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208. The Human Domination of Earth -- Kyle Harper

208. The Human Domination of Earth -- Kyle Harper
Once dinosaurs roamed the earth. Now their descendants are raised in warehouses and slaughtered for human food. Larry Rana, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

For thousands of years, humans have been reshaping the biosphere. Now we've taken charge of it: every living species on earth exists under the care of humans or under threat from humans. In this episode, I talk to Kyle Harper about his new book The Last Animal, which tells the story of how we became the most dominant species in history, and what could go wrong now that we're trying to control the entire globe.