Podcast Episodes

32 Is the New 40

The 40-hour workweek is as American as apple pie, and it’s been around almost as long. So, is it finally time to re-think our Monday-through-Friday l…

7 years, 9 months ago

Falling Doesn't Count

Here's a humdinger of a thought experiment: How fast could people go before the combustion engine and other technologies drastically increased the sp…

7 years, 9 months ago

Rake and Ride

Pirate trails are everywhere: the pioneers of mountain biking built them on private land, public land and everything in between. They were built by r…

7 years, 9 months ago

Just Decide

Everyone's heard of Vikings - their daring North Atlantic voyages, their mysterious runes. But there's another ancient culture in Arctic Scandinavia …

7 years, 10 months ago

Now I am an Axolotl

There's only one place in the world that you can find the axolotl—the Mexican salamander—in the wild. This creature is the living embodiment of Xolot…

7 years, 10 months ago

Ask Sam: Trichomes, Bug hair, Bug Tumors, & Mollusk Shells

Ask Sam: that special time when scientists worldwide cringe as Sam & the team speculate wildly on a diverse range of topics before picking up the pho…

7 years, 11 months ago

The Meat Matrix

Listener feedback is a big part of working in radio and podcasting. We try to look for the lesson in every critical email, phone call, or tweet (even…

7 years, 11 months ago

So Over Population [Part 2]

Today the second in our two-part series on the politics of population. In this episode, we’re digging into the story of how around the turn of the mi…

8 years ago

So Over Population [Part 1]

Today, we’re talking about population. How it went from being on the front pages of our newspapers and all over late night television to being the is…

8 years ago

O/I Presents: Bear Brook

Two barrels. Four bodies. And the decades-long mystery that led to a serial killer.

A special look at a new podcast from NHPR, Bear Brook: A podcast …

8 years ago