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Robert Macfarlane brings his glittering style to a profound work of travel writing, reportage, and natural history. Is a River Alive? is a joyful, mind-expanding exploration of an ancient, urgent idea: that rivers are living beings who should be recognized as such in imagination and law. Macfarlane takes listeners on three unforgettable journeys teeming with extraordinary people, stories, and places: to the miraculous cloud-forests and mountain streams of Ecuador, to the wounded creeks and lagoons of India, and to the spectacular wild rivers of Canada.

Dumbest Word of the Week: Moxibustion; News Items: Cold Plunges, The End of Life, Floating Nuclear Power, Visualizing Special Relativity, Brainspotting Pseudoscience; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Ethics of Pig Hearts, Are Flat Earthers Real; Science or Fiction

This week, we’re coming at you with a classic TPWKY episode on one of the most notorious poisons out there: strychnine. Although strychnine might not flash across too many headlines these days, it was once imported by the ton in certain regions of the world. What did people want with so much strychnine? Depends on who you ask. Maybe it was for a revitalizing tonic, maybe a rat poison, or maybe it was to murder the founder of a famous university. Tune in to learn how this deadly poison acts on the body and keep listening for a very special musical treat. Support this podcast by shopping our...

The universe, in all its boundless complexity, is a riddle that has captivated human curiosity for millennia. We gaze into the night sky not just to admire the stars, but to ask the questions that seem to echo back at us from the void: What is everything made of? How did we get here? And why does the universe behave the way it does?

From the 1948 US edition: This is the story of the most publicized jungle animal that ever lived. In his best-selling Man-Eater's of Kumaon, Jim Corbett told of his battles with many man-eating tigers. In this book he tells a sustained and climactic story of his hard-won battle with a single leopard. Leopards very rarely become man-eaters, but those few that do are the peers of the man-eating tigers in ferocity and possess an even greater cunning.

Crows have long been the subject of folklore, likely because they’re strikingly similar to humans, leading lives rich in personality, intelligence, and relationships. In this episode, we fly the streets of Seattle with a crow as she grooms her mate, delivers what appears to be a gift, and finally commutes miles away from her territory to gather and chat with thousands of other crows before it’s time to roost for the night.

IMPORTANT!!! LISTENER DISCRETION IS HIGHLY ADVISED! If you usually let your kids listen to the show, please listen to it before allowing them to do so. Due to the subject matter, there are a lot of kids who would be emotionally scarred by listening to it.Tonight’s guest, Jay, was raised on the prairies of Canada. When he was a kid, he’d run around with his friends in the countryside, without a care, having a great time. Not every aspect of his childhood was idyllic, though. You see, when Jay was 10, he had one of the most terrifying encounters that an eyewitness has ever shared with me. I ...

Daughter. Duhitár-. Dustr. Dukte. Listen to these English, Sanskrit, Armenian and Lithuanian words, all meaning the same thing, and you hear echoes of one of history’s most unlikely journeys. All four languages—along with hundreds of others, from French and Gaelic, to Persian and Polish—trace their origins to an ancient tongue spoken as the last ice age receded. This language, which we call Proto-Indo-European, was born between Europe and Asia and exploded out of its cradle, fragmenting as it spread east and west.

In this episode (#146) of the Elk Talk Podcast, Corey and Randy are joined by Brice Bishop and David Brinker of PEAX Equipment. A lengthy discussion covers how technology has impacted elk hunting, elk seasons, elk distribution, and the manners in which we hunt. Does technology improve success rates or just make us more comfortable and comforted? What impact does technology have the future of elk hunting and how opportunity must be managed? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When longtime AI expert and journalist Karen Hao first began covering OpenAI in 2019, she thought they were the good guys. Founded as a nonprofit with safety enshrined as its core mission, it was meant, its leader Sam Altman told us, to act as a check against more purely market forces. In exhilarating prose and with unparalleled access to those closest to Sam Altman, Hao recounts the meteoric rise of OpenAI and shows us the sinister impact that this industry is having on society.

What if I told you that there was an incredible drink on the market that would hydrate you, improve your skin health, aid joint lubrication, improve your digestion health, and detoxify your body? Don't worry. You don't have to go out and spend a ton on this super drink. That's right, I'm talking about water. While many are eager to try the next big health drink, spending high prices on whatever is promoted online, many forget about some of the many benefits of keeping it simple and drinking the right type of water.

By opening the door to the new field of neuroimmunology,  The Great Nerve not only revolutionizes how we understand and treat disease, it gives us unprecedented hope for our health. This is the story of your body’s ability to heal itself.

New Paradigm Institute Chief Counsel Danny Sheehan, a former Jesuit and founder of the Christic Institute, offers his considered opinion about how Pope Leo will treat UFO disclosure and how the Catholic Church will react to disclosure and a possible alien presence.

Evoking the marvelous and unexpected collections of historic cabinets of curiosities, our modern cabinet employs AI tools to craft 'short but deep dive' episodes exploring the fringes of knowledge. We delve into science fiction, real-world scientific discoveries, and the uncharted territories of forbidden, alternative, and frontier science—where bold theories and unexplained phenomena challenge the limits of understanding. With an informative and engaging tone, we create a space where literary creativity, cutting-edge research, and enduring scientific mysteries converge.

The world is currently closer to superpower conflict than at any time since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. World War III is a real possibility, and with 12,000 warheads in the arsenals of more than half a dozen countries, we are standing on a nuclear knife edge. Despite receiving very little attention, nuclear war is a far greater threat to humanity's immediate survival than climate change. While climate heating threatens humanity over many decades, nuclear war could destroy civilisation in just a few hours.

Love animal rescues, dogs. lambs, miniature horses, miniature donkeys, pet emus, and more? How about Punxsutawney Phil and Groundhog Day? If so, then this is the book for you. Highland Ranch was our decade-long adventure playing with lambs, rescuing miniature donkeys and horses, raising rare sheep for petting zoos, operating an organic orchard and garden, along with caring for our many, many dogs.

In this inspiring Memorial Day episode of Resilience Gone Wild, host Jessica Morgenthal welcomes Navy veteran Ed Eisenson for a powerful conversation about service, sacrifice, and the resilience found in both military life and nature. Ed shares personal reflections from his time in the Navy, diving deep into the emotional weight of Memorial Day, the camaraderie of military service, and the transformative experiences of deep sea diving. The episode explores the connection between underwater exploration and life lessons, revealing how time spent below the surface can mirror the internal journey ...

Send us a textNote: Audio only. Please see Youtube for Video Version.Venture with me along the mesmerizing Blue Mesa Trail, where time itself seems written into the landscape of Petrified Forest National Park. On this brisk March day, I braved the characteristic winds of northeastern Arizona to bring you an intimate tour of one of the park's most beloved hiking paths.The Blue Mesa Trail is a geological wonderland – a relatively easy one-mile loop with just 120 feet of elevation change that delivers spectacular rewards. As we descend from the mesa top into a sheltered gully, the full splendor...

In dieser Episode zu Gast: Paul Kolarik vom Bio-Restaurant Luftburg Kolarik im Prater. Er ist Eigentümer des größten vollzertifizierten Bio-Restaurants der Welt und setzt schon seit 2001 Schritte in Richtung Nachhaltigkeit und mehr ökologisches Verantwortungsbewusstsein. Mehr Infos zum Bio-Restaurant Luftburg Kolarik: https://kolarik.at/luftburg/

Stell dir vor, dein Tag beginnt mit nur 60 Sekunden Nachdenken und plötzlich bist du konzentrierter, resilienter, wacher. In dieser Folge öffnen wir die Tür zu einer Welt, in der winzige Gewohnheiten wie unsichtbare Zahnräder dein mentales Uhrwerk neu justieren. Während die Hälfter der Berufstätigen im DACH-Raum unter permanenter Ablenkung leiden und Multitasking täglich über zwei Stunden verschlingt, führt uns die stoische Philosophie zu einer verblüffend klaren Antwort: Fokussiere dich auf das, was du kontrollieren kannst und baue darum mikroskopisch kleine Rituale auf, die dich ...