Dan Flores joins the show today. Author of ten books, his works include the bestsellers American Serengeti and Coyote America. His latest, Wild New World, is a big history deep dive into the relationship between people and animals in North America. Starting at the Chicxulub Impact–the giant space rock that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago–Wild New World shows how our belief in human exceptionalism has truly devastated the natural world. With complex characters laid atop vivid landscapes, Dan's compelling work will, as one reader suggests, ‘rearrange the furniture in your head'. It's wonderful. Go Read it!
Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in North America