The carbon in your closet: cotton vs. polyester and other fabricated dilemmas
When it comes to the environment, are natural fabrics better than synthetics? The answer might surprise you. It’s the latest installment of This, That, Or The Other Thing, a series about the decisions...
15 Juni 202334min
When protest is a crime, part 2: city in a forest
After the gathering at Standing Rock, legislators across the United States passed laws in the name of “protecting critical infrastructure,” especially pipelines. At the same time, attacks on the elec...
8 Juni 202350min
When protest is a crime, part 1: the Standing Rock effect
When members of the Oceti Sakowin gathered near the Standing Rock Reservation to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline, they decided on a strategy of nonviolent direct action. No violence… against people...
1 Juni 202346min
Is Biden a good climate president?
As a candidate, Joe Biden called himself a climate change pioneer. He promised a green energy revolution. More renewables, way less fossil fuels, and a carbon-neutral economy by 2050. So two years in,...
25 Maj 202329min
Just try not to breathe
There are few physical challenges more uncomfortable than holding your breath underwater as long as you can. But if your duty is to pull downed military personnel from waters all over the world, you ...
18 Maj 202345min
A tale of two deserts: Are Saudi cows to blame for Arizona's water crisis?
While the taps are running dry and reservoirs are disappearing in Arizona, a corporate farm from Saudi Arabia is pumping massive amounts of groundwater to grow alfalfa for cows back in the Middle Eas...
11 Maj 202327min
It's not easy being evergreen
The team peers into the Outside/Inbox to answer listener questions on the theme of “green,” a prompt which sends us exploring the hanging gardens of Babylon, xeriscaping, and the evolution of the huma...
4 Maj 202328min
The city inside a glacier
In the late 1950s, engineer Herb Ueda Sr. traveled to a remote Arctic military base. His mission? To drill through nearly a mile of ice, and extract the world’s first complete ice core. To finish the ...
27 Apr 202337min
