A Grain of Sand with Vince Beiser

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Date: June 17, 2019

Episode Description

The best estimate is that there are 7 quintillian, 500 quadrillion grains of sand on the world’s beaches.  It may seem like an endless number, but what is happening now that they are disappearing?  And where are they going?  Legal and illegal mining and erosion are all to blame.  Sharing his book “The World in a Grain,” Vince Beiser is discussing the importance of this diminishing natural resource.

Guest Information

Vince Beiser is an award-winning writer whose work has appeared in Wired, Harper’s, The Atlantic, Mother Jones, and Rolling Stone, among other publications. A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, he lives in Los Angeles.