A Home on Their Back: A Conversation with Thom Van Dooren on Snails and Extinction

A Home on Their Back: A Conversation with Thom Van Dooren on Snails and Extinction

This month’s episode is no slog. It’s no slug, either. This month is all about the wonderful world of snails! Lindsay and Brandon are joined by Thom Van Dooren, Deputy Director at the Sydney Environment Institute and an Associate Professor in the School of Humanities at the University of Sydney, Australia. Thom joins EcoCast to discuss his most recent book, A World in a Shell: Snail Stories for a Time of Extinction.

Thom’s Info:

https://www.thomvandooren.org/

A World in a Shell: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262047029/

Deborah Bird Rose:

Wild Dog Dreaming: https://www.upress.virginia.edu/title/4294/

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Episode recorded October 26, 2022.

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