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Rare Earth
Episode 1 - Is Nature Better Off Without Us?
- Broadcast
- 2024 (52 mins)
Episode one sees Tom and Helen explore the thorny issue of humans’ relationship with nature. They ask: should we simply leave wild spaces alone to thrive, or must we carefully manage natural habitats for...
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Episode 2 - Can we live without waste?
- Broadcast
- 2024 (52 mins)
Rare Earth is a new weekly podcast and radio show from BBC Radio Four which digs deeper into the biggest issues for our planet. Each week, environmental journalist Tom Heap and physicist Helen Czerski will...
Rare Earth
Episode 3 - Can we build a better world with wood?
- Broadcast
- 2024 (52 mins)
From the emotional balm of a walk in the woods to the first wooden skyscrapers, Tom Heap and Helen Czerski ask if we can replace a world of concrete and steel with a wooden utopia. Will the Wood Age be...
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Episode 4 - Alien Invasion
- Broadcast
- 2024 (52 mins)
Should we celebrate the arrival of new species to the UK or drive them out? Tom Heap and Helen Czerski investigate the role of alien invasive species in the British countryside and beyond. Tom and Helen hear...
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Episode 5 - Can Politicians Save the Planet?
- Broadcast
- 2024 (52 mins)
Why do politicians have such trouble sticking to their environmental promises? Why are they happy to hug a husky one minute, desperate to ditch the ‘green crap’ the next? As Labour ditch their £28bn...
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Episode 6 - Can the Oceans Save Us from Climate Change?
- Broadcast
- 2024 (52 mins)
The world’s oceans have absorbed huge quantities of carbon dioxide, protecting us from the worst effects of climate change, but how much longer can they defend us? Join Helen Czerski in New Orleans at the...
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Episode 7 - How do we get our healthy rivers back?
- Broadcast
- 2024 (52 mins)
With river pollution more in the news than ever before, and sewage now a hot topic, Helen Czerski and Tom Heap investigate how we can restore the health of our rivers. They talk to the Rivers Trust, which...
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Episode 8 - Hush! Don’t Mention The Environment
- Broadcast
- 2024 (52 mins)
In the first edition of a new series of Rare Earth Tom Heap and Helen Czerski reveal a new phenomenon- ‘Greenhushing’. Big corporations that once trumpeted their green credentials are now staying very...
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Episode 9 - Can writers save the planet?
- Broadcast
- 2024 (52 mins)
In a special programme recorded at the Hay Festival, Tom Heap and Helen Czerski discuss nature-writing and ask a panel how the genre shapes our understanding of the natural world.
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Episode 10 - Environment and the General Election
- Broadcast
- 2024 (52 mins)
With the general election now two weeks away, Helen Czerski and Tom Heap take a look at how the environment is featuring on the political agenda. They are joined by a panel of guests: energy and climate...