Bonus Episode: Tempest in a Teacup

Published: Dec. 2, 2020, 5 a.m.

This week, we have an episode from the NHPR podcast \u201cOutside/In\u201d about passenger pigeons. The passenger pigeon is one of the world\u2019s most symbolic extinction stories. It\u2019s a cautionary tale of how in just a few short generations, one of the wonders of the world could be completely eradicated. But when that narrative was questioned in a popular book, 1491 by Charles Mann, what does the response tell us about the conservation movement as a whole?