The Big Chew Podcast
1) A Progressive Views The Environmental Costs of U.S. Immigration: Ethicist Dr. Philip Cafaro
Martin Luther King, Jr. called it "the modern plague" and challenged us to heal it, especially since we knew how. That "plague" is overpopulation—but in Dr. King's time, U.S. population was driven by ...Show More
A Progressive Views The Environmental Costs of U.S. Immigration: Ethicist Dr. Philip Cafaro
1:05:13 | Nov 21st, 2017
2) Where Do Babies Come From? Laura Carroll on Reproduction Myths
Babies come from stories. From beliefs. Some of those stories are beautiful: I want to love and care for someone; I have a lot to share with a growing human. But a whole lot of baby-making beliefs ar...Show More
3) Population: An Epic Problem and A Solution Waiting to Happen
There are too many humans on Earth, it's screwing everything up, and we have to change. There. I said it. Environmentalists used to say this frequently and passionately, and then they stopped:talking ...Show More
4) Missionary Re-Position: Wendy Marsman on Faith, Atheism, and Women
Wendy Marsman was raised in a strict Evangelical community in rural Canada. She fulfilled her dream of being a missionary by moving to the Brazilian Amazon for eight years with her then-husband and ch...Show More
5) Humans and Water, with Big River Guide, Fluvial Geologist, and Writer Becca Lawton
Water: It's not just a "resource." It's not a "thing" that happens. Our bodies are mostly water. Maybe our souls are, too. Becca Lawton would know. She's a veteran river guide on the great rivers of ...Show More
Humans and Water, with Big River Guide, Fluvial Geologist, and Writer Becca Lawton
1:12:18 | Sep 17th, 2017
6) The Rewards of Green Activism: Beyond "Lifestyle" to "Lifeway" with Stephanie Kaza
Maybe life feels so nuts—environmentally, politically, economically, culturally—you're hitting the streets. Or hitting your head against the wall. WTF? What to do? First, calm down and listen to this...Show More
The Rewards of Green Activism: Beyond "Lifestyle" to "Lifeway" with Stephanie Kaza
49:37 | Aug 29th, 2017
7) The Myth of Progress: Tom Wessels on Earth and the Economy
Progress! Economic growth! Affluence! Forget about it—at least while basic laws of science are in effect. I talk with Tom Wessels, ecologist, professor, and one of New England's clearest environmental...Show More
8) Change of Life: How Lynn Margulis Revolutionized Evolution
Biologist Lynn Margulis gave us a new way to look at life—and perhaps, a new way to live it. She showed life doesn't evolve just through random DNA mistakes and competition. Instead, interdependence i...Show More
9) A "First World" Woman Finds Her True Self in the Amazon
Donna Mulvenna left a busy professional life in Australia to live in the Amazon rainforest of French Guiana. She thought it would be a temporary adventure with her partner, an Olympic canoe racer. Aft...Show More
10) Living the One-Straw Revolution, with Larry Korn
Natural Farming" is as much a life philosophy as a way of farming. Larry Korn has dedicated his life to teaching Natural Farming, which he learned from his mentor, the late, great Masanobu Fukuoka, au...Show More