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The fellowship provides one Black and/or Indigenous journalist an opportunity to write about issues that matter to their community and civil society.

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What an incredibly fun and interesting live conversation with Mitch Wertlieb on Vermont Public's Vermont Edition! We talked about the inspirations and scientific research behind THE AFTERLIFE PROJECT, time travel, post-apocalyptic fiction, paleo-climatology, novel research in the great outdoors, whether stories can move the needle on the climate debate, and much more. I drove up to VPR's Colchester studios to record the show, and although we've spoken in the past this is my first time meeting Mitch in person. He's a truly wonderful guy and a GREAT interviewer. If you're remotely interested in any of these topics, listen to the whole interview…