How Roads Actually Divide Us with Ben Goldfarb

Factually! with Adam Conover

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Comedy

4.4 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

We often perceive roads as connectors, expanding our world and improving our quality of life. However, roads, from the smallest hiking trails to vast multilane highways, have profound and unseen effects on the fundamental ecology of our environment. They divide us in unforeseen ways, influencing everything from the survival of wildlife to the average human lifespan. In this episode, Adam is joined by Ben Goldfarb, a conservation journalist and the author of Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping The Future of Our Planet, to discuss responsible approaches for preserving our interconnected world. Find Ben's book at factuallypod.com/books

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0:00.0	This is a HeadGum podcast.
0:03.0	I don't know the truth.
0:07.0	I don't know the way.
0:10.0	I don't know what to think.
0:13.0	I don't know what to say.
0:16.0	You're the guts of my heart.
0:19.0	That's okay.
0:21.0	I don't know anything.
0:26.0	Hello and welcome to Factually, I'm Adam Conover.
0:28.0	Thank you so much for joining me on the show again.
0:30.0	You know, if you're like most Americans,
0:32.0	you probably spend some time in a vehicle on the road today.
0:35.0	You drove, or maybe you got a ride to work, school,
0:38.0	or just about any other imaginable place.
0:40.0	Roads are pretty much the most basic physical infrastructure
0:43.0	that connects our society together.
0:45.0	We even use roads as a measure of societal success
0:48.0	and accomplishment, whether we're talking about
0:50.0	Eisenhower's Interstate Highway project back in the 50s
0:53.0	or the glory of ancient Rome.
0:55.0	For our world to work, we need roads, a lot of them.
0:59.0	America itself has over four million miles of roads
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