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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

The Ballad and the Flood

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

21 Nov 2024 · 39 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 · 24 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
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
The Underdogs Ep 2: 'It has to be earned'

Nate flies to Minnesota to follow a new lead about the New Zealand racing team.

23 Mar 2023 · 46 minutes
The Underdogs Ep1: Honey and vinegar

Outside/In host Nate Hegyi gets a surprising tip that leads him into the frozen and tight-knit world of competitive sled... more

16 Mar 2023 · 30 minutes
Outside/In presents The Underdogs

“We’re just one dead body away from Tiger King.”

09 Mar 2023 · 2 minutes
Scents & sensibility

Wherefore art thou, potpourri?

02 Mar 2023 · 38 minutes
Who owns the sky?

“Whoever owns the soil, it is theirs up to Heaven and down to Hell."

23 Feb 2023 · 35 minutes
Worm Wars! Invasive species and the stories we tell about them

When a producer learns about a "toxic, self-cloning worm”, she starts sounding the alarm about impending eco-doom. Until, that is,... more

16 Feb 2023 · 37 minutes
Groundhogs: incidental archaeologists, mystical meteorologists

Despite being the only rodent with a holiday to its name, groundhogs are often considered pests.However, these natural-born diggers have... more

31 Jan 2023 · 23 minutes
The “extreme” beat: whale hearts, mudslides, and more

We explore the outer limits of life on Earth and answer your “extreme” questions in another edition of the Outside/Inbox.

26 Jan 2023 · 26 minutes
The ocean is a place of queer possibility

It's always ourselves we find in the sea.

19 Jan 2023 · 29 minutes
Dinner reservations: how to eat sustainably (and does it even matter?)

Reducing your dinner plate’s carbon footprint is easy, but putting its impact into perspective is anything but.

12 Jan 2023 · 27 minutes
Cold t*ts, warm hearts: the cold water dippers of Maine

“I remember getting out of the water, laughing like I hadn't laughed in years.”

29 Dec 2022 · 18 minutes
Hot dam! Climate news that isn’t terrible

The third rail of environmental activism, the unlikely last-minute deal at COP27, and why tearing down renewable energy is sometimes... more

22 Dec 2022 · 29 minutes
How a chicken saved my life

“I knew that I had to find my way back to that bird.”

15 Dec 2022 · 24 minutes
13 tips on how to "surthrive" this winter

Winter is coming. The team advises on living your best life.

01 Dec 2022 · 42 minutes
O Possum! My Possum!

Wait… an opossum has how many vaginas?

24 Nov 2022 · 31 minutes
The reality of History’s “Alone”

“If the money was right, I’d die out here for my family.”

17 Nov 2022 · 33 minutes
Legends of the fall: fallout shelters, dreams of falling, and autumnal vibes

You’ll never hear the term “leaf-peeper” on this show again.

03 Nov 2022 · 24 minutes
Why we get scared (and why we like it)

When fear is almost fun – and when it’s only terrifying.

27 Oct 2022 · 36 minutes
The curious case of the missing extinctions

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

13 Oct 2022 · 41 minutes
The last veterinarians in town

Veterinarians and vet technicians are being forced to choose between taking care of animals and taking care of themselves.

06 Oct 2022 · 27 minutes
The olive & the pine

Planting a tree often is almost a shorthand for doing a good deed. But such an act is not always... more

22 Sep 2022 · 52 minutes
Why do we stare at fire and other existential questions

Of fire and ice, seagulls and dog poop.

15 Sep 2022 · 28 minutes
Your Wildest Wildlife Encounters

Animal stories that will make you laugh, sweat, and want to stay on the boat.

08 Sep 2022 · 21 minutes
Yardwork: A bitter melon grows in Boston

For some, the Berkeley Community Garden is a multicultural oasis. To others… it’s just a pile of trash.

25 Aug 2022 · 35 minutes
Yardwork: Gardening is heavy metal

Is it safe to grow vegetables in your backyard garden?

18 Aug 2022 · 23 minutes
Yardwork: Lawn and Order

Americans love a lawn. But keeping the grass green comes at a cost — especially in the desert.

11 Aug 2022 · 27 minutes
The most successful species on Earth?!

A debate about evolutionary “success.” Who should wear the crown of GSOAT (greatest species of all time), and are humans... more

28 Jul 2022 · 31 minutes
The National Park Service

Nearly a hundred million acres of the truth about America.

21 Jul 2022 · 31 minutes
The first national park

How Yellowstone came to be.

14 Jul 2022 · 41 minutes
Is climate journalism experiencing a Great Resignation?

Last summer, former Outside/In host Sam Evans-Brown quit journalism to become a lobbyist for clean energy.

30 Jun 2022 · 43 minutes
Life and Death at a Human Decomposition Facility

Meet the people who study dead bodies at a human decomposition facility.

23 Jun 2022 · 35 minutes
Update: Happy the Elephant is Not a Person

The New York State Court of Appeals has ruled against expanding human rights to animals.

17 Jun 2022 · 5 minutes
Six Foot Turkey: What Jurassic Park Got Wrong (And Right) About Dinosaurs

Do blockbuster movies have an obligation to accurately represent science?

09 Jun 2022 · 36 minutes
Et Tu, Brute? The Case for Human Rights for Animals

A court case about a Bronx Zoo elephant could pave the way for animals to gain basic human rights.

02 Jun 2022 · 24 minutes
Frog Sex, Tree Soap, and Other Signs of Spring

“Can I say that on public radio?”

26 May 2022 · 28 minutes
After the Avalanche

How do wilderness EMTs cope when a rescue goes wrong?

12 May 2022 · 32 minutes
Call of the Void

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

28 Apr 2022 · 26 minutes
The So-Called Mystery of Rapa Nui (AKA Easter Island)

Three hundred years ago this Easter, Europeans landed on what they called “Easter Island.” Countless stories have been told of... more

14 Apr 2022 · 51 minutes
How to Build a Solar-Powered Website

What if the internet was only available 95% of the time?

07 Apr 2022 · 35 minutes
Frankenfish

Could genetic modification change conservation as we know it?

31 Mar 2022 · 24 minutes
Outside/Inbox: You Can't Get Further Outdoors than Space

Boldly trying to answer listener questions no podcast has answered before (maybe).

24 Mar 2022 · 30 minutes
Holy Scat! Why Antlers Are Freaking Amazing

Whether you grow them, collect them, or grind them up and swallow them, antlers are one of the most astonishing... more

10 Mar 2022 · 35 minutes
The Immigrant Apple and The Hard Cider Comeback

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

24 Feb 2022 · 31 minutes
What the Tofurkey is Going On with Fake Meat?

There's a new burger in town.

17 Feb 2022 · 54 minutes
Even Hikers Get The Blues

Why do so many people report feeling depressed after hiking the Appalachian Trail?

10 Feb 2022 · 35 minutes
Dispatches from the New American Shore

The search for new language to imagine our climate future.

27 Jan 2022 · 40 minutes
The “Do-Nothing” Farmer: Part II, The Mountain

“No, there is nothing special about me. But what I have glimpsed is vastly important.”

13 Jan 2022 · 25 minutes
The “Do-Nothing” Farmer: Part I, The Revolution

Could a farming manual change the world?

13 Jan 2022 · 29 minutes
It Was the Ladies Who Hugged the Trees

On May 21, 2021, an influential environmental activist died of Covid-19 and you probably didn’t hear about it. Sunderlal Bahuguna’s... more

06 Jan 2022 · 16 minutes
Sheep + Solar, A Love Story

Maybe the most adorable climate solution ever.

30 Dec 2021 · 31 minutes
How to Embrace Winter (like Norwegians do)!

Winter is an endurance sport. Pack a puzzle.

16 Dec 2021 · 40 minutes
Outside/Inbox: Do Bears Hoot?

We’ve got answers to your burning questions, and even settle a family debate that’s been smoldering for generations.

02 Dec 2021 · 27 minutes
A Vegetarian Turned Deer Hunter in Deutschland

A vegetarian-turned-hunter brings two podcast hosts into a forest in Germany.

18 Nov 2021 · 40 minutes
Can an Animal be a Criminal?

Thieving bears, vultures who vandalize… What happens when animals break human laws?

04 Nov 2021 · 35 minutes
The So-called Mystery of Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

What happens when your community becomes the subject of a global mystery? A parable of human failure and ecological collapse?... more

21 Oct 2021 · 54 minutes
Tourism Spoils

There’s a type of travel industry which defines itself as different: ecologically minded, even “responsible.” It’s a type of travel... more

14 Oct 2021 · 30 minutes
The Himalayan Land Grab

The Great Himalayan National Park in India is among the most dramatic landscapes on Earth. Count the layers in a... more

07 Oct 2021 · 23 minutes
Outside/Inbox: The Ramen Wasp Murders & Other Mysteries

We introduce our new mailbag segment: the Outside/Inbox, where we answer your questions about the natural world. This time:  Question 1: What... more

23 Sep 2021 · 22 minutes
Scents and Sensibility

Once upon a time, potpourri was a popular way to freshen up a space. Now, for some, it feels a... more

09 Sep 2021 · 37 minutes
Book Club: Four Lost Cities

Science journalist and sci-fi novelist Annalee Newitz thinks and writes a lot about the future. But in their latest book,... more

26 Aug 2021 · 35 minutes
The Problem with America’s National Parks

This week, we’re sharing an episode from The Experiment, a podcast from The Atlantic and WNYC that tells “stories from... more

12 Aug 2021 · 25 minutes
Bonus: Ciao for Now, Sam Evans-Brown

As we wave off our erstwhile host as he moves on to new adventures, we recall a drive through the... more

30 Jul 2021 · 11 minutes
Windfall, Part 5: The Just Transition

To be profitable, the offshore wind industry requires vast sums of money only accessible to some of the world’s biggest... more

22 Jul 2021 · 22 minutes
Windfall, Part 4: Port of Departure

Billions of dollars in investment will rain down on the cities that are best positioned to launch America’s offshore wind... more

15 Jul 2021 · 35 minutes
Windfall, Part 3: Squid Pro Quo

The promise of the nascent American offshore wind industry meets an unlikely foe: squid fishermen in Rhode Island. Forces collide... more

08 Jul 2021 · 33 minutes
Windfall, Part 2: Please Let Me Finish, Mr. Kennedy.

Ten years ago, a Kennedy and a Koch shared the same goal: stop Cape Wind, America’s would-be first offshore wind... more

01 Jul 2021 · 38 minutes
Windfall, Part 1: Sea Change

Picture this: thousands of wind turbines off the Atlantic coast, each one taller than the Washington Monument. Offshore wind is... more

24 Jun 2021 · 24 minutes
Introducing: Windfall

A new series and an announcement. After 20 years of politicization and red tape, the U.S. is moving full speed ahead... more

17 Jun 2021 · 13 minutes
In Pittsburgh

We’re exposed to plenty of invisible risks in our daily life: toxic compounds in the fabric of our couches, contaminants... more

03 Jun 2021 · 39 minutes
Book Club: Trace

Geologist and writer Lauret Savoy considers fossil hunting and historical inquiry to be versions of the same pursuit. In Trace: Memory,... more

20 May 2021 · 35 minutes
The Sand Protocol

While sand beaches comprise just over 30% of the world’s ice-free shorelines, the collective idea of the sand beach can... more

06 May 2021 · 20 minutes
The Trouble With Music About Wilderness

When composer and traveling musician Ben Cosgrove was just 7 years old, he wrote a song called “Waves”. Since then,... more

22 Apr 2021 · 25 minutes
10x10: Sand Beach

Even in the quietest of times, sand beaches are defined by movement and change. “I think it's fair to say the... more

08 Apr 2021 · 39 minutes
A Climate Activist Goes to Business School

This week, we’re featuring an episode from How To Save A Planet, a podcast about climate change hosted by Dr.... more

25 Mar 2021 · 50 minutes
10X10: City Gutter

This special BONUS episode of Outside/In was sponsored and selected by our lovely donors. Thank you for your support! Gutters can... more

11 Mar 2021 · 34 minutes
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.... more

25 Feb 2021 · 35 minutes
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,... more

11 Feb 2021 · 29 minutes
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... more

28 Jan 2021 · 38 minutes
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... more

14 Jan 2021 · 41 minutes
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... more

31 Dec 2020 · 42 minutes
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... more

17 Dec 2020 · 44 minutes
Climate Migration

In the coming decades, the scale of climate migration could be dizzying. In one projection, four million people in the... more

03 Dec 2020 · 35 minutes
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,... more

25 Nov 2020 · 7 minutes
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... more

19 Nov 2020 · 41 minutes
Fortress Conservation

Throughout the 20th century, conservationists and environmentalists have looked to protect wildlife and biodiversity through the creation of parks and... more

05 Nov 2020 · 43 minutes
10x10: Pine Barren

Another year… another record-breaking wildfire season. Thanks to climate change the fire season now starts sooner and ends later.  Scientists... more

22 Oct 2020 · 25 minutes
The Olive and the Pine

Planting a tree often becomes almost a shorthand for doing a good deed. But such an act is not always... more

08 Oct 2020 · 51 minutes
Rice is Food and Other Stories

Listeners submit their cases for the best fruit ever, and we explore the intersections of fruit, food, and colonialism. Featuring Alicia... more

24 Sep 2020 · 39 minutes
The Lithium Gold Rush

In one version of a sustainable, carbon-neutral future, the world’s cars will transition from fossil fuels to electricity. Right now... more

10 Sep 2020 · 44 minutes
Sidedoor: The Riverkeeper

Fred Tutman is a voice for Maryland’s Patuxent River. In 2004, he founded Patuxent Riverkeeper, an environmental advocacy organization. ... more

27 Aug 2020 · 27 minutes
The Darién Gap

There are places on the map where roads end. The Darién Gap, or el Tapon del Darién, is one of them.... more

13 Aug 2020 · 34 minutes
Ask Sam: Spice Must Flow

Are snow-making machines an example of climate adaptation, or an example of an emissions feedback loop? Does the fire risk... more

30 Jul 2020 · 37 minutes
Open Worlds

The world of Skyrim is vast. The video game contains cities, villages, and rugged wilderness: high waterfalls cascading into deep... more

16 Jul 2020 · 37 minutes
UPDATE: The GFOAT, or Greatest Fruit of All Time

In this update, we tally your votes and announce the winner of our fruit fight. What seed-bearing plant ovary will... more

09 Jul 2020 · 8 minutes
Ginkgo Love

In 2016, we produced an episode about the ginkgo tree titled "Ginkgo Stink." With its fan-shaped leaves and golden fall foliage, the... more

02 Jul 2020 · 42 minutes
Fruit Fight!!!

For months, producer Taylor Quimby has been trying to craft a story about spicy peppers. Every one of his pitches... more

18 Jun 2020 · 50 minutes
Birding While Black

The experience of public outdoor spaces isn't the same for everyone. Today, we explore birding while Black (and #blackbirdersweek) and... more

11 Jun 2020 · 34 minutes
Massachusetts v. EPA

Today on the show, we’re bringing you inside what may be the most important environmental Supreme Court Decision in history.... more

04 Jun 2020 · 58 minutes
Inside/In: Moss & Mold

With so many of our favorite outdoor activities currently off-limits, we’re look for accessible ways to explore the magic of... more

21 May 2020 · 32 minutes
On Fires and Feelings

Being stuck at home for an extended period of time, worrying about the safety of yourself and your loved ones... more

14 May 2020 · 27 minutes
The Carrington Event

You know that scene in every disaster movie, where the frantic and panicky science nerd unsuccessfully tries to warn the... more

30 Apr 2020 · 30 minutes
Inside/In: How To Be A Backyard Birber

With so many of our favorite outdoor activities currently off-limits, we’re look for accessible ways to explore the magic of... more

16 Apr 2020 · 23 minutes
Cat People

Cat People is a podcast series by Longreads that examines the strange relationships people have with big cats and the... more

09 Apr 2020 · 35 minutes
Inside/In

On today’s show, we are addressing a question we have seen A LOT. As we’re all adjusting to life with... more

02 Apr 2020 · 32 minutes
10X10: Kettle Bog

In our series 10X10, we examine ordinary places that are more interesting than they might initially appear; and few places... more

19 Mar 2020 · 21 minutes
Tempest in a Teacup

The passenger pigeon is one of the world’s most symbolic extinction stories. It’s a cautionary tale of how in just... more

05 Mar 2020 · 34 minutes
Nudge-Off Results! Plus, The Forest for the Treesap [Replay]

The winner of our “Battle of Tiny Proportions” is revealed! Plus, one of our favorite episodes about the pace of... more

20 Feb 2020 · 42 minutes
Nature Has Done Her Part

In New England, the Waterman name is like mountain royalty. But beyond a tight circle of outdoors-people, they're not a... more

06 Feb 2020 · 32 minutes
A Battle of Tiny Proportions

A government bureaucrat builds a website that saves a billion gallons in gas. The minuscule Irish invention that enables the... more

23 Jan 2020 · 33 minutes
Leo Rising

Depending on who you ask, astrology is a science, an art, a form of therapy… or, a pseudo-science, fortune-telling, a... more

10 Jan 2020 · 37 minutes
Chasing The Light

From the ancient charcoal animals of France's Chauvet Cave, to 17th century Dutch windmill paintings, art history can tell us... more

20 Dec 2019 · 40 minutes
A Year of Wonders

As extreme weather wreaks havoc around the globe NPR's Throughline looks at a natural disaster more than 200 hundred years... more

05 Dec 2019 · 31 minutes
Jesabel Y Eddie

Before Hurricane Maria hit in September of 2017, Puerto Rico's rickety electric grid was a notorious headache. After the storm,... more

21 Nov 2019 · 34 minutes
The Particular Sadness of Trout Fishing in America

People love fishing for trout. They love it so much that we are willing to go to insane lengths to... more

12 Nov 2019 · 38 minutes
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bug

When most of us heard about the "insect apocalypse" we were worried. When producer Jimmy Gutierrez heard it, he thought... more

24 Oct 2019 · 30 minutes
Ask Sam: Grandpa's Rhubarb

Sam answers questions about rethinking the toilet, line-dry laundry, rhubarb, and sleeping mosquitoes. Find more Outside/In.

10 Oct 2019 · 32 minutes
Cold, Dark, and Sharky

Last year, two people were attacked by sharks on Cape Cod, and one died. The result has been a  media... more

25 Sep 2019 · 41 minutes
Patient Zero: The Laser

When it feels like doctors have closed the door to establishment medicine, another set of doors open. These doors lead... more

12 Sep 2019 · 45 minutes
Patient Zero: The Vector

A perfect carrier of disease. A race underneath your skin. The part we know, before we get to the parts... more

29 Aug 2019 · 27 minutes
Patient Zero: The Triangle

When you're fighting off a cold or flu, it's easy to imagine the battle is being waged solely inside the... more

15 Aug 2019 · 45 minutes
Introducing Patient Zero

A first look at Patient Zero, a series we'll be putting out next month! Hosted by Outside/In's Taylor Quimby. Sweet... more

23 Jul 2019 · 4 minutes
Can You Feel the Lies Tonight

With Disney's reboot of The Lion King hitting theaters, does the original still hold up all these years later? In... more

04 Jul 2019 · 41 minutes
Plan B

Ever since the threat of climate change was first made public, scientists have offered the possibility of a get-out-of-jail-free card:... more

20 Jun 2019 · 32 minutes
Swimming Lessons

Swimming is something that is more or less a part of human experience, depending on who you are, where you... more

06 Jun 2019 · 37 minutes
I'm a Penguin Counter for God's Sake!

Traveling to Antarctica to hang with penguins on the company dime likely seems like the dream assignment for a journalist...... more

23 May 2019 · 19 minutes
Operation Confirmation Bias

Today on the podcast, a story that seemed like a perfect fit Outside/In that wound up going places that we... more

10 May 2019 · 50 minutes
Ask Sam: Bidets the Day

Ask Sam: that special segment when scientists cringe as Sam and the team speculate wildly on answers to a diverse... more

25 Apr 2019 · 27 minutes
Pants on Fire

Textiles are all around us. We live in them, sleep on them, sit on them, walk on them, live in... more

18 Apr 2019 · 31 minutes
Must Love Logs

This month, Outside/In is asking for your support. Your donations will keep the show kicking butt, and help us make... more

12 Apr 2019 · 32 minutes
Killing Cats, Saving Numbats

In Australia, conventional conservation wisdom has stated that in order to save the small indigenous mammals, it's necessary to kill... more

04 Apr 2019 · 26 minutes
The Family Business

The Sununus are one of New Hampshire's grandest families. John H. Sununu was governor and White House Chief of Staff.... more

28 Mar 2019 · 58 minutes
Hunting The Night Parrot

For a long time, the elusive night parrot of the Australian outback was believed to be extinct. Then, an experienced... more

14 Mar 2019 · 33 minutes
10X10: Under The Ice

In our 10X10 series, we examine places that might not seem all that interesting... places like your typical frozen pond. ... more

28 Feb 2019 · 22 minutes
Leave No Stone

Outdoorsy types are the among the biggest ambassadors of Leave No Trace, a set of principles and best practices for... more

14 Feb 2019 · 37 minutes
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... more

31 Jan 2019 · 28 minutes
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... more

17 Jan 2019 · 44 minutes
Rake and Ride

Pirate trails are everywhere: the pioneers of mountain biking built them on private land, public land and everything in between.... more

03 Jan 2019 · 32 minutes
Just Decide

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

20 Dec 2018 · 34 minutes
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... more

06 Dec 2018 · 36 minutes
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... more

21 Nov 2018 · 22 minutes
The Meat Matrix

Listener feedback is a big part of working in radio and podcasting. We try to look for the lesson in... more

08 Nov 2018 · 50 minutes
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... more

25 Oct 2018 · 37 minutes
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... more

11 Oct 2018 · 36 minutes
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... more

04 Oct 2018 · 38 minutes
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Today the second in our two-part series on the politics of population. In this episode, we’re digging into the story of how... more