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The Shape of the World

Shape of the World Studios

Science

Frequency: 1 episode/63d. Total Eps: 48

A Podcast About Cities, Nature and People

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#91
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#82
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28/07/2025
#76
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27/07/2025
#91

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https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/
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https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/
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https://theprecipice.com/
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Woolf
19 shares
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_Man
7 shares

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Can Listening Be a Political and Moral Act? (Ep. 33)

jeudi 22 décembre 2022 • Duration 01:02:30

Biologist David George Haskell says this collective inattention is a huge loss for each of us. It's like leaving money on the table because paying attention to the living world is a source of beauty, joy and renewal—one we can access at anytime from anywhere.

What Should We Fix First? (Ep. 32)

vendredi 18 novembre 2022 • Duration 28:53

Margaret Renkl's new book "Graceland at Last: Notes on Hope and Heartache From the American South is mix of graceful observations and practical solutions.

Who Trashed My River? (Ep. 31)

mercredi 12 octobre 2022 • Duration 23:58

The organization Nick Wesley co-founded, Urban Rivers, is creating The Wild Mile, the first-ever floating eco-park of its scale in the world.

Episode 1: We All Live In Nature

samedi 21 avril 2018 • Duration 28:39

Disruption & Resilience (Ep. 29)

lundi 25 juillet 2022 • Duration 25:48

When Jane Watson encountered a ruined meadow of seagrass in the ocean, instead of getting furious, she grew curious.

The Wild Card (Ep. 28)

mercredi 16 juin 2021 • Duration 40:25

Sarah Cowles encourages radically rethinking the synthetic landscapes found in cities. When welcoming nature to our human cities, do we aim for an...

The World Is Not Static (Ep. 27)

jeudi 3 juin 2021 • Duration 32:23

Dr. Caitlin Rankin’s research shows that a long-held theory about why an ancient civilization passed out of existence was wrong. Cahokia Mounds in...

Bees Understand the Concept of Zero (Ep. 26)

jeudi 20 mai 2021 • Duration 30:44

Dr. Scarlett Howard’s research on cognition of honeybees got a lot of media attention when in 2018, she published a paper that showed bees can...

Can a Tiny Organism Transform Human Relations? (Ep. 34)

vendredi 9 mai 2025 • Duration 28:26

Artist Laurie Palmer believes they can. In her book, The Lichen Museum, Laurie explores what we can gain from learning to see life the way a lichen does.

Season Six Coming Soon

lundi 5 mai 2025 • Duration 01:01

Season SIX Will Launch This Friday, May 9th New episodes, new guests, and new insights about nature and our built environments coming soon with season 6 of Shape of the World. And more on how we can live together–with nature, with cities, and with one another. Listen on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite platform.