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The Ship Of Theseus Will Unravel Your Identity Sep 24, 2020

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All aboard! Today we're going for a little ride on a philosophical boat. This boat in particular had all its wooden boards replaced with new boards just last week...does that make it the same ship that it was last week? or a new ship entirely? This question has stumped both Greeks and Renaissance thinkers alike, and it reveals many things we hold dear about our identity and place in the world.

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The Secret Life Of Carnivorous Plants With In Defense Of Plants (Matt Candeias) Sep 21, 2020

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This is the episode that makes you go to the store to start your own meat eating plant garden, what could be cooler? We talk to the plant godfather Matt Candeias about the evolution of carnivorous plants and their various hunting strategies.

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*In this episode we mention a documentary by David Attenborough called the "The Private Life Of Plants" when really Matt meant to mention "The Secret Life of Plants" a 1973 book by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird

Why The West's Wildfires Are So Enormous Sep 16, 2020

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This year has been the worst fire year on record, last year was the worst before this one...these current fires are more like firestorms than wildfires with thousands of acres already burned and smoke covering the entire western US....so why are they so bad? also we talk to Shasta-Trinity National Forest Rangeland Technician Scott Dunbar about the ways the misuse of land has led us to experience these giant blazes.

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Are Humans Meant To Be Monogamous? Sep 14, 2020

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Ah, the age old conundrum! Its certainly the most popular option in western society but is it the right, or even best choice of relationship system? What can we learn from the animal kingdom that might help us decide whether it is truly 'natural' to be monogamous, and what does monogamous even mean exactly?

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The Killing and Saving of the American Buffalo Sep 07, 2020

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The great american buffalo, the rise and fall and rise again of an icon. An early conservation story that deserves special attention.