Summary: Meredith Tax explains how the Rojava Kurds—and their democratic, feminist, and environmentally conscious society—are fighting back against ISIS; Ed Yong takes us on a tour of the ecosystems lurking inside our bodies; and Amy Whitaker, alias “Agony Amy,” our resident agony aunt, gives advice about balancing a creative life. <hr> <strong>Mentioned in this episode:</strong> • View a slideshow of Joey Lawrence’s photographs from Rojava, and read an excerpt from <a href="https://theamericanscholar.org/a-road-unforeseen" target="_blank"><em>A Road Unforeseen</em></a> • “<a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/the-revolution-in-rojava" target="_blank">The Revolution in Rojava</a>”, Meredith Tax’s article in <em>Dissent</em> magazine that sparked the book • Read an excerpt from Ed Yong’s new book <a href="https://theamericanscholar.org/i-contain-multitudes/" target="_blank"><em>I Contain Multitudes</em></a> on our regular books feature, Shelf Life <hr> Tune in every two weeks to catch... <br><hr><p style="">See <a style="color: grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>
