The Thin End Podcast
1) Learning from the Wood Mouse (repeat)
One of the problems for humans and the planet is that we have isolated ourselves from our ecosystem. Yet, our activity impacts the global climate and habitats. For example, unlike Apodemus sylvaticus...Show More
2) Ecological Intelligence - from ants to birds and plants
All life demonstrates ecological intelligence, an ability to solve problems as groups or as ecological systems. This is seen in the behaviour of birds migrating, ants foraging and plants growing and ...Show More
3) Weekly Magazine Episode 2 Bad growth pollutes the planet
The Thin End considers how growth has become a political mantra and how bad trade pollutes the planet and fuels climate change, and the suggestion that there should be carbon taxes.
4) The Thin End Weekly Magazine Episode 1
A weekly round up of news and views on topical issues appearing in The Thin End Magazine. This week: Invasive Rabbits and Hares, pesticides and hummingbirds, Invasive mosquitos, abortion law reform ...Show More
5) Brexit won't save the planet
Brexit isn't an ideal. It might break the cosy economic and political illusion that all growth and trade is good. But there is little thinking behind it. It won't lead to better trade. It won't sa...Show More
6) Learning from the Wood Mouse
One of the problems for humans, and for the planet, is that we have isolated ourselves from our ecosystem. Yet, our activity impacts on the global climate and on habitats. Unlike Apodemus sylvaticu...Show More
7) The NHS Saved My Life
Ray Noble tells how the NHS saved his life and considers the benefits of the British National Health Serivice. He argues why markets alone are insufficient to meet needs. The NHS is already being ad...Show More
8) Why I can't be cloned
With news of monkeys being cloned in a Chinese laboratory, Ray Noble considers whether it is possible to clone a given human being.
9) We are not in our genes
We hear often the phrase 'in the genes'. But we are not in our genes. Our attributes are often considered to be partitioned between genetic and environement. But this is a false dichotomy. Ray Nobl...Show More
10) Dialogue with Samuel Shem - House of God Revisited
Ray Noble talks to Samuel Shem, the acclaimed author of The House of God. The House of God, published in 1978, has in many ways become a cult book in the medical profession. It follows a group of medi...Show More