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Hosted by Jill Riddell, The Shape of the World is a podcast about cities, nature and people. The Shape of the World shines a light on how we and other living things thrive and co-exist. We speak with scientists, artists, planners and philosophers about the shape of the world now and how it might be made better.
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- 2 weeks ago44 min
How to Make a Myth, and Then Debunk It (Ep. 42)
Samara Greenwood, a PhD candidate in the field of History and Philosophy of Science, explores the women who revolutioned the field of primatology and...
- May 7, 202630 min
Where Did All the Rivers Go? (Ep. 41)
The Executive Director of Seven Canyons Trust, Ronnie Pessetto, is attempting to peel back the layers of concrete that cover many of the creeks in Salt Lake City, Utah. The process is known as “daylighting rivers.” And because Ronnie’s projects are happening right inside a city with a million people, it means the work is as much about civic healing as it is ecological restoration....
- Apr 22, 202637 min
Friendship, Bushtits, and the Vastness of Everything (Ep. 40)
Jill Riddell speaks with her colleague, the cartoonist and author Sophie Lucido Johnson, about comedy, community, and the social science of friendship. In her new book...
- Dec 18, 202530 min
The Warm Glow of Helping (Update)
As a child, Peggy Mason was a biology prodigy. Today, as a neurobiologist, Peggy is still working with mammals, but instead of preserving their skins, she’s studying whether they experience empathy and act to help one another...
- Nov 20, 202534 min
How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Change the World (Update)
Structural geologist Marcia Bjornerud was raised by free-thinking parents who instilled in her a love of books and nature. She’s published many professional papers (read mainly by experts in the field) and two popular books that, in the opinion of this podcast, ought to be read by every inhabitant of our planet...
- Aug 21, 202521 min
Is the Earth Alive? (Ep. 39)
Ferris Jabr, author of Becoming Earth, claims that it is: that Earth is a vast interconnected living system and we humans (and all other living things) don’t just live...
- Jul 31, 202528 min
Zoned Out: Race, Property, and Ownership in America (Ep. 38)
Dr. Adrienne Brown reads cities the way professors read novels: carefully, and with lots of attention to what’s written between the lines...
- Jul 10, 202530 min
Existential Risk: A User’s Guide (Ep. 37)
Daniel Holz studies black holes, gravitational waves, and cosmology, all while also running the Existential Risk Laboratory...
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Hosted by Jill Riddell, The Shape of the World is a podcast about cities, nature and people. The Shape of the World shines a light on how we and other living things thrive and co-exist. We speak with scientists, artists, planners and philosophers about the shape of the world now and how it might be made better.
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