Joshua Steckley
Political ecologist and postdoctoral fellow at Carleton University who studies interactions between earthworms and capitalism and is author of The Nightcrawlers.
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Mar 30, 2026 • 54min
Why everything you thought about earthworms is wrong
Mike McTavish, a conservation scientist who studies woodland soils, and Joshua Steckley, a political ecologist and author of The Nightcrawlers, dig into surprising worm stories. They trace worm introductions with colonization, explain how worms help some farming practices but harm northern forests, and unpack when worms signal healthy soil or signal deeper change.
