Science & Technology

Last week, a lawsuit was filed against the San Francisco Police Department, alleging that SFPD, among others, has violated the city’s ban on facial recognition technology.

Last week, San Francisco received $10 million dollars to expand internet access. Officials say this money will help close a digital divide.

Advocating for the power of language to bring us into deeper awareness and connection with our landscapes, acclaimed British author Robert Macfarlane guides us through acts of “good naming” in an age of climate crisis.

A decade into a journalism project that follows our early ancestors’ migration pathway out of Africa, Paul Salopek joins us to discuss the ways walking at three miles per hour has transformed his perception of time, landscapes, and our present moment.

Indigenous food and seed sovereignty advocate Rowen White explores the potential held within a seed to restore our connection with both landscape and identity.

A look at one of the most well-known American philosophers, who passed away earlier this year.

In this double-bill episode, we’re sharing a special conversation with author, eco-philosopher, and Buddhist scholar Joanna Macy, along with her reading of poet Rainer Maria Rilke’s The Book of Hours.

Author and artist Jenny Odell talks about her book Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock, and how we might reconceptualize time to revolve around the rhythms and patterns within our landscapes.

Artist, writer, and technologist James Bridle questions the parameters of the artificial intelligence we are creating and wonders what our world might look like if we recognized the relationships that exist between technology and the living world.

Ecologist Dr. Suzanne Simard talks about her groundbreaking research on the relationships and interactions between trees.