Female president, Species extinction

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Hillary Clinton at her presidential primary election night rally
Hillary Clinton, 2016 Democratic presidential candidate, moves to the stage at her presidential primary election night rally in Philadelphia. Matt Rourke/AP Photo

We explore the challenges and potential path to electing a female president in the U.S. Then, an author shares her new book about what we can learn from extinctions.

Featured in this Show

  • A look at the progress, and remaining obstacles, for female presidential candidates

    2016 was the closest the United States has come to electing a female president for the first time. We talk about why we haven’t reached that milestone, and what it would take to elect a woman as chief executive.

  • Endlings: What the last of a species can teach us about grief and extinction

    Endlings are the last individual of a species — like Lonesome George the Pinta tortoise and QiQi the baiji. We talk to the author of a book about what endlings reveal about grief and the power humans hold amid the Earth’s sixth mass extinction.

Episode Credits

  • Rob Ferrett Host
  • Sarah Hopefl Technical Director
  • Tim Peterson Producer
  • Colleen Leahy Producer
  • Ali Vitali Guest
  • Lydia Pyne Guest

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