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Every Thursday, a new episode of Living Planet brings you environment stories from around the world, digging deeper into topics that touch our lives every day. The prize-winning, weekly half...
After a life-changing accident, Vanessa spent years fighting a dangerous infection that kept coming back. Eventually, doctors discovered why...
Laundry seems harmless - but it’s not. Chemicals, microplastics, and energy use add up fast. Are we overwashing just to feel "clean”? Discov...
When Russia targets Ukraine's energy system, it's not just turning off the lights — it's creating conditions for nuclear disaster. Each atta...
Alex Ootowak grew up watching narwhals, the “unicorns of the sea”, frolic in Canada’s Arctic waters. Then a nearby mine changed everything....
In cities around the world, rats aren't just surviving; they're thriving. Despite decades of poison, traps and control, they keep coming bac...
Climate change is reshaping the world - but inside many churches, it’s barely spoken about. So what’s behind the silence? One believer whose...
Brock Yordy once helped extract fossil fuels; now, he’s using the same skills to tap the Earth’s heat for clean energy. His journey from oil...
Chemical recycling promises to transform plastic waste, and Houston is at the center of this big experiment in the US. While industry touts...
The four-day work week was a hot new trend not all that long ago, but amid stagnating economies, some countries are pushing for more work, n...
As climate change reshapes the Arctic, Norwegian scientists are testing how far north farming can go. But is expanding Arctic agriculture a...
The rainforests in northeast Australia are some of the most protected in the world – they haven't been logged in nearly 40 years. But after...
Do men really care less about the environment than women or is the story more complicated? We unpack the "Green Gender Gap," the politics an...
Synthetic leather. Faux leather. Vegan leather. Call it what you want - it’s everywhere, especially in the shoes on our feet. For some shopp...
This week, we're featuring Episode 2 of Boy Wasted, a three-part environmental true crime series by Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor, co-produced b...
US Health Secretary RFK Jr. released new dietary guidelines that have literally turned the food pyramid upside down. Beef is, quite literall...
Children today spend less time in nature than any generation before - and educators are sounding the alarm. But what if the outdoors becomes...
Bioacoustics is pretty niche, but now thanks to AI, it could turbocharge biodiversity research. Michel André calls it “the science of the so...
It started with a scoop of soil from an Arctic dump. Inside was a microbe scientists call a game-changer - able to live on air and pull meth...
Time to ring in the New Year with something a little different, and fun! Host Neil King is joined by producers Jennifer Collins, Kathleen Sc...
Before we say goodbye to 2025, Living Planet has some good news to share. Not only has the feedback from you, our listeners, been overwhelmi...
Every year, countless animals meet their end on our roads - yet most of us barely notice. But this isn’t just a minor tragedy; the sheer sca...
Protein obsession is reshaping our diets — and our planet. We lift the lid on the protein craze, what we truly need for good health, why ani...
For 40 years, environmentalist and author Bill McKibben has chronicled the worsening climate crisis and politicians' failure to stop it. But...
We're generating more solar and wind power than ever before, but somewhere between where it's made and where it's needed, the energy system...
Some of the places hardest hit by climate change are also home to one of the future's most powerful gifts: superabundant sunshine. If solar...
Solar power is the cheapest energy source in history – and wind isn’t far behind. So why isn't the clean energy transition moving faster? In...
When mercury pollution makes headlines, it's often linked to fish and human health. But there's another big source of mercury pollution that...
Your thrifted shirt might not be as green as you think. From Ghana's "dead white man's clothes" to the rise of resale, we uncover fashion's...
This week on Living Planet, we're sharing Boy Wasted - a gripping three-part environmental true crime series by Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor an...
The harm of plastics on human health is well known, but what about their impact on the people living near the plants that produce them? In t...
In classrooms across the US, fossil fuel interests and political pressure are shaping the science - and leaving key facts out. Meet two teac...
Think fungi are just mushrooms and mold? Think again. Over 90% of fungal species are still unknown, and scientists are discovering new ones...
Hydropower, heat pumps and EVs made Norway a climate darling. Oil and gas exports made it rich. When one Norwegian started to question his r...
Louisiana loses a football field’s worth of land every 100 minutes to coastal erosion. Franziska Trautmann, co-founder of Glass of Full, tel...
What happens when science collides with conspiracy? When a weather forecast sparks hate mail and even death threats? In this episode, we fol...
Long-distance trips make up just a fraction of our journeys - yet they drive most of our travel emissions. Trains can cut that footprint by...
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, leaving behind a deadly path of destruction. It was the costliest disaster in US hist...
Tea and coffee. Millennia-old drinks that fuel our mornings and shape our cultures. But behind every steaming cup lies a journey across cont...
We love the smell of fresh laundry – but at what cost? In Episode Four of our Greener Living series, we unpack how our quest for "clean" has...
Who's a good boy? We love our pets (how could we not?) – and they love us back. But the way we care for our furry companions says a lot abou...
Decipher the back of your sunscreen bottle with the help of an ecotoxicologist in Episode Two of our Greener Living series. Craig Downs help...
Summer is here, vacation is calling, and Living Planet is out of the office. But not to worry, we’ve lined up five great episodes of our fav...
Summer is here and the living is easy. Well, maybe not so easy when it comes to making environmentally friendly choices! From sunscreen to y...
By day Matt Winning works on climate policy. By night, he’s turning scientific data into jokes. Fusing razor-sharp research with dry Scottis...
Nuclear power is making a comeback in Japan. But in Hokkaido, indigenous Ainu communities are being sidelined as their ancestral land is eye...
Even in five episodes, we couldn’t cover everything. So in this bonus epilogue, Neil and Kathleen sit down with reporters Sam Baker and Char...
It's the trip of a lifetime. A journey to the end of the Earth, where icebergs groan and penguins shuffle. More tourists are flocking to Ant...
This week we are sharing an episode from Boiling Point, a podcast by L.A. Times Studios that looks at the climate challenges facing Californ...
How does a person in advertising go from perpetuating consumerism one day to championing environment citizenship the next? In this episode,...
In the past 20 years more than a fifth of our oceans have been growing darker. What is causing this and how worried should we be? In this ep...