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August 3, 2026

Savage Landscapes (with Cal Flyn)

EconTalk · Cal Flyn · 1 hr 2 min

Why we chose this episode

Cal Flyn walks through the places humans abandoned and found them teeming with life. It reframes what we mean by ruin without ever tipping into easy optimism.

Listen for this question

What have you written off as ruined without going back to look?

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Who it’s for: Anyone who thinks about nature mostly as something we are losing.

Best way to listen

Outside, on a long walk somewhere slightly overgrown.

After the episode

Find one neglected corner near you and spend ten minutes noticing what lives there.

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