I’m super excited to bring you this bonus episode of the podcast! We’re still a few months away from launching our new season of Earth to Humans - that will happen in April for Earth Week - but I wanted to feature this conservation with the dir

2023 Wrapped!

Dec 13th, 2023 1h 11m

As 2023 comes to a close, our Earth to Humans team took a look back at some of the episodes that were the most meaningful to us. We closed out our end-of-the-year roundtable conversation with a discussion about COP28. All of us agreed that just

The Quieter Victims of War

Nov 29th, 2023 48m 13s

As of September 10, 2023, there have been 9,614 civilian deaths reported in Ukraine since Russia’s latest invasion began on February 24, 2022. And in Gaza, the latest numbers of civilian casualties in just over a month are estimated to be over

Grandma Gatewood's Walk

Nov 15th, 2023 1h 7m

There are lots of amazing stories about the early days of the Appalachian Trail, but none match the story of Grandma Gatewood. In 1955, Gatewood set out to hike the entire Appalachian Trail. She was 67 years old at the time. She began her hike

Samhain, witches, vampires with claws and the Loch Ness monster's evil twin.

Oct 31st, 2023 1h 4m

Having moved to Scotland very recently, I’ve been really keen to get started on telling some stories from this amazing country. As some of you who are keen listeners to the podcast will already know, I love a good bit of folklore, especially wh

Socks Over Pants: A Deep Dive into the World of Lyme Disease

Oct 18th, 2023 1h 6m

“Patient Zero”, Taylor Quimby’s podcast series about Lyme disease, takes a deep dive into the complexity surrounding this disease. He explores the origin of Lyme, and how some of the earliest Lyme patients took matters into their own hands, bec

Nature's Narrator: David Quammen

Oct 4th, 2023 1h 10m

Today I want to welcome you to a truly special episode of Earth to Humans. My guest today has journeyed across continents, climates and cultures to unravel some of the most complex intricacies of our natural world. David Quammen joins us today,

Climate Crisis Got You Down?

Sep 20th, 2023 1h 1m

Hey guys, Sarinah here - if you’re anything like us and have been feeling the crippling weight of the current state of our planet on your shoulders, YOU ARE NOT ALONE.Everywhere you look there seems to be a new environmental disaster. Flooding

Burning Man: The Good, The Bad and The Soggy

Sep 6th, 2023 1h 8m

So by now I’m sure many of you have seen videos of the muck, sludge and mire that befell this years Burning Man Festival which takes place every year in the middle of the black rock desert. From its humble beginnings in the late 1980s attractin

Photographers Against Wildlife Crime

Aug 23rd, 2023 57m 31s

When I first met today’s guest I was a fresh-faced Conservation Biology undergraduate student with hopes and dreams of doing my bit to save the planet. Britta Jaschinski seemed like some kind of rock star to me. She spoke of going undercover at

Under a White Sky with Elizabeth Kolbert

Aug 9th, 2023 57m 41s

Today’s episode features an interview with Pulitzer prize winning journalist and author, Elizabeth Kolbert. Elizabeth has been reporting on the climate crisis for several decades, and her book “The Sixth Extinction” brought her enormous critica

The Rise and Decay of the Wood Wide Web

Jul 26th, 2023 1h 8m

My guests today, Dr. Justine Karst, mycologist at the University of Alberta and Dr. Jason Hoeksema, professor of biology at the University of Mississippi, take us deep into the complex world of fungi, trees and the story we all might be getting

Diving for Rays

Jul 13th, 2023 1h 2m

Hannah speaks to the production team and star of Diving for Rays - a unique documentary, which tells the story of a conservationist whose dreams are abandoned due to a lack of visibility of LGBTQIA+ individuals within the sector she wants to jo

Crocodopolis

Jun 28th, 2023 52m 44s

Egyptian filmmaker Omar Manjouneh is the director of the documentary, “Crocodopolis”, about the complex situation surrounding the presence of Nile Crocodiles in Lake Nasser, in Southern Egypt. Omar discusses crocodile research and conservation,

Eco-Rapper Hila the Earth

Jun 14th, 2023 1h 2m

As a science communicator, I’m always on the lookout for people with innovative, creative and accessible ideas who say no to the classic dry and mundane or overwhelming and intense communications methods we scientists can be guilty of. Social m

The Disappearance of Great Salt Lake w/ Laura Briefer

May 31st, 2023 1h 10m

Hi everyone! Sarinah here! Coming to you live from my childhood bedroom visiting my mom following a beautiful trip down California along highway 395. This is my first ever Earth to Humans newsletter, so enjoy this maiden voyage as I try to re-c

Riding the Trail of Tears with Cherokee Sci Fi Author Blake Hausman

May 17th, 2023 1h 9m

In this captivating podcast episode, acclaimed Cherokee author Blake Hausman shares his creative journey behind "Riding the Trail of Tears," a groundbreaking science fiction novel that skillfully intertwines indigenous culture and futuristic el

Hellbent

May 3rd, 2023 57m 15s

I was lucky enough to be brought onto the Hellbent team last year to create content for their online storytelling and, after watching the film for the first time, I was so excited to be part of such an incredible project. Having worked together

The Life and Legacy of P-22 w/ Beth Pratt

Apr 19th, 2023 58m 9s

Welcome back to Earth to Humans! On our first episode back for the season, Sarinah speaks with guest, Beth Pratt, Executive Director for California at the National Wildlife Federation and renowned conservationist who has worked tirelessly to pr

Helping Hounds

Aug 3rd, 2022 53m 50s

When I first heard about the organization that today’s guest, Jennifer Hartman, works for, I felt like I could’ve found my dream conservation job. Two of my greatest loves in life combined - dogs and biology. Apparently this is quite a common p

When Water Becomes Dust

Jul 20th, 2022 57m 26s

Today as I drive alone down highway 395 on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada along the length of California, I am reminded of a powerful film I had the privilege of seeing in the summer of 2021. It completely changed the way that I looked a

BEST OF: A World Without Animals with Charlotte McConaghy

Jul 7th, 2022 58m 1s

**BOOKCLUB DATE** Friday, July 29th at 6pm PST or 9pm EST at https://www.patreon.com/EarthToHumansThe very first book I read by today’s guest haunted me for weeks after finishing it. I couldn’t shake the reality of the near-future world that sh

Folklore: The Shared Human Experience

Jun 23rd, 2022 1h 5m

Hannah’s ancestry traces back to Ireland, and learning about the folklore that would have shaped the way that her great grandparents, great great grand parents and all the Mulvanys before them would have related to nature and the places around

The Coldest Place in the Universe

Jun 8th, 2022 41m 8s

I came across today’s topic in kind of a roundabout way. Recently I was rewatching the James Cameron film, Titanic, and as I was watching Rose freeze on her floating piece of wood and pry Jack’s cold dead hands from hers as she whispers "I’ll n

Indigenous Māori Knowledge with Ocean Mercier

May 25th, 2022 47m 27s

Ocean Mercier teaches Te Pūtaiao Māori/Māori Science which is a course on mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge and science) in both traditional and contemporary contexts, at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand. Her research and that of