No species has influenced, altered, and dominated the world quite like humanity. Human Footprint, a new PBS docu-series directed by Nate Dappen and Neil Losin, explores how we have changed planet earth and what our actions say about us. Nate and Neil join Matthew Sherwood to discuss this important new series. Through them, we meet snake hunters, duck calling competitors, and lizards who are able to rapidly adapt to their environment. We also discover how the earth has in its turn influenced humanity.

The world is getting hotter and fires more destructive. In Elemental, Trip Jennings explores how a wildfire destroyed the Californian town of Paradise in just a matter of hours. With the help of experts, Native Americans, and more he goes on a journey to understand how fires happen, and what we can do to stop them. For, as he tells Matthew Sherwood, fire presents a problem that can, in some cases, be solved by each one of us in as little as a weekend. All we have to do is decide to take action.