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Return of the Native with Bill Shanabruch, Part 2

From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand

Caption: Bill Shanabruch leads Conservation Landscaping Workshop.

Bill Shanabruch left his job as regional biologist for the Piedmont with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. It was over a boondoggl...

Return of the Native with Bill Shanabruch Part 1

From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand

Caption: Bill Shanabruch, Credit: Charles McGuigan

As staggeringly complex as the environmental catastrophe is, by tackling one small space at a time, we might be able to bring back entire ecosystem...

Nico Cathcart: A Contemporary Renaissance. Part 2 (Conclusion)

From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand

Caption: Nico Cathcart working on a mural on Lakeside Avenue, Credit: Charles McGuigan

It’s interesting how every great work of music, literature, visual art is immune to the predilections of time and space. Whether they were crafted ...

Nico Cathcart: A Contemporary Renaissance. Part 1

From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand

Caption: Nico at the unveiling of her three-story mural, A New Dawn in Hopewell, Virginia., Credit: Charles McGuigan

Nico Cathcart has been an artist practically since birth. From the time her fingers could grip the ferrule of a paintbrush and guide it along a fla...

How do I recycle damaged clothes or fabrics?

From: Possibly

Today, we’re talking about textiles. What can you do with a ripped sweatshirt or pillowcase you accidentally bleached? We’re wondering – is it poss...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WRFA-LP, and Raven Radio

What is wilderness?

From: Possibly

Last summer, our reporter Charlie Adams spent ten weeks working in the Bob Marshall Wilderness. It’s a slice of northwest Montana that’s over one m...

Bought by WRFA-LP and Raven Radio

Policing the Police with John LaFratta

From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand

Caption: John LaFratta, Credit: Charles McGuigan

John LaFratta didn’t start practicing law until he was in his thirties. He had studied business and English literature as an undergraduate, and wor...

What does the future of natural gas look like in Rhode Island? Part 2

From: Possibly
Series: What does a Public Utilities Commission have to do with climate change?

Today, we’re continuing our coverage of the future of energy in Rhode Island. Since the state burns too much natural gas to reach net-zero by 2050,...

Bought by WRFA-LP and Raven Radio

What does the future of natural gas look like in Rhode Island?

From: Possibly
Series: What does a Public Utilities Commission have to do with climate change?

It’s getting colder, and a lot of people are turning on their furnaces. Many of those run on “natural” gas, which is basically methane, a potent gr...

Bought by WRFA-LP and Raven Radio

What's a Public Utilities Commission?

From: Possibly
Series: What does a Public Utilities Commission have to do with climate change?

If we want to avoid the worst of climate change, it’s pretty clear that we need to start getting our energy from sources that don’t create greenhou...

Bought by Raven Radio and WRFA-LP

Why did we see so many beach closures this year?

From: Possibly

Like any good Rhode Islander, I love to hang out at the beach in the summer. This year though, I’ve noticed that beaches have been closed more tha...

Bought by Raven Radio and WRFA-LP

What do you do when rising waters threaten a neighborhood?

From: Possibly

Warren, Rhode Island is one of the smallest towns in the smallest state — but when it comes to dealing with climate change, it has big plans. Locat...

Bought by WRFA-LP and Raven Radio

Should we be turning our lights off for birds?

From: Possibly

Today’s question comes from one of our listeners. Dorothy wrote in to ask us: “Efforts to turn off lights for migrating birds are taking off acros...

Bought by WRFA-LP

Why are we seeing more floods in cities?

From: Possibly

Last year, Kolya from our Possibly team I worked with the Providence Stormwater Innovation Center. Their job was to track flooding across the cit...

Bought by WRFA-LP, Raven Radio, and KICI Iowa City

What should I do with clothing I don't want anymore?

From: Possibly

We all have those clothes that just sit in the back of our closets for years and never get used. Maybe it’s that t-shirt from college or that senti...

Bought by Raven Radio

What happened to the hole in the ozone layer?

From: Possibly

When I was growing up, I remember hearing about a hole in the ozone layer. It was a big deal. But I don’t really hear about that issue anymore. Is...

Bought by KMXT, Raven Radio, and WRFA-LP

Do I need to rake my lawn?

From: Possibly

I have two huge trees in my yard and they dump a lot of leaves. Sometimes I wonder, what would happen if I just let those piles of leaves stay on ...

Bought by KGLP and WRFA-LP

Historian Candice Millard's RIVER OF THE GODS. Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

RIVER OF THE GODS by bestselling historian Candice Millard is her fourth book. Known for her meticulously researched work, her newest book is an ad...

British mystery writer Richard Osman’s THE BULLET THAT MISSED (#3 in "The Thursday Murder Club" series)

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

Richard Osman is an author, a well-known television personality and comedian in the UK. His newest book is THE BULLET THAT MISSED in the popular “T...

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

Should I compost my body when I die?

From: Possibly

When a loved one passes away, we often just have two choices- burial or cremation. But there’s a new option in some states that claims to use less ...

Bought by Raven Radio, WRFA-LP, and KICI Iowa City

Travel Writer Patricia Schultz’s “WHY WE TRAVEL: 100 Reasons to Get Up and Go”

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

Patricia Schultz of “1000 Places to See Before You Die” fame has authored a different kind of book this time. “WHY WE TRAVEL: 100 Reasons to Get Up...

Is natural grass or artificial turf better for the environment?

From: Possibly

Nowadays, many athletic fields have been converted from natural grass to artificial turf. Which made us wonder- which option is better for the envi...

Bought by WRFA-LP and KICI Iowa City

Booktalk: Kimberly Garza’s “The Last Karankawas”

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

Kimberly Garza’s debut novel explores modern, diverse south Texas. She takes readers to the salty aired streets of Galveston where a tight-knit co...

Would it be possible to get all of our food from local farms?

From: Possibly

Today, we’re digging into urban agriculture. Would it be possible to get all of our food from local farms?

Bought by Raven Radio, KICI Iowa City, and WRFA-LP

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