Writer Cristina Henriquez subsequent to the duvet of her new novel, The Nice Divide.
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Writer Cristina Henriquez subsequent to the duvet of her new novel, The Nice Divide.
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The Panama Canal has been dubbed the best engineering feat in human historical past. It is also (maybe much less favorably) been referred to as the best liberty mankind has ever taken with Mom Nature. Each of these descriptors are at odds at present; because of local weather change, the Canal is drying up and fewer than half of the ships that used to cross by are actually in a position to take action. So how did we get right here? As we speak on the present, we’re speaking to Cristina Henriquez, the creator of a brand new novel that explores the making of the Canal. It took 50,000 individuals from 90 totally different nations to carve the land in two — and the results of that extraordinary, nature-defying act are nonetheless echoing by our current.
This episode was hosted by Gene Demby and B.A. Parker, produced by Christina Cala, and edited by Leah Donnella.
