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2 months ago | 
thepublicsradio.org | Will Malloy |Christine Okulo |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. When we throw away our food, it creates some big problems. First, it takes up lots of space in our landfills – more than plastic, metal, or paper. Second, when that food decomposes it creates a lot of greenhouse gasses. So, what can we do about it?
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2 months ago | 
thepublicsradio.org | 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. Today we’ve got a question from our show’s founder Stephen Porder. Stephen and his family have an electric car, and he wants to try to reduce the greenhouse gases that come from charging that car. So he wants to know, when should he charge it? We had Nat Hardy and Will Malloy from our Possibly Team look into this.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
thepublicsradio.org | 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. Where I live in Rhode Island, turkeys are more than just a Thanksgiving treat, they’re a neighbor. I feel like I see them everywhere – including wandering the streets near my house. But they haven’t always been doing so well. In fact, wild turkeys were locally extinct for many decades.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
thepublicsradio.org | Will Malloy |Hamid Torabzadeh |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 talked on this show about how we can cut out greenhouse gas emissions from our homes and cars. But we wondered, how are factories and manufacturers working on this problem?
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
thepublicsradio.org | 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. The ocean is full of life, big and small. Today, we’re going to talk about some of the little guys – specifically, a type of plankton. These tiny organisms play a big role in the health of Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay, and there’s new research out about how they’re changing.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
thepublicsradio.org | 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. Today we have a question from my friend Jen Kennedy. She’s a librarian at one of Brown University’s libraries, known casually as “The Rock.” And Jen has been struggling with a confusing problem ever since she started working there-Jen Kennedy: It’s freezing in the Rock, especially in the summer when it’s hot outside.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
thepublicsradio.org | Juliana Merullo |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. In the summer of 2022, 14 young people in Hawai’i filed a lawsuit against the state’s Department of Transportation, saying they weren’t doing enough to reach the state’s climate goals. The two sides recently reached a settlement, and we had our reporters Juliana Merullo and Will Malloy look into it for us.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
thepublicsradio.org | Will Malloy |Juliana Merullo |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 talked about how our hometown of Providence, Rhode Island built a huge tunnel to help store stormwater so the sewage treatment plant can keep up when it rains. But can we prevent stormwater from going into the sewer system in the first place?
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
thepublicsradio.org | Will Malloy |Juliana Merullo |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. If you’ve lived in Rhode Island for a while, you may have noticed that the Narragansett Bay is a whole lot cleaner than it was in the past. We’re here with Possibly reporters Will Malloy and Juliana Merullo to find out why. Will Malloy: Hi Megan!Juliana Merullo: Hiya! Megan Hall: So, is the bay really that much cleaner?
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Jun 25, 2024 | 
thepublicsradio.org | Will Malloy |Charlie Adams |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. Packages of disposable wipes often say that they’re “flushable,” but is that really true? Possibly reporters Will Malloy and Charlie Adams are here to tell us the truth. Will Malloy: Hi Megan! Charlie Adams: Hi! Megan Hall: So what’s the deal with flushable wipes?
