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Legends of the fall: fallout shelters, dreams of falling, and autumnal vibes
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Length:
24 minutes
Released:
Nov 3, 2022
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Podcast episode
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It’s time to open our mailbag and answer your questions about fall – and not just the season. We’ve interpreted the theme to include everything from dreams about falling to fallout shelters and, um, tornadoes. Plus, we reveal the long-anticipated winner of our poll on best alternatives for replacing the term “leaf-peeping.”Question 1: Why do so many have recurring dreams about falling?Question 2: How do tornadoes figure in myths around the world? Question 3: How deep does a fallout shelter need to be? Question 4: Are berries ripening earlier because of climate change?Do you have a question about the natural world? Submit it to the Outside/Inbox! Send a voice memo to outsidein@nhpr.org or call our hotline: 1-844-GO-OTTER (844-466-8837). Don’t forget to leave a number so we can call you back.Featuring: Abhinav Singh, Nani Pybus, David Monteyne, Shaheen Dewji, Richard Primack, Nicole Herman-Mercer, Katie Spellman. SUPPORTOutside/In is made possible with listener support. Click here to become a sustaining member of Outside/In. Subscribe to our (free) newsletter.Follow Outside/In on Instagram or Twitter, or join our private discussion group on Facebook. LINKSOn dreamsGerman chemist August Kekulé claimed to have pictured the ring structure of benzene, after dreaming of a snake eating its own tailA study on the threat simulation theory of dreamingOn Fallout SheltersFallout Shelter: Designing for Civil Defense in the Cold War by David MonteyneA calculator to estimate your personal annual radiation doseFallout Five Zero, a photographic chronicle of the Boston area’s now defunct sheltersOn BerriesWalden Warming: Climate Change Comes to Thoreau’s Woods by Richard PrimackA study on Indigenous knowledge on climate-related changes to berry production in Alaska CREDITSHost: Nate HegyiReported, produced and mixed by Felix Poon, Justine Paradis, Taylor Quimby, and Jessica HuntEdited by Taylor Quimby and Justine Paradis.Executive producer: Rebecca Lavoie Music for this episode by Jharee, Thea Tyler, and Blue Dot Sessions.Our theme music is by Breakmaster Cylinder.Outside/In is a production of New Hampshire Public Radio.
Released:
Nov 3, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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