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How will states use money from the Inflation Reduction Act to address climate change?

From: Possibly
Series: The Inflation Reduction Act and Climate Change

For the past few weeks, we’ve been talking about the Inflation Reduction Act, a law that puts hundreds of billions of dollars in federal money towa...

Bought by Raven Radio and WRFA-LP

Added: Dec 21, 2022
Length: 03:43
Purchases: 2

A Poison Life No Other

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Caption: Mat Simon, Credit: Wired magazine

Our world is surrounded by microplastic pollution. It’s in the air we breathe. It’s in the food we eat. Our homes are among the most polluted place...

Bought by KMUN and KCBX

Added: Nov 20, 2022
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 2

How did Rhode Island get the first offshore wind farm in the country?

From: Possibly

Today, we’re traveling to Block Island, the vacation spot off the southern coast of Rhode Island. Block Island is also famous for its offshore wind...

Bought by WRFA-LP and Raven Radio

Added: Nov 10, 2022
Length: 03:44
Purchases: 2

Space Oddities: Episode 1-Moon Dust In Your Lungs, Stars In Your Eyes

From: Joe Cuhaj
Series: Space Oddities: Forgotten Stories of Mankind's Exploration of Space

Caption: Terry Slezak accidentally came in contact with moon dust during the Apollo 11 quarantine period., Credit: NASA

Episode 1 of Space Oddities discusses NASA's plans to keep the Earth from being contaminated with lunar germs during the Apollo missions. Unfortuna...

Bought by WYAP

Added: Nov 01, 2022
Length: 10:47
Purchases: 1

Does cloud computing use a lot of energy?

From: Possibly

These days, I can log on to my phone and pull up a file that’s stored thousands of miles away. It’s pretty awesome. But does access to all of this ...

Bought by KMXT, WRFA-LP, and KICI Iowa City

Added: Oct 05, 2022
Length: 04:01
Purchases: 3

What's the environmental impact of living our lives online?

From: Possibly

Since the pandemic started, we’ve learned how to move our classes, meetings, and even parties online. It’s definitely convenient, but I’ve been won...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WRFA-LP, and KICI Iowa City

Added: Jul 25, 2022
Length: 03:25
Purchases: 3

Does my charger still use power when it's not connected to a phone?

From: Possibly

Today, we have a question from Michael in Charlestown, Rhode Island. He wants to know: does a charger still use some power when it's plugged into a...

Bought by Raven Radio and WRFA-LP

Added: Jul 07, 2022
Length: 03:59
Purchases: 2

Supreme Court Decisions

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court as left a majority of American’s wondering if the country is headed in the wrong direction. Many feel th...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Jul 05, 2022
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

Can you put your recycling and trash in one bin?

From: Possibly

Imagine if you didn’t have a recycling bin anymore- You just put everything in the trash, but somehow the reusable stuff still got recycled? Some p...

Bought by WRFA-LP

Added: Jun 06, 2022
Length: 04:01
Purchases: 1

Clash: Presidents and the Press in Times of Crisis

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Former President Donald Trump attacked the press relentlessly before and after his term in office. A master at manipulation, he even admitted that ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, and KCBX

Added: May 23, 2022
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 3

Can the grid handle charging lots of electric cars?

From: Possibly

Last week, we broke down the basics of how our electric grid works. Today, we're tackling a more specific question. If we all switch over to elec...

Bought by WRFA-LP

Added: May 12, 2022
Length: 03:41
Purchases: 1

How does our electricity grid work?

From: Possibly

With the effects of climate change all around us, there's a push to power more of our lives with renewable electricity, including things that used ...

Bought by WRFA-LP

Added: May 12, 2022
Length: 04:00
Purchases: 1

Bored Lonely Angry Stupid

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

There’s always something new in the digital world. It generates a lot of excitement, as well as anxiety. It’s also turned the lens of society onto ...

Bought by KCBX

Added: May 03, 2022
Length: 28:59
Purchases: 1

Do we use more or less energy on air conditioning than we used to?

From: Possibly

With the weather getting warmer, I’ve been thinking about air conditioning. I know that ACs are getting more efficient, but more people are using t...

Bought by WRFA-LP

Added: Apr 25, 2022
Length: 03:31
Purchases: 1

The Top 4 Solutions to Global Warming

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Solutions journalism. I’d never come across that term before. That is, before I came into contact with Jurriaan Kamp, and his multitude of projects...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Apr 19, 2022
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

Should I buy online or in the store?

From: Possibly

These days, we can buy almost anything we want online—fancy food, designer clothes, new computers, the works. But is all this online shopping creat...

Bought by WRFA-LP

Added: Apr 11, 2022
Length: 03:22
Purchases: 1

Standing Up to China: How a Whistleblower Risked Everything for his Country

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

The life of a whistleblower is not easy. Just ask Dallas lawyer Ashley Yablon. In 2011 he landed what he thought was an ideal job: General Council ...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Mar 29, 2022
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

Is it possible to turn my gas car into an electric vehicle?

From: Possibly

Two years ago, we aired an episode responding to a question from a listener named Monica. She wanted to know if it was possible to convert her gas ...

Bought by Raven Radio and WRFA-LP

Added: Mar 21, 2022
Length: 03:52
Purchases: 2

Off the Edge

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

It’s an age-old conundrum. Getting the facts to the people. Think of the telephone game. As the story passes through several tellers, distortions a...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Mar 08, 2022
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

Beyond Knowledge

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

For the past 20-years or so, our society has been deep in the Knowledge Age. Now, it’s about to be replaced by the digital revolution and artificia...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Feb 15, 2022
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

Can we trust electric car batteries?

From: Possibly

In recent episodes, we’ve talked a lot about electric cars, but we haven’t really spent time talking about what makes them work- the battery. What ...

Bought by Raven Radio and WRFA-LP

Added: Feb 08, 2022
Length: 03:45
Purchases: 2

What happened to acid rain?

From: Possibly

When I was a kid, acid rain was a hot topic. Now, I never hear about it. So we wondered, why doesn’t acid rain make the headlines anymore?

Bought by WRFA-LP and KICI Iowa City

Added: Jan 31, 2022
Length: 03:50
Purchases: 2

The Tailored Brain

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

It’s a conundrum. A puzzle. A very strange thing if you think about it. But, there in itself lies the problem. We’re thinking about and studying th...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Jan 11, 2022
Length: 29:01
Purchases: 1

Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Several automotive companies are currently working to perfect autonomous vehicles. Their promises for high-tech driving includes crash free mobilit...

Bought by KCBX and WHFR