Bioneers: Revolution from the Heart of Nature – May 19, 2025
An award-winning series featuring social and scientific innovators with creative solutions to the most pressing challenges we face.

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An award-winning series featuring social and scientific innovators with creative solutions to the most pressing challenges we face.
An award-winning series featuring social and scientific innovators with creative solutions to the most pressing challenges we face.
An award-winning series featuring social and scientific innovators with creative solutions to the most pressing challenges we face.
An award-winning series featuring social and scientific innovators with creative solutions to the most pressing challenges we face.
An award-winning series featuring social and scientific innovators with creative solutions to the most pressing challenges we face.
Imagine an underground web of mind-boggling complexity, a bustling cosmopolis beneath your feet. Quadrillions of miles of tiny threads in the soil pulsate with real-time messages, trade vital nutrients, and form life-giving symbiotic partnerships. This is the mysterious realm of fungi. In this program, acclaimed visionary biologists Toby Kiers and Merlin Sheldrake guide us through … Continued
In this time of radical upheaval and change, fulfilling the promise of a “more perfect union” in the United States means building a multi-racial democracy through transformative solidarity. As the Founder-in-Residence at Policy Link, Professor Angela Glover Blackwell has spent decades advancing racial and economic equity at the national and local levels. She says the … Continued
Dr. Shane Gero, a visionary marine biologist, is angling to crack the code of sperm whale communication. His mind-bending research is transforming what we thought we knew about these ancient leviathans. It’s calling on us to embrace the reality that perhaps we’ve long suspected: Sperm whales are living meaningful, intelligent and complex lives whose cultures … Continued
Over 7,000 languages are spoken around the world. Each one reflects a rich ecosystem of ideas – seeds that grow into a multitude of worldviews. Today, many of these immeasurably precious knowledge systems are endangered – often spoken by just a handful of people. We hear from two Indigenous language champions, Jeannette Armstrong and Rowen … Continued
Leseliey Welch and Indra Lusero, parents and birth justice advocates, are helping to lead a movement to create community birth centers across the nation. To help address the maternal and infant mortality crisis, they’re realizing a vision where midwives are the leaders in care in a reclamation of the normal physiologic process of birth. They … Continued
From the tiniest bacteria to the tallest tree, every living thing relies on water – an irreplaceable substance. Erica Gies, author of “Water Always Wins,” explores water’s unique role in the web of life, and how we might repair and reshape our relationship with it.