All Episodes
Transforming the Planet: Discussing the Human Footprint
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.
Last Flight Home: The Death and Life of Eli Timoner
Last Flight Home is a documentary about life, love, and death. Eli Timoner was 92 years old when he died on 3rd March 2021. Despite his age and failing health, he did not die of natural causes nor due to illness. Instead, he used California’s End of Life Option Act to decide himself the date of his passing. Joining Matthew Sherwood is Last Flight Home’s director, and Eli’s daughter, Ondi Timoner. She discusses the making of the film, her father’s blessing for it, and how she and her family now help others by promoting the cause of greater bodily autonomy, specifically in relation to the right to die. Their conversation is poignant, but also hopeful and inspiring.