The drought where they're originally from has increased conflict between herders and sedentary farmers. They find extra food for their animals by knocking on dorts in town, taking the vegetable scraps that people might otherwise throw out for the cattle and goats. But still the business of running herds must be difficult if you've moved to the edge of an urban setting. Well, yes, but it turns out that they fare quite a bit better than you might expect.
Mass movements of people expected as climate change progresses are often depicted as catastrophes-in-waiting. We visit Niger, where that shift has begun, finding there is good news amid the bad. We examine the spate of video games depicting Ukraine’s live theatre of war (11:32). And the end of Indiana Jones’s run prompts a reflection on what made his adventures so compelling (17:12).
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Runtime: 24 min