As monocropping and agribusiness continue to dominate modern farming, we speak to farmers, botanists and indigenous people about how they are reclaiming our seeds.Read more
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Episode Archives
Original Air Date:
September 14, 2019
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September 14, 2019
May 30, 2020
March 27, 2021
November 13, 2021
July 02, 2022
Psychedelics show remarkable promise for treating depression, addiction and PTSD. They just might revolutionize the treatment of mental illness.Read more
Original Air Date:
July 02, 2022
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July 02, 2022
Your voice is unique. It's how your friends and family know you. But how comfortable are you with your voice? And how freely do you use it?Read more
Original Air Date:
July 27, 2019
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July 27, 2019
June 27, 2020
March 06, 2021
October 09, 2021
June 25, 2022
There are old folktales of people who can become animals. Animals who become people. And there’s a lesson for our own time in those shapeshifting stories.Read more
Original Air Date:
November 20, 2021
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November 20, 2021
June 25, 2022
Summer reading lists are full of so-called "beach books." But if you’ve got enough time to lounge by a pool or swing in a hammock, why not tackle something more substantial?Read more
Original Air Date:
July 13, 2019
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July 13, 2019
July 11, 2020
June 12, 2021
June 18, 2022
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, producer Charles Monroe-Kane made 300 yard signs that read "You're not ok. That's ok." He put them on his porch. Soon they were gone.Read more
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June 18, 2022
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June 18, 2022
Millions of animals migrate every year to a destination they've never seen. How do they do it — and what can we learn from them?Read more
Original Air Date:
July 25, 2020
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July 25, 2020
February 20, 2021
October 16, 2021
June 11, 2022
What's the essence of religion? God? Scripture? Moral codes? Or is it really about something more unexplainable — primal spiritual experiences?Read more
Original Air Date:
November 24, 2018
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November 24, 2018
July 06, 2019
July 18, 2020
March 20, 2021
June 11, 2022
One of the most fun things we get to do is bring the soundscape of a novel to life — cue the monsters, the storms, the footsteps of a creature emerging slowly from the ocean. This week, we listen to our favorite cinema of the ear.Read more
Original Air Date:
July 03, 2021
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July 03, 2021
June 04, 2022
Wherever you live — city or country, East coast, West coast, or in between — we share common, contemplative experiences on our walks outside.Read more
Original Air Date:
May 09, 2020
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May 09, 2020
November 14, 2020
October 23, 2021
May 28, 2022
Geometry is the secret sauce of mathematics. It's different from everything else, and it applies to everything from human evolution to romance novels.
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Original Air Date:
May 28, 2022
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May 28, 2022
The board games we play tell us so much more about ourselves than we think — our history, our politics and our inner psychology.Read more
Original Air Date:
November 30, 2019
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November 30, 2019
June 13, 2020
February 20, 2021
October 02, 2021
May 21, 2022
In countries all over the world, rates of loneliness are skyrocketing. How did it become a condition of modern life?Read more
Original Air Date:
April 10, 2021
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April 10, 2021
November 13, 2021
May 21, 2022
From Africa to England, to a kamikaze cockpit, and to realms of fantasy. Books aren’t just books. They’re passports.Read more
Original Air Date:
March 14, 2020
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March 14, 2020
December 05, 2020
September 04, 2021
May 14, 2022
Between masks and vaccinations, COVID-19 has added even more to the ethical baggage we carry with us when we travel. As we get back out there into the world, we revisit a show from 2019 about the ethical dilemmas travel poses.Read more
Original Air Date:
May 25, 2019
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May 25, 2019
May 14, 2022
We talk with poets and novelists about how they deeply notice the historical time we live in — through their words and voice.Read more
Original Air Date:
May 07, 2022
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May 07, 2022
Not everyone has a big yard to stretch out in while sheltering in place. But maybe all you need is a virtual space to call your own.Read more
Original Air Date:
May 16, 2020
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May 16, 2020
January 09, 2021
August 28, 2021
April 30, 2022
Every so often, a new literary movement coalesces. A new generation of writers finds a voice. This time they’re young, gifted, and Native American.Read more
Original Air Date:
January 26, 2019
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January 26, 2019
September 07, 2019
May 23, 2020
February 27, 2021
April 30, 2022
Why do people turn to poetry during troubled times? We saw it after 9/11 and we're seeing it now. When the world seems broken, poetry is often the one kind of language that helps.Read more
Original Air Date:
April 04, 2020
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April 04, 2020
November 21, 2020
April 23, 2022
Is there a book you can’t forget? A book that left a mark on you? We celebrate books and reading with an eclectic cast of writers from around the country.Read more
Original Air Date:
November 16, 2019
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November 16, 2019
September 12, 2020
June 26, 2021
April 23, 2022
How can we, individually and collectively, find meaning in the experience of the coronavirus pandemic?Read more
Original Air Date:
May 23, 2020
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May 23, 2020
December 26, 2020
September 25, 2021
April 16, 2022
If plants are intelligent beings, how should we relate to them? Do they have a place in our moral universe? Should they have rights?Read more
Original Air Date:
December 19, 2020
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December 19, 2020
August 21, 2021
April 16, 2022
We owe our past and future existence on Earth to fungi. Some can heal you, some can kill you, and some can change you forever.Read more
Original Air Date:
June 08, 2019
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June 08, 2019
May 02, 2020
May 08, 2021
April 09, 2022
As our world gets more and more virtual, traditional skills like blacksmithing and woodworking are starting to look better and better to a lot of people.Read more
Original Air Date:
April 09, 2022
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April 09, 2022
We all miss touching things — groceries, door knobs, hands, faces. And most of all, skin. The living tissue that simultaneously protects us from the world, and lets us feel it. In this episode, the politics, biology, and inner life of your skin.Read more
Original Air Date:
April 18, 2020
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April 18, 2020
December 12, 2020
August 07, 2021
April 02, 2022
Floods, wildfires, winds and extreme temperatures. We talk with the people who are writing the story of climate change as we are living it.Read more
Original Air Date:
August 14, 2021
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August 14, 2021
April 02, 2022
Africans are moving into cities in unprecedented numbers. Lagos, Nigeria, is on track to have 100 million people. So how and why do cities thrive?Read more
Original Air Date:
December 14, 2019
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December 14, 2019
September 26, 2020
July 17, 2021
March 26, 2022
What might seem like fleeting chart-topping fodder is actually a powerful vehicle for bringing people together, and music fans can teach us about community and hope.
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Original Air Date:
March 26, 2022
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March 26, 2022
Sometimes, we take our body for granted. But even the everyday things it can do – keep our heart beating, fight off illness – are pretty extraordinary. Do you know what your body can do?Read more
Original Air Date:
February 23, 2019
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February 23, 2019
October 05, 2019
June 20, 2020
March 13, 2021
March 19, 2022
We explore the ancient, obscure, occult science and art of alchemy — it turns out to be a lot more relevant to our lives than you’d believe.Read more
Original Air Date:
September 19, 2020
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September 19, 2020
June 05, 2021
March 19, 2022
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