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We did it. My family finally bought an electric car. What’s it like? Should you get one too? Here to help me explain is my husband, Ryan T Conaty.
Bought by PRX Remix, Raven Radio, WRFA-LP, and KICI Iowa City
- Added: Aug 07, 2023
- Length: 03:48
- Purchases: 4
- Added: Aug 29, 2022
- Length: 01:54
Today we’re answering a question from listener Molly Magid. She wants to know- what are the environmental impacts of space travel and how does it c...
Bought by Raven Radio and WRFA-LP
- Added: Jul 18, 2022
- Length: 03:26
- Purchases: 2
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
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
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
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
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
Today we’re answering a question from Cori Myers- she’s the sister-in-law of our founder Stephen Porder. She wants to know if the laundry detergent...
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: Feb 28, 2022
- Length: 03:55
- Purchases: 1
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
A few months ago, our team was talking on Zoom when our founder, Stephen Porder, asked if he could pitch a story idea. For this episode, we’re goin...
Bought by KICI Iowa City and WRFA-LP
- Added: Oct 14, 2021
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
Cristal complains about the workplace buzzwords she finds particularly annoying.
- Added: Jun 21, 2021
- Length: 04:20
Howard complains about receiving "Your item has shipped" emails when it hasn't
- Added: Jun 21, 2021
- Length: 03:26
Mechanical engineer Dr. Ada-Rhodes Short studies robot brains, having previously worked in industry and academia for commercial toy companies, NASA...
- Added: Jun 02, 2021
- Length: 39:09
Today, we’re going to talk about painting roofs white. Some experts say white shingles could lower electricity bills and cool down hot cities. So, ...
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 03:56
- Purchases: 1
On our show, we talk a lot about how to reduce our carbon dioxide, or CO2, emissions. But some scientists are developing another approach to climat...
- Added: Apr 19, 2021
- Length: 03:51
Today, we have a question from listener Todd Penoyer. He does maintenance for retail shopping centers in southeastern Massachusetts and he uses a l...
- Added: Apr 12, 2021
- Length: 03:56
How would you like to get all of your electricity from renewable sources? It turns out, you can, and you don’t even need to put panels on your roof...
- Added: Mar 22, 2021
- Length: 03:28
Today, we have a question from listener Tom Chun. Recently, his water heater stopped working. Tom didn’t have time to spare, so he just went with t...
- Added: Mar 01, 2021
- Length: 03:46
The ‘Lighthouse for Broward’ is a rehabilitation and healthcare resource for the visually impaired in Fort Lauderdale. Its exterior walls are now a...
- Added: Feb 25, 2021
- Length: 02:30
If you follow the news about climate change, you’ve probably heard the phrase “net zero.” But what does “net zero” really mean?
- Added: Feb 08, 2021
- Length: 03:37
Taking into account the energy that goes into making a whole new car, is it more energy-efficient to keep the gas car you already have, or to get a...
- Added: Jan 27, 2021
- Length: 04:00
Join Patrick Moore and Timothy Roberts, the director and deputy director of New Mexico Historic Sites, who together with interpreters and educators...
- Added: Dec 29, 2020
- Length: 59:00
Ballet Co.Laboratory wants to change the way people think about ballet by changing ballet itself. That’s no easy task. The art form is full of trad...
- Added: Dec 09, 2020
- Length: 04:51
Hydroelectric power is the most widely-used renewable energy source in the world. It creates about one-sixth of the world’s electricity. But how ex...
- Added: Dec 09, 2020
- Length: 03:58
