California Is a Place Where America's Problems Seem to Coalesce

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California is always one of the places where America's problems seem to almost coalesce and become a lignet in a way. Without that controlled burning, that allows undergrowth to rise up which is much more flammable and that leads to bigger fires. And so they instead the forest service, um, and inaugurated what's been called the 10 AM policy, which is that every fire started in the forest on day one should be out by 10am next day.

This week Adam welcomes an author whose book blew his mind more than perhaps any other. Americans are typically taught that prior to the arrival of European settlers, indigenous communities were sparsely populated, lacked technology, and did little to shape the natural landscape. But as this week’s guest Charles C. Mann’s 1491 tells Adam, the most recent research reveals that the American indigenous civilizations were sophisticated, dynamic, and massively populated. Purchase his books 1491 and 1493 at http://factuallypod.com/books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.