Program 456: Bear Trekking; Wilderness Edens; Juan Villoro's Mexico City Insider

Rick interviews ecologist Chris Morgan who says that saving the habitat for bears can save the planet for the rest of us. Get a taste of what wildlife photographer Marty Essen encountered from the Arctic Refuge to the Florida Everglades. Author Juan Villoro explains why soccer is as important as religion and shares an insider's perspective on life in today's Mexico City.

• Ecologist and filmmaker Chris Morgan 
• Marty Essen, author of “Cool Creatures, Hot Planet” (self-published:  Encante Press)
• Mexico City-based writer and journalist Juan Villoro, author of "The Guilty" (George Braziller Inc.)

• The National Park Service operates the Shark Valley Visitor Center in the Everglades, about 70 miles east of Naples on the Tamiami Trail.
• A short story collection by Juan Villoro, called "The Guilty," has been translated into English and released in the U.S. by independent publisher George Braziller.
• Juan Villoro talked with the New York Times about soccer as a metaphor for modern life in Mexico.
• Pope Francis visited Mexico in February 2016.
• Information about the baroque church of Santo Domingo in Mexico City.