Generation Anthropocene
- Location: Stanford, California
- http://anthropocene.stanford.edu
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.
Series
60 Pieces
A collection of interviews with cutting edge thinkers and leaders exploring the deeper meaning of our new geologic age, the Anthropocene.
- From: Generation Anthropocene
- Updated: Jan 02, 2013
Pieces
A story about accidental beauty, a changing landscape, disappointed tourists, and the complicated nature of conservation in the Anthropocene.
- Added: May 18, 2017
- Length: 17:01
One word: PLASTICS! Plastics get a bad rep when it comes to the environment, but at the same time, we all benefit from this often maligned material...
- Added: May 18, 2017
- Length: 32:27
Today, Ginkgo biloba is a common street tree, found in cities all over the world. But believe it or not, it was once almost lost to extinction. Thi...
- Added: May 18, 2017
- Length: 18:06
What if you you could scoop up a jar of seawater and use it to figure out what species were in that part of the ocean? Today we’re able to do that ...
- Added: May 18, 2017
- Length: 22:39
Humans are a force radically reshaping the Earth’s surface – but what forces are shaping homo sapiens? Today on the show, we feature two stories. F...
- Added: May 02, 2017
- Length: 19:48
John Holdren was President Obama’s senior advisor on science and technology for eight years. In this conversation with producer Mike Osborne, Holdr...
- Added: Apr 27, 2017
- Length: 30:41
Today: border critters and beaked whales. Two stories about human actions disrupting the ecosystems and lives of other animals with whom we share t...
- Added: Apr 25, 2017
- Length: 23:16
- Purchases: 2
WE’RE BACK! I mean, OMG, right?! And it’s our 5th podcast birthday! So, on the eve of the Science March, we’re kicking off the new season with an i...
- Added: Apr 25, 2017
- Length: 38:23
Sometime in the near geological future, the landscape of life on earth as we know it will be transformed. It’s a mass extinction, and it’s only hap...
- Added: Oct 27, 2016
- Length: 25:23
Food security may be the most important issue we’ll face in the coming decades. With global population on the rise and a changing climate, the futu...
- Added: Oct 27, 2016
- Length: 22:36