Faith Middleton Show: How Did The World Come To Be - By Accident Or Design?

In this morning's paper, I read about the heartbreaking BP oil spill threatening Louisianna.  And then I read that pirates in a jungle are stripping the land of some of the most ancient redwood trees on earth, selling them to China.

It made us think about whether, as a world, we have become distant from how much we value the earth we share.  About whether consciously or unconsciously, we see our land and climate as continually able to repair itself, springing back from any insult. 

Marcelo Gleiser, respected commentator, physicist, Dartmouth professor and author of A Tear At The Edge Of Creation, explores the question of how life began.