The Front Lines of Ecological Journalism with Fred Pearce

The Front Lines of Ecological Journalism with Fred Pearce

From Recombination Nation by Shane Simonsen

February 28, 2026 · 1h 46m · Season 2 · Episode 17

About this episode

The episode features a conversation with environmental journalist Fred Pearce about his work and the current state of science journalism.

Fred Pearce is a prolific author and environmental journalist with fifteen extraordinary books under his belt, including the one which transformed my own perspective on invasive species "The New Wild". In this conversation we discuss the numerous topics he has investigated, and probe the state of science journalism today. Check out Fred's latest book "Despite it All" that finds hope among the chorus of climate catastrophism : https://www.amazon.com/Despite-All-Handbook-Climate-Hopefuls-ebook/dp/B0FT6GFTFP My personal favourite "The New Wild" : https://www.amazon.com/New-Wild-Invasive-Species-Salvation-ebook/dp/B00N6PB69A/ And all his other titles here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001HMRS9Q Sign up to Recombination Nation for free weekly articles: https://recombinationnation.substack.com Read Shane's book, Taming the Apocalypse, about the future of post industrial biological technology: https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/

People in this episode

Host: Shane Simonsen

Guest: Fred Pearce

Topics covered

  • ecological journalism
  • environmental writing
  • climate change
  • invasive species
  • science journalism

Keywords

  • ecological journalism
  • Fred Pearce
  • climate change
  • invasive species
  • science journalism

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The New Wild, Despite it All, Taming the Apocalypse

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