Interview with J. Baird Callicott, environmental philosopher. We discuss Baird's early years, the Civil Rights Movement in Memphis, the first Earth Day in Wisconsin, the Received Wilderness Idea, wilderness philosophy, thinkers of the Enlightenment, Aldo Leopold, grazing on public lands, societal shifts in public attitude about wilderness and global threats concerning climate change. https://www.wildernesspodcast.com/received-wilderness-idea

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