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Daniel and Kelly answer questions about alternatives to the Big Bang, scurvy, and supercontinents.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

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Daniel and Kelly talk about the differences between conservation and rewilding, and discuss some of the successes, failures, and wild ideas that have come from the rewilding movement so far.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

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