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How the fear of fire is taking control of us

2025/5/27
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Humans used fire as a tool. Now we fear its destruction. But we're responsible for changing the climate, argues John Vailliant, "in a way that favours fire way more than it favours us." The Vancouver author unpacks how fire made humans who we are — and how humans are changing fire in his award-winning book, *Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast.This episode originally aired on May 29, 2024.