Wonder and Kent discuss the immersive non-fiction film, Nocturnes, which follows scientists up a remote region of the Himalayas on the hunt for moths. Emerging themes include biodiversity in the midst of climate change, tracking those changes using...
Kent and Wonder discuss the poetic non-fiction film, Gaucho Gaucho, which traces a small community of Gauchos living with their horses and families against the backdrop of the vast plains of Argentina. Emerging themes include caring for the land...
Wonder and Kent discuss the documentary, Battle for Laikipia, which follows the violent struggle over land use between landowners in Laikipia, Kenya, who trace their properties back four generations, and the pastorialists, who have been herding...
Kent and Wonder discuss the documentary, A New Kind of Wildnerness, about a father shepherding his young children through a terrible loss. Emerging themes include death from illness (cancer), grief and loss, family, fatherhood, siblings vs step...
A unique, hybrid doc on the identity of Central Appalachia being inexorably connected to coal mining. It's a poetic exploration around the tensions between pride and remorse as it reckons the past, present, and future of this region. We break down...
Food writer Ruth Reichl digs into how the pandemic is impacting farmers & chefs revealing a lack of resilience in food production. She connects the dots between post-WWII policies and the centralization and monopolization of Big Agriculture, and she...