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Book · 2014 · Extinction (Biology)

The Sixth Extinction

by Elizabeth Kolbert, Marcel Blanc · Recommended by 3 people on 3 podcasts

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I am for some reason reason I decided this week at bedtime given given the unremitting news Etc to pick up Elizabeth Colbert's the sixth Extinction as my bedtime rating.
John Williams · The Book Review · May 2019 Listen at 56:56

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We picked up on um there's a woman named uh Elizabeth um Colber or Co Colbear depending on if you watch the Col Bear Report. Yeah. Um and she is basically a leading expert as far as journalists go on extinction. She wrote a book called The Sixth Extinction.
Chuck Bryant Stuff You Should Know · Nov 2025
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It made me think of Elizabeth Kolbert book, "Sixth Extinction.
Adam Skolnick The Rich Roll Podcast · Aug 2021

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The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert is a deeply researched examination of the ongoing mass extinction event driven by human activity and its catastrophic implications for global biodiversity. John Williams mentioned on The Book Review that he had chosen to read Kolbert's book as bedtime reading during a week filled with unremitting news cycles. Chuck Bryant discussed the title on Stuff You Should Know, highlighting Elizabeth Kolbert as a leading journalistic expert on extinction and detailing her extensive work on the subject. Adam Skolnick also brought up Kolbert's book on The Rich Roll Podcast while engaging in a broader discussion about climate change, environmental crises, and our evolutionary future on the planet. Across these podcast episodes, hosts and guests turned to the book to contextualize urgent ecological issues, scientific research, and journalistic reporting on the environment, reinforcing its status as a vital text for understanding the profound human impact on the Earth's ecosystems and the alarming rate at which species are currently disappearing.

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John Williams I am for some reason reason I decided this week at bedtime given given the unremitting news Etc to pick up… 1
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“I am for some reason reason I decided this week at bedtime given given the unremitting news Etc to pick up Elizabeth Colbert's the sixth Extinction as my bedtime rating”
Adam Skolnick It made me think of Elizabeth Kolbert book, "Sixth Extinction." 1
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“It made me think of Elizabeth Kolbert book, "Sixth Extinction."”
Chuck Bryant we picked up on um there's a woman named uh Elizabeth um Colber or Co Colbear depending on if you watch the… 1
Discussed
“we picked up on um there's a woman named uh Elizabeth um Colber or Co Colbear depending on if you watch the Col Bear Report. Yeah. Um and she is basically a leading expert as far as journalists go on extinction. She wrote a book called The Sixth Extinction.”
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“and with the non-fiction winner Elizabeth colar is the six Extinction”