Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchA plan to extract gold from mining waste worries Colorado town
Rust-colored piles of mine waste and sun-bleached wooden derricks loom above the historic Colorado mountain town of Leadville—a legacy of gold and si…
2 years ago
Osaka gears up for the 2025 World Expo with memories of hosting a half-century ago
Visitors to Tokyo and Kyoto might not realize it, but Osaka—one of Japan's biggest and oldest cities, known more as a business hub than a tourist des…
2 years ago
Will smart homes and AI appliances tempt consumers at Berlin tech show?
Smart homes and AI-powered kitchen appliances were the hot topics at this year’s IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin. But do consumers want to s…
2 years, 1 month ago
Dogs working 9 to 5: the Australian office full of hounds and hugs
The office dog is nothing new and is always a treat for the owner, dog, and employees lucky enough to have one. But in Tasmania, one insurance firm h…
2 years, 1 month ago
Autoworkers learn sign language hoping connection with deaf colleagues improves work and lives
One doesn’t need to know sign language to understand what Michael Connolly feels about his colleagues’ efforts to break down the barriers posed by hi…
2 years, 1 month ago
She made ‘very demure’ go viral. Now she wants to trademark its use.
“Very demure, very mindful” has become the latest vocabulary defining the internet’s summer. TikTok creator Jools Lebron is working to trademark the …
2 years, 1 month ago
Tennis attire is everywhere. Credit the pandemic, social media and pickleball
While tennis fans savor the last matches of the U.S. Open, a subset of spectators and TV viewers have watched the year's final Grand Slam tournament …
2 years, 1 month ago
US halts plan to remove iconic stray cats from a historic area in Puerto Rico’s capital
The U.S. government has temporarily halted a plan to remove iconic stray cats that live in a historic district in Puerto Rico’s capital until a lawsu…
2 years, 1 month ago
Ticketmaster’s pricing for Oasis tickets is under investigation in the UK
The U.K.'s competition watchdog has launched an investigation into the way more than one million tickets were sold for next year's reunion concerts b…
2 years, 1 month ago
Product sourcing a challenge for Canadian skincare maker
“Clean beauty,” the idea of promoting healthy and environmentally friendly beauty products, is all the rage online and in big-box stores. But knowing…
2 years, 1 month ago