Into the Florida Everglades to hunt invasive species, displaced and trying to survive. Or is it just evolution? LISTEN.

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Because invasive species are, right now, endangering our habitat, water and food systems on which we Americans depend to survive.

To ‘Stop The Spread’ our incredible scientists have asked the general public to be on the lookout for such foreign invaders as the Asian Carp and Mexican Evil Weevil.

But how does conditioning the public to find and remove foreign-named species imperil a national immigration attitude which already tends to reject the outsider?

And invasive…native…who decides what that even means?

You’re about to wade into the moral habitat of history, biological imperative and the language of survival.

This is American Refugee.

FEATURING:
Dr. Katherine Clements, PhD, Ecology and Natural Resources Educator, University of Florida
Rhett, Florida wildlife tracker, Everglades Day Safari
Kristen Syrett, PhD, Associate Professor and Undergraduate Director of Linguistics, and Center for Cognitive Science, Rutgers University – New Brunswick
Jessica Rett, PhD, Professor of Linguistics and Vice Chair – Director of Graduate Studies, UCLA
Zach Schumm, MS, Arthropod Diagnostician and Urban IPM Associate, Utah State University
Louise Haven, Director of Education, Cottonwood Canyons Foundation, Utah
Tony Brough, Aquatic invasive species prevention, Hennepin County

Written, Engineered & Produced: Sam Graber
Music: Purple Funk Metropolis, Rare Medium
Recorded: South Florida; Utah; Minneapolis, MN
Original Release: June 2021


Listen to more episodes.

Into the Florida Everglades to hunt invasive species, displaced and trying to survive. Or is it just evolution? LISTEN.

Or listen on your favorite podcast apps:

American Refugee on Apple PodcastsAmerican Refugee on Spotify


Because invasive species are, right now, endangering our habitat, water and food systems on which we Americans depend to survive.

To ‘Stop The Spread’ our incredible scientists have asked the general public to be on the lookout for such foreign invaders as the Asian Carp and Mexican Evil Weevil.

But how does conditioning the public to find and remove foreign-named species imperil a national immigration attitude which already tends to reject the outsider?

And invasive…native…who decides what that even means?

You’re about to wade into the moral habitat of history, biological imperative and the language of survival.

This is American Refugee.

FEATURING:

Dr. Katherine Clements, PhD, Ecology and Natural Resources Educator, University of Florida
Rhett, Florida wildlife tracker, Everglades Day Safari
Kristen Syrett, PhD, Associate Professor and Undergraduate Director of Linguistics, and Center for Cognitive Science, Rutgers University – New Brunswick
Jessica Rett, PhD, Professor of Linguistics and Vice Chair – Director of Graduate Studies, UCLA
Zach Schumm, MS, Arthropod Diagnostician and Urban IPM Associate, Utah State University
Louise Haven, Director of Education, Cottonwood Canyons Foundation, Utah
Tony Brough, Aquatic invasive species prevention, Hennepin County

Written, Engineered & Produced: Sam Graber
Music: Purple Funk Metropolis, Rare Medium
Recorded: South Florida; Utah; Minneapolis, MN
Original Release: June 2021


Listen to more episodes.