Podcast Episodes

Solutions Week: The Cost Of Food Delivery

Episode 1128

Since the height of the pandemic, there has been a boom in the use of food delivery services. Day 2 of NPR's Climate Solutions Week is all about the environmental impacts of how we shop for our food.…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Solutions Week: Climate Change Is Coming For Your Wine

Episode 1128

In California's Napa Valley, the nation's unofficial wine capital, one varietal reigns supreme: cabernet sauvignon. But climate change is threatening the small blue-black grapes for which cabernet sa…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Solutions Week: Climate Change Is Coming For Your Wine

Episode 1128

In California's Napa Valley, the nation's unofficial wine capital, one varietal reigns supreme: cabernet sauvignon. But climate change is threatening the small blue-black grapes for which cabernet sa…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Body Electric: How AI Is Changing Our Relationships

Episode 1127

Hey, Short Wavers! Today, we have a special present for all of you: An episode from our good friends at NPR's Body Electric podcast all a bout artificial intimacy! Thanks to advances in AI, chatbots …

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Dogs Go Viral For 'Talking' To Humans — But Can They?

Last year, a dog named Bunny went viral on TikTok for pressing buttons with words on them to "communicate" with her owner. But can dogs even understand those words on a soundboard in the first place?…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Feeling Itchy? Air Pollution Might Be Making It Worse

Episode 1125

Short Wave producer Hannah Chinn has adult-onset eczema. They're not the only one. Up to ten percent of people in the United States have it, according to the National Eczema Association — and its pre…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Are You Overestimating The Algorithm?

Episode 1124

Humans hallucinate. Algorithms lie.

At least, that's one difference that Joy Buolamwini and Kyle Chayka want to make clear. When ChatGPT tells you that a book exists when it doesn't – or professes it…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Batteries: The Lemonade Of Life

Episode 1123

Just in time for the return of the school year, we're going "Back To School" by revisiting a classic at-home experiment that turns lemons into batteries — powerful enough to turn on a clock or a smal…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

Detecting Pests By Eavesdropping On Insects

Episode 1122

From Indonesia to Wisconsin, farmers all over the world struggle with a huge problem: pests. On top of that, it's tough for farmers to identify where exactly they have the pests and when. Reporter Li…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

What's Missing From The Invasive Species Narrative?

Episode 1121

At first glance, the whole narrative of aquatic invasive species may seem straightforward: A bad non-native species comes into a new ecosystem and overruns good native species. But the truth? It's a …

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago