Ghosts in the Green Machine

Radiolab

WNYC Studios

Science, Natural Sciences, History, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6 • 43.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In honor of our Earth, on her day, we have two stories about the overlooked, ignored, and neglected parts of nature. In the first half, we learn about an epic battle that is raging across the globe every day, every moment. It's happening in the ocean, and your very life depends on it. In the second half, we make an earnest, possibly foolhardy, attempt to figure out the dollar value of the work of bats and bees as we try to keep our careful calculations from falling apart in the face of the realities of life, and love, and loss. Sign up for our newsletter!! It includes short essays, recommendations, and details about other ways to interact with the show. Sign up (https://radiolab.org/newsletter)! Radiolab is supported by listeners like you. Support Radiolab by becoming a member of The Lab (https://members.radiolab.org/) today. Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @radiolab, and share your thoughts with us by emailing [email protected] support for Radiolab’s science programming is provided by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation Initiative, and the John Templeton Foundation. Foundational support for Radiolab was provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

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0:00.0	Did you know Radio Lab has a new live event series called Vicerra with ER Doctor Avere Mitra?
0:07.2	Well, we do, and we are bringing a new show to New York City on April 22nd.
0:11.6	Join me, Lulu Miller, and Aver, and a bunch of experts as we talk about wild new discoveries in an ancient elixir.
0:18.2	That's Vicera, Elixir of Life at the Caviath Theater, Tuesday, April 22nd. Doors at 7. Get your tickets at Kixir. That's Vicerra, Elixir of Life at the C-A-A-A-T-T-A-T-T-O-T-O-T-O-T-O-T-C-A-T.
0:27.9	This is Radio Lab. I'm Lulu-Miller. So Earth Day is coming up in just a couple of days,
0:34.7	and we wanted to take a moment to truly consider the value
0:38.6	of Earth, which is admittedly a sort of doomed and impossible task, but it's also super
0:46.3	fascinating to watch people try. So today, we've got two stories for you about people attempting
0:52.2	to evaluate the invaluable.
0:55.6	So, join me, if you will, take a sip of water.
1:01.3	Cheers, the Blue Planet that gives us all life.
1:04.4	And enjoy this episode from the archive, which we are calling Ghosts in the Green Machine.
1:10.2	Wait, you're listening.
1:11.8	Okay.
1:13.1	All right.
1:14.2	Okay.
1:15.6	All right.
1:17.2	You're listening to Radio Lab.
1:20.0	Radio Lab.
1:20.5	From W.N.Y.
1:22.5	C.
1:23.5	See?
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