A new "Avatar" comes out this weekend and we've got movies on the mind! It doesn't hurt that @natehegyi.bsky.social is a huge movie buff (the same can't be said for @marinahenke.bsky.social). Check out our latest episode where you get your podcasts. outsideinradio.org/shows/the-fe...

Last May a tornado hit St. Louis, pummeling some of the city’s most vulnerable neighborhoods. There was no way it wouldn’t touch STL’s brick salvage economy. I got to follow along with a bricklayer, who’s racing to build back houses before it’s too late. outsideinradio.org/shows/the-br...

A tour of a 90,000 specimen-mycological collection was not on my 2025 bingo card.

Big news: After nearly a decade, DuPont has agreed to settle a class-action suit brought by the people of Hoosick Falls, NY, the community I spent years following for my book. All told, the village's roughly 3,000 residents will receive about $90 million in damages. #PFAS #ForeverChemicals

We're coming back to broadcast! Catch us on NHPR at 11am starting this Saturday 📻

Absolutely fantastic new book by @mariahblake.bsky.social -- it was the (sobering) delight of some time off this week to finish "They Poisoned the World." For anyone who wonders what dogged environmental journalism is, look no further than Blake's footnote section -- a thing of absolute glory!

Been thinking a lot about big ships lately, over at @outsideinradio.bsky.social! This was a gnarly story to report: lots of fuzzy numbers, conflicting narratives and long-held truths. As always, going directly to the people interacting with these ships reaped the most interesting answers.