Our Mysterious Planet: A Changing Climat...

What happens when a teenager goes missing in the world’s smallest, and supposedly safest, country? Emanuela Orlandi’s sudden disappearance remains the only missing person’s case in Vatican City, yet more than 40 years later we still have no idea what really happened behind the pa ... Show More

When it comes to sudden memory loss, the most common forms of amnesia are often short-term, and stem from trauma to the brain. But some cases are much more inexplicable. People with Dissociative Amnesia don't experience brain damage, but still lose large chunks of time… and can e ... Show More

How would a time machine work? Physicists have been engaging the question for decades — and building theoretical frameworks to make it happen. From designs like the Tipler Cylinder, to the paradoxes that imply time travel's improbability, how close are we really to folding the fa ... Show More

Over the last century, the fossil fuel industry has exploded. Carbon emissions are at an all time high. Wildfires and hurricanes are on the rise. Our planet's temperature is heating up at an exponential rate. But is global warming a misunderstood phenomena — and is it too late to ... Show More

As the world's climate turns political, we throw specific alarming climate claims to a climate scientist and see his response.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Is the threat posed by global warming as imminent as it seems? Is it possible that corporations are manipulating data (and exploiting our fears) to make an extra buck? And how likely is it that humans aren’t to blame after all? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoic ... Show More

Does climate change freak you out? Want to know what we, collectively, can do about it? Us too. How to Save a Planet is a podcast that asks the big questions: what do we need to do to solve the climate crisis, and how do we get it done? Join us, journalist Alex Blumberg and scien ... Show More

As the global climate change summit, COP26, comes to a close, we break down the summit's goals, and the science behind them, with a climate change expert.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Steven E. Koonin, author of Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters, joins us to debunk the wildest claims and fantasies of prominent "climate scientists". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

In the final episode of our 9/11 series, we examine the legacy of that day, and how its memory impacted — and still impacts — the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices