Episodios

  • UnDisciplined: Did human-caused climate change actually start thousands of years ago?

    UnDisciplined: Did human-caused climate change actually start thousands of years ago?
    Jul 25 2024
    Archeological anthropologist Todd Braje points out that humans have been impacting global climates and ecologies for millennia. And he says that if we really want to understand our future, we need to understand that part of our past.
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    26 m
  • UnDisciplined: When climate scientists are under attack, who has their backs?

    UnDisciplined: When climate scientists are under attack, who has their backs?
    Jul 18 2024
    Since 2011, the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund has supported hundreds of researchers who have been attacked, sued, defamed, and threatened — and this year the organization has been busier than ever. The group’s director, Lauren Kurtz, says she’s happy that her organization is being sought out by scientists in need—and really sad that there is a need.
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    26 m
  • UnDisciplined: Does crop insurance sometimes do more harm than good?

    UnDisciplined: Does crop insurance sometimes do more harm than good?
    Jul 11 2024
    Anne Schechinger, isn’t opposed to federally subsidized insurance, but she believes it’s long past time that we look very hard at places like the Lonestar State and ask whether things need to change.
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    26 m
  • UnDisciplined: We might be able to engineer our way out of global warming. But should we?

    UnDisciplined: We might be able to engineer our way out of global warming. But should we?
    Jul 4 2024
    It's possible that a nation suffering from the extreme effects of climate warming might take simple steps that could change the global atmosphere. There’s not much to stop it from happening, so Ben Kravitz says the the world needs to be prepared.
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    26 m
  • UnDisciplined: What do wolves tell us about our relationship with nature?

    UnDisciplined: What do wolves tell us about our relationship with nature?
    Jun 27 2024
    John Vucitech suggests that it’s not just the science that matters when we’re talking about our longstanding views on wolves–it’s also a matter of compassion, and of understanding.
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    26 m
  • UnDisciplined: What can we do to save the coral reefs? Here’s one, um, cool solution.

    UnDisciplined: What can we do to save the coral reefs? Here’s one, um, cool solution.
    Jun 20 2024
    Coral reefs are some of the oldest, most diverse ecosystems on Earth. But they’re also among the most vulnerable. So, what do we do? Mary Hagedorn has an idea: Let’s collect as many as possible and freeze them.
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    26 m
  • UnDisciplined: Should we all trash talk a little bit more?

    UnDisciplined: Should we all trash talk a little bit more?
    Jun 13 2024
    Rafi Kohan’s latest book tells the story of trash talk, and explains why the practice of leveling vicious insults at our rivals might not be all that bad.
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    26 m
  • UnDisciplined: How can we find hope in a changing world?

    UnDisciplined: How can we find hope in a changing world?
    Jun 6 2024
    Bill Weir once felt as though he was watching the American story change in staggering ways. But now he wakes up each morning with more wonder than worry.
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    26 m