What does the end of the world look like? In conversation with Cal Flyn
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It’s a common fantasy. You wake up and there is no one there. Civilisation, order, humanity have crumbled. You are alone. Yet, in some parts of the world, this is not a fantasy. Human civilisation has indeed gone.
What does this look like? What remains in a post-human landscape? And is this what awaits us?
In this week's episode, Nick Spencer speaks to Cal Flyn about her book Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
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