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Jan 9, 2025 | 
midstory.org | Janek Schaller
David Trowbridge: I remember as a kid, if you can imagine, like a 1984 Buick LaSabre going down Main Street, and there’s this little boy with his face pressed up against the window. This is Dr. David Trowbridge. He’s a professor of digital and public humanities at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. Trowbridge: I thought, “Wow.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
midstory.org | Janek Schaller
It’s well after seven p.m., and the evening sunlight has long since faded from the windows of the Guardian Building in downtown Detroit, but Darryl Phillips’ face still brightens up the whole room. Darryl Phillips: Oh, yeah, I’m a big — I love any public transit, but like, rail is like the best. Of course, everyone knows that. Phillips is a marketing coordinator and a master’s student in urban studies and planning at Wayne State University.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
wfhb.org | Janek Schaller
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:48 — 3.5MB)Subscribe: RSSBy Janek SchallerA recent piece of legislation seeks to evaluate the economic consequences of the loss of farmland throughout Indiana. House Bill 1417 calls upon the Indiana State Department of Agriculture to publish a report on the matter by next summer, with agricultural landholdings under pressure from commercial and residential development.
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Jul 23, 2024 | 
thepublicsradio.org | Megan Hall |Stephen Porder |Janek Schaller
Megan Hall: Welcome to Possibly, where we take on huge problems like the future of our planet and break them down into small questions with unexpected answers. I’m Megan Hall. Earlier this year, Possibly’s founder and Brown University’s Provost for Sustainability Stephen Porder published Elemental: How Five Elements Changed Earth’s Past and Will Shape Our Future. His book explores the rare times in Earth’s past when organisms have changed the world.
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Apr 23, 2024 | 
thepublicsradio.org | Janek Schaller |Will Malloy |Megan Hall
Megan Hall: Welcome to Possibly, where we take on huge problems like the future of our planet and break them down into small questions with unexpected answers. I’m Megan Hall. We’ve celebrated Earth Day in the United States for more than 50 years. Today, we’re taking a look at what made the first Earth Day in 1970 such a big deal, and whether the modern version needs a reboot. We had Janek Schaller and Will Malloy from our Possibly team tackle this question. Janek Schaller: How’s it going, Megan?
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Mar 19, 2024 | 
thepublicsradio.org | Janek Schaller |Iman Khanbhai |Megan Hall
Megan Hall: Welcome to Possibly, where we take on huge problems like the future of our planet and break them down into small questions with unexpected answers. I’m Megan Hall. So-called “Natural gas”- the stuff a lot of us use to heat our homes and run our stoves- is basically methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. In the short term, methane is 80 times more potent than CO2 when it comes to warming the planet. So, states are looking for ways to use less of this fossil fuel.
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Mar 12, 2024 | 
thepublicsradio.org | Iman Khanbhai |Janek Schaller |Megan Hall
Megan Hall: Welcome to Possibly, where we take on huge problems like the future of our planet and break them down into small questions with unexpected answers. I’m Megan Hall. Recently, we got a question from one of our listeners. Matt from Providence wants to know – can we harness electricity from electric eels? We were intrigued! So we had Possibly reporters Iman Khanbhai and Janek Schaller look into this question. Janek Schaller: Hi Megan! Iman Khanbhai: Hello! Megan Hall: So, electric eels?
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Dec 12, 2023 | 
thepublicsradio.org | Janek Schaller
Megan Hall: Welcome to Possibly, where we take on huge problems like the future of our planet and break them down into small questions with unexpected answers. I’m Megan Hall. 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, it’s time to change our relationship to that energy source – but how?
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Dec 5, 2023 | 
thepublicsradio.org | Janek Schaller
Megan Hall: Welcome to Possibly, where we take on huge problems like the future of our planet and break them down into small questions with unexpected answers. I’m Megan Hall. 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 greenhouse gas. So, what do we do about these emissions? We had Janek Schaller and Juliana Merullo, from our Possibly team, look into this tricky question.
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Jun 27, 2023 | 
thepublicsradio.org | Janek Schaller
Megan Hall: Welcome to Possibly, where we take on huge problems like the future of our planet and break them down into small questions with unexpected answers. I’m Megan Hall. In the last few weeks, we’ve talked about towns that are creating plans to prepare for rising waters. Today, we’re taking a look at an example of what can happen when that planning is too slow. What should cities do when people want to leave because of climate-related disasters?
