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Amazing Abandoned Places with Cal Flyn

August 19, 2026 00:23:06 4.59 MB ( 17.58 MB less) Downloads: 0

Cal Flyn is the author of Islands of Abandonment: Nature Rebounding in the Post-Human Landscape. She also has a new book, called The Savage Landscape: How We Made the Wilderness. On today’s show, she and host Kelly McEvers explore the allure of places that humans have abandoned.


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