Hope, Hidden Creatures, and People Power, with Dr. Dino Martins and Emma Must

Guest-host Peterson Toscano brings us 2 guests for today's show, all the way from Peterson's new home in South Africa, sharing 2 distinct stories of courage, ecology, & grassroots resilience. Both segments highlight what happens when humans move beyond despair to protect the living world and stand up for collective survival. In the first half, Kenyan entomologist and evolutionary biologist Dr. Dino Martins offers a fresh, shockingly hopeful perspective on ecology, nature, and human survival amidst climate change, and he is the author of Hidden Creatures: Luscious Leeches, Bashful Botflies, and the Wondrous, History-Shaping World of Parasites. In the second half, poet and teacher Emma Must recounts her time as a quiet Winchester librarian who stood up against Margaret Thatcher's aggressive motorway program at Twyford Down, reminding us of the extraordinary things ordinary citizens can accomplish when they pool their power. Check out her poetry collection, The Ballad of Yellow Wednesday.