We’ll be back next week with a new episode, but this week we wanted to share an episode from one of our favorite podcasts called Sidedoor. Sidedoor is brought to you by the Smithsonian Institution. This episode caught our attention because it is about one of the most influential early explorers and naturalists that you’ve probably never heard of: Alexander von Humboldt. The man who used science to show how everyone and everything in nature is connected.

Not to mention that he was an inspiration to a fella named named Charles Darwin?

I hope you enjoy this episode of Sidedoor.

Sidedoor - Alexander von Humboldt

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Sidedoor - Alexander von Humboldt

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