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b'What goes up must come down. But it\\u2019s human nature to want to put things back together again. It can even be a matter of survival in the wake of some natural or manmade disasters.\\nFirst, a portrait of disaster: the eruption of Tambora in 1815 is the biggest volcanic explosion in 5,000 years. It changed the course of history, although few people have heard of it.\\nThen, stories of reconstruction: assembling, disassembling, moving and reassembling one of the nation\\u2019s largest T. Rex skeletons, and what we learn about dinos in the process.\\nAlso, the reanimation of Gorongosa National Park in Africa, after years of civil war destroyed nearly all the wildlife.\\nAnd a handbook for rebuilding civilization itself from scratch.\\nGuests:\\n\\n\\nGillen D\\u2019Arcy Wood \\u2013 Professor of English, University of Illinois, author of Tambora: The Eruption That Changed the World\\n\\n\\n\\nPatrick Leiggi \\u2013 Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, Montana\\n\\n\\nMatt Carrano \\u2013 Curator of dinosauria, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution\\n\\n\\nGreg Carr \\u2013 Entrepreneur and philanthropist, president of Gorongosa National Park, in Mozambique\\n\\n\\nLewis Dartnell \\u2013 Astrobiologist, University of Leicester, author of The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Our World from Scratch\\n\\n\\nDescripci\\xf3n en espa\\xf1ol\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'