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To hear an audio recording, of this issue’s podcast, click the audio link, above. “New Stream,” Acrylic on canvas, 5' x 7', by Thomas Agran, 2016 1 Rootstalk | Volume IV, Issue 1, Fall 2017 F or the Fall 2017 podcast, Rootstalk editors Ma- rie Kolaric and Sonia Chulaki, assisted by au- dio producer Noah Herbin, interviewed Cornelia Mu- tel, a Senior Science Writer at the University of Iowa’s Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research—Hydroscience & Engineering. Mutel has written and lectured extensive- ly on Midwestern natural history and environmental issues. Her books include e Emerald Horizon: e History of Nature in Iowa, Fragile Giants: A Natural History of the Loess Hills, and e Tallgrass Restoration Handbook for Prairies, Savannas, and Woodlands. Rootstalk featured her essay, “e Stories We Live by: Writing Climate Change, ” in Volume II, Issue 1, and Liz Queathem reviewed Mutel’s most recent book, A Sugar Creek Chronicle: Observing Climate Change from a Midwestern Woodland (University of Iowa Press, 2016), in Volume III, Issue 1. Roots Talk! Episode 2: A Podcast Interview with Writer Cornelia Mutel
