Soil scientist Alisa Bryce reads from and talks about her book Grounded. In this conversation we cover such things as how the book came about, Alisa's deep love of soil and both how important it is to all aspects of our lives, but also how fun and interesting it is, the importance of broad-reaching science communication and its relationship to academia, soil and the microbiome, why we have only mapped 2% of the underground world, on the comfort of how “the human story in the soil ends about 5-19 metres down”, the many chapters that might make it into her next book, her inspiration, and lots more.

Find more about Grounded and Alisa at: alisabryce.com.au

The Digsloo (fantastic children's poem/story by Alisa, referenced in our conversation): https://thedigsloo.com/

Mary Roach (major influence referenced in our conversation): https://www.maryroach.net/