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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As cities continue to grow, scientists are trying to define the “Urban Equation” – a mathematical expression that defines not just a group of build...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2016
  • Length: 16:36
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Ever wonder what Westeros looked like long before the Starks, Baratheons, Lannisters, or Targaryens roamed its surface? How far back can we really ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 10, 2014
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 1
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Fran Moore talks about various ways that farmers in Europe have adjusted to higher temperatures in recent years, and sheds light on the difficulty ...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2013
  • Length: 33:29
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Emma Marris, author of Rambunctious Garden: Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World, believes that in the Anthropocene we should widen our repertoire of...

Bought by KVNF and KZYX


  • Added: Aug 20, 2013
  • Length: 26:15
  • Purchases: 2
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In the second half of his interview with Gen Anthro, Hari Mix talks about his experiences this past spring in the Himalaya and his summit bid for L...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2013
  • Length: 29:14
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Today’s episode is the first part of Gen Anthro's interview with Hari Mix, a mountaineer, PhD student, and friend of the producers. In this first h...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2013
  • Length: 35:46
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Today, we take a little bit of break from talking about science to instead talk about how media covers science, particularly the reporting on genet...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2013
  • Length: 29:15
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Rebecca Solnit, a writer and native of the Bay Area, provides a brief history of San Francisco’s transformation from a working class port city to a...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2013
  • Length: 25:58
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In the mid-1980s, a small problem began to surface in a relatively obscure corner of the world. In 1994, just about a decade later, the World Healt...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2013
  • Length: 24:31
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Humans have always been changing the earth’s surface, but the study of land use change has been greatly aided by satellite imaging since the 1970s....

  • Added: Aug 07, 2013
  • Length: 33:29