Roger Payne - Creativity Is The Only Way To Save Humanity

Today's guest is biologist and environmentalist, Dr. Roger Payne. In 1970 Dr Payne recorded "Songs of the Humpback Whale" which stands as the best-selling environmental album in history. This album and it's popularity crafted the "Save the Whales" movement which then led to the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment ten-year global moratorium on commercial whaling, which was observed by all but a few nations. On this episode we talk about what launched Roger's passion for whales, how music has existed before humans, and trends within whales singing. We also talk about how creativity is the only way to reach the masses regarding the environment and climate change, and how the future looks very bleak without creative voices. You can submit your questions to Ben here: And check out the YouTube channel here:

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Roger Payne - Creativity Is The Only Way To Save Humanity is an episode from Lightning Bugs: Conversations with Ben Folds by Kast Media.

This episode is 66:51 long.

This episode was published on Mar 24, 2022.

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