In the Weeds

We’re back! After a long hiatus due to professional/ life stuff, I’m happy to share with y... more

The title of Lydia Millet’s last novel - Dinosaurs - seems to wink at the threat of human ... more

A continuation of my earlier episode in which Trevien Stanger - instructor of environmenta... more

There’s a funny little corridor tucked away behind a park in the Village of Pleasantville,... more

When we think of major innovations in human history, what comes to mind are inert technolo... more

Jennifer Lynch Fitzgerald tells the story of her relationship with Maddie, a mustang rescu... more

I’ve mentioned this book numerous times on the pod. It’s fair to say that David Abram’s Th... more

“Letters have power,” <a href='http://www.johannadrucker.net'>Johanna Drucker</a> tells me... more

William Bryant Logan’s book <a href='https://www.williambryantlogan.com'>Sproutlands: Tend... more

Picking up where we left off in the spring, we return to the topic of farming through a co... more

For the second of three episodes on farming, I talk to <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/i... more

“When you control seed, you control life on earth,” says Indian environmental activist and... more

Mermaids are the fly in the ointment in Lydia Millet’s very funny satirical novel Mermaids... more

As co-editors of The Penguin Book of Mermaids, a compendium of stories from all over the w... more

According to Mark Zuckerberg and others, the metaverse - a would-be digital double of the ... more

Chris Schaberg, whom you might remember from <a href='https://in-the-weeds.net/podcast/usi... more

Susannah Sayler and Ed Morris have been working at the intersection of art and climate act... more

In time for the winter solstice, we revisit our episode on the history of Christmas trees ... more

In our continuing series on climate change, I talk to Meg Lowman who knows more about tree... more

To find out what we know about how a warming planet will affect the forests in my home sta... more

In the second installment of our series on climate change, I talk to environmental journal... more

In his new book, Warmth: Coming of Age at the End of Our World, Daniel Sherrell reflects o... more

This past summer, the UN Secretary General, in connection with the UN report on climate ch... more

In 1923, when British mountaineer George Mallory was asked why he wanted to summit Mount E... more