During their twelve seasons as winter rangers in Yosemite National Park, Rob and Laura Pilewski have learned a thing or two about what it means to love a place – and a person.

This episode comes to us from the wonderful folks at The Dirtbag Diaries, another podcast that features stories about conservation, epic adventures, and more.

Featuring Rob and Laura Pilewski

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CREDITS

Host of The Dirtbag Diaries: Fitz Cahall

This episode was reported, produced and edited by Lauren DeLaunay Miller

Mixing by Evan Phillips

The Dirtbag Diaries Executive Producer: Becca Cahall

Music from Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto, Brian Bombadil, Joya, Roma 49, Garland, and Brendan O’Connell

Outside/In Host: Nate Hegyi

Executive producer: Taylor Quimby

Rebecca Lavoie is NHPR’s Director of On-Demand Audio

Our staff includes Justine Paradis, and Felix Poon. Catherine Hurley is our intern.

Outside/In is a production of New Hampshire Public Radio

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What do wolves, waste-water treatment plants, and the Gulf Stream have in common? This episode, that’s what! It’s that wonderful time when we comb through all your wonderful questions and call up some scientists to help us answer them. Some of the more unlikely things that get brought up include dinosaur pee, abandoned shopping carts, and wolves preying on cheese curds.

Here’s what’s on the docket:

• Why is dog saliva slimier than human saliva?
• Why do wolves get relocated in the middle of winter?
• What if the Gulf Stream “shut down?”
• How do wastewater treatment plants work?
  

Featuring Eric Odell, Alice Ren, and Sri Vedachalam.

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Host: Nate Hegyi

Reported, produced, and mixed by Taylor Quimby, Justine Paradis, and Felix Poon

Editing by Taylor Quimby.

Executive producer: Taylor Quimby

Rebecca Lavoie is NHPR’s Director of On-Demand Audio

Music by Blue Dot Sessions, Baegul, Hatamitsunami, and King Sis.

Our theme music is by Breakmaster Cylinder.

Outside/In is a production of New Hampshire Public Radio

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Every December, during the Christmas Bird Count, tens of thousands of volunteers look to the skies for an international census of wild birds.

But during migration season, a much smaller squad of New York City volunteers take on a more sobering experience: counting dead birds that have collided with glass buildings and fallen back to Earth.

In this episode, we find out what kind of people volunteer for this grisly job, visit the New York City rehab center that takes in injured pigeons, and find out how to stop glass from killing an estimated one billion birds nationwide every year.

Featuring Melissa Breyer, Linda LaBella, Gitanjali Bhattacharjee, Katherine Chen, and Tristan Higginbotham

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LINKS

Want to see the migration forecast? Check out Birdcast.

Want to be a citizen scientist and report dead birds? Check out dBird.

Want to see volunteer Melissa Breyer’s photos of dead birds? Check out Sad Birding.

More about Project Safe Flight.

CREDITS

Host: Nate Hegyi

Reported, produced, and mixed by Taylor Quimby

Editing by Rebecca Lavoie and Nate Hegyi.

Our staff includes Justine Paradis and Felix Poon

Executive producer: Taylor Quimby

Rebecca Lavoie is NHPR’s Director of On-Demand Audio

Music by Blue Dot Sessions.

Outside/In is a production of New Hampshire Public Radio

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