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The Acorn: An Ohlone Love Story
In the early 1900s, an Ohlone woman named Isabel Meadows was recorded describing her longing to eat acorn bread again. She detailed the bread’s flavo…
5 years, 8 months ago
Ask Sam: Do Hummingbirds Sleep and Other Questions
Another edition of Ask Sam, where Sam answers listener questions about the natural world. This time, questions about hugging trees, bumpy roads, obje…
5 years, 8 months ago
I Would Prefer Not To
A lot of us may feel like our time and attention is not our own, and can easily disappear into the ether of work and the internet. But rather than me…
5 years, 9 months ago
Thin Green Line
When producer/reporter Dan Taberski collected data about the long-running reality TV show Cops, he found that it depicts a distorted version of Ameri…
5 years, 9 months ago
If You Wanna Get Kosileg, You Gotta Get a Little Friluftsliv
For many of us during the pandemic, the dark and cold of winter brings a special sense of dread. But it’s not just this year: the seasonal darkness o…
5 years, 10 months ago
Coal and Solar in the Navajo Nation
This week, we’re featuring an episode from A Matter of Degrees, a podcast about climate change hosted by Dr. Leah Stokes and Dr. Katherine Wilkinson.…
5 years, 10 months ago
Who are electors?
Today on Ask Civics 101 we look into the electors, the people who will vote for our president on December 14th. Who can be one? How are they chosen? …
5 years, 10 months ago
Climate Migration
In the coming decades, the scale of climate migration could be dizzying. In one projection, four million people in the United States could find thems…
5 years, 10 months ago
Cat of the Clouds
Marty, Maine coon cat, 12-year resident of the Mount Washington Observatory, and the highest-altitude feline in the Northeastern United states, died …
5 years, 11 months ago
The Forest for the Carbon
A carbon offset is a simple premise: if you take a cross-country flight and are responsible for a half ton of carbon emissions, spend a few dollars t…
5 years, 11 months ago