We let the spirit move us as we explore our relationship to the natural world through movement, exercise and travel. From the benefits of walking to the problem with parking lots, from jogging robots to the ecology of immigration, how we move through the

This week, we look at the earth beneath our feet --- the landscape and the rocks themselves that form the foundations of our lives. We get intimate with stones and do some earth-shattering geology, we take a look at artists bringing their work back down t

This week we look at our most intimate and daily relationship with nature: the plants and animals we eat. We look at how incorporating native and invasive species into our diets can impact our health and our planet, we share some ways that art and technol

We celebrate our return from break with a retrospective, catching up on news from the first half of the season and sharing updates and related stories that have caught our eye in the weeks since. From tree-hugging Pakistanis to intrepid mollusks, a saucy

Scientific studies can give us great insights into broad patterns in nature --- from the physical laws that govern the universe, to the ways that plants and animals behave, to the neuropsychology behind religious faith --- but one of the limitations of th

Happy World Environment Day! Tonight, we explore this year's WED theme, Green Economy: Does It Include You? What does a "green economy" look like? Our relationship with the natural world reflects our understanding of the value of material existence and th

We celebrate biodiversity and its essential role in maintaining the health, vitality and interconnection of the natural world, as well as our place within it. We look at some new evidence for the Gaia hypothesis, and explore how art and science can work t

We share an appreciation for our flora kin and explore how welcoming plants into our everyday lives and environments can improve our quality of life in many different -- and sometimes unexpected -- ways. We learn about how ordinary herbs might help treat

We discover that animals are people, too, and some of them share a lot more in common with humans than you might think! We take a look at how biologists are reexamining the question of animal intelligence in "bird-brained" corvids, and how someday soon yo

In Episode 103 - Your Brain on Faith, we use our little gray cells to explore the connections between the brain, the body and the blessings of tranquility and creativity to be found in the natural world. We share some of the latest research into how our b