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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

Venom and the cure

Enter the fascinating world of venom, where deadly stakes are intertwined with the possibility of wondrous healing.

03 Apr 2025 · 26 minutes
Tasting the forbidden fruit

The dose makes the poison… or does it?

27 Mar 2025 · 30 minutes
The Final Days of Sgt. Tibbs

Sgt. Tibbs, a beloved 19-year-old cat, goes missing on the streets of Manchester, New Hampshire. His owner fears the worst.... more

20 Mar 2025 · 17 minutes
The Emerald Forest: Why Irish farmers aren’t happy about some American trees

In County Leitrim, an area of Ireland hit hard by the Troubles and the Great Famine, townspeople are fighting what... more

13 Mar 2025 · 28 minutes
Why we sing

We sing along at concerts. We chant at protests. We belt it out at birthday parties. Why do humans sing... more

06 Mar 2025 · 32 minutes
Why do animals play?

In this special collaboration between Outside/In and Tumble Media, we answer a serious question about silly behavior: “Why do some... more

27 Feb 2025 · 24 minutes
What is a forest for?

One piece of public land, two very different perspectives about how to use it, and the agency that somehow has... more

20 Feb 2025 · 28 minutes
FEMA and the other 50 percent

How one obscure federal policy designed to stop the cycle of flood damage is leading to opposite destinies.

13 Feb 2025 · 28 minutes
The Great Grand Canyon Burro Rescue

One of the flashiest rescue stories of the last century, and what it tells us about the power of animal... more

06 Feb 2025 · 36 minutes
Order on the pickleball court!!!

Three sports. One court. What could go wrong?

30 Jan 2025 · 28 minutes
Fluoridation nation

From "Colorado Brown Stain" to Dr. Strangelove, we look at the weird history (and surprising science) behind fluoridated water.

23 Jan 2025 · 29 minutes
What are Trump's Climate Plans?

When it comes to the environment, what should we expect from Trump’s second term?

16 Jan 2025 · 39 minutes
The tinned fish renaissance

The resurgence of tinned fish, fish wave feminism, and the sustainability of sardines.

09 Jan 2025 · 34 minutes
Once in a blue moon

Why do we care about blue moons (and other seasonal curiosities)?

02 Jan 2025 · 29 minutes
Bigfoot is from North Carolina

Sasquatch is Southern. And its cultural and economic impact in Appalachia is sizable.

26 Dec 2024 · 21 minutes
No Regrets Coyote

Coyotes are incredibly adept at living among humans. So how do we get better at living among them?

19 Dec 2024 · 31 minutes
What Remains: More MOVE remains found

After more MOVE remains were found at the Penn Museum last month, we got in touch with curator Rachel Watkins... more

12 Dec 2024 · 21 minutes
Making the most of ‘stick season’

It’s not fall. It’s not winter. It’s somewhere in-between. The Outside/In team has ideas for living your best life through... more

05 Dec 2024 · 50 minutes
Shhhh! It’s the sound and silence episode

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

28 Nov 2024 · 29 minutes
The Ballad and the Flood

How disasters offer a glimpse into another way to live with each other.

21 Nov 2024 · 38 minutes
What's living under your porch

Have we accidentally made luxury apartments beneath our feet? And, is that a bad thing?

14 Nov 2024 · 23 minutes
The Night Owls

The federal government wants to kill one owl to save another.

07 Nov 2024 · 30 minutes
Postmortem: The Stolen Bodies of Harvard

How an elite university became a gruesome stop on a nationwide network of human remains trading.

31 Oct 2024 · 27 minutes
What Remains, Part 2: In Memoriam

A scholar and an activist make an uncompromising ultimatum.

24 Oct 2024 · 46 minutes
What Remains, Part 1: No Justice, No Peace

A classroom display of human skulls sparks a reckoning at the Penn Museum in Philadelphia.

17 Oct 2024 · 36 minutes
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
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Have we accidentally made luxury apartments beneath our feet? And, is that a bad thing?