Podcasts by The Thin Layer
A podcast about dirt. Soil is at the center of some of the biggest stories of our time. Presented by Dan Crane. A show from How We Get To Next. Made with the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Further podcasts by How We Get To Next
Podcast on the topic Naturwissenschaften
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Episode 5: Beyond Soil from 2018-08-14T16:00
In warehouses, bunkers, basements, and skyscrapers, urban hydroponic farms produce food without soil at all; meanwhile, exobiologists are inventing ways to grow food among t...
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Episode 4: Regrowth from 2018-07-31T16:00
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 break...
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Episode 3: Getting Dirty from 2018-07-17T16:00
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...
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Episode 2: The New Dust Bowl? from 2018-07-03T16:00
What if you knew how the world was going to end?
In this episode, we dive into the story of the Dust Bowl, which...
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Episode 1: Look Down from 2018-06-19T16:00
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...
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