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Not All That Human

Not All That Human

Written by: Emma Krab and Achilles Fergus Seastrom
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"Not All That Human" unearths our deepest human stories about the natural world. Join journalist Emma Krab and writer Achilles Fergus Seastrom as they examine how human history and culture have shaped our understanding of animals, nature, and everything that exists beyond the human.Emma Krab and Achilles Fergus Seastrom Biological Sciences Science
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  • The First Climate Change Publication
    Dec 15 2025

    Achilles tells Emma about the world's first climate change publication, which came from Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius in 1896. But how did the biases of scientists like Arrhenius warp the study? What can their blind spots tell us today about the enduring human hope of exploiting all changes to our benefit? Also, how is Greta Thunberg tied into a multi-generational climate change conspiracy theory?

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    53 mins
  • Burial
    Jul 7 2025

    Emma tells Achilles about burial, the grieving rite that separates us from our nonhuman relatives—or does it? How do we define burial? Who gets to be buried? And how do assumptions about burial affect our understanding of sentience, death, and memory?

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    59 mins
  • The (Re)Construction of Niagara Falls
    Jun 3 2025

    Achilles tells Emma about the long history of remodeling Niagara Falls, one of the great sources of American natural majesty. But what does it mean to be natural, and what does the history of the falls tell us about our species's interaction with "natural beauty"?

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    1 hr and 17 mins
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