Click above to listen to part 4 of What Goes Around, featuring Paul Bogard, assistant professor of English at James Madison University and author of, “The Ground Beneath Us: From the Oldest Cities to the Last Wilderness, What Dirt Tells Us About Who We Are.” His op-ed about lawns, “Beyond Blades of Grass,” appeared in the June 16, 2017 New York Times.

What Goes Around:
Part 1: Tom Szaky / Recycle Everything
Part 2: Eugene Kapustin / Water From Air
Part 3: Etienne Schneider / Mining Asteroids
Part 4: Paul Bogard / Soil Depletion

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