What Stories Are Written in The Rock Beneath Us? With Dr Anjana Khatwa
Listen to the original audio · Transcribed with NVIDIA Parakeet · Why times can differ in your player
Welcome to Intelligence Squared, where great minds meet. I'm producer Mia Serenti. What if the ground beneath our feet could tell us who we are, where we've come from and what we've forgotten? In today's episode, Earth scientist Dr. Anjana Katwa joins us to explore the deep histories encoded in the landscape.
surrounders. In conversation with Caroline Dodds-Pennock, she reveals how rocks and minerals are far more than inert material. They are living archives of time, climate, catastrophe, culture, and community. Together they discussed how geology preserves indigenous voices, marks geopolitical borders, shapes human societies, and offers vital clues for understanding both our planet and ourselves. Let's join our host, Caroline Dodds-Pennock, now with more.
Welcome to Intelligence Squared. I'm Professor Caroline Dodds Pennock. Our guest today is Dr. Angina Katwa. Angina is an award-winning earth scientist who specialises in bringing stories about the origins and formation of natural landscapes to life.
We already have this episode, so unlocking it is cheap and permanent: the full transcript (30 minutes, 5,205 words), segment and word-level timestamps, and .txt, .srt, .vtt and word-level JSON downloads, as many times as you like, forever.
No account needed, we create one from your checkout email. With credits it is 1 credit; packs start at 5 episodes for $3.49, and monthly plans are cheaper still.