Remember you are dirt and to dirt you shall return. Science journalist Eleanor Cummins and law professor Tanya Marsh explain the rise of human composting, now legal in six states, as an alternative to burial or cremation.
This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and ... Show More
Yesterday
The culture wars turn deadly
The US is intentionally losing a fight against HIV that could be won. This episode was produced by Kelli Wessinger, edited by Jolie Myers and Miranda Kennedy, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by Patrick Boyd and David Tatasciore, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Activist ... Show More
26m 5s
Jul 29
The scandal undoing the ICC
The International Criminal Court has a lot on its hands. The chief prosecutor was ousted over abuse allegations, the Trump administration is on the warpath, and Netanyahu and Mamdani are fighting over an arrest warrant. This episode was produced by Ariana Aspuru, edited by Amina ... Show More
28m 1s
Apr 2022
WeWow Earth Week Day 2: Compost It!
Welcome back to WeWow's Earth Week! Today, Mindy and Guy are learning a new way to help their planet, composting! Then, we'll listen to another episode of one of Mindy and Guy's favorite podcasts, Flip and Mozi's Guide to How to be an Earthling. Today, we're joining Flip and Mozi ... Show More
28m 56s
Oct 2022
Eco-Death Care, Brain Memory Prosthetic, Space Food. Oct 14, 2022, Part 2
<p>Burying Green: Eco-Friendly Death Care On The Rise</p>
<p>Dying, it turns out, isn’t carbon neutral. Like many of the choices we make in our lifetimes, the choice to cremate or preserve our bodies after death comes with tradeoffs as well. With preservation and burial, there’s ... Show More
47m 3s
Oct 2022
Donate Your Body To Science?
Halloween calls to mind graveyards and the walking dead, so, naturally, Short Wave wanted to know what happens when you donate your body to real scientists. Host Aaron Scott talked with journalist Abby Ohlheiser about their reporting trips to a Forensic Osteology Research Station ... Show More
13m 4s