A former journalist and environmental campaigner named Pan Yue rose through the ranks of the Chinese Communist Party, championing the concept of “ecological civilization.” This green dream combines elements of traditional Chinese culture with eco-Marxism, suggesting a radical reorientation of humanity’s relationship to the natural world. Is the idea a serious alternative to sustainable development, as the CCP claims? Or is it just a cynical cover for eco-authoritarianism? We speak with Beijing-based

This is the full, uncut Real Ghost Stories Online experience — nearly two hours of ghost stories, banter, and paranormal commentary. Inside this single episode, you’ll hear: – A haunted phone ringing with no battery, paired with a witch’s laugh outside. – A terrifying blue orb exploding in a family kitchen, lighting up the house like a flash bomb. – The chilling whisper of “groovy” in a guitarist’s ear during a haunting that escalated. – A teenage girl who took grave dirt home in her purse, only

Sleep Journey to Angkor Wat: The Temple City in the JungleDrift into peaceful sleep while exploring one of humanity's greatest architectural wonders. Tonight's journey takes you deep into the Cambodian jungle to discover Angkor Wat, the largest religious monument ever built.🏛️ What You'll Experience:The engineering marvel of 5-10 million sandstone blocks transported without modern machineryIntricate bas-reliefs stretching 800 meters, telling epic stories in stoneThe sophisticated

Approximately a third of U.S. residents are non-drivers. Some by choice, but many are physically incapable of driving or financially cannot afford to. The Week Without Driving is an annual campaign that encourages people, especially those who drive, to go a week without their car — use alternative methods, like public transit, walking, biking, or riding-sharing to meet their transportation needs — to see what life is like for non-drivers. The week highlights barriers to transportation and aim...

This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! What if that streak of bad luck you can’t shake isn’t bad luck at all… but something darker at work? In this chilling episode, we sit down with Plato Angelakis — the man people call when everything in their lives starts to unravel in ways that defy explanation. From sudden illness to unrelenting despair, some believe demons are experts at quietly dismantling lives before revealing themselves. Plato has seen firsthand how this darkness creeps in, luring the

A beautiful 19th-century hotel in Parkersburg, West Virginia, famous for its Victorian charm and October ghost tours, hides a chilling secret: not all of its guests ever checked out. Two businessmen arrived for a mid-week stay, unaware that the hotel — built in 1880 and once the starting point for local haunted tours — still had stories to tell. The lobby was eerily empty, no staff at the desk, no guests in sight. They approached the old, slow elevator… and that’s when they saw her. A pale,

In this episode, V, our guest from South Carolina, shares a lifetime of unsettling encounters that began in the countryside and followed them into their spiritual journey. From a Tommyknocker that appeared inside V’s home, to nights in the woods where shadow figures and other entities emerged after dark, V’s story blends the paranormal with the deeply personal. Along the way, V crossed paths with occult practitioners and even caught activity on video. The footage left law enforcement both

Every second, survival in the wild is a competitive race. From ancient predators to modern marvels of evolution, creatures are shaped by relentless natural forces. In this episode, we explore how species like Crocodilia, Microchiroptera (bats), Sharks, Platypus, and Whales have evolved not only to survive but to dominate.From crocodiles enduring for over 200 million years to whales that returned to the ocean after evolving on land, these animals are living proof of nature’s brilliance. Discover

Located in southeastern Alberta is a stretch of gorgeous badlands that are home to some of the world’s absolute best Late Cretaceous fossils. This episode, we explore how Dinosaur Provincial Park earned its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, we list off some of the famous dinosaurs who once lived there, and we discuss a fraction of the many fossil discoveries that have been made at the Park since the late 1800s.In the news: Cretaceous crocs, baby pterosaurs, late megaraptorans, and early

Some haunted houses whisper. Others clap. In Topeka, Kansas, a family nicknamed their resident spirit “Fred.” Decades earlier, a man who lived there wasn’t allowed to drink inside the house. He’d sit in his car at night with the radio on — until one night his heart gave out. His wife found him dead in the car. Years later, a twelve-year-old living in that same home began sensing a presence. One morning, after staying up late watching The Conjuring, he rushed to get ready for school when he heard

Australia’s fossil fuel industry has long argued that its projects are “too small to matter” when it comes to global climate change. But new research led by 21st Century Weather proves otherwise. Using a robust scientific method adopted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), our researchers have quantified how much additional global warming will be caused by emissions from the Scarborough gas project, a major new gas development approved off the coast of Western

Dana never thought she’d be the kind of person to scare easily. Years of living with prank-obsessed cousins had made her immune to jump scares — or so she believed. That changed last autumn, when she moved into a tiny, drafty carriage house behind an old Victorian in Briarwood. The first few weeks were uneventful, but one damp October morning shifted everything. On her way to shower, Dana heard the stubborn upstairs bathroom door swing shut on its own — a door that usually needed a hard tug just

This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! What would you do if a childhood filled with eerie cries and floating lights followed you into adulthood—only to leave you physically marked by the unseen? In this gripping episode of The Grave Talks, we dive into the life of Renee Hill, whose journey with the paranormal began long before she ever picked up an EMF reader. As a child, Renee endured strange nightly sounds, unexplained glowing orbs that floated through her room, and an unshakable feeling that

This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! You know her story from the books House of Darkness, House of Light and as the inspiration for the hit movie The Conjuring. Andrea Perron has lived through one of the most famous hauntings in modern history. In this episode of The Grave Talks, Andrea shares what it was like to return to the infamous farmhouse—decades after she and her family fled the terrifying events that made their story legendary. She opens up about the intense emotions that flooded back

Welcome ... to Spookulative Evolution. Spook-E Season is back! All throughout October, we pick monsters from myth and media and speculate how they – or something like them – could evolve here on Earth, pulling inspiration from real-world species across our planet’s history. This year’s theme is Monsters of Nintendo! This episode, we take a trip to the Kingdom of Hyrule. How might nature develop an octopus-like monster with a penchant for projectiles? Our creatures to create this time:

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Most economists believe that growth is the surest path to better lives. This has proven to be one of humanity’s most powerful and dangerous ideas. It shapes policy across the globe, but it fatally undermines the natural ecosystems necessary to sustain human life. How did we get here and what might be next?In The Invention of Infinite Growth: How Economists Forgot About the Natural World (Simon and Schuster, 2025), environmental historian Christopher F. Jones takes us through two hundred and fifty

Dr. Lily Hseuh is trained as an economist and public policy scholar, and is an associate professor in Economics and Public Policy in the School of Public Affairs, at Arizona State University.Her research bridges the fields of economics, public policy, and management to investigate how the environment and the global commons are managed and the ways in which behaviors of firms and organizations are shaped by multiple forces from markets to government policies. During her tenure at ASU, she has been

A leading astrobiologist "demonstrates how becoming a true space-faring species is more than just humanity's future" (Adam Frank, author of The Little Book of Aliens)--it is an evolutionary event at least as important as life's first journey from sea to landThe story of life has always been one of great transitions, of crossing new frontiers. The dawn of life itself is one; so, too, is the first time two cells stuck together rather than drifting apart. And perhaps most dramatic were the moves from

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