EXPLORE MORE
Listen to previous shows
-
How Do You Stop a Glacier From Melting?
Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica has been called "the Doomsday Glacier," a reference to the rise in sea level that would results if Thwaites melts. Brent Minchew, a geophysicist at Caltech and chief scientist with the Arête Glacier Initiative, describes his research into how to stop that from happening. Cape Cod got hit hard in the blizzard, and our colleagues at WCAI were put to the test to keep the station on the air and delivering critical updates. Morning Edition host Sam Houghton recounts how he slept at the station for days and kept in on the air, until snow and fallen trees reopened roads to CAI's broadcast center. (Did we mention he also had Norovirus?) And out monthly chat with astrophysicist Anjali Tripathi looks at really cold and windy places in outer space.---------Have something you’re curious about? Leave us a voicemail anytime at 877-301-8970, or submit questions via the form on our landing page at GBHNews.org.Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more content and exclusive videos. -
Do Ads Ruin AI Search Results?
Advertising in ChatGPT was the last straw for Zoë Hitzig. She quit her job as a researcher at OpenAI, saying that ads inject a troubling incentive structure into AI. We talk to her about her work and her perspective. And, another round of Curiosity Questions from listeners! Edgar and senior producer Aidan Connelly answer queries about blue whales, Harvard’s “whispering arch,” and why weather apps sometimes gives different users different temperatures for the same locations. Plus a regular does of trivia from Erin McCarthy, former editor-in-chief at Mental Floss. Today, fun stories about people born on February 26th. (Happy birthday Johnny Cash, Fats Domino, Jackie Gleason & Victor Hugo!) ---------Have something you’re curious about? Leave us a voicemail anytime at 877-301-8970, or submit questions via the form on our landing page at GBHNews.org.Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more content and exclusive videos. -
How Did Montreal Get So Good at Plowing Snow?
Put aside your space savers, and take a look up north: Montreal Gazette transportation reporter Jason Magder describes his city's ingenious method of removing snow from city streets. Then, historian Sara Morrison from Westfield State describes the long history of methods Boston has tried for managing snow here. Things were much more chaotic in Boston of yore. And our monthly look at the most-searched words in Merriam-Webster's online dictionary. Editor at large Peter Sokolowski shows us how word searches reveal trends in what's on people minds. ---------Have something you’re curious about? Leave us a voicemail anytime at 877-301-8970, or submit questions via the form on our landing page at GBHNews.org.Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more content and exclusive videos. -
Are We Wimps in Snow?
As we all dig out from the blizzard, we talk to meteorologist Dave Epstein about this storm and this winter generally compare to the historical record. The essential question, have several mild winters made us lose our edge when it comes to serious cold and snow? And librarians from the GBH Archives plow through (ahem...) decades of GBH tape to share gems from wintry television and radio from years past. -
Snow Day Special!
Massachusetts is getting pummeled with wind and snow in a genuine blizzard today, so we have a snow-themed special to keep you company.Under the ice: Jason Stolarski & Julie Wood explaining everything that goes on under the ice when the Charles River freezes over. Jason is a project leader for the MassWildlife Watershed Project, and Julie’s Climate Resilience Director for the Charles River Watershed Association. (Originally aired Feb 9, 2026.) "Sneckdown": a funny term for a familiar phenomenon, the natural pathways people make through freshly fallen snow. Jean-Luc Pierite explains the concept . Pierite is Board President of the Native American Indian Center of Boston and a former visiting scholar for MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning. (Originally aired Feb 11, 2026.)And a snow day history class: school is out, but Daniel Berger-Jones from the Boston History Company joins as part of our America 250 coverage. He tells us about some of the under-explored battles that took place around Boston during the revolution. (Originally aired Feb 9, 2026.)
