On “What’s the Word” this week, we turn to a topic that has somehow remained both urgent and well-known, but also under-acknowledged: extinction. Some say we are currently in a […]
Rebroadcast: One Million Species At Risk For Extinction
Today’s episode is a rebroadcast from May 14, 2019. Earlier that month, the United Nations released a biodiversity report warning that one million species are at risk for extinction in […]
Climate Catastrophe and the Future
“Can we imagine a different way of being on the earth? Can we imagine our way into a world where we can say, and live by, the words Enough. We […]
One Million Species At Risk for Extinction – What Now?
Last week, the United Nations released a biodiversity report warning that one million species are at risk for extinction in the coming decades, including more than 40% of amphibian species, […]
Extinction and Survival Under Capitalism with Anna Tsing
The mushroom, Anna Tsing argues, provides a rich metaphor for life in the anthropocene. For today’s show, we speak with Professor Tsing about her book The Mushroom at the End […]
Why Some Species Are More Likely To Go Extinct
The earth has experienced five mass extinctions since life first formed on this planet four billion years ago, with the result that 99.99 percent of every species the earth has […]
