10 episodes

How do we live on this Earth? How should we? Our answers to these questions are shaped by our idea of "nature" as something separate from humanity.

re: Wild is a series of conversations with people who are pushing the boundaries of that old idea. We'll talk to people who -- instead of conceiving of the wilderness as a place apart -- live, eat, and work in a more-than-human world.

New episodes drop twice a month, on the first and third Wednesdays.

re: Wild Boyce Upholt

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    • 5.0 • 13 Ratings

How do we live on this Earth? How should we? Our answers to these questions are shaped by our idea of "nature" as something separate from humanity.

re: Wild is a series of conversations with people who are pushing the boundaries of that old idea. We'll talk to people who -- instead of conceiving of the wilderness as a place apart -- live, eat, and work in a more-than-human world.

New episodes drop twice a month, on the first and third Wednesdays.

    Jessica Camille Aguirre: The View From Space

    Jessica Camille Aguirre: The View From Space

    Jessica Camille Aguirre is a writer whose work focuses on climate change and extremes.

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    [01:41] AFAR Magazine: “The Promise and Peril of Space Tourism”

    [05:13] Frank White’s The Overview Effect: Space Exploration and Human Evolution

    [06:34] The Space Studies Institute: Gerard K. O’Neill

    [08:19] NASA: “Blue Marble”

    [08:23] NASA: “Earthrise”

    [08:58] Kenneth E. Boulding: “The Economics of the Coming Spaceship Earth”

    [09:14] Wikipedia: “Whole Earth Catalog”

    [18:02] Harper’s Magazine: “Another Green World”

    [22:25] University of Arizona: “Biosphere 2”

    [31:56] Bill McKibben’s The End of Nature

    [36:40] Southlands newsletter

    • 37 min
    Justin Gregg: Us Dumb Humans

    Justin Gregg: Us Dumb Humans

    Justin Gregg is a science writer and animal cognition researcher.

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    [0:52] Justin Gregg's If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal: What Animal Intelligence Reveals About Human Stupidity

    [9:39] EuroNews: “Explained: Who has nuclear weapons in Europe and where are they?”

    [24:58] Arik Kirschenbaum's The Zoologist’s Guide to the Galaxy: What Animals on Earth Reveal About Aliens—and Ourselves

    • 29 min
    Defending the Forest

    Defending the Forest

    May and Hadley identify as members of the Defend the Atlanta Forest movement.

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    [0:05] Atlanta City Studio’s Our Future City report (h/t Charles Bethea at the New Yorker)

    [1:18] Defend the Atlanta Forest

    [12:41] Resident Advisor: “Inside the American South’s Anti-Cop Raves”

    [19:23] Rolling Stone: “The Battle for ‘Cop City’”

    • 34 min
    Laura J. Martin: Designing the Wild

    Laura J. Martin: Designing the Wild

    Laura J. Martin is a historian and ecologist who studies how people shape the habitats of other species. She is the author of Wild by Design: The Rise of Ecological Restoration and an environmental studies professor at Williams College.

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    [1:21] Laura J. Martin’s Wild by Design

    [3:47] The Society for Ecological Restoration

    [7:49] “A New Global Framework for Managing Nature Through 2030”

    • 31 min
    Wyatt Williams: Life and Death and Meat

    Wyatt Williams: Life and Death and Meat

    Wyatt Williams is a writer and a former restaurant critic.

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    [1:19] Springer Mountain: Meditations on Killing and Eating

    [2:01] Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma

    [2:04] Food Inc.

    [9:45] “Will the Next Pandemic Start with Chickens?” (The New Republic)

    [10:58] “When the National Bird is a Burden” (The New York Times Magazine)

    [14:09] Joel Salatin’s Polyface Farm

    [17:16] Jonathan Safran Foer’s Eating Animals

    [23:44] “What Went Wrong With Eleven Madison Park's Vegan Menu" (Bon Appetit); “Restaurant Review: Eleven Madison Park's Vegan Menu” (The New York Times)

    [28:39] Emma Marris’s Wild Souls

    • 35 min
    Rien Fertel: The Pelican Holds Everything

    Rien Fertel: The Pelican Holds Everything

    Rien Fertel is the author of Brown Pelican and three previous books: Drive-By Truckers’ Southern Rock Opera, The One True Barbecue, and Imagining the Creole City. He is currently a Visiting Professor of History at Tulane University.

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    Mentioned in this episode:

    [1:14] Rien Fertel’s Brown Pelican

    [2:25] Fantasy Birding

    [2:50] eBird

    [9:20] Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring

    [15:19] Elizabeth Kolbert’s Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future

    [15:58] Walter Anderson

    [17:46] Jack Davis’s The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America's Bird

    • 26 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
13 Ratings

13 Ratings

Shen-Yun ,

Fascinating

I learn something new every episode!

jwpc2007 ,

Eye-opening

I’m a big fan of Boyce Upholt’s own writings, so it’s great to hear how he explores the writings and thinkings of others. This is an excellent series of thoughtful interviews on the current state of nature, from the unique perspectives of experts in the field. I particularly enjoyed this recent episode on rethinking how we live with wildlife in the urban landscape. Looking forward to the next episode!

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