This week’s most noteworthy podcast episodes take up the subjects of the histories of significant plants, access to the commons in England, and a famous medical illustration.
Noteworthy Podcasts (Week Ending 19 September 2025)
Princeton
Noteworthy Podcasts (Week Ending 15 August 2025)
Ancient technology, clouds, bogs, and natural history study in general – this week’s noteworthy podcasts offer a delightfully wide-ranging collection of interviews with the authors of recently published books on these subjects.
On Bullshit – 20th Anniversary Edition
Bullshit is far more insidious and far more dangerous than lies. It is also becoming more and more common from the mouths and pens of public officials and self-proclaimed influencers who are employing it with callous disregard for anything other than their own desires for power and wealth. Therefore it behooves all those who would be wise to know how what bullshit is and how it functions.
Habitats of North America
Surrounded by stacks of Princeton’s most recent works across the many disciplines of natural history, out of the corner of my eye I noticed a book I couldn’t recall having yet known: Phil Chaon’s and Iain Campbell’s “Habitats of North America: A Field Guide for Birders, Naturalists, and Ecologists.”