In warehouses, bunkers, basements, and skyscrapers, urban hydroponic farms produce food without soil at all; meanwhile, exobiologists are inventing ways to grow food among the stars. In our final episode of “The Thin Layer,” we ask: in these fu

Regrowth

Jul 31st, 2018 38m 43s

Throughout history, people and communities have built close connections with the land. When we talk about soil — and about trying to “fix” soil —taking action can mean breaking or disrespecting those connections, good intentions or not. Lessons

Getting Dirty

Jul 17th, 2018 34m 2s

Are our lives too clean? Exploring the life that lives in the ground, and two sides of a dirty coin: soil’s role in the biggest pandemic you’ve never heard of, and soil as a source of miraculous medicines. Presented by Dan Crane Written by Ian

The New Dust Bowl?

Jul 3rd, 2018 36m 22s

What if you knew how the world was going to end? In this episode, we dive into the story of the Dust Bowl, which decimated 250,000 square miles of land in the United States in the 1930s, and Hugh Bennett, the man who saw it coming and tried to

Look Down

Jun 19th, 2018 38m 27s

Life depends on a thin layer of soil, wrapped around the planet like the skin of an apple. A quarter of all life itself actually lives in soil. We grow our food in it; it is a source of medicines and illness; it filters our water; it provides n

Episode 0: The Thin Trailer

Jun 14th, 2018 1m 28s

Coming soon—a podcast about dirt, and its surprising role in some of the biggest stories of our time. Presented by Dan Crane Written by Ian Steadman & Eli Lee Audio design by Laura Irving Head to How We Get To Next for more information, includ

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