All Environment
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This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, satirist and author Andy Borowitz joins us to talk about his book ‘Profiles in Ignorance,’ which explains how our nation’s elected leaders have grown dumb — and dumber.
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Connecticut farmers want Congress to tackle land access as well as issues like climate resiliency and sustainability in the 2023 Farm Bill, a wide-ranging piece of legislation that authorizes funding for nutrition and agricultural programs.
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Prince Harry is doing something British royals have rarely done before: He's going to court. The Duke of Sussex is set to testify this week in a phone-hacking trial against British tabloids.
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Was Kendall going to jump into the river? Why did we keep seeing Logan in the bathroom? Creator Jesse Armstrong and executive producer Frank Rich answer all in this wide-ranging interview.
Climate
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New England is facing increased wildfire threat due to climate change, experts say.
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A new report assessing the state of Connecticut’s environment says solar installations rose in 2022, which is helping to lower carbon emissions. But the report found those same solar installations are also complicating some efforts to conserve agricultural land.
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On this episode of Audacious, hear how two people's lives were changed after getting hit by lightning. And an expert will talk about ways to avoid getting struck.
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Members of the New England Forestry Foundation (NEFF) attended the United Nations COP27 Convention on Climate to confer with other experts and leaders about how forests can help fight climate change.
Science
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Penguins had a massive ancestor. That’s according to a team of scientists that unearthed a penguin fossil and says it belonged to a roughly 350-pound bird.
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Daniel Ksepka is part of a team that identified a new species of bird named Centuriavis lioae, which lived about 11 million years ago in what is now Nebraska.
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Few of us get to escape heartbreak. This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, the science, language, and culture of heartbreak — including why we’re so attracted to sad songs.
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This hour, we look at what's going on with the pandemic with doctors from Yale and Hartford HealthCare. Plus, what do we know about Paxlovid and why its results vary?