, author, and Arizona State University emeritus professor Stephen Pyne's "Fire Fundamentals: A Primer on Wildland Fire for Journalists"Coalition of Prescribed Fire Councils (great source of graphics for statistical summaries per year for US fires)

Stephen Pyne, a renowned fire historian, discusses how climate change is creating unprecedented conditions for "mean fires" that overwhelm traditional firefighting approaches. He challenges the "war on fire" mindset, arguing instead for viewing fire as a biological force requiring public health-style interventions. Pyne talks about the need to distinguish between urban and wildland fire management, advocating for both hardened cities and controlled burns in wild areas. Drawing from historical lessons and Australia's experience, he warns that without fundamental changes in our approach, California's fire conditions will only worsen.

“Today we live in a fire age in which ancient prophecies of worlds destroyed and renewed by fire have become contemporary realities, even for people living in modern cities," Stephen Pyne says.

Our species didn't just stumble upon fire during our evolution; we evolved because of our unique relationship with it. From cooking food to burning fossil fuels to climate change, the entire history of humanity is intertwined with fire. This week's guest is Stephen Pyne, a world-renowned fire historian and author of The Pyrocene: How We Created an Age of Fire, and What Happens Next. Adam and Stephen discuss the changes in our relationship with fire and how repairing that relationship will be integral to the survival of our species. Find Stephen's book at factuallypod.com/booksSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/adamconoverSEE ADAM ON TOUR: https://www.adamconover.net/tourdates/SUBSCRIBE to and RATE Factually! on:» Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/factually-with-adam-conover/id1463460577» Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0fK8WJw4ffMc2NWydBlDyJAbout Headgum: Headgum is an LA & NY-based podcast network creating premium podcasts with the funniest, most engaging voices in comedy to achieve one goal: Making our audience and ourselves laugh. Listen to our shows at https://www.headgum.com.» SUBSCRIBE to Headgum: https://www.youtube.com/c/HeadGum?sub_confirmation=1» FOLLOW us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/headgum» FOLLOW us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/headgum/» FOLLOW us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@headgum» Advertise on Factually! via Gumball.fmSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

How is Yosemite National Park a microcosm for our warming, fire-driven, world?  Arizona State University emeritus professor Stephen Pyne answers that question in Pyrocene Park: A Journey Into the Fire History of Yosemite National Park (U Arizona Press, 2023). Pyne frames the fire history of Yosemite National Park around a three day hike he and a team of researchers took into the park's backcountry as part of a program examining the effects of changing fire regimes over the last several decades.  In the process, Pyne explains how and why the human abolition - and reignition - of fires in the park have had dramatic effects on a place which is 95% wilderness. People, Pyne argues, have a strange relationship with fire, at once keeping the elemental process at arm's length while simultaneously being intertwined culturally and even physically with fire and its effects. As fires grow and the planet warms, Pyne asks readers to consider Yosemite as both a warning about the dangers of misunderstanding fire, and an example of how to respect fire as the ecological necessity it has always been. 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

How is Yosemite National Park a microcosm for our warming, fire-driven, world?  Arizona State University emeritus professor Stephen Pyne answers that question in Pyrocene Park: A Journey Into the Fire History of Yosemite National Park (U Arizona Press, 2023). Pyne frames the fire history of Yosemite National Park around a three day hike he and a team of researchers took into the park's backcountry as part of a program examining the effects of changing fire regimes over the last several decades.  In the process, Pyne explains how and why the human abolition - and reignition - of fires in the park have had dramatic effects on a place which is 95% wilderness. People, Pyne argues, have a strange relationship with fire, at once keeping the elemental process at arm's length while simultaneously being intertwined culturally and even physically with fire and its effects. As fires grow and the planet warms, Pyne asks readers to consider Yosemite as both a warning about the dangers of misunderstanding fire, and an example of how to respect fire as the ecological necessity it has always been. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

How is Yosemite National Park a microcosm for our warming, fire-driven, world?  Arizona State University emeritus professor Stephen Pyne answers that question in Pyrocene Park: A Journey Into the Fire History of Yosemite National Park (U Arizona Press, 2023). Pyne frames the fire history of Yosemite National Park around a three day hike he and a team of researchers took into the park's backcountry as part of a program examining the effects of changing fire regimes over the last several decades.  In the process, Pyne explains how and why the human abolition - and reignition - of fires in the park have had dramatic effects on a place which is 95% wilderness. People, Pyne argues, have a strange relationship with fire, at once keeping the elemental process at arm's length while simultaneously being intertwined culturally and even physically with fire and its effects. As fires grow and the planet warms, Pyne asks readers to consider Yosemite as both a warning about the dangers of misunderstanding fire, and an example of how to respect fire as the ecological necessity it has always been. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/environmental-studies

How is Yosemite National Park a microcosm for our warming, fire-driven, world?  Arizona State University emeritus professor Stephen Pyne answers that question in Pyrocene Park: A Journey Into the Fire History of Yosemite National Park (U Arizona Press, 2023). Pyne frames the fire history of Yosemite National Park around a three day hike he and a team of researchers took into the park's backcountry as part of a program examining the effects of changing fire regimes over the last several decades.  In the process, Pyne explains how and why the human abolition - and reignition - of fires in the park have had dramatic effects on a place which is 95% wilderness. People, Pyne argues, have a strange relationship with fire, at once keeping the elemental process at arm's length while simultaneously being intertwined culturally and even physically with fire and its effects. As fires grow and the planet warms, Pyne asks readers to consider Yosemite as both a warning about the dangers of misunderstanding fire, and an example of how to respect fire as the ecological necessity it has always been. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

How is Yosemite National Park a microcosm for our warming, fire-driven, world?  Arizona State University emeritus professor Stephen Pyne answers that question in Pyrocene Park: A Journey Into the Fire History of Yosemite National Park (U Arizona Press, 2023). Pyne frames the fire history of Yosemite National Park around a three day hike he and a team of researchers took into the park's backcountry as part of a program examining the effects of changing fire regimes over the last several decades.  In the process, Pyne explains how and why the human abolition - and reignition - of fires in the park have had dramatic effects on a place which is 95% wilderness. People, Pyne argues, have a strange relationship with fire, at once keeping the elemental process at arm's length while simultaneously being intertwined culturally and even physically with fire and its effects. As fires grow and the planet warms, Pyne asks readers to consider Yosemite as both a warning about the dangers of misunderstanding fire, and an example of how to respect fire as the ecological necessity it has always been. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-west

“Today we live in a fire age in which ancient prophecies of worlds destroyed and renewed by fire have become contemporary realities, even for people living in modern cities," Stephen Pyne says.

In this episode, Susan Mathews narrates an eccentric story of fire, an intangible and odd element. She begins with lines from William Blake's “The Tyger”, which invites us to partake of creation and the paradoxes of the divine, with an equal measure of wonder and terror evoked through fire. But fire is more than just combustion and volatility, a chemical reaction or an ecological stimulus. The history of fire and the history of life are twin flames. Lynn Margulis and Dorion Sagan write in their wonderful book What is Life? that one answer to the titular question is that life is the transmutation of sunlight. It is the sun become the green fire of photosynthesizing beings, the natural seductiveness of flowers and the warmth of the tiger stalking the jungle in the dead of night. The character of burning over deep time is one with twists and turns. It started with a spark of lightning but for fire to become a planetary force, it needed oxygen and fuel. Stephen Pyne, a prolific historian of fire and the first guest in this podcast season, outlines three fires. Plants set ablaze by lightning were the first, humans aiding and abetting fire the second and the third fire is where humans  burn lithic landscapes. No longer bounded by season, sun or natural rhythms, this fire without limits made us geological agents. It is also a fire of empire and slavery, of loss and destruction. From a celestial and originary green fire we now see terrifying red plumes and a rising blue fire of the  oceans. The world is out of pyric balance. So how do we rewrite this story? In the second half of this episode, Susan introduces some exciting ideas that help us think through fire differently, starting with the myth of Prometheus. In this tale, the role of Pandora is often ignored, downplayed, or forgotten. Elissa Marder, in an article entitled Pandora's Fireworks describes Pandora, created out of clay and water, as a kind of counterfire (anti puros), a technological counterpart to divine fire. Pandora establishes the defining limits of the human and reminds us of our connection with the rest of the biosphere. From Pandora's pyrotechnics, we move to the ‘pyrosexual', a term she borrows from the work of Nigel Clark and Kathryn Yusoff in their article titled Queer Fire: Ecology, Combustion and Pyrosexual Desire. Clark and Yusuff peel back the metaphors of fire and sex and suggest instead a deep, conjoint history of sexual desire and fiery consummation. By contextualizing the ‘pyrosexual' within the wider economy of earth and cosmos, they seek ways to escape industrial capitalism's current hyperconsumptive cycles of accumulation. They remind us that plants are sexual beings and challenge more ‘orthodox' environmentalisms that curb desire and renouncing of pleasure. Fire being a boundary between biologic life and inhuman materialities, it offers a track that restructures the asexual-sexual binary with lateral forms of agency and modes of desire. What else, they ask, can we do with a planet of fire? Susan ends with a tribute to Alexis Pauline Gumbs, a poet and writer who inspired much of Season 2 on water and this one on fire. In a powerful piece published in Harper's Bazaar this year, she writes that menopause is a powerful lens through which to look at this hot planetary crisis. Apart from the similarities, such as planetary hot flashes caused by toxic environments, menopause is also a liminal space of possibility. She asks whether underneath all this heat, we are meant to learn something about change. Special thanks to Tushar Das and Brown Monkey Studio who added the wonderful effects and sound designed the episode. 

In this episode of Remarkable People, join host Guy Kawasaki for an enlightening conversation with Stephen Pyne, a distinguished wildfire expert. Stephen's remarkable journey, from his years as a wildland firefighter to his role as an emeritus professor, provides a unique perspective on the human-fire relationship. Together, they delve into the critical issues surrounding wildfires and their environmental impact, emphasizing the need for sustainable fire management. Tune in to gain a deeper understanding of the complex and vital relationship between humans and fire, and discover how Stephen Pyne's insights are shaping a safer and more sustainable future for our planet.---Guy Kawasaki is on a mission to make you remarkable. His Remarkable People podcast features interviews with remarkable people such as Jane Goodall, Marc Benioff, Woz, Kristi Yamaguchi, and Bob Cialdini. Every episode will make you more remarkable. With his decades of experience in Silicon Valley as a Venture Capitalist and advisor to the top entrepreneurs in the world, Guy's questions come from a place of curiosity and passion for technology, start-ups, entrepreneurship, and marketing. If you love society and culture, documentaries, and business podcasts, take a second to follow Remarkable People. Listeners of the Remarkable People podcast will learn from some of the most successful people in the world with practical tips and inspiring stories that will help you be more remarkable. Episodes of Remarkable People organized by topic: https://bit.ly/rptopology Listen to Remarkable People here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/guy-kawasakis-remarkable-people/id1483081827 Like this show? Please leave us a review -- even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally! Thank you for your support; it helps the show!

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  About Stephen Pyne became interested in fire as a result of 15 seasons on a fire crew, the North Rim Longshots, at Grand Canyon National Park.  He has written a gamut of fire-themed books, among them national fire histories for America, Australia, Canada, Europe (including Russia), Mexico (pending), and the Earth overall, culminating in The […] Read full article: Episode 99: Stephen Pyne On Humanity's Evolving Relationship With Fire

Södra Europa drabbades av allvarliga skogsbränder i somras, som kan förklaras både av en svår värmebölja och förändrad markanvändning som gynnar elden. Men i Sverige och i världen har bränderna minskat. Klimatförändringarna har gjort värmeböljorna kraftfullare i Sydeuropa, medan de i Sverige lett till varmare men också blötare förhållanden, säger Johan Sjöström, skogsbrandforskare på RISE, och därmed har risken för skogsbränder inte ökat här. Snarare är det sällsynt med stora skogsbränder i vårt land, men somrarna 2014 och 2018 utgör tydliga undantag. Vi besöker den skog i Småland som drabbades av den värsta branden i landet under förra året, men som få hört talas om eftersom elden kunde släckas i tid. Johan Sjöström visar oss tecken på branden, liksom sätt för det svenska skogsbruket att minska brandrisken.I södra Europa har betande djur tidigare haft en dämpande effekt på brandrisken, men utflyttning från landsbygden till städerna har gjort markerna mer eldfängda. Nu prövas att återinföra får och getter i sydeuropeiska länder just för att de ska beta bort lättantändliga buskar och gräs. Vi hör också om Kalifornien, som har världens största brandkårer, och världens största flotta av vattenbombande helikoptrar och flygplan, men ändå årligen drabbas av svåra bränder. Enligt brandhistoriken Stephen Pyne måste amerikanerna få bort stora delar av den eldfängda undervegationen i Kalifornien, och kanske ta lärdom av det förebyggande arbete som pågår i Europa för att förhindra okontrollerade skogsbränder. I Vetenskapsradion På djupet hör vi även att mark- och skogsbränderna i världen totalt sett minskar, och om vad det beror på. Medverkande: Johan Sjöström, skogsbrandforskare RISE; Stephen Pyne, brandhistoriker Arizona State University.Reporter: Gustaf Klarin gustaf.klarin@sr.seProducent: Björn Gunér bjorn.guner@sr.se 

Des cendres laissées par les récents incendies monstre émergent désormais des questions au goût de soufre. « Incendies : la forêt française [est-elle] en danger ? », se demande Le Figaro Magazine. C'est « une tragédie », lit-on. Plus de 20 000 hectares de forêt « ravagés » en Gironde, depuis le début de l'année, plus de 40 000 hectares ont ainsi brûlé en France. « Les risques n'ont jamais été aussi élevés », s'alerte Le Figaro Magazine. Selon un rapport du Sénat de 2019 déjà, « au moins un tiers des 16,9 millions d'hectares de la forêt française, soit 31% du territoire, est classé sensible au risque d'incendie ». La planète dans un « âge du feu » ? Problème : nous ne prenons visiblement pas le bon chemin pour les contenir. « Nous sommes en train de créer un âge du feu ». C'est à lire dans L'Obs et c'est quelque peu anxiogène. Entretien avec Stephen Pyne, historien du feu et professeur émérite à l'Arizona State University aux États-Unis. Pour lui, « le réchauffement climatique signe notre entrée dans le "Pyrocène", un temps où le feu modèlera la planète aussi puissamment que la glace lors des périodes glaciaires ». Voilà qui fait rêver ! Mais on ne peut encore une fois s'en prendre qu'à nous-même, l'humain. Chiffres cités dans Le Figaro, l'Office national des forêts affirme : « À hauteur de 10%, la foudre reste l'unique cause naturelle de départ de feu. Ce qui signifie mathématiquement que 90% des incendies de forêts sont d'origine humaine. »  Éviter les monocultures, favoriser la diversité Il n'y a donc pas que le réchauffement climatique qui est en cause. Si les feux de forêt sont tellement puissants, explique Stephen Pyne, c'est à cause du réchauffement climatique mais aussi de « la façon dont nous avons transformé les campagnes ». La monoculture d'arbres, devenue courante, est pourtant à éviter absolument, elle favorise la propagation du feu, constate également Le Figaro. Il faut « diversifier les essences, [les espèces d'arbres], les provenances et les modes de sylviculture ». Marianne pointe aussi, de son côté, cette « vulnérabilité des monocultures » et se demande : « L'État se planterait-il sur toute la ligne ? Nos forêts souffrent, et quand les scientifiques s'attellent à construire une forêt du futur plus résistante aux incendies, à la sécheresse, aux tempêtes, aux insectes ravageurs et autres fléaux, l'état tarde à prendre en compte leurs travaux. Il va jusqu'à financer de façon absurde les monocultures et la plantation d'essences très rentables, comme le Pin Douglas ». 100 milliards d'euros réclamés par la SNCF Dossier en Une du Journal du Dimanche : « pourquoi la SNCF réclame 100 milliards ». C'est un été record pour la fréquentation mais, « depuis six semaines, la société des chemins de fer traverse une période de haute intensité marquée par la canicule et la multiplication des retards ». Or, « ces heures dans les wagons sans clim', ces correspondances manquées et ces attentes sur des quais bondés rappellent la fragilité du réseau français, estime Le JDD. Elles confirment aussi les calculs du président de la SNCF, Jean-Pierre Farandou ». D'après lui, il faut « injecter » 100 milliards d'euros, « pour doubler le trafic dans les quinze ans à venir ». Le nouveau ministre des Transports, Clément Beaune a « déjà reçu le message », souligne Le JDD. Et cela tombe bien, Clément Beaune est justement interviewé par le journal. Interrogé sur les 100 milliards, il reconnaît que les infrastructures, que le réseau « a été négligé ces trente dernières années. Amplifier l'effort fait depuis cinq ans est ma priorité budgétaire », affirme-t-il, sans donner de chiffres pour autant. Quant à une « solution pour faire baisser les prix », ayant flambé pour ces vacances, eh bien « minimiser les pics tarifaires d'été doit être possible », répond le ministre des Transports. À défaut de solution concrète pour le moment, voilà déjà une piste.  Les arnaques du développement personnel Des solutions, certains en cherchent avec le développement personnel. Un phénomène très en vue, mais dont il faut se méfier. C'est L'Express qui nous alerte cette semaine sur « les dérives du développement personnel ». Sur les « pseudo-sciences » et les « vraies arnaques ». Et sur ceux n'aimant pas qu'on touche à leur business. L'Express dénonce ainsi l'attitude d'Idriss Aberkane. Le magazine a enquêté sur lui, « autoproclamé hyperdoctor et spécialiste en neurosciences », et, en réaction, il a « jeté à la vindicte de ses disciples numériques le nom des journalistes afin que ces derniers reçoivent leur lot d'insultes, d'intimidations et de menaces ». En vain, « nous ne reculerons pas devant ces méthodes inacceptables », répond L'Express dans son édito. Le magazine publie donc son enquête sur cet « hyperdoctor ». Et c'est gratiné. Réguler l'utilisation des écrans Les docteurs, les vrais quant à eux, alertent encore une fois sur l'utilisation trop intensive des écrans. Les docteurs et L'Obs. Rendez-vous compte : « Deux heures par jour chez les moins de 10 ans, trois chez les adolescents, plus de sept pour un quart des 15-17 ans ». C'est considérable. « Entre les consoles de jeux, les ordinateurs, les tablettes et surtout les smartphones, il y a de quoi concurrencer certaines vieilles activités aussi recommandables que la lecture, la pratique d'un sport, les confidences intergénérationnelles devant un barbecue qui ne prend pas, ou simplement le plaisir de s'ennuyer », ironie L'Obs. Il livre donc aux parents un « manuel de survie » pour tenter de réguler la consommation des écrans par les plus jeunes. Sadio Mané, de retour au pays Un sourire dans la vie réelle, au moins un, à voir en Une du magazine de L'Équipe. Celui du footballeur sénégalais Sadio Mané, « prophète en son pays » nous dit L'Équipe. « Après sa grande saison avec le Sénégal et Liverpool, avant de rejoindre le Bayern Munich, Sadio Mané est revenu dans son village natal de Bambali, en Casamance ». Et l'attaquant « avait la coupe d'Afrique avec lui », en plus d'autres réjouissances, nous dit L'Équipe. « Fierté et émotions étaient au programme de ces quelques jours », naturellement. Ce qui est beau, c'est que « la relation entre Sadio et son village, ses origines », n'ont pas changé, peut-on lire. « Ce que Bambali lui a donné, Sadio le lui rend à sa manière. »

Naj gre za starodavno religijo ali današnjo politiko, za kmetijstvo ali industrijo, za varovanje okolja ali njegovo uničevanje, ogenj je vselej zraven, vselej nepogrešljiv. Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika pravi, da je ogenj kemična reakcija, pojav, pri katerem oddaja snov ob spajanju s kisikom svetlobo in toploto. To seveda drži – pa vendar bi težko rekli, da smo ogenj s temi besedami že zadovoljivo opisali oziroma ustrezno določili mesto, ki ga zavzema v človeški zgodovini. Jedrnata definicija, ki jo lahko ponudi SSKJ, pač ne ve ničesar o tistem ognju, ki ga zagledamo, če obiščemo osrednji zoroastristični tempelj v starodavnem iranskem mestu Yazd, sveti ogenj, ki tam menda neprekinjeno gori že od četrtega stoletja našega štetja. Prav tako se slovarju izmikajo ogenj, ki so ga uporabljali najzgodnejši kmetovalci, ko so pripravljali prva polja, pa ogenj, ki je poganjal stroje med industrijsko revolucijo, ali ogenj, ki je predlani, med tako imenovanim črnim poletjem, požgal toliko gozdov v Novem južnem Walesu, da se je pod vtisom te katastrofe večina avstralskih volivcev na nedavnih zveznih volitvah odločila podpreti stranke in kandidate, ki so se zavezali napraviti konec ekološko docela brezbrižni politični usmeritvi liberalno-konservativne vlade. Naj gre za starodavno religijo ali današnjo politiko, za kmetijstvo ali industrijo, ogenj je po vsem sodeč vselej zraven, vselej nepogrešljiv. Pa vendar se, kot ugotavlja ameriški zgodovinar okolja Stephen Pyne, čigar multidisciplinarna razprava Ogenj : narava in kultura je v prevodu Marka Kržana pred nedavnim izšla pri založbi Studia humanitatis, ognju resnično temeljito in vsestransko ne posveča nobena obstoječa znanstvena disciplina – ne fizika ali kemija na eni strani ne geografija ali antropologija na drugi. Zato, še pravi Pyne, ogenj – tako njegovo mesto v zgodovini življenja na planetu nasploh kakor v zgodovini homo sapiensa posebej – preprosto slabo razumemo. Bi potemtakem potrebovali nekakšno »ognjeslovje« ali, če smo malce bolj internacionalni, »pirologijo«? Pa tudi: kakšni novi uvidi in spoznanja o človeških kulturah, o naših materialnih praksah ter verovanjskih sistemih, bi se nam utegnili ponuditi, če bi se preučevanja ognja lotili bolj resno, bolj sistematično, bolj vsestransko? Odgovor smo iskali v tokratnem Kulturnem fokusu, ko smo pred mikrofonom gostili dr. Bojana Baskarja, sociologa in antropologa, predavatelja na več oddelkih ljubljanske Filozofske fakultete, ki je slovenski izdaji Pynovega Ognja pripisal spremno besedo. Z njim se je pogovarjal Goran Dekleva. foto: RonaldPlett (Pixabay)

In today's episode, @DrDisturbance chats with Dr. Stephen Pyne, author and professor at Arizona State University who specializes in fire history. Come travel back in time as he walks us through the evolution of fire on the North American landscape, human relationship with fire in the environment, and problems we face now and in the future.  Dr. Stephen Pyne : stephen.pyne@asu.edu | Website | Publications   Please help us justify this effort by taking our quick survey: https://ufl.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9ZdpHVy5wwkAt4q This podcast is supported by donations from our listeners. If you'd like to help, click here to donate today! For more information, follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube Dr. Marcus Lashley: @DrDisturbance UF DEER Lab: @ufdeerlab

In today's episode, @DrDisturbance chats with Dr. Stephen Pyne, author and professor at Arizona State University who specializes in fire history. Come travel back in time as he walks us through the evolution of fire on the North American landscape, human relationship with fire in the environment, and problems we face now and in the future.    Dr. Stephen Pyne : stephen.pyne@asu.edu | Website | Publications   Please help us justify this effort by taking our quick survey: https://ufl.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9ZdpHVy5wwkAt4q   This podcast is supported by donations from our listeners. If you'd like to help, click here to donate today!   For more information, follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube Dr. Marcus Lashley: @DrDisturbance UF DEER Lab: @ufdeerlab

Stephen Pyne's history of fire and humanity's complicated love-hate relationship with it. Patrick Nunn explores the possibility that some stories of drowned civilisations might shed light on actual geological events that happened multiple millennia ago.

The complicated history of humanity's relationship to fire with Stephen Pyne and Nick Horne and Ryan Cropp discuss the legacy of Donald Horne on the 100th anniversary of his birth.

What is the Pyrocene, and why do we need to tell a new narrative around fire? How did colonial forms of conservation disrupt Indigenous cultural burning practices, increasing the likelihood of eruptive, destructive fires today? In light of wildfire season beginning again on the west coast of Turtle Island, we are resharing this pertinent conversation (ep281) with fire historian Stephen Pyne. About Stephen Pyne Stephen Pyne is an emeritus professor at Arizona State University and mostly a fire historian, who has written fire histories for America, Australia, Canada, and Europe (including Russia). The recently published Still-Burning Bush updates his fire survey of Australia. The song featured in this episode is Only the Truth by Johanna Warren.   Help us reach our Patreon goal: Patreon.com/GreenDreamer Green Dreamer is a community-supported podcast and multimedia journal exploring our paths to collective healing, ecological regeneration, and true abundance and wellness for all. Find our show notes, transcripts, and newsletter at GreenDreamer.com. *The values, views, and opinions of our diverse guests do not necessarily reflect those of Green Dreamer. Our episodes are minimally edited; please do your own additional research on the information, resources, and statistics shared.

This panel discussion addressed the emergence of what fire historian Stephen Pyne calls the Pyrocene—the fire equivalent of an ice age—and how Queensland architecture and design face a critical moment of reflection. Chaired by Susan Best, panellists include curator Tim Riley Walsh, publication contributor and academic Chani Larsson, and art historian Andrew McNamara.

Ta bort elden, och nästan allt som människan byggt upp omkring sig försvinner med den. Dan Jönsson reflekterar över eldens djupa historia och över bränderna vi inte ser. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna. Alla som någon gång har stått mitt i en brand har ett litet eldsmärke inbränt i minnet. Jag har varit med om det en gång, och glömmer det inte: flammorna från den årliga vårbrasan vid sommarstugan som plötsligt fick fäste och spred sig med vinden i det torra fjorårsgräset, på ett par minuter var hela ängen övertänd. Paniken, hettan som svedde fingrar och ögonbryn, maktlösheten när lågorna skenade iväg över ett allt större område och började slicka staketstolpar och trädgrenar. Författaren Sven Olov Karlsson beskriver suggestivt i sin bok Brandvakten hur han och familjen flyr undan den stora skogsbranden i Västmanland sommaren 2014. Det är ljusan dag. Ändå är solen bara ett sudd. Orangea bollar i trädtopparna, sväller och lättar. En enveten kör brusar och sjunger. Även här var alltihop ett ögonblicks verk: en skogsmaskin närmare bestämt en så kallad markberedare slog emot en sten och denna första gnista växte till vad som blev den största branden i Sverige i modern tid. En eldstorm med lågor upp till fyrtiofem meter höga drog fram genom skogen och lade en yta tre gånger så stor som hela Stockholm i aska. När elden är lös, som det heter, blir den en urkraft som förintar allt i sin väg. Vi trodde att vi bestämde här, skriver Sven Olov Karlsson. Men elden har alltid funnits. Och till sist bestämmer alltid den. Så är det nog men samtidigt: ta bort elden, och nästan allt som människan byggt upp omkring sig försvinner med den. Borta är bilarna och flygplanen, borta är lamporna och värmeelementen. Borta är all industriell produktion, alla metaller och plaster och textiler, allt glas och papper. Ända sedan människorna först lärde sig att kontrollera och göra upp eld, för en halv miljon år sedan eller mer, har makten över elden stått i centrum för all mänsklig kultur och civilisation. Om eld handlar myterna om världens uppkomst och undergång; kring helig eld har religioner och imperier flammat upp och slocknat ut. Och ju modernare vi blivit, desto bättre har vi lyckats gömma undan den. Men ser jag ut över en motorväg, ser jag hundratals små eldar som far fram. Slår jag på min dator, vet jag att det någonstans brinner en eld, som ger mig ström i uttaget. Som sagt: vi tror att vi bestämmer här. Men utan eld skulle vi inte finnas. Människan är en eldvarelse på en eldplanet. Av kända himlakroppar är det bara Jorden som har de rätta förutsättningarna organiskt liv, rätt temperatur och rätt mängd syre i atmosfären för att eld ska kunna uppstå och brinna. Och av alla djur på Jorden är det bara människan som har lärt sig kontrollera elden. Men som den amerikanske eldhistorikern Stephen Pyne har påpekat: hur den här kontrollen utövas och uttrycks varierar stort, från kontinent till kontinent, från civilisation till civilisation och från tid till tid. Under nästan fyrtio år har Pyne utforskat ämnet i ett tjugotal böcker, som tillsammans tecknar en global eldhistoria där han beskriver det han kallar de eldregimer som upprättats i människans olika samhällen. Hur jägarstenålderns facklor och lägereldar blev till bondesamhällets härd och kök. Hur härden blev till ugn, och bålet till en ångpanna. Hur framför allt den kristna civilisationen ansåg bruket av öppen eld för hedniskt och primitivt, och strävade efter att dölja och stänga in. Eldkontroll blev en fråga om makt och social disciplin. Av lägerelden blev stearinljuset och teveapparaten. Men förutsättningarna för eldbruk och eldkontroll skiftar också med de geografiska betingelserna. Pyne beskriver hur människorna på den eldfängda australiska kontinenten i årtusenden har lärt sig att leva med gräs- och skogsbränder på ett helt annat sätt än i det svala Europa eller det varmare men fuktigare Sydamerika, där naturbränder är ovanliga men elden ständigt närvarande. Hela denna mångfald av eldregimer, som vuxit fram genom ett samspel av väderlek, ekologi, och religiösa och kulturella traditioner, har bit för bit trängts tillbaka i takt med att den kristna, europeiska civilisationen har brett ut sig över världen. I det koloniala projektet ingick nämligen inte bara att införa europeisk administration och religion, språk och kultur, utan också att ersätta inhemska eldbruk med Europas civiliserade och kontrollerade nyttoeld. Makten över elden har helt enkelt alltid varit en nyckel till symbolisk och politisk dominans. Inte minst den här kopplingen, hur synen på eld alltså hänger ihop med den politiska och ekonomiska kulturen, är fascinerande. Även Europa har förstås sina olika eldregimer, som följer ekologiska och kulturella skiljelinjer. Det förstod vi om inte förr under branden i Västmanland, när brandflyg från mer eldvana länder i Sydeuropa fick rycka till undsättning. I sin fantastiska bok om den europeiska eldens historia, Vestal Fire, visar Pyne exempelvis hur de spanska kolonisatörerna alltid var mer toleranta mot de inhemska eldbruken i sina kolonier än vad engelsmän och holländare var; hur utbredningen av svedjebruket i den amerikanska mellanvästern var en följd av den skandinaviska invandringen; han kartlägger hur mängden okontrollerade bränder ökat under sociala orostider och hur urbaniseringen lett till fler och större skogsbränder på landsbygden. Han beskriver hur myndigheterna i Sovjetunionen organiserade sitt brandförsvar så militaristiskt effektivt att det nog gjorde mer skada än nytta, och hur Sverige och andra länder i Nord- och Mellaneuropa förvandlat naturen till en trädgård, där eld ses som ett främmande och hotfullt element. Särskilt bilden av den svenska eldregimen växer till en intressant kulturkritik. Tvärtemot vad många naturromantiska svenskar nog föreställer sig påpekar Pyne att den svenska vildmarken faktiskt bara upptar några futtiga procent av landets yta. Resten är till största delen en enorm barrträdsplantage. Den svenska vildmarksvurmen är en nationell myt; det inofficiella idealet är den välordnade trädgården, där elden ska brinna som värmepannan i det trygga folkhemmet. Jag läser i en tidningsartikel att upp emot en fjärdedel av den skog som avverkas i Sverige idag eldas upp som biobränsle; det är alltså inte så att Sveriges skogar inte brinner, vi vill bara helst inte se det och de stora skogsbränder som på senare år har härjat landet har av allt att döma inneburit ett plågsamt uppvaknande till den globala verkligheten. Stephen Pyne lanserade 2015 begreppet pyrocen för att beskriva den av människan orsakade eldtid vi nu lever i. Elden har alltid funnits; alltid varit en del av det ekologiska kretsloppet många växter och djur kan inte leva utan den, där den drar fram blir jordmånen och växtligheten rikare. Människan har också alltid använt elden för att förändra sina ekologiska betingelser: skillnaden är att vi numera gör det på en global nivå. I naturen brinner det helt säkert betydligt mindre idag än det gjorde på femtonhundratalet, skriver Pyne; det är vårt skenbart kontrollerade eldande av fossila bränslen som har gjort att vi har tappat kontrollen. Ja: vi trodde att vi bestämde här. Men den som låter makten över elden stiga sig åt huvudet lär förr eller senare, som det heter, få sota för det. Dan Jönsson, författare och essäist

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Today we will discuss fire and the pandemic with historian Stephen Pyne.Steve Pyne is an emeritus professor at Arizona State University. He has been at ASU since 1985.  In 1986 he joined the charter faculty at ASU West, where he remained for 10 years. He transferred to the School of Life Sciences in 1999.He has published 35 books, most of them dealing with fire, but others on Antarctica, the Grand Canyon, the Voyager mission, and with his oldest daughter, an inquiry into the Pleistocene. His fire histories include surveys of America, Australia, Canada, Europe (including Russia), and the Earth.The Ice: A Journey to Antarctica was named by the New York Times to its 10 best books for 1987. Fire in America: A Cultural History of Wildland and Rural Fire won the Forest History Society's best book award. He has twice been awarded NEH Fellowships, twice been a fellow at the National Humanities Center, enjoyed a summer Fulbright Fellowship to Sweden, and has received a MacArthur Fellowship (1988-1993).  In 1995 he received the Robert Kirsch Award from the Los Angeles Times for body-of-work contribution to American letters.

Greg Callaghan's September 2020 feature story, "Global Warning", tracks the links from Australia's unprecedented summer of hell through to California’s current fires. Greg then chats with one of Australia's most outspoken firefighters, former NSW Fire and Rescue commissioner, Greg Mullins, along with eminent American fire historian Stephen Pyne, who coined the term “pyrocene” to describe this age of fire. Discussion starts at 19:15.  Become a subscriber: our supporters power our newsrooms and are critical for the sustainability of news coverage. Becoming a subscriber also gets you exclusive behind-the-scenes content and invitations to special events. Click on the links to subscribe https://subscribe.theage.com.au/ or https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ Please take the time to rate & review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. We love to hear your thoughts and it makes it easier for the rest of the podcast world to find us. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stephen is a fire historian, and self-described pyromantic.  Now an emeritus professor at Arizona State University, he spent 15 seasons with the North Rim Longshots at Grand Canyon National Park.  He has written major fire histories for America, Australia, Canada, Europe (including Russia), and the Earth overall. Among his many books are Fire in America: A Cultural History of Wildland and Rural Fire, and Year of the Fires: The Story of the Great Fires of 1910. In today’s episode Stephen shares some wonderful insights on how we may rethink our relationship with fire. His most recent book is The Still-Burning Bush, out from Scribe Publications in September 2020. Prior to academic life, Stephen also spent fifteen summers as a seasonal firefighter with the US National Parks Service.

If you've ever worked in fire, there's a good chance a few of Stephen Pyne's fire books were laying around the station or office where you worked. Pyne is without a doubt the foremost expert of fire history in the US—in this episode we spoke about his concept of a “pyrocene,” about the evolution of fire management in the US since the Big Burns of 1910, and about how we can prepare to live in landscapes where fires—not humans—set the terms.

Were our recent bushfires a prelude of what’s to come?

A very rare and highly insightful conversation with the worlds foremost fire historian, Stephen J Pyne. We dive deeper into our relationship with fire and touch on our modern day, largely dysfunctional and reductionist, approach. Steve Pyne is an emeritus professor at Arizona State University. He has been at ASU since 1985. In 1986 he joined the charter faculty at ASU West, where he remained for 10 years. He transferred to the School of Life Sciences in 1999. Stephen J Pyne is a HUGELY prodigious writer, he has published 35 books, most of them dealing with fire, including extensive historical fire surveys of America, Australia, Canada, Europe (including Russia), and the Earth. What could be called his magnum opus a 5 book series collectively called Cycles Of Fire, constructs a highly detailed and deeply nuanced history of fire and most uniquely and importantly our relationship to it. His latest book on Fire: A Brief History. Condenses and distills thousands of published pages on fire elegantly in one volume. I knew from the first lecture i heard of Stephen's that I must share his work with you. As someone deeply invested ecology from a 'living' standpoint, Fire was never something I considered or looked into to much depth. But I found Stephen's message of our need to engage and reassess our relationship with fire so resonating that it led me into a rich world that we interact with everyday and know very little about. His Extensive academic work would be impressive on its own before you find that Stephen Pyne spent 15 seasons as a remote forestry fire fighter. Learning and living with fire since the age of 18. This combination of two worlds lends Stephen's words and concepts a depth and subtlety beyond facts and figures, physics and chemistry. Hate it or love it, fire is a part of our world now and forever. A relationship like fire is not easily or wisely ignored. It was an honour and and treat to learn another perspective on this ever present relationship. Be prepared to change what you think about fire. It changed me. Hope you enjoy it Favourite timestamp: 32:57 3:45 The clarifying power of writing everyday 5:35 Living two lives between fire and academia 11:30 Telling stories of fire 12:47 Fire up and over the rim. 15:00 Expanding the history of fire 15:45 A relationship with fire 20:50 A shift from burning landscape to burning fossil fuels. changing patterns. 23:14 Traditional hunting societies and fire 25:00 Ignition points. Aboriginal Australia 27:43 Another wonderful Mollison story remains just that. sorry guys 30:36 Getting back to the right fire patterns in Arnhem Land Australia. 32:57 Its not just “too much fuel” 48:55 Fire is not just physics and chemistry

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“Photosynthesis puts things together. Fire takes them apart.” – Dr. Stephen J. Pyne. While many people talk of the “Anthropocene” – the age of humankind, when nearly every natural process seems to be affected by the actions of billions of individual people – Stephen Pyne reminds us that we also are living in the Pyrocene, the age of fire, and that the history of humankind is inextricable from the history of fire, the most elemental and implacable force on this planet. Join Hal in Queen Creek, Arizona, for a conversation with Dr. Pyne, 15 years a firefighter on the crew of Grand Canyon National Park; a renowned writer, speaker and teacher; author of 35 books; and the world’s foremost scholar and historian of fire, about the Pyrocene, about forests and public lands, and about the future of life on this Earth.

This is a segment of episode #221 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Age Of Fire: Humanity's Long Relationship With The Shapeshifter Element w/ Stephen Pyne.” Listen to the full episode: http://bit.ly/LBWpyne Read ‘The Fire Age’: http://bit.ly/2Oc93hF In this segment with Stephen Pyne, environmental historian and author of ‘Fire: A Brief History.’ I ask him to elaborate on humanity's long, deep, and complex relationship with fire. He explains how this relationship has informed everything from how our bodies have evolved to the impact this has had on our global environment up to the present moment. As Stephen has framed it, we have entered into an age of fire, which he has dubbed the Pyrocene (instead of Anthropocene); just as the Earth has passed through numerous ice ages, the industrialization of our relationship with fire (such as our use of fossil fuels and the internal combustion engine) has warmed the planet to such a degree as to completely disfigure and disrupt the planetary climate system, leading to a phase shift so large as to be barely grasped or comprehended at all. Fire and its crucial role in this shift must be not only examined in a scientific sense, but contextualized within a broader historical scope, which Stephen has provided for many years. As Stephen has expressed in his excellent article ‘The Fire Age’: “The species that won biggest was ourselves. Fire changed us, even to our genome. We got small guts and big heads because we could cook food. We went to the top of the food chain because we could cook landscapes. And we have become a geologic force because our fire technology has so evolved that we have begun to cook the planet. Our pact with fire made us what we are. We hold fire as a species monopoly. We will not share it willingly with any other species. Other creatures knock over trees, dig holes in the ground, hunt – we do fire. It’s our ecological signature. Our capture of fire is our first experiment with domestication, and it might may well be our first Faustian bargain.” (http://bit.ly/2Oc93hF) Steve Pyne is an emeritus professor at Arizona State University. He has published 35 books, most of them dealing with fire, but others on Antarctica, the Grand Canyon, the Voyager mission, and with his oldest daughter, an inquiry into the Pleistocene. His fire histories include surveys of America, Australia, Canada, Europe (including Russia), and the Earth. WEBSITE: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness DONATE: https://www.paypal.me/lastbornpodcast DROP ME A LINE: Call (208) 918-2837 or http://bit.ly/LBWfiledrop EVERYTHING ELSE: https://linktr.ee/patterns.of.behavior [Music: “Talking Is Hard“ by Eli Stonemets]

[Intro: 11:12 | Outro: 1:04:42] In this episode, I speak with Stephen Pyne, environmental historian and author of ‘Fire: A Brief History.’ In this discussion with Stephen, I ask him to elaborate on humanity's long, deep, and complex relationship with fire. He explains how this relationship has informed everything from how our bodies have evolved to the impact this has had on our global environment up to the present moment. As Stephen has framed it, we have entered into an age of fire, which he has dubbed the Pyrocene (instead of Anthropocene); just as the Earth has passed through numerous ice ages, the industrialization of our relationship with fire (such as our use of fossil fuels and the internal combustion engine) has warmed the planet to such a degree as to completely disfigure and disrupt the planetary climate system, leading to a phase shift so large as to be barely grasped or comprehended at all. Fire and its crucial role in this shift must be not only examined in a scientific sense, but contextualized within a broader historical scope, which Stephen has provided for many years. As Stephen has expressed in his excellent article ‘The Fire Age’: “The species that won biggest was ourselves. Fire changed us, even to our genome. We got small guts and big heads because we could cook food. We went to the top of the food chain because we could cook landscapes. And we have become a geologic force because our fire technology has so evolved that we have begun to cook the planet. Our pact with fire made us what we are. We hold fire as a species monopoly. We will not share it willingly with any other species. Other creatures knock over trees, dig holes in the ground, hunt – we do fire. It’s our ecological signature. Our capture of fire is our first experiment with domestication, and it might may well be our first Faustian bargain.” (http://bit.ly/2Oc93hF) Steve Pyne is an emeritus professor at Arizona State University. He has published 35 books, most of them dealing with fire, but others on Antarctica, the Grand Canyon, the Voyager mission, and with his oldest daughter, an inquiry into the Pleistocene. His fire histories include surveys of America, Australia, Canada, Europe (including Russia), and the Earth. Episode Notes: - Learn more about Stephen and his work: http://www.stephenpyne.com - Learn more about and purchase ‘Fire: A Brief History’: http://bit.ly/2qBLNRe - Read the referenced articles ‘Winter Isn’t Coming. Prepare for the Pyrocene’ and ‘The Fire Age’: http://bit.ly/37txhLP / http://bit.ly/2Oc93hF - The song featured is “Julie and Candy” by Boards of Canada from the album Geogaddi. WEBSITE: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness DONATE: https://www.paypal.me/lastbornpodcast DROP ME A LINE: Call (208) 918-2837 or http://bit.ly/LBWfiledrop EVERYTHING ELSE: https://linktr.ee/patterns.of.behavior

Our fascination with fire goes back millennia and with changing climate conditions, fire will only take greater hold on our collective psyche. This important session brings together 'The Arsonist' author Chloe Hopper, fire historian Stephen Pyne and RFS veteran Peter Watt to discuss our evolving relationship with fire and how to better work WITH fire, rather than against it.

The Roy Green Show Podcast After nine months of study, the Business Council of Canada has released its report and recommendations of its CEO-led national Task Force on Canada's Economic Future. The BCOC released an "actual plan for growing our economy so we can continue to afford the quality of life and social programs we have come to cherish." Guest:  Goldy Hyder, President & CEO of the BCOC - There has been much speculation about the CPC leadership of Andrew Scheer before and during the federal election campaign. And now Peter MacKay told an American audience in Washington that Scheer's management of the election campaign was like having a breakaway on an open net and missing the net. To former Liberal Members of Parliament joined the Roy Green Show before the election, announcing their intention to vote Conservative for the first time. They return to the show to discuss Sheer's performance, and Trudeau's reelection. Read Roy's blog for more on this: http://www.roygreenshow.com.  Guests: Dan McTeagu, former Liberal MP Michelle Simson, former Liberal MP - Professor Stephen Pyne says that we are now living in the “Pyrocene” Age, which will be as impactful as the Ice Age. Roy talks with Professor Pyne to find out how he defines the Pyrocene Age, and what it means for our way of living. Guest: Prof Steve Pyne. Prof Emeritus. Univ of Arizona.  Global expert on wildfires.  Author of more than 30 books, mostly on the history and management of wildland and rural fire, including big-screen surveys for the U.S., Canada, Australia, Europe and Russia. - The Donald Trump impeachment process continues in the House of Representatives. Trump tweeted that the Democrats are engaged "in the greatest witch hunt in American history.  Are the Democrats involved in anything other than pursuing Trump? Guest:  John Zogby,  founder of the Zogby poll and  author of We Are Many, We Are One - Two Ottawa area women who were actively grooming two teenage girls for sex-trafficking were spared a prison sentence by a judge.  The girls were plied with liquor and drugs and had already been exposed to sexual activity by adult men.  The judge declared that committing the women pimps to the mandatory five years in prison would “would outrage the standards of decency" and be opposed by the general Canadian public. Guest: Scott Newark, Former Alberta Crown prosecutor, Professor at Simon Fraser University See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Professor Stephen Pyne says that we are now living in the "Pyrocene" Age, which will be as impactful as the Ice Age. Roy talks with Professor Pyne to find out how he defines the Pyrocene Age, and what it means for our way of living. Guest: Stephen Pyne, Professor Emeritus at the University of Arizona; Global expert on wildfires, and author of more than 30 books, mostly on the history and management of wildland and rural fires, including big-screen surveys for the U.S., Canada, Australia, Europe and Russia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Plastic is everywhere. No, really, it is everywhere. Tiny bits of plastic waste, called microplastic, have come to permeate nearly every part of the planet. We drink it in our water. We breathe it in the air. It is inescapable. On this episode of the Gadget Lab podcast, WIRED science writer Matt Simon joins Mike, Lauren, and Arielle to talk about where microplastic comes from, how it gets into our bodies, and what, if anything, we can do about it. Also in the news: Reddit gets into the livestreaming game, the latest version of Android’s operating system gets a healthy name change, and reviews are in on Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 10+. The consensus is that it’s pretty darn cool. Show Notes: Matt Simon’s story on microplastics is here. Read Arielle’s story about Reddit’s livestreaming experiment here. Read Lauren’s review of the Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ here. Read more about Android’s new naming conventions here. Recommendations: Matt recommends a series of books about wildfires by Stephen Pyne. Lauren recommends an episode of the Bill Simmons Podcast featuring journalist Kara Swisher. Arielle recommends the podcast Carrier. Mike recommends the book How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Stuy talks about his research organization that attempts to connect Chinese adoptees to their heritage and parentage. Gabe Barrett discusses what makes a good board game. Laura Bairett talks about her robotic arm and the innovations in technology that make it possible. Stephen Pyne discusses how we came to see the Grand Canyon as a natural wonder.

Conversation with Stephen Pyne about his books on Fire in the American West, recently and yet being published by The University of Arizona Press. The Writing Westward Podcast is a production of the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University and hosted by Brenden W. Rensink. Follow the BYU Redd Center and the Writing Westward Podcast on Facebook or Twitter or get more information @ http://reddcenter.byu.edu/pages/writing-westward-podcast. Theme music by Micah Dahl Anderson @ www.micahdahlanderson.com

Stephen Pyne has made fire his life’s work. He put them out for 15 summers and has thought about them ever since. Today on the show – the conversation we’re not having about wildfires and why despite the devastation in California this week, he remains hopeful that we can figure this out. Here’s how you can help the victims of the California wildfires. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stephen Pyne has made fire his life’s work. He put them out for 15 summers and has thought about them ever since. Today on the show – the conversation we’re not having about wildfires and why despite the devastation in California this week, he remains hopeful that we can figure this out. Here’s how you can help the victims of the California wildfires. This episode is brought to you by Merrill Lynch. Get started today at ML.com/you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Once humans took charge of fire, fire remade humans and commenced remaking the world. “We got small guts and big heads because we could cook food,” says Stephen Pyne, the world’s leading historian of fire. “We went to the top of the food chain because we could cook landscapes. And we have become a geologic force because our fire technology has so evolved that we have begun to cook the planet.“ The understanding of wildfire as an ecological benefit got its biggest boost from Pyne’s 1982 landmark book, Fire in America. Since then he has encompassed the whole of fire history--from analysis of the chemical reaction that “takes apart what photosynthesis puts together” to study of the massive industrialization of combustion in the last two centuries. “The Anthropocene might equally be called the Pyrocene,” he says. A professor and “distinguished sustainability scholar” at Arizona State University, Pyne is author of 15 books on fire, including Fire: Nature and Culture and Between Two Fires: A Fire History of Contemporary America.

Arizona State University Professors Ben Minteer and Stephen Pyne say that from John Muir to David Brower, from the creation of Yellowstone National Park to the Endangered Species Act, environmentalism in America has always had close to its core a preservationist ideal. Generations have been inspired by its ethos—to encircle nature with our protection, to keep it apart, pristine, walled against the march of human development. But Minteer and Pyne say we have to face the facts. Accelerating climate change, rapid urbanization, agricultural and industrial devastation, metastasizing fire regimes, and other quickening anthropogenic forces all attest to the same truth: the earth is now spinning through the age of humans.

Dr. Stephen Pyne provides a framework for authors and provides some rules that must be followed when writing creative nonfiction. Free Royalty Free Music by DanoSongs.com

The Voyager spacecraft have given us our best glimpse of the outer planets. But, how do these missions fit into a broader history of exploration? On this program, Prof. Stephen Pyne discussed the history of Voyager.

One of the foremost experts on the environmental history of fire, Stephen Pyne discussed fire in America addressing the issues that it raises about the interface of wild lands and urban development. Noted for his highly entertaining and accessible approach to academic topics, Stephen Pyne is currently a Regents Professor at Arizona State University, has received a distinguished MacArthur Fellowship and is the author of many books including Year of Fires, Smokechasing, and Tending Fire. Don't miss an opportunity to hear one of the leading minds in the field address an topic so pertinent to our lives along the Front Range.

Could fire be important for life on Earth? Would Earth be the same without fire? These are just a few of the many questions we have for fire researcher Stephen Pyne about fire and its role with life. Did we also mention his battle with a dragon? If you have a burning desire to learn the answers to these questions, tune in.