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The End of Everything

Everything ends some time, but why are we so obsessed with apocalyptic narratives? All week long, The Takeaway is partnering with our friends at Scientific American to talk about The End. We’re talking about the mass extinctions the planet is facing, how we can keep ancient cultures alive, what happened when Scientific American’s editors asked their contributors how the world would end – and our listeners will weigh in with what inventions they wish had never been created in the first place.

  • The End: What We Would Be Better Off Without

    Aug 27, 2010
    All week long, in partnership with our friends at Scientific American, we’ve been talking about "the end" on The Takeaway. The end of the world, the end of our own lives, or, today, t...
  • The End of the World As We Know It?

    Aug 26, 2010
    All this week, we've been talking with our friends from Scientific American about endings — how cultures fade, and natural resources dwindle. Today, we’re focusing on something even b...
  • 'The End,' Tree Frogs and Zachary

    Aug 24, 2010
    We talked this morning about the loss of so-called “indigenous cultures” in our series, "The End." The fact that industrialization is driving certain cultures to extinction isn't new....
  • What We Lose When Cultures Vanish

    Aug 24, 2010
    All week long, in partnership with our friends at Scientific American, we’re talking about "the end" on The Takeaway. Whether it’s melting glaciers, the falling water table, or even h...
  • The End: How Much is Left?

    Aug 23, 2010
    Is it the end of the world as we know it? This year, we’ve seen terrible flooding, glaciers melting, and deep oil wells breaking. In light of these catastrophic events, we're launchin...
  • A Week-long Discussion on The End

    Aug 20, 2010
    All week long, we'll be talking with our friends at Scientific American about things ending – good things, bad things, materials, animals, people and more – and how all of our lives w...