Undercurrents 11.8.24 | The US Election Takeaways & Thoughts

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Julia and Ross reflect on the implications of the recent US Presidential election results.

This is a special edition of Undercurrents - instead of sharing and discussing recent news, articles or studies here, Julia & Ross delve into their thoughts and reflections given the results of the recent US Presidential election, and what that means moving forward. Undercurrents is a podcast series from Nerdy About Nature where we discuss recent studies, reports and news from the world of environment, ecology and climate which all impact our understanding of the world and the way we relate to it. In other words, it’s all the unseen things that happen without much notice that impact the direction or flow of our society and the world we all share. Produced by Ross Reid Hosted by Ross Reid & Julia Huggins Nerdy About Nature is a passion project whose primary goal is to provide free access for all to education about this world so that people can enjoy it more, build connection and fall in love with it, and ultimately work in ways to steward it for future generations to enjoy. We do this through short and long form videos all over social media @NerdyAboutNature, as well as this podcast you’re listening to now, and it’s all made possible thanks to support from folks like…

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Hosts: Julia Huggins, Ross Reid

Topics covered

• US election
• political reflections
• environmental impact
• ecology
• climate change

Keywords

• US election
• politics
• environment
• ecology
• climate
• reflections
• Undercurrents

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