Learning how to live a more sustainable life with Samuel McMullen the CEO and co-founder of ZeroWaste.Org.

Tracing the history of plastic from a revolutionary invention to a modern environmental threat with micro plastics research scientist Abby Barrows and Utah Valley University Associate Professor Dr. Sally Rocks.

Utah State University biology professor Dr. Joseph Wilson discusses Utah's native wild bees.

Pepperdine University biology professor Dr. Javier Monzon shares his findings from a new study on urban coyotes.

Zoologist Joanna Bagniewska joins the show to share more about her work and her book The Modern Bestiary: A Curated Collection of Wondrous Creatures. The book presents 100 real, fascinating animals in the style of a medieval bestiary, but with scientific accuracy.

Environmental journalist Caroline Tracey has just released her debut book, SALT LAKES: AN UNNATURAL HISTORY.In this dazzling love letter to these strange and delicate waters, Tracey takes readers on a journey around the world to document salt lakes, their loss, and the efforts to save them.

Abby Barrows, a leading microplastics research scientist, and Dr. Sally Rocks, an Associate Professor of Chemistry at Utah Valley University, share their exploration of microplastics in both the ocean and our mountains and efforts to reduce their impacts on the environment and ourselves. Then, Samuel McMullen, the CEO and co-founder of zerowaste.org, talks about how the nonprofit helps people, businesses, and cities take concrete steps towards zero waste.

We speak with Pepperdine University’s Dr. Javier Monzon about coyotes. We’ll discuss the differences between urban and rural coyotes and even a new hybrid subspecies. Then, Dr. Joseph Wilson joins the show to discuss wild bees. Did you know that Utah is home to more than 1,000 species of bees? We chat everything from bee biology to a bees facial recognition abilities, and the best way to help bee conservation in our own backyards.

Environmental journalist Caroline Tracey discusses her debut book "Salt Lakes: An Unnatural History," a blend of reporting and memoir exploring the fragile, vanishing ecosystems of salt lakes around the world. She takes readers from the Great Salt Lake to the Aral Sea, documenting their decline—and the urgent efforts to save them. (xxx)Then, zoologist Joanna Bagniewska shares her work and her book "The Modern Bestiary: A Curated Collection of Wondrous Creatures." The book presents 100 real, fascinating animals in the style of a medieval bestiary, but with scientific accuracy. (xxx)

Nature Leaves Clues Everywhere — Tristan Gooley Shows how to find them in his new book "The Hidden Seasons: A Calendar of Nature’s Clues." Then, world-renowned wildlife photographers Peter and Beverly Pickford capture Earth’s most remote places. A conversation with Peter and Beverly Pickford about their global adventures.

Environmental journalist Alix Morris has written a captivating book about the life of one of the sea's most enigmatic creatures. Then, award-winning illustrator and author, Jennifer N.R. Smith joins the program to discuss her latest book in her Wild Wonders series, "LIFE: the Wild Wonders of Biodiversity".