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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...

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.

Exploramos el concepto de mal menor e incertidumbre knightiana y unos cuantos aspectos a cerca de la ingeniería social: cognición humana, errores de juicio, psico-ontología... y los dilemas éticos en la literatura contemporánea, un área crítica dentro de las humanidades que proporciona información sobre cómo los individuos navegamos por las complejidades morales en la sociedad moderna. Continuemos adentrándonos en el pasadizo. --- Pasadizo no monetiza los audios por lo que agradecemos a todos los escuchantes y a aquellos que hacen clic en seguir, me gusta o escribiendo un comentario ...

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 ...

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

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.

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.

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.

"The city is a collision of people and ideas."Are you interested in the benefits of investing in public transport? What do you think about design by democracy? How can we create heterogenous cities with infrastructure as the backbone? Interview with Sarah Bridges, Technical Director at Aurecon and Director of Precinct Planning within the AJM Joint Venture. We will talk about her vision for the future of cities, public transport, removing bad solutions, collision of ideas, and many more. Sarah Bridges is an accomplished project director with urban design and architectural background, ...

Der Körper der Gladiatoren entschied oft über Leben und Tod. Wichtig war aber auch das Auftreten. Warum? Und kämpften auch Frauen? Was machten Gladiatoren in ihrer Rente? Darüber spricht P.M. Redakteurin Anne Baum mit dem Journalisten Birk Grüling. + Lust auf mehr Wissenschaft? Hier geht's zum günstigen P.M.-Testabo: https://www.verlagshaus24.com/p_m__zum_testen-vz-web-p.m.-17180-gb-mex/?utm_source=website&utm_medium=digital&utm_campaign=pmm-testabo +++ Weitere Infos zu unseren Werbepartnern finden Sie hier: https://linktr.ee/schnellerschlau+++ Unsere allgemeinen Datenschutzrichtlinien...

In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses the legendary Kaiju Mothra…See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I måndags kom A-kursen i toxikologi och nu har det blivit dags för överkursen, det vill säga hela Emmas intervju med Mattias Öberg som är docent i toxikologi vid Karolinska institutet samt författare till boken Ingen anledning till oro om PFAS-skandalen i Ronneby. Mattias berättar bland annat om vad som menas med evighetskemikalier, hur man kan förhålla sig till tidningarnas alla cancerlarm och vad han tycker om att ordet toxiskt har blivit synonymt med dåligtFölj oss på instagram @akursen_poddmail: akursenpodd@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, we dig into the quiet terror and deep emotion behind one young girl’s encounters with the spirit of her beloved grandmother. What begins as a traditional wake for a woman who helped raise her soon turns into something far more mysterious—something that unfolds in the silence of 3 AM, when grief and love collide in the shadows. Jenny, just 17 and grieving, finds herself visited not once—but twice—by a presence she knows intimately. But what does it mean when the dead return not to scare, but to soothe? Is this the power of the human mind trying to cope with loss, or ...

Acompáñame en un recorrido por los salones de clase de la memoria, donde las maestras de la infancia aparecen con su voz firme, sus lecciones repetidas y su presencia constante. Este episodio recuerda esos primeros años de escuela en los que, entre lápices y cuadernos, también se formaban afectos, costumbres y maneras de mirar el mundo.

Sharad Paul is a physician and the author of several books in the field of skin, medicine, and genomics such as Skin, a Biography and The Genetics of Health. He has been honored by several professional societies for his contributions to patient centered care in several countries. His latest book is called Biohacking Your Genes. Here he and Dawson discuss: Simple health hacks you can do yourself The importance of positivity The truth about stress Why genes are typical of an entire species, not an individual Lifestyle research and statistics Natural remedies Support from ...

Poznaj nieznane dotąd zastosowanie wirtualnej rzeczywistości na drodze ludzkości do odkrywania wszechświata.

Read the full transcript here. How big is the current mental health crisis? What's causing it? What do we know about the age distribution of people suffering from mental health issues right now? Is the crisis just that more people are suffering from anxiety and depression, or is there an increase in other disorders as well? Why are psychiatrists seemingly very picky about which insurance policies they'll accept? What percent of hospital psychiatric patients are repeat visitors? What would an ideal mental health system look like? How effective are addiction detox programs? Why might suicide ...