In the book Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet, journalist Ben Goldfarb details how roads have transformed our world. On this week’s show, Ben shares insights from his reporting on the science of studying how roads interact with animals and ecosystems. He recounts tales of tallying roadkill, scooping up stranded frogs, and visiting the roadkill capital of the world. Along with discussing the problems wrought by roads, Ben shares how efforts to help animals, such as wildlife crossings, have fared. And we talk about what roads reveal about people and our societies.
#406 Running Low (Rebroadcast)
#405 STEM Pipeline
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#403 Indigenous DNA
#402 Boozy Science (Rebroadcast)
#401 The Serengeti Rules
#400 What Doesn't Kill You...
#399 The Sugar Pill
#398 Gifts For Nerds
#397 Risk Management
#396 Trench to Bedside
#395 Happy People (Rebroadcast)
#394 On the Origin of Bad Science
#393 Check Your Facts
#392 Venomous
#391 Effective Altruism (Rebroadcast)
#390 Decolonizing Colonization
#389 The Jazz of Physics
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#387 The Melting World (Rebroadcast)
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