[Broadcast] Joe Biden's Climate Task Force, Backyard Tigers in America, Animal City: The Domestication of America, and more

Published: May 22, 2020, 5 p.m.

b"Democrats Launch Climate Change Task Force / Beyond the Headlines / Backyard Tigers in America / The Farmer The Grain The Miller The Sea / Animal City: The Domestication of America\\t\\t\\t\\n\\n\\nFormer Vice President Joe Biden is the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee following Senator Bernie Sanders' April departure from the race. Despite stark ideological differences, the two have formed several unity task forces on topics ranging from immigration to climate change.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nAlso, more tigers live in captivity in the United States than in the wild, and private ownership of big cats is often completely legal due to a lack of federal oversight.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nAnd American cities were once home to large numbers of livestock: cows grazing Boston Common, pigs roaming through what's now downtown Manhattan.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nWild and domesticated animals in our past and present and more, in this episode of Living on Earth from PRX.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nFind this week's transcript here: https://loe.org/shows/shows.html?programID=20-P13-00021. . . . \\n\\n\\nLEARN MORE about these stories and everything in our decades of archives at loe.org. We've got audio, transcripts, links, photos and more! . . .\\n\\n\\nPITCH IN with your tax-deductible contribution at https://loe.org/about/donate.html. Thank you for your support! . . .\\n\\n\\nFOLLOW US and join the conversation on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. . . .\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"