{"podcast":{"title":"Recombination Nation","slug":"recombination-nation-7074994","podcast_index_feed_id":7074994,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/zeroinputagriculture/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/zeroinputagriculture","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/zeroinputagriculture/20251101_011137_8332e5c9d1ea11b2e70aae811057e22c.png","author":"Shane Simonsen","episode_count":84,"summary":"Explore the intersection of evolution, ecology and civilisation with crop and livestock breeders, low input farmers, social engineers and a dazzling array of deep thinkers. Read more of Shane Simonsen's work at the Recombination Nation substack.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T12:18:53.441680+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/recombination-nation-7074994"},"episode":{"title":"The Front Lines of Ecological Journalism with Fred Pearce","slug":"the-front-lines-of-ecological-journalism-with-fred-pearce","published_at":"2026-02-28T03:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/recombination-nation-7074994/the-front-lines-of-ecological-journalism-with-fred-pearce","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/recombination-nation-7074994","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/zeroinputagriculture/2566307","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/297868/2566307/zeroinputagriculture/2026_02_21_10_38_39_aa09dbb8-7134-4585-8250-11f8a973514d.mp3","summary":"Fred Pearce is a prolific author and environmental journalist with fifteen extraordinary books under his belt, including the one which transformed my own perspective on invasive species \"The New Wild\". In this conversation we discuss the numerous topics he has investigated, and probe the state of science journalism today. Check out Fred's latest book \"Despite it All\" that finds hope among the chorus of climate catastrophism : https://www.amazon.com/Despite-All-Handbook-Climate-Hopefuls-ebook/dp/B0FT6GFTFP My personal favourite \"The New Wild\" : https://www.amazon.com/New-Wild-Invasive-Species-Salvation-ebook/dp/B00N6PB69A/ And all his other titles here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001HMRS9Q Sign up to Recombination Nation for free weekly articles: https://recombinationnation.substack.com Read Shane's book, Taming the Apocalypse, about the future of post industrial biological technology: https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/","meta_description":"Fred Pearce is a prolific author and environmental journalist with fifteen extraordinary books under his belt, including the one which transformed my own…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6356,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/recombination-nation-7074994/episodes/the-front-lines-of-ecological-journalism-with-fred-pearce/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/recombination-nation-7074994/the-front-lines-of-ecological-journalism-with-fred-pearce.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}