Outside/In's Get Outside

A snow geek’s dream job turns into a nightmare

The Dirtbag Diaries — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 16:36:36 +0000

When Matt Mckee took a job forecasting avalanche danger for a Chilean gold mine (which was opening for the winter for the first time), they handed him a couple yard sticks and told him to get to work. This story is bonkers.

Do you believe?

Humanature — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 16:36:11 +0000

Sometimes the outdoors can be mysterious. Sometimes that mystery comes in the form of a Sasquatch.

Hunting grounds of the very rich

Outside/In — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 16:35:51 +0000

There’s a giant hunting reserve in New Hampshire, stocked with elk and 200-pound wild boar, but most people have never even heard about it, and almost nobody wants to talk about it. Sam goes on the hunt for answers about what one NH lawmaker calls: “the most exclusive game preserve in the United States.”

The darker side of homesteading

Planet Money — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 16:35:25 +0000

File under unintended consequences: your free-range, rotationally-grazed chickens may be a mobile buffet for a flock of ravenous bald eagles. Just wait for the tourism angle though… you won’t see it coming.

Pop quiz: which way are you going?

Outside/In — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 16:34:51 +0000

We take a step back to imagine a world without a web of GPS satellites telling your smartphone where you are every second of the day. While this might sound scary, come along and maybe you’ll discover you have a secret sixth sense… one that’s been inside you all along, if you just knew how to turn it on.

You could just go outside

Reply All — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 16:34:22 +0000

This story perfectly captures both the melancholy of a waning summer, and the boundless possibilities of an August day in New York City. It’s one of my favorite pieces of all time.

Snapshots of a season

Home of the Brave — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 16:33:41 +0000

A New Hampshire lake in moonlight, children splashing at a swimming lesson, a blind dog catches a Frisbee. These are just a few of Scott Carrier’s impressions of summer.

The wall that’s planned… and the one already there

Latino USA — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 16:33:18 +0000

A good overview of our southern border, the genesis of U.S. vigilance, and some of the not so discussed issues of wall building.

Which diet is best?

Intelligence Squared US — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 16:32:51 +0000

Our relationship with the natural world is complicated – and people have very different ideas about how other organisms fit the needs of humans. A compelling debate about vegetarianism.

Don’t break the lawn rules, or else

99% Invisible — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 16:31:35 +0000

A story about the great lengths we go to in this country in order to wrestle nature into what we feel is ideal. This episode and the next one made me say, “What?!?!?!” out loud.

The literal underground economy

Radiolab — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 16:31:08 +0000

Turns out, plants have a way of communicating and relating to one another that is not so different from our own.

Where have all the flytraps gone?

Criminal — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 16:30:41 +0000

The outdoors aren’t always fun and games – this episode of Criminal explores the thriving black market for Venus fly traps, from the thousands of plants that go missing every year to the North Carolina base of a flora-focused crime ring.