Dragons, trolls and pine trees
Even though you can explore its entirety from the comfort of a living room beanbag, the world of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (commonly just referred to as 'Skyrim') is vast. The video game contains ci...
28 Dec 202339min
Baby it’s GREAT outside: 12 more tips for embracing winter
It’s Outside/In’s annual winter “Surthrival” show, in which a panel of podcast and radio journalists serve up their personal tips for staying warm, cozy, and active all winter long. From ice-fishing t...
21 Dec 202341min
Is 'Yellowstone' ruining Montana?
It’s tough to see your hometown portrayed in television and movies. New Englanders roll their eyes at overly quaint shots of church steeples and fall foliage. Minnesotans balk at the over-the-top acce...
14 Dec 202332min
Dear ChatGPT: Are you a climate solution? Or climate problem?
Some people think artificial intelligence is the best thing since sliced bread. Others say it’s the beginning of a science-fiction apocalypse. At COP28 – the U.N. Climate Change Conference – tech comp...
7 Dec 202333min
How does the National Weather Service work?
Most Americans can look down at their phone and see a prediction of the future. How is that even possible? Well, this episode from Civics 101 is all about the weather – from early predictive methods a...
30 Nov 202335min
Why did the road cross the chicken?
For humans, roads epitomize freedom. For wildlife, it’s a different story: a million animals are killed by cars every day in the US alone. How did our infrastructure turn so deadly? And what are peopl...
21 Nov 202331min
The secret lives of bugs
It’s time again for our listener mail roundup, and this week, the theme is bugs, bugs, and more bugs. We discover what’s happening inside the chrysalis of a monarch butterfly, find out why fruit flies...
16 Nov 202332min
As American as hard apple cider: an immigrant food story
Forget about beer, or even water; it was hard apple cider that was THE drink of choice in colonial America. Even kids drank it! And since it’s made from apples – the “all-American” fruit – what could ...
9 Nov 202335min
