Every two years, the World Wildlife Fund releases its living planet report.

It assesses how we're doing planet-wise.

The WWF's 2022 report came out yesterday, and you won't be shocked to learn,

we are not doing very well.

There's been a 69% decline in monitored wildlife populations between 1970 and 2018.

But that's not what this episode is about. Today we bring you good news,

because it turns out that on the subject of endangered species and close to endangered species

and species that might be near too close to endangerment, there is agreement that we must do

something about it among many Americans. Coming up on today explained the story of how the

Endangered Species Act came to be, how it worked, and how almost 50 years later it's prompted

another similar attempt to save the planet. At least parts of it.

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