Art, Science, and Alpine Potatoes
Bear spray saves lives, but where does it come from?
If you search for Pika online, you'll see headlines like: "pikas disappearing from parts of the West;" "the world's cutest mammal on the brink;" and "the American fur ball being threatened by a warming climate." But if you search for pikas in the mountains of Glacier, I'm not quite sure what you'll find.
That's why Lucas Moyer-Horner and Alyssa Quinn visited in the summer of 2023, to study the pika of Glacier. In thie episode, the two of them also argue that science alone isn't enough to understand pika or the threats they face.
This is a full episode produced and released in 2023’s Season Four: Art, Science, and Alpine Potatoes
“Whether we’re trying to know another person, or trying to know a nonhuman species who hides beneath rocks. We are always limited in our ability to know the other, and we have to rely on imagination to know anyone or anything. ”
Who I Spoke With
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Alyssa Quinn
Writer, Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Kenyon College
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Dr. Lucas Moyer-Horner
Instructor, University of Utah