Exploring Our Complex Relationship with Bears

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🗓️ 21 August 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

There are only eight bear species remaining on the planet — six of which are endangered. Environmental journalist Gloria Dickie, author of the new book “Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future,” set out to profile all eight while questioning how humans’ complex relationship with bears has and continues to inform our interactions with them. “Charismatic and unloved alike, these eight bears are all that remain of a family that has been our steadfast companion since time immemorial, shaping our cultures, our geographies, and our stories,” she writes. We’ll talk about how humans can learn to better co-exist with bears and why she says we need to do more to protect them. Guests: Gloria Dickie, environmental journalist; author, "Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future” Sarinah Simons, human-bear management specialist, California State Parks; host, the “Earth to Humans” podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:53.7	I'm Mina Kim. With recent stories of bear break-ins
0:56.8	in Lake Tahoe and a black bear lounging in a jacuzzi in Burbank, you'd be tempted to think
1:01.6	bear populations generally are doing well. But six of the eight remaining species are facing
1:07.9	an imperiled future, according to environmental journalist Gloria
1:11.2	Dickie, who set out to better understand humans' complex relationship with bears.
1:16.2	We've sought to conquer the great predators, submitted to their prowess, turned bears into
1:20.3	spectacle commodity and champion, Dickie writes.
1:24.3	And now she's hoping our complicated love for and fear of bears will help us figure out a better way to coexist with them as climate change threatens their future. Join us.
1:36.3	Welcome to Forum. I'm Nina Kim. Have you ever had a run-in with a bear or seen one with your own eyes?
1:43.3	California's black bear population has not only gotten bigger, the bears are staying awake longer
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