Monika and Jessica speak with Boyce Upholt, a writer and "nature critic," about his first book, The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi. They discuss the long history of American efforts to control and corral the Mississippi River, the engineering feats that have gone into that project, and some of the consequences of those actions. 

Links discussed in the show include:

Boyce Upholt

The Great River a book by Boyce Upholt - Bookshop.org US

Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane - Book Review by Bookishelf

Ancient Courses: Harold Fisk’s Meander Maps of the Mississippi River (1944) — The Public Domain Review

America's Achilles' Heel: the Mississippi River's Old River Control Structure | Weather Underground

Natural Solutions for Mississippi River Flooding

Flood: How climate change is making extreme rain more frequent and dangerous.