As our co-Hosts Lulu Miller and Latif Nasser are out this week, we are re-sharing the perfect episode to start the summer season!
This one, which first aired in 2014, tells the strange story of a small group of islands that keeps us wondering: will our most sacred natural landscapes inevitably get swallowed up by humans? How far are we willing to go to stop that from happening?
This hour is about the Galápagos archipelago, which inspired Darwin’s theory of evolution and natural selection. Nearly 200 years later, the Galápagos are undergoing rapid changes that continue to pose — and perhaps answer — critical questions about the fragility and resilience of life on Earth.
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Small Potatoes
The Distance of the Moon
The Moon Itself
Short Cuts: Drawn Onward
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Cheating Death
Breaking Newsve About Zoozve
G: Relative Genius
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Our Little Stupid Bodies
Stochasticity
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