This week, Tony Hiss joins the show to talk about his new book, Rescuing the Planet: Protecting Half the Land to Heal the Earth. Tony talks about the history of conservation biology and highlights several people who have led conservation efforts in North America over the last 100 years.

Tony Hiss is the author of 15 books, including the award-winning book, The Experience of Place. Previously, Hiss was a staff writer at The New Yorker for more than thirty years and a visiting scholar at New York University for twenty-five years.

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