The Adaptors

Flora Lichtman and SoundVision Productions
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The Adaptors

A podcast about life on Earth during a weird time: now. We visit people who are thinking about the future and figuring out how we will adapt to a changing planet. Hosted by Science Friday alum Flora Lichtman, produced by Freakonomics Radio/The Atlantic alum Katherine Wells.

  1. 12/17/2015

    Assisting Evolution

    Grist reporter Amelia Urry visits an Australian lab, where scientists are trying to grow coral that can survive in the future. And a farewell from Flora and Katherine.

    15 min

  2. 12/03/2015 · VIDEO

    Imagine Earthships [video]

    Outside of Taos, NM, you'll find a community of people living in off-grid homes made of garbage. We visited them.

    7 min
  3. There's a Weird Vibe on the Bus

    11/19/2015

    There's a Weird Vibe on the Bus

    Michael Reynolds builds off-grid homes out of garbage. Meet the Earthship.

    15 min
  4. REBROADCAST: Yak Life

    11/05/2015

    REBROADCAST: Yak Life

    Wild yaks live on the roof of the world, a frosty high-elevation plateau north of the Himalayas. Conservation biologist Joel Berger, of the University of Montana and the Wildlife Conservation Society, wanted to find out how climate change might affect yaks, so he paid them a visit.

    9 min
  5. He Bought the Water

    10/22/2015

    He Bought the Water

    Reporter Ryan Bradley follows up on his quest to buy water.

    14 min
  6. Spore Power

    10/08/2015

    Spore Power

    When you hear "renewable energy," you think solar and wind. But what about spores? Columbia University's Ozgur Sahin explains.

    7 min

  7. 09/24/2015

    How We Measure the Earth Breathing

    What do Algerian monks have to do with 400 parts per million? Reporter Jeff Delviscio investigates how we measure CO2 in the atmosphere.

    13 min

  8. 09/10/2015

    Dogs in the Forest

    Dogs evolved in response to environmental changes tens of millions of years ago. Can that tell us anything about how animals might adapt to climate change today?

    6 min
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A podcast about life on Earth during a weird time: now. We visit people who are thinking about the future and figuring out how we will adapt to a changing planet. Hosted by Science Friday alum Flora Lichtman, produced by Freakonomics Radio/The Atlantic alum Katherine Wells.

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    Flora Lichtman and SoundVision Productions
  • Years Active
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  • Episodes
    28
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    The Adaptors

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