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Encore Episode: This episode originally aired in October of 2022.

The viruses keep coming, the climate is warming, and the Earth is rewilding. Our human family has no playbook to address the mayhem unfolding around us. If there is a change to reckon with, argues the renowned economic and social theorist Jeremy Rifkin, it’s that we are beginning to realize that the human race never had dominion over the Earth and that nature is far more formidable than we thought, while our species seems much smaller and less significant in the bigger picture of life on Earth, undermining our long-cherished worldview. The Age of Progress, once considered sacrosanct, is on a deathwatch while a powerful new narrative, the Age of Resilience, is ascending.

At a moment when the human family is deeply despairing of the future, Rifkin gives us a window into a promising new world and a radically different future that can bring us back into nature’s fold, giving life a second chance to flourish on Earth.

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Hello, Ask Science listeners! Enjoy this episode of Curious State, another podcast from Quick and Dirty Tips.

Encore Episode: This episode originally aired in April of 2022.

Could we have domesticated a T-Rex? Is the mafia really that violent? Haven't all the possible songs been written by now? Unexpected gems of knowledge are hidden all around us. Let’s dig them up, one offbeat question at a time.
A few of the curiosities you’ll uncover in this episode:
The 3 questions to ask yourself before domesticating a T-Rex
How much it would cost to feed a T-Rex over its lifetime
What a T-Rex’s personality might have been like
Could we have made a teacup T-Rex? *fingers crossed*

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The viruses keep coming, the climate is warming, and the Earth is rewilding. Our human family has no playbook to address the mayhem unfolding around us. If there is a change to reckon with, argues the renowned economic and social theorist Jeremy Rifkin, it’s that we are beginning to realize that the human race never had dominion over the Earth and that nature is far more formidable than we thought, while our species seems much smaller and less significant in the bigger picture of life on Earth, undermining our long-cherished worldview. The Age of Progress, once considered sacrosanct, is on a deathwatch while a powerful new narrative, the Age of Resilience, is ascending.
At a moment when the human family is deeply despairing of the future, Rifkin gives us a window into a promising new world and a radically different future that can bring us back into nature’s fold, giving life a second chance to flourish on Earth.
Purchase The Age of Resilience at Amazon, Audible, Bookshop.org, or your favorite bookstore.
Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows.
Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.
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Witty, entertaining, and illuminating, Spare Parts shows us that the history - and future - of transplant surgery is tied up with questions about not only who we are, but also what we are, and what we might become.
Enjoy an excerpt of this surprising history audiobook from Paul Craddock.
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Hello, Ask Science listeners! This week, we're sharing the first episode of Curious State, a brand new podcast from Quick and Dirty Tips.
Could we have domesticated a T-Rex? Is the mafia really that violent? Haven't all the possible songs been written by now? Unexpected gems of knowledge are hidden all around us. Let’s dig them up, one offbeat question at a time.
A few of the curiosities you’ll uncover in this episode:
The 3 questions to ask yourself before domesticating a T-Rex
How much it would cost to feed a T-Rex over its lifetime
What a T-Rex’s personality might have been like
Could we have made a teacup T-Rex? *fingers crossed*
Subscribe to Curious State on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you're listening to Ask Science.
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