Extinction Begins with Silence: Apathy, Shifting Baselines, and Choosing to Act
Chris opens this min episode by arguing that extinction begins with silence and that humans live in “awareness without response,” Citing species decline and ecosystem change, including emperor penguin...
22 Apr 28min
Chinchillas: From Luxury Fur to the Edge of Extinction (Classic)
In this classic episode, Chris and Angie chat all about Chinchillas. Chinchillas are famous for having the densest fur on Earth, but that same trait nearly wiped them out. Native to the Andes, these...
20 Apr 1h 4min
Noise Pollution Impacts on Birds w/Natalie Madden
Chris interviews Natalie Madden of Defenders of Wildlife on how noise pollution impacts birds. Drawing on a meta-analysis of 160 studies, she highlights strong negative effects on reproduction, along ...
15 Apr 45min
The Truth About American Black Bears (Classic)
Originally recorded in 2020, this episode dives into the fascinating world of the American black bear—one of North America’s most adaptable and misunderstood large mammals. From dense forests to subu...
13 Apr 1h 2min
Migration Collapse: The Alarm Bells Are Ringing
Chris reframes migration as a planet-connecting system that moves energy and nutrients and keeps ecosystems in sync—now facing a growing “migration collapse,” where patterns break down before species ...
8 Apr 52min
Meerkats: The Tiny Sentinels Guarding the Desert (Revisited)
In this re-release, Chris and Angie highlight why Meerkats may be small, but their world is anything but simple. Native to the arid regions of southern Africa, these highly social mammals live in tigh...
6 Apr 1h 2min
De-Extinction: A Scientist’s Perspective from Inside a Cloning Lab
Chris draws on his PhD-era experience at Texas A&M—including meeting Dewey, the world’s first cloned deer—to unpack de-extinction and why cloning is far harder and less efficient than headlines sugges...
1 Apr 58min
Living Nightmares of the Deep: Anglerfish (Revisited)
Chris and Angie venture into the darkest depths of the ocean to meet one of the most bizarre and misunderstood creatures on Earth—the anglerfish. In this episode, we explore how these deep-sea preda...
30 Mar 1h 25min
