She’s a botanist, a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, and the author of the bestselling Braiding Sweetgrass. In her new book she criticizes the market economy — but she and Steve find a surprising amount of common ground. <ul><li>SOURCES:<ul><li><a href="https://www.robinwallkimmerer.com/">Robin Wall Kimmerer</a>, botanist and founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>RESOURCES:<ul><li><a href="https://amzn.to/43FRxt7">The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World</a>, by Robin Wall Kimmerer (2024).</li><li><a href="https://amzn.to/3ZPjM5W">Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants</a>, by Robin Wall Kimmerer (2015).</li><li><a href="https://amzn.to/456Lizz">Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses</a>, by Robin Wall Kimmerer (2003).</li><li>"<a href="https://www.amherst.edu/media/view/104699/original/christmas.pdf">The Deadweight Loss of Christmas</a>," by Joel Waldfogel (The American Economic Review, 1993).</li><li>"<a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/3243962?origin=crossref">Reproductive Ecology of Tetraphis pellucida. I. Population Density and Reproductive Mode</a>," by Robin Wall Kimmerer (The Bryologist, 1991).</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>EXTRAS:<ul><li>"<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/the-deadliest-disease-in-human-history/">The Deadliest Disease in Human History</a>," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2025).</li><li>"<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-smart-is-a-forest/">How Smart Is a Forest?</a>" by People I (Mostly) Admire (2023).</li><li>"<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/jane-goodall-changed-the-way-we-see-animals-shes-not-done/">Jane Goodall Changed the Way We See Animals. She’s Not Done.</a>" by People I (Mostly) Admire (2022).</li></ul></li></ul>

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