The hidden costs of extracting natural resources
The hidden costs of extracting natural resources  
Podcast: The Source
Published On: Wed Aug 12 2026
Description: Over just the last 50 years, humanity as taken more out of the earth than in all the rest of human history combined. The wounds left behind by this extraction — mines, oil wells, quarries, poisoned rivers, hollowed-out industrial towns — now form the true map of our civilization and our age. What can we learn by confronting these ruins?