Robert Macfarlane on IS A RIVER ALIVE?
May 27, 2025•52 min
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Episode description
Travel writing, ecological reporting and history flow together in a portrait of one of nature’s most powerful features in Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane. Rob joins us to talk about the rights of rivers, white river kayaking, giving old ideas new power, moral imagination, fear vs risk, water puns and more with guest host Chris Gillespie.
This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Chris Gillespie and mixed by Harry Liang.
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Featured Books (Episode):
Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane
Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane
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