A touching and funny podcast that explores how extraordinary people have been changed by an extraordinary animal. In this weekly show, Katya talks to fascinating guests about what their lives were like before and after they experienced a soul-level relationship with an animal.
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Kim Stanley Robinson is the author of the new autobiographical nonfiction book The High Sierra: A Love Story. He’s also written 20 novels, including Red Mars and The Ministry for the Future, and now he’s appeared on this podcast! We talk about his love of rocky landscapes, how he started backpacking, and the need to make space for wildlife. We also talk about how his Sierra life has impacted his fiction, and how he came to love science fiction in the first place. And so much more!
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Learn more about the book here: https://www.littlebrown.com/titles/kim-stanley-robinson/the-high-sierra/9780316306812/
A reading list on the John Muir Sierra Club controversy, including both critical and positive assessments of his legacy:
1) https://www.sierraclub.org/michael-brune/2020/07/john-muir-early-history-sierra-club
2) https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/articles/entry/who-was-john-muir-really/
3) https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/16/sierra-club-racist-internal-fight-505407
4) https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2021-2-march-april/feature/john-muir-native-america
5) https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sierra-club-muir-racism-board-vote_n_619548aae4b0f398aeff3677
6) https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sierra-club-election-muir_n_624609f9e4b068157f74d448
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Dylan Harris is an assistant professor and geographer at University of Colorado Colorado Springs, as well as an editor of Not Afraid of the Ruins, a collection of speculative eco-fiction. We talk about how stories can help us make sense …continue
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A touching and funny podcast that explores how extraordinary people have been changed by an extraordinary animal. In this weekly show, Katya talks to fascinating guests about what their lives were like before and after they experienced a soul-level relationship …continue
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