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Ecologist Pepper Trail takes a walk in the Oregon woods where he notices everything around him, from woodpeckers and hawks in the trees to decaying leaves and seeds scattered on the forest floor. He calls all of this "one oversimplified cycle of gift exchange. The world we inhabit is a web of reciprocity far beyond our ability to comprehend, much less control. To be alive at all seems a miracle.”He suggests, we imagine the world that we share with every living thing—and give thanks.

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Diné elder Lupita McClanahan shares stories from Canyon de Chelly, the Long Walk, and the “beauty way,” followed by a visit with Paonia Books’ nonprofit, the Paonia Literary Project, where we explore ho books, stories, and community events can, expand our perspectives, enrichen our lives, and fight loneliness in rural Colorado.

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Union Pacific train derailment required coordinated rescue effort

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Steve Pearce, President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Bureau of Land Management, is a litmus test for Western senators who say they care about keeping public lands public, writes Aaron Weiss of the Center for Western Priorities.A former New Mexico congressman, Pearce spent 14 years undermining public lands, Weiss says, seeking to gut wildlife protections and sell off huge amounts of public land. Pearce has described public land as so vast that most of it "we do not even need.” Weiss warns that if confirmed, Pearce's role running the BLM would amount to liquidation.

“There are enough talented people out there,” says Julia Belluz, “but only collaborate with people you really like.” This was the advice the writer followed when deciding to work with scientist Kevin Hall on their new book, Food Intelligence. The resulting book weaves his narrative and evolution as a scientist with her narrative as a patient and journalist. In this episode, we explore what makes a successful collaboration, how to define roles—and why to do this right up front, the importance of trust, and how to communicate throughout the process.