7:08 – Insects are often thought of as pests, but they’re faced with a profound environmental collapse. Oliver Milman (@olliemilman), an environment correspondent for the Guardian, joins us to discuss his latest book, The Insect Crisis: The Fall of the Tiny Empires That Run the World.

7:33 –  Lyndsie Bourgon (@lbourgon) is a writer and oral historian who served as a National Geographic explorer based in British Columbia when a spike in lumber prices was driving a spike in lumber poaching. We discuss her new book, Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America’s Redwoods. 

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