The Environmental Crisis (text)
ACT I Scene 1 The environmental crisis is where Greta Thunberg and Extinction Rebellion joined the story. The global environmental crisis was discovered in 1968, more than half…
Rocky Mountain High by John Denver
This is a classic song about people's feeling of connection to the environment, and how it makes them feel they're part of something much bigger than themselves. This fan video…
The Biology of Patriarchy (text)
ACT I Scene 1 We’ve been talking about gender differences for 6 episodes now. Men and women reproduce differently, so our brains have evolved different reproductive instincts. Each pregnancy…
What’s Up cover by Pink
Pink is at it again, adding to the meaning of a song by covering it. She didn't need to reinterpret this song to add to it. What she really added…
The Biology of Good Relationships (text)
ACT I Scene 1 For the past 5 episodes we’ve been talking about many different ways men’s and women’s reproductive instincts affect how we think. That can lead to a…
Buildings and Bridges by Ani DiFranco
Ani DiFranco invented her own genre of folk-punk back in 1990. She started her own record label to produce her music. Today she has 32 albums out. "Buildings and bridges…
The Biology of Consent (text)
ACT I Scene 1 I’m going to be talking about sexual assault in this episode again. Our story of Being Human on Planet Earth has brought us up to talking…
When We Need Her by Fanny (Walked the Earth)
Fanny was the first all female band to be signed to a major record label in the US. June and Jean Millington and Brie Howard are Filipina-Americans who started playing…
The Biology of Sexual Assault (text)
ACT I Scene 0 Are you listening? Are you paying attention? Good. This episode deals with sexual violence. And it’s very long. Because there are a lot of primal…
Til It Happens to You by Lady Gaga
Here's another song that starts a discussion. The lyrics are abstract, about feelings whose cause is never specified in the song. In one way, that could make it a song…