Wilderness is a designation of an area intended to be free from human intervention unless it's deemed absolutely necessary. But as climate change increases the frequency and severity of wildfires when does it become necessary for land stewards to intervene?
In Sequoia National Park this question of whether or not to intervene has land managers and environmentalists at odds with one another. Host Ayesha Rascoe talks with reporter Marissa Ortega-Welch about her new podcast series How Wild. In a segment from the first episode Marissa asks: with increasing wildfires threatening giant sequoias, known as some of the world's oldest trees, should we intervene or leave the wilderness to evolve on its own?
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - TBD | The Misguided Buzz About Mosquitoes
An outbreak of eastern equine encephalitis in the northeast made headlines, but as far as mosquito-borne illnesses go, EEE is serious but still rare. What’s getting way too common is the mosquito itself.
Guest: Amesh Adalja, doctor and senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
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Podcast production by Evan Campbell, Patrick Fort, and Cheyna Roth.
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It Could Happen Here - CZM Book Club: “2 B R 0 2 B” by Kurt Vonnegut
Margaret reads you a classic sci-fi critique of eugenics by a master of satire.
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In this installment of Best Of The Gist, with Presidential candidate Kamala Harris officially reversing her support of a plastic straw ban, a topic stuck in Mike’s craw for years, we replay his 2019 Spiel on the topic. Then we revisit Thursday’s Spiel about Tim Pool, fool.
Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara
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Audio Poem of the Day - Inner Circle
By Kathy Fagan
Motley Fool Money - Knife Juggling, Bottle Rockets, and Small Cap Investing
The fewer eyes on a market, the less efficient it’s going to be.
Bill Mann is the Director of Small Cap Research at The Motley Fool. He joined Ricky Mulvey to check on the small caps. They discuss:
- What investors should look for in younger companies.
- If Walgreens has a real turnaround story brewing.
- A rapidly growing travel company out of South America.
Companies discussed: WBA, SCHW, CRSP, DESP
Host: Ricky Mulvey
Guest: Bill Mann
Engineer: Tim Sparks
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Up First from NPR - Glitchy Starliner Returns Without Its Crew; Foreign Policy in The Elections
What can NASA and Boeing engineers are learn from the trouble-plagued Starliner capsule, which has just returned back to Earth without its crew? Plus, a look at where Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump stand on key foreign policy issues.
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Global News Podcast - The Happy Pod: Doggy paddling the waves
We dive into the unusual world of dog surfing and meet some of the surfers who take part in the sport's World Championships. Also, why the British rescue team are revisiting Morocco one year on from the earthquake.
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe - The Skeptics Guide #1000 – Sep 7 2024
SGU Celebrates 1000 Episodes; A Skeptical Retrospective: Global Warming, Solar Panels, Cold and Hot Fusion, Medical Quackery, UFOs; Science or Fiction
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Singer Omar Apollo On His ‘God Said No’ Album And Tour
Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter Omar Apollo is on the road for his tour promoting his highly anticipated sophomore album “God Said No.” He says the title means “it is what it is” or “lo que será, será” and that it’s a response to all the songs on the album.
Apollo stopped by the WBEZ studios ahead of his August Chicago show at the Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island. Reset sits down with the singer to talk more about creating his album, embracing his queer identity, hot sauce and heartbreak.
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