Generation Anthropocene

Series produced by Generation Anthropocene

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

History is accelerating, and Generation Anthropocene is working hard to keep up. Each week on our show, we conduct long-form interviews with experts, academics, and thought-leaders about a wide spectrum of 21st century issues. Conversational and curiosity-driven, our show is on the cutting edge of new ideas ranging from pragmatic conservationism to water law, social entrepreneurship to environmental poetry. Our guests include scientists, philosophers, artists, entrepreneurs, lawyers, engineers, and policy-experts, and through these interviews we hope to bring you their stories, fresh ideas, and visions for the future.

Generation Anthropocene is currently in its 4th season. The podcast is hosted and produced by Mike Osborne, Miles Traer, and Leslie Chang.

Homepage: http://anthropocene.stanford.edu
Twitter: @GenAnthropocene
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History is accelerating, and Generation Anthropocene is working hard to keep up. Each week on our show, we conduct long-form interviews with experts, academics, and thought-leaders about a wide spectrum of 21st century issues. Conversational and curiosity-driven, our show is on the cutting edge of new ideas ranging from pragmatic conservationism to water law, social entrepreneurship to environmental poetry. Our guests include scientists, philosophers, artists, entrepreneurs, lawyers, engineers, and policy-experts, and through these interviews we hope to bring you their stories, fresh ideas, and visions for the future.Generation Anthropocene is currently in its 4th season. The podcast is hosted and produced by Mike Osborne, Miles Traer, and Leslie Chang.Homepage:... Show full description


60 Pieces

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It’s our 50th episode! To celebrate we sit down with four members of the Anthropocene Working Group: the scientists and experts who are deciding w...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2013
  • Length: 35:54
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Ship’s captain turned researcher, Austin Becker, looks to the future for how ports will respond to sea level rise. He explains the importance of po...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2013
  • Length: 24:04
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Filmmaker Graham Meriwether discusses his new documentary American Meat: A Leave It Better Story that investigates the current condition of the mea...

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  • Added: Apr 16, 2013
  • Length: 28:26
  • Purchases: 1
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Mountaineer and social entrepreneur Tom Bowman starts us off with a story of survival. With some help from producers Miles Traer and Leslie Chang, ...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2013
  • Length: 22:22
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In this interview, Dr. Peter Haff of Duke sits down with Mike (and Mike sits down with Leslie) to explain the Technosphere. We learn that technolog...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2013
  • Length: 26:55
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One month after the Mayan apocalypse of 2012, the Generation Anthropocene team of Leslie Chang, Mike Osborne, and Miles Traer chat about the relati...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2013
  • Length: 23:30
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Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe discusses her Christianity in the context of her academic career… and her marriage to a one time climate skeptic...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2013
  • Length: 23:18
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Astrobiologist David Grinspoon takes the anthropocene off-planet to our nearest cosmic neighbor Venus and discusses what we learn about climate cha...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2013
  • Length: 28:41
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It’s the end of 2012, and producers Mike Osborne, Leslie Chang, and Miles Traer get together to chat about the past year of Generation Anthropocene...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2013
  • Length: 31:18
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Climate scientist and MacArthur genius Ben Santer takes us back in time to 1995 to a key turning point in the history of climate change science. He...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2013
  • Length: 22:50
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Environmental engineer Granger Morgan explains how to use aerosols to control climate change, why it’s a “Faustian bargain,” all building to the te...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2013
  • Length: 22:16
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In 1968, the Saturn V rocket pushed the frontier 250,000 miles (400,000 km) to the moon. Now, in 2012, Curiosity has moved the frontier 1,000 times...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2013
  • Length: 19:30
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Co-founder of the Local Food Lab Krysia Zajonc makes her case for the crucial role of business within the sustainable food movement. She also talk...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2013
  • Length: 19:43
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Filmmaker Mike Freedman explains the creative process behind his debut documentary, Critical Mass. His film explores how the growing population alt...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2013
  • Length: 21:36
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Curator for the Museum of PostNatural History in Pittsburgh, Richard Pell describes a new way for us to view how humans control the evolutionary pa...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2013
  • Length: 19:03
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In this interview on food security and the environment, Dave Lobell explains the global food system, the monkey-wrench of climate change, and the p...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2013
  • Length: 33:25
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Geophysicist and shale gas expert Mark Zoback speaks to the science of hydro-fracking to free shale gas. He addresses many misconceptions he feels ...

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  • Added: Mar 20, 2013
  • Length: 27:37
  • Purchases: 1
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Biologist Peter Vitousek discusses the serious impacts humankind has had on the nitrogen cycle and how that relates to our food system. He expands ...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2013
  • Length: 26:12
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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