Author Interview: John Perlin 'A Forest Journey'
Stuff You Missed in History Class
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🗓️ 27 March 2023
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Holly is joined by John Perlin, author of "A Forest Journey: The Role of Trees in the Fate of Civilization,” to talk about the ways that human development and survival depends on the health of the planet’s forests.
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| 1:48.5 | So we have an interview for today's show, John Perlin, author of the book, A Forest Journey, |
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