Joe Rogan Experience #1975 - Dan Flores

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

June 27, 2024

Duration

2h 31m

Channel

The Joe Rogan Experience

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Dan Flores is a writer and historian specializing in the cultural and environmental study of the American West. His most recent book is “Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America.”

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Narrator

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• Joe Rogan

  host

• Dan Flores

  guest

• Narrator

  other

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring Narrator and Joe Rogan, Joe Rogan Experience #1975 - Dan Flores explores How Humans Reshaped Wild America: Coyotes, Ravens, Bison, Extinction, Belief Joe Rogan and historian Dan Flores explore the deep history of animals and people in North America, from Pleistocene megafauna and early human hunters to modern urban coyotes and conservation. Flores explains how indigenous peoples coexisted with wildlife for millennia, how European beliefs and market hunting drove massive animal declines, and why we’re likely living through a slow-motion sixth extinction. They discuss animal intelligence and culture—coyotes, ravens, rats, owls, dolphins—and how new science is challenging human exceptionalism. The conversation closes by contrasting scientific consensus on extinctions with alternative impact theories, and by stressing that America’s future can diverge from Europe’s if we learn from ecological history.

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