As 2023 comes to a close, our Earth to Humans team took a look back at some of the episodes that were the most meaningful to us. Here are our top picks from this past season of Earth to Humans:
Sarinah’s picks: The Disappearance of Great Salt Lake with Laura Briefer, Socks Over Pants: A Deep Dive into the World of Lyme Disease
Hannah’s picks: Under a White Sky with Elizabeth Kolbert, Diving for Rays
Matt’s picks: The Rise and Decay of the Wood Wide Web, Riding the Trail of Tears with Cherokee Sci Fi Author Blake Hausman
We closed out our end-of-the-year roundtable conversation with a discussion about COP28. All of us agreed that just about everything that we’ve been hearing coming out of the COP thus far has been deeply disheartening - we struggled to find any kind of positive message. This is the balancing act that we play here on Earth to Humans on a regular basis - we yearn to tell hopeful stories, but refuse to peddle false hope. The situations surrounding COP28 and our continued struggle to make progress on climate is the reality that we live in, and we’ll continue to seek out stories that highlight this struggle.
This is the final episode of this season of Earth to Humans. We’ll be back with new episodes in mid April of 2024 - just in time for Earth Day.
-Matt Podolsky
2023 Wrapped!