Interviews + opinions

The Olden Bough
Pennsylvania Gazette (Mar./Apr. 2023)
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The Tree Whisperer: Jared Farmer Wants to Change the Way We Think about Climate Change
Chronicle of Higher Education (Feb. 2018)
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A Modern History of Ancient Trees through the Lens of Climate Change
Penn Today (Oct. 2022)
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What Can We Learn from Trees? An Interview with Jared Farmer
Humanities (Spring 2021)
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Q&A with Geohumanist Jared Farmer 
Dallas Morning News (Nov. 2014)
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How Did L.A. Become a City of Palms? And Other Questions About California’s Trees
KCET (Jan. 2014)
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Conversation with Author of New Book on California Trees 
High Country News (Oct. 2013)
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Scholarly Inquiry: Q&A with Jared Farmer 
Juvenile Instructor (Sept. 2012)
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Mormon Sacred Space: An Interview with the Author of On Zion’s Mount 
Religion Dispatches (Apr. 2010)
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Climate Change and the Problem with Time
Penn podcast (2022)

Heirlooms of Conquest: Trees + Justice in L.A.
UCLA podcast (2021)

Eucalyptus: How California’s Most Hated Tree Took Root
KQED pocast (2018)

Palm Reading
99% Invisible (2015)

Chronodiversity: Thinking about Time with Trees
Long Now Foundation, San Francisco (Nov. 2023)

Ancient Trees in Modern Times
Institute for Historical Studies, UT Austin (Dec. 2020)

This Land is My/Our/Their Land
Lightbulb Café, Penn (Dec. 2020)

Monuments of Nature from Berlin to the Americas
American Academy in Berlin (May 2019)

The Wisdom of Ancient Trees
New York Times (Oct. 2022)
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The Monumental Mortality of Sequoias
Los Angeles Times (Oct. 2022)
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California Burning: Learn to Take the Long View
Los Angeles Times (Nov. 2020)
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Slow Trees and Climate Change: Why Bristlecone Pine Will Still Outlive You
Los Angeles Times (Oct. 2017)
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After the Rush: A Dream of Humility
Zócalo Public Square (Jan. 2015)
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The Rise and Fall of the Gum Tree: How California Came to Love—then Disown—Eucalyptus
Zócalo Public Square (Jan. 2014)
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Why The Book of Mormon (the Musical) Is Awesomely Lame
Religion Dispatches (June 2011)
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What Is Geohumanism? Or, Why I’m a Geohumanist
jaredfarmer.net (Aug. 2018)
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Articles of Historical Faith
Remarks upon accepting the Hiett Prize (Nov. 2014)
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Extralocal History 
Remarks upon accepting the Francis Parkman Prize (May 2009)
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