# Whittled Away

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Too Hot To Handle | Before They Were Famous | Who Are Season 2 Cast Members In Real Life?

Last year at the offset of the pandemic, viewers fell in love with the Netflix reality series “Too Hot to Handle” and have eagerly been looking forward to the follow-up season ever since. Well, have I got great news for all of you -- because starting June 23rd, it’s back with a whole batch of new e…

Social Quitting

This week on my podcast, I read my latest Locus column, “Social Quitting, about the enshittification lifecycle of social media platforms. But as Facebook and Twitter cemented their dominance, they steadily changed their services to capture more and more of the value that their users generat…

Somaliland's can-do spirit

Somaliland claims to be an independent republic, though it is not internationally recognised and Somalia still claims the territory. It issues passports, has its own army, flag and president - and this week it held long-delayed elections. Mary Harper, a regular visitor, explains what the polls mean…

The next test of abortion rights in the US

Any day now, the Supreme Court is expected to announce a ruling that could change abortion access across the United States. Many state laws have whittled away at women's right to choose, and these barriers to access end up impacting poor women most of all. In this episode: Imaeyen Ibanga (@iiwrite…

Blue Carbon, A Sea Story

The beauty, power and wonder of the sea as told by ex-fishermen, marine ecologists and environmental activists. Producer Bairbre Flood takes to the sea with Colin Barnes, Cork Whale Watch, on an ethical whale and wildlife tour, and meets with volunteers with the Bantry Bay Protect Our Native Kelp …

Ireland’s ecological landscape and our role for nature’s survival with Pádraic Fogarty, Irish Wildlife Trust

Pádraic Fogarty  is an ecologist and environmental scientist, chairman of the Irish Wildlife Trust from 2009-2013, editor of 'Irish Wildlife' magazine from 2009 to 2017 and currently acts as their campaign officer. He is author of 'Whittled Away - Ireland's Vanishing Nature', published in 2017.  In…

A Renaissance in Irish Nature Writing

In this episode of the Code Red climate podcast, we speak to three Irish nature writers about the recent boom in environmental literature. What motivated them to write about the environment? Have our perceptions of what constitutes a wild landscape changed? What is the state of wild nature in Irel…

Mass movements versus mass extinctions

From the promotion of rewilding to protecting pollinators, our actions to combat the biodiversity crisis are proving successful. But what else can we do? How can we encourage more of these effective actions and make them the norm rather than the exception? In this episode of Food Done Right these i…