Podcast Episodes
Back to Search1964 Alaska Earthquake – Extended Version
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake. To commemorate the quake, we’re posting this extended version of the interview …
12 years, 1 month ago
Mother Nature Is Trying to Kill You
Welcome to the Spring Pledge Drive edition of How On Earth. I’m this quarter’s Executive Producer, Jim Pullen.
We, the How On Earth team, encourage y…
12 years, 1 month ago
Plants in Space // Relativity
Plants in Space (start time 04:36) What would you miss if you were to spend an extended time in space—driving a car? Going to the movies? Hiking? P…
12 years, 2 months ago
Beringia // Dolphins & Climate Change // The Ogallala Road
Beringia (start time 0:55). We present an excerpt of Shelly Schlender’s interview with University of Colorado scientist John Hoffecker, lead author…
12 years, 2 months ago
How Native Americans Came to Be – Extended Version – Beringia
Alaska Shrub/Willow Tundra
I’m Shelley Schlender for How on Earth. Here’s an extended version of an interview about how Native Americans came to be.…
12 years, 2 months ago
Tracing Methane’s Source in Drinking Water // Safe Place for Captive Wolves
Methane in Drinking Water (start time 05:36) Flaming water faucets were infamously exposed in the documentaries Gasland and Gasland 2. The water isn’…
12 years, 2 months ago
Molecular Gastronomy
Welcome to a special Radio Nibbles version of How On Earth. Nibbles’ (and pie aficionado) John Lehndorff, chef Ian Kleinman and How On Earth’s Jim Pu…
12 years, 2 months ago
CO2 from the Amazon // US Smokestacks
Amazon CO2 (start time 04:37) The Amazon basin contains the largest tropical rainforest on the planet. It’s been critical not only for its beauty and…
12 years, 3 months ago
Arctic Thaw // Methane Study // Bonobo Conservation
Today’s show offers three features:
Arctic sunset over Tromso, Norway,
Photo courtesy Susan Moran
Arctic Dispatch: (start time: 1:02) Co-host Susan M…
12 years, 3 months ago
Newton’s Football // Strontium Clock
The science of football. (image courtesy of the Connecticut State Library)
Newton’s Football (start time 5:45) This Sunday the Denver Broncos face t…
12 years, 3 months ago