Generation Anthropocene

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Generation Anthropocene is a podcast featuring stories about planetary change, based at Stanford University. We cover a wide range of 21st century issues, and our format is conversational and curiosity-driven. Our guests include scientists, philosophers, artists, entrepreneurs, lawyers, engineers, and policy-experts.

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60 Pieces

A collection of interviews with cutting edge thinkers and leaders exploring the deeper meaning of our new geologic age, the Anthropocene.


Pieces

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Brent Sockness discusses his work studying Western religious thought, the religious overtones within the environmental movement, and the often over...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2013
  • Length: 34:05
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Paleobiologist and geologist Jon Payne discusses Earth’s previous mass extinctions including his work on the largest extinction in Earth’s history,...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2013
  • Length: 29:14
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Nutritionist Christopher Gardner discusses the relations of food and society, the modern food movement, and a variety of compelling reasons for ret...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2013
  • Length: 42:43
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Human ecologist Bill Durham discusses his career trajectory including his work in the Galapagos Islands, issues surrounding the new field of eco-to...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2013
  • Length: 39:54
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Environmental historian Jon Christensen discusses the mythos of the American frontier and some of his unique approaches to history. Christensen als...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2013
  • Length: 40:29
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Agricultural ecologist Patrick Archie reflects on the social justice of food, the evolution of his profession, and his vision for community develop...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2013
  • Length: 35:33
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In our pilot episode, we combine voices from our entire first season to explore the boundaries of the Anthropocene. [Episode 1, Season 1]

  • Added: Mar 19, 2013
  • Length: 46:10
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Astrobiologist Dirk Schulze-Makuch examines the Anthropocene with thought experiments of bacteria throughout the solar system, using scientific pri...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2013
  • Length: 24:01
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Richard White, a MacArthur “genius” and the author of "Are you an environmentalist or do you work for a living?,' explains how our notions of wilde...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 49:47
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Paul Ehrlich, author of the iconic book The Population Bomb, reflects on the history of environmentalism and his gloomy outlook for the future. [Ep...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 46:21