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The chicken can fly only a few metres but–somehow–this unlikely evolutionary descendant of Tyrannosaurus Rex has conquered the world. Earth is now home to more than twenty billion chickens, at least ten times more than any other bird. For every human on the planet, there are three chickens. In Fowl Play, Sally Coulthard charts the chicken's fascinating journey from dinosaur to domestication to exploitation, exploring every aspect of the history of Gallus gallus domesticus.

In this provocative manifesto, Assaad Razzouk shows that for too long our ideas about what's best for the environment have been unfocused and distracted, trying to go in too many directions and concentrating on individual behavior. While some of these things can be useful, they are dwarfed by one big thing that simply has to happen very soon if we're to avoid major environmental breakdown: curtailing the activities of the fossil fuel industry.

John Lister-Kaye has spent a lifetime exploring, protecting and celebrating the British landscape and its wildlife. Lister-Kaye's joyous childhood holidays - spent scrambling through hedges and ditches after birds and small beasts, keeping pigeons in the loft and tracking foxes around the edge of the garden - were the perfect apprenticeship for his two lifelong passions: exploring the wonders of nature and writing about them. Warm, wise and full of wonder, The Dun Cow Rib is a captivating coming of age tale by one of the founding fathers of nature writing.

Nearly everyone swears - whether it's over a few too many drinks, in reaction to a stubbed toe, or in flagrante delicto. And yet we sit idly by as words are banned from television and censored in books. We insist that people excise profanity from their vocabularies, and we punish children for yelling the very same dirty words that we'll mutter in relief seconds after they fall asleep. Swearing, it seems, is an intimate part of us that we have decided to selectively deny.

Our minds are like houses. When they're new, they're empty. As we live our lives we acquire treasures that eventually turn into shit that creates clutter. Some of this stuff is useful, while some of it is simply junk which just creates obstacles for us. What if we could eliminate the nonsense we don't need, and create more room for useful things? Join us on this podcast where we discuss removing what we don't need, implementing beneficial changes to our minds, bodies and souls, to create a life of abundance and fulfillment.

Weaving the personal with the history of anatomy and the dissected, Jackie Dent explores the world of whole-body donation—all the while looking for answers as to what happened to her grandparents.

Unfair Game features the shocking results of a new inquiry Lord Ashcroft has carried out into South Africa’s lion business. He shows how tourists are unwittingly being used to support the abuse of lions he details how lions are being tranquilised and then hunted in enclosed spaces he urges the British government to ban imports of captive-bred lion trophies and he demonstrates why Asia’s insatiable appetite for lion bones has become a multi-million-dollar business linked to criminality and corruption which now underpins South Africa's captive lion industry.

Milk. It's in our coffee, on our cereal. We see it in processed form. It's there in almond form, or made from oats or soy. Milk celebrates the majesty of this noble liquid, and delves into the pretenders to its throne, from formula to Mylk. It looks at the transformation of what a milk-producer eats into one of the most nutrient dense foods available, and how that can be transformed again into the butter, cheese and clotted cream that we know and love today. It's an exploration of the science, history and politics of what makes mammals different from every other life form on earth.

From his Cornish boyhood, Rory recounts his life of birdwatching, observing his first skylark while stoned; his repeatedly failed attempts to get up at the crack of dawn like the real twitchers; and his flawed bid to educate his mate Danny in the ways of birding. Rory's tale is a thoroughly educational, occasionally lyrical and highly amusing romp through the hidden byways of birdwatching.

It is hard to imagine that the busy townscape of South London was once a great wood, stretching almost seven miles from Croydon to Deptford or that, scattered through the suburbs, from Dulwich to Norwood, a number of oak woodlands have survived since before the Norman Conquest. These woods were intensively managed for a thousand years, providing timber for construction, furniture and shipbuilding, and charcoal for London's blacksmiths, kilns and bakeries. Now they afford important green space, a vital habitat for small mammals, birds and insects.

Over the course of 14 billion years, humanity has gained the ability not only to imagine the future, but to design and engineer it. Entertaining and profound, Future Rising by Dr Andrew Maynard, provides a highly original perspective on our relationship with the future. Written to be easy to pick up and hard to stop listening to, Future Rising starts at the big bang and traces a pathway along the emergence of intelligent life, through what makes humans uniquely capable of creating different futures, to the profound responsibilities that this comes with.

In 1917, the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) set foot in Europe, joining the valiant French and British allied forces in the fight for freedom. Acclaimed journalist Heywood Broun accompanied the AEF, capturing their poignant experiences and the challenges they faced. These vivid sketches were later compiled into a compelling book published in 1918. This project is part of LibriVoxs tribute to the centenary of World War I, honoring the bravery and sacrifices of those who served. (Summary by MaryAnn)

The podcast made for and made by surgery residents. Encompassing all aspects of surgery, medical school, and life during residency. A chance to cover a broad range of things for current residents and future residents that don't get much attention, but deserve to be talked about such as: the dailies of residency life, living on loans, managing families and friends, interactions with colleagues, attendings, and staff, funny moments that deserve to be told. We want this to be for YOU, and about you, the listener. So reach out to us via email, dfwthepancreas@gmail.com with any ideas or topics or ...

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Radio Ecológica 92.5 F.M. retrató a algunos caminantes que construyen un mundo diverso y sustentable con miras a un futuro esperanzador en la península de Yucatán. Desde la apicultura, por las dunas costeras o en el manglar, reunimos estas voces de quienes hacen otro mundo posible. El proyecto Voces Sustentables es posible gracias al Programa de Pequeñas Donaciones (PPD) del Fondo para el Medio Ambiente Mundial (FMAM), implementado por el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD) y a Global Enviroment facility.

Brian and Mike discuss various topics from science and technology to the nature of consciousness and laugh a lot while they do it.

A health podcast dedicated to removing stigmas on all things you should be giving a f*ck about. A twist on traditional health and wellness podcasts that aims to open up discussions revolving around stigmas, prejudice, and discrimination happening in the health industries.

This podcast is a conversation of informal ichthyology, discussing all things F.E.E.S.H, getting insight about fish from a fishing, ecology, evolution, social impact and husbandry standpoint. Fish are a serious topic, with 10-12% of the world relying on fish for their income. We love to hear the stories about the people working with them and how fish have an impact on their lives. The goal is to bridge the gap between us a-fish-ionados, and to strike up interesting conversations between scientists, naturalists, fishermen, and fish keepers.

From Atheism to Enlightenment (F.A.T.E.) is my journey into investigating and discovering the true nature of reality, who we are as spiritual beings, and what lies beyond the veil of existence. After having a spiritual awakening when faced with a traumatic health crisis, I went from being a devout atheist, who only believed in science, to diving deep into discovering myself, our true purpose and the many complexities that exist within this reality. There will be guests from many different spiritual disciplines from shamanism to energy healers, mediums, and more. This podcast will expand ...

CTRL+F provides a deep-dive into emerging technologies, dissects the ever-evolving landscape of tech policy, and uncovers the scientific breakthroughs that are reshaping our world.Each series of CTRL + F is dedicated to exploring a particular facet of the technological revolution, whether it's the rise of artificial intelligence, the implications of blockchain technology, or the future of cybersecurity.Our first episode will go live on Tuesday, July 9! These are conversations you don't want to miss! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.