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The birds we see so many of in summer, the cliff swallows fly long distances to come to North America to raise their young. They nest under bridges and culverts and have many fascinating secrets.

Brian Wickert hosts Peter Allen discuss maintaining a eco balanced family farm

Joe Orso hosts KJ Jacobsen discussing food sovereignty.

We will visit wetlands again today, and some deep history, with Aldo Leopold.  His A Sand County Almanac was published in 1949, not many months after his sudden death at age 60. He dedicated this book “To My Estella”. This is Part II, Sketches Here and There; Wisconsin,  Marshland Elegy.

I'm so grateful to the Aldo Leopold Foundation for permission to read this timeless book. 

Episode 21 - Professor Ilana Redstone - The Mill Institute at the University of Austin

Ilana Redstone outlines her work and approach towards tackling polarization on college campuses and beyond.

Ilana Redstone is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a Founding Faculty Fellow at UATX, and the Faculty Director of The Mill Center at UATX. She is the co-author of “Unassailable Ideas: How Unwritten Rules and Social Media Shape Discourse in American Higher Education” and the creator of the “Beyond Bigots and Snowflakes'' video series. She is the founder of Diverse Perspectives Consulting and has a joint Ph.D. in demography and sociology from the University of Pennsylvania.

The University of Austin, Texas (UATX): https://www.uaustin.org/

The Mill Institute at UATX: https://www.uaustin.org/mill

Diverse Perspectives Consulting: https://diverseperspectivesconsulting.com/

Beyond Bigots and Snowflakes: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDBD1QdLvr8CiEL7-vyWdyB7s9lc7Nsrl

Learn more about Thoreau College and the microcollege movement at: https://thoreaucollege.org/Driftless Folk School: https://www.driftlessfolkschool.org/