
Mike McTavish
Conservation scientist at the RARE Charitable Research Reserve in Cambridge, Ontario, responsible for ecological monitoring and research cited in the episode.
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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.


