Meet the man who walks barefoot — and was born — on an active volcano

from Weekend Edition Sunday · host Don Gonyea

The volcanologist on the island of Vanuatu who walks barefoot over cooled lava fields tells NPR's Don Gonyea how to see nature at its most primeval.

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