Roger Payne - Creativity Is The Only Way To Save Humanity | Lightning Bugs w/ Ben Folds

Today’s guest is biologist and environmentalist, Dr. Roger Payne. In 1970 Dr Payne recorded “Songs of the Humpback Whale” which stands as the best-selling environmental album in history. This album and it’s popularity crafted the “Save the Whales” movement which then led to the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment ten-year global moratorium on commercial whaling, which was observed by all but a few nations. On this episode we talk about what launched Roger’s passion for whales, how music has existed before humans, and trends within whales singing. We also talk about how creativity is the only way to reach the masses regarding the environment and climate change, and how the future looks very bleak without creative voices.
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[@tywheeler7131]

Bidder 70 remains one of my favorite pieces of storytelling covering a very serious topic in a beautiful and powerful way. We’re trying to tell the story of labor issues in Yellowstone, and I think that’s where we have failed. How do we tell stories to our generation across multiple races, sexes, and demographics. It’s a tough nut to crack, but the most important one.

[@katharinelombard5178]

Mystical indeed. The whales hold the Akashic record. ✨

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I stumbled upon this channel and I'm never leaving!

[@SadaoMiyamoto]

Hi Roger!

[@bretwalborn5582]

Hi ben you and Roger are the greatest and with the wildest factual info/. B❤😂

[@tywheeler7131]

You have to get sapolsky on here!

[@tywheeler7131]

Sorry, one more. The stories of creation all being the same, but of different animals being personified tells a compelling narrative of our connectedness.

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