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b'We have too much \\u201cbad fire.\\u201d Not only destructive wildfires, but the combustion that powers our automobiles and provides our electricity has generated a worrying rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide. And that is driving climate change which is adding to the frequency of megafires. Now we\\u2019re seeing those effects in \\u201cfire-clouds,\\u201d pyrocumulonimbus events.\\nBut there\\u2019s such a thing as \\u201cgood fire.\\u201d Indigenous peoples managed the land with controlled fires, reaped the benefits of doing so, and they\\u2019re bringing them back.\\nSo after millions of years of controlling fire, is it time for us to revisit our attitudes and policies, not just with regard to combustion, but how we manage our wildfires?\\nGuests:\\n\\n\\nDavid Peterson\\xa0- Meteorologist, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory\\n\\n\\nStephen Pyne\\xa0- Emeritus professor at Arizona State University, fire historian, urban farmer, author of \\u201cThe Pyrocene: How We Created an Age of Fire, and What Happens Next\\u201d\\n\\n\\nRichard Wrangham\\xa0- Ruth B. Moore Research Professor of Biological Anthropology at Harvard University\\xa0and author of "Catching Fire: How Coooking Made Us Human"\\n\\n\\nMargo Robbins\\xa0- Co-founder and president of the Cultural Fire Management Council (CFMC), organizer of the Cultural Burn Training Exchange (TREX) that takes place on the Yurok Reservation twice a year, and an enrolled member of the Yurok Tribe\\n\\nFeaturing music by\\xa0Dewey Dellay\\xa0and\\xa0Jun Miyake\\nBig Picture Science is part of the\\xa0Airwave Media\\xa0podcast network.\\xa0Please contact\\xa0sales@advertisecast.com\\xa0to inquire about advertising on Big Picture Science.\\nYou can get early access to ad-free versions of every episode by joining us on\\xa0Patreon. Thanks for your support!\\n\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'