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Outside/In
Outside/In
NHPR

A show where curiosity and the natural world collide. We explore science, energy, environmentalism, and reflections on how we think about and... more

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Episodes

What Remains: What's Past is Prologue

A visit to a modern-day bone library, and a fight over the future of ethical science.

10 Oct 2024 · 32 minutes
"Primitive, Unconfined Recreation"

A map, a compass, a smartphone, an adaptive bike… What counts as “technology” on the trail?

03 Oct 2024 · 33 minutes
Ghosts in the machine

The team checks our voicemail and makes a shocking discovery.

26 Sep 2024 · 31 minutes
The cold, hard truth about refrigeration

Refrigerated food used to be seen as unnatural. Now, it’s warped our very definition of the word “fresh.”

19 Sep 2024 · 29 minutes
The Mississippi Cyborg

How we turned one of our country’s biggest rivers into a machine - and what happens when that machine starts... more

12 Sep 2024 · 23 minutes
The $1,000 balloon

The coolest and most uplifting element is rarer than you might think.

05 Sep 2024 · 36 minutes
Why we get scared—and why we like it

When fear is almost fun... and when it’s just plain terrifying.

29 Aug 2024 · 35 minutes
The not-so-secret life of plants

How new findings in plant behavior science are raising questions about plant life, awareness, and even “intelligence.”

22 Aug 2024 · 35 minutes
This is your brain on GPS

We’re outsourcing one of the most important human skills to satellites and smartphones. What would happen if GPS disappeared?

15 Aug 2024 · 28 minutes
The fifth sense

What the nose knows, why smells have such a powerful connection to memory, and Nate’s fix for garlic breath hypersensitivity.

08 Aug 2024 · 30 minutes
Saving the tallest trees on Earth

Can scientists foster old-growth redwoods… by cutting some of the younger ones down?

01 Aug 2024 · 39 minutes
Hot Olympic Summer: Is Paris Greenwashing the Games?

Paris wants a gold medal in sustainability. Should they get one for greenwashing instead?

25 Jul 2024 · 26 minutes
Every bite is a story

Poet and author Aimee Nezhukumatathil dishes up three flavors that have connected her to others – one familiar, one sweet,... more

18 Jul 2024 · 25 minutes
Introducing “The Youth Development Center”

From the station that makes Outside/In, a powerful new series about one of the biggest youth detention scandals in American... more

11 Jul 2024 · 31 minutes
The new space race

There are more than 9,000 satellites orbiting the planet. The vast majority are owned and operated by one company: Starlink.

04 Jul 2024 · 35 minutes
The Potato Show

In which we reconsider the humble spud.

27 Jun 2024 · 35 minutes
Ed Yong and The Spoonbill Club

Ed Yong won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the pandemic. Now, he’s found another way to help: birding.

20 Jun 2024 · 21 minutes
The Winter Rangers

Could your relationship survive twelve winters in the most remote areas of Yosemite National Park?

13 Jun 2024 · 35 minutes
Wolves, water, and global weirding

We open the mailbag to answer your questions about dog drool and waste-water treatment, plus, we debunk a climate narrative... more

06 Jun 2024 · 21 minutes
Dead bird rabbit hole

Want to know how hundreds of millions of birds die every year? Just look out the window.

30 May 2024 · 30 minutes
The Department of Living Animals

From the near-extinction of bison to “panda diplomacy": the story of our National Zoo

23 May 2024 · 27 minutes
The papyrus and the volcano

How often do you think about the Roman Empire?

16 May 2024 · 32 minutes
The Kings and Queens of "the Water Prom"

The Colorado River is disappearing – can one Gen Z dealmaker help save it?

09 May 2024 · 41 minutes
The Element of Surprise

From Napoleon's cutlery to the WWII occupation of Greenland, we dig up the hidden history behind the most abundant metal... more

02 May 2024 · 27 minutes
‘Til the landslide brings it down

What happens when the growing threat of landslides collides with a housing crisis?

25 Apr 2024 · 29 minutes
The mystery of the missing extinctions

If we’re in the middle of a mass extinction, shouldn’t more species be going extinct?

18 Apr 2024 · 40 minutes
Meet the meatfluencers

Some social media influencers tout the all-meat diet and say that plants are making people sick. The science says otherwise.

11 Apr 2024 · 54 minutes
Reefer madness, the CBD bubble, and the future of hemp

Is hemp overhyped? Or is it a planet-saving super plant?

04 Apr 2024 · 26 minutes
Songbird accents, eating rats, and why we need the moon

In which we consider Flaco the Eurasian eagle owl, impulse goat purchases, and a big night for salamanders. Plus, our... more

28 Mar 2024 · 32 minutes
In search of an ethical 401k

The SEC is trying to make sustainable investing easier. But can you save for retirement in a way that’s both... more

21 Mar 2024 · 24 minutes
The story you won’t hear in Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer”

Host Nate Hegyi looks at the hidden history behind the world’s first radioactive fallout.

14 Mar 2024 · 34 minutes
You can make kids hike, but you can’t make them hikers

We gather tips on how to manipulate — er, inspire kids into liking the outdoors, and stories of what happens... more

07 Mar 2024 · 34 minutes
The disappearing dunes of 'Dune'

Grass is the sand-killer.

29 Feb 2024 · 33 minutes
Hunters do cry

Producer Felix Poon exits his comfort zone and picks up a crossbow, to find out if one weekend in the... more

22 Feb 2024 · 36 minutes
What's the most successful species on Earth?

Who should wear the crown of GSOAT (Greatest Species of All Time), and are humans even in the running?

15 Feb 2024 · 31 minutes
The edge of the ice

Life on a scientific mission to one of Antarctica’s most remote glaciers.

08 Feb 2024 · 27 minutes
The plot thickens

What’s the greenest way to die: casket, cremation, or compost?

01 Feb 2024 · 32 minutes
Blue is the loneliest color

Roses are red, violets are… red-absorbing? We tackle your questions on the illusory essence of nature’s most elusive color.

25 Jan 2024 · 26 minutes
Not everyone is wild about wild horses

What happens when a symbol of the American West is also a nuisance?

18 Jan 2024 · 28 minutes
Pigeons are weird

Thought these frequently frowned-upon birds were boring, metropolitan pests? Think again.

11 Jan 2024 · 27 minutes
The Oatly Chronicles

In 1994, the world’s first oat milk company was born in Sweden. Three decades later, Oatly is on a high-stakes... more

04 Jan 2024 · 32 minutes
Dragons, trolls and pine trees

How game designers created the 'natural world' of Skyrim

28 Dec 2023 · 36 minutes
Baby it’s GREAT outside: 12 more tips for embracing winter

The weather outside is frightful, but don’t let that stop you from having a wonderful winter.

21 Dec 2023 · 38 minutes
Is 'Yellowstone' ruining Montana?

‘Yellowstone’ is one of the most popular television shows in the country. What does it get right – and wrong... more

14 Dec 2023 · 29 minutes
Dear ChatGPT: Are you a climate solution? Or climate problem?

AI is a powerful tool for climate science. It’s also a dangerous distraction.

07 Dec 2023 · 30 minutes
How does the National Weather Service work?

A brief history of the national agency tasked with predicting the future

30 Nov 2023 · 32 minutes
Why did the road cross the chicken?

From turtles to cougars, the answer to the roadkill epidemic might require more infrastructure, not less.

21 Nov 2023 · 28 minutes
The secret lives of bugs

We peek inside the chrysalis and answer your questions about mosquitoes, fireflies, and more.

16 Nov 2023 · 28 minutes
As American as hard apple cider: an immigrant food story

What if apples have more in common with American immigrants than they do colonial heritage?

09 Nov 2023 · 31 minutes
Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana

Let’s do the time warp again

01 Nov 2023 · 34 minutes
Bat Out of Hell Ranch

Nate discovers a colony of bats living in the siding of his new house and is forced to either evict... more

26 Oct 2023 · 21 minutes
Environmental disinformation is getting weirder

We tracked down the people fighting fake news on social media to ask them how they do it. .

19 Oct 2023 · 25 minutes
Do airports dream of electric planes?

Please fasten your seatbelts. The future of decarbonized aviation is preparing for take-off.

12 Oct 2023 · 33 minutes
Close Encounters with Mato Tipila

Endless Thread’s Ben Brock Johnson is obsessed with a National Monument that goes by many names.

05 Oct 2023 · 39 minutes
Where there’s smoke, there’s ire

Republicans say the solution to wildfires is more logging. Are they right?

28 Sep 2023 · 27 minutes
The greatest disaster story of all time

You think the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs was bad? Wait until you hear about the Siberian Traps.

21 Sep 2023 · 30 minutes
The last great trip

Can psilocybin help cancer patients confront their feelings about death?

14 Sep 2023 · 31 minutes
Let's talk boundaries

Spaghettification by black hole, the power of animal urine, and the end of an era.

07 Sep 2023 · 23 minutes
After the avalanche: rescue gone wrong

How do wilderness EMTs cope when a rescue goes wrong?

31 Aug 2023 · 34 minutes
Of lab mice and men

The story of how a leading eugenicist and a handful of wealthy automakers helped engineer the modern lab mouse.

24 Aug 2023 · 38 minutes
What the heck is El Niño, anyway?

We’re talking about the OG climate mystery known as El Niño. What is it? How did it get its name?... more

17 Aug 2023 · 20 minutes
Drilled: The Panic

A true crime story about Big Oil, climate action, and the invention of “corporate free speech.”

10 Aug 2023 · 34 minutes
If houseplants could talk: communication and the natural world

From ultrasonic beats made by tomato plants to the nose of the shark and the migration of the monarch butterfly,... more

03 Aug 2023 · 23 minutes
What's really in your wine?

It's not just grapes.

27 Jul 2023 · 27 minutes
Oppenheimer's omission

With the film ‘Oppenheimer’ coming out this week, host Nate Hegyi takes a look at the hidden history behind the... more

20 Jul 2023 · 33 minutes
Shhhhhh! It’s the sound and silence episode

The world is literally getting noisier. How can we manage our sonic landscapes?

13 Jul 2023 · 29 minutes
Shrimp on the line

We eat more shrimp than any other seafood in this country. So times should be really good for shrimpers, right?... more

06 Jul 2023 · 37 minutes
Do your doo diligence

You’re hiking with your dog when poop happens. It’s natural to let it decay in the woods, right? Or is... more

29 Jun 2023 · 26 minutes
The Call of the Void

When you're standing on the edge of a cliff, have you ever felt an inexplicable urge... to jump?

22 Jun 2023 · 26 minutes
The carbon in your closet: cotton vs. polyester and other fabricated dilemmas

Synthetic clothes are made from fossil fuels, and cotton is water intensive. But figuring out what fabrics are best for... more

15 Jun 2023 · 30 minutes
When protest is a crime, part 2: city in a forest

A drag show in rural North Carolina, a plot to attack the power grid in Baltimore, and a forest in... more

08 Jun 2023 · 47 minutes
When protest is a crime, part 1: the Standing Rock effect

The first of two episodes exploring the changing landscape of environmental protest in the United States, from Standing Rock to... more

01 Jun 2023 · 43 minutes
Is Biden a good climate president?

President Joe Biden has kept – and broken – a lot of promises on climate change.

25 May 2023 · 25 minutes
Just try not to breathe

A parajumper candidate finds himself facing elimination for the most surprising reason: he can hold his breath way too long.

18 May 2023 · 42 minutes
A tale of two deserts: Are Saudi cows to blame for Arizona's water crisis?

Arizona is rapidly depleting its water sources – is a Saudi Arabian alfalfa farm to blame?

11 May 2023 · 24 minutes
It's not easy being evergreen

Our latest round of listener questions has us exploring xeriscaping, green roofs, and the evolution of the human eye.

04 May 2023 · 24 minutes
The city inside a glacier

The Cold War mission to extract the world’s first complete ice core.

27 Apr 2023 · 34 minutes
The Race to Net Zero: building a car-free future

Electric vehicles are part of the solution to climate change. But what if they’re also part of the problem?

20 Apr 2023 · 32 minutes
The Race to Net Zero: will EVs get us there fast enough?

We need to electrify transportation if we’re going to avoid the worst climate impacts. Will we make it in time?

13 Apr 2023 · 29 minutes
The Underdogs Ep3: You sell your soul

What caused the Peranos to abandon their dogs and screw so many people over? Nate enlists the help of a... more

30 Mar 2023 · 45 minutes
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A drag show in rural North Carolina, a plot to attack the power grid in Baltimore, and a forest in Georgia.