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Arctic Dispatch | Trimble Gilbert

Right now, the Trump Administration is pushing hard to drill for oil and gas in places that were previously off-limits. One of those places is the Arctic National Wildlif

The Corridor | 7 | The Future

We’ve been telling the story of the petrochemical industry in Louisiana, but this isn’t just a Louisiana issue, or even just an American one - petrochemicals are a global

The Corridor | 6 | Justice Denied

For decades, the residents of St. John the Baptist Parish breathed in toxic chemicals from a massive complex that makes neoprene - a synthetic rubber. But while residents

The Corridor | 5 | You’ve Got To Fight

People have objected to the toxic side effects of industry in Louisiana and across the country for a long time. A swell of activism in the 70s and 80s connected civil rig

The Corridor | 4 | What Can Be Measured Can Be Changed

We know that many of the chemicals being released by plants in the corridor can cause cancer. We also know that the cancer risk along this stretch of the Mississippi is u

The Corridor | 3 | The Smoke of Progress

At the beginning of the 20th century, the corridor began a transition from one deadly industry to another—from sugar to petrochemicals. This transition wasn’t a coinciden

The Corridor | 2 | Sugar Is Made with Blood

Before gas, oil, and benzene, there was sugar. This is the story of the first industry that exploited people in the Corridor, an industry that brought the ancestors of to

The Corridor | 1 | River Road

One of the largest concentrations of petrochemical plants in the country lies along the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Petrochemicals are made fro

The Corridor | Preview

Coming Tuesday, June 2nd: A podcast about history, pollution, and resistance on the frontlines of America’s petrochemical industry. Over seven episodes, The Corridor exa

Threshold Conversations | Water and War with Kaveh Madani

Like many countries, Iran has struggled with major water scarcity in recent years. Last summer its capital, Tehran, came very close to “day zero,” the day when the whole

Threshold Conversations | Coyotes in the City with Christopher Schell

As surprising as it may be to encounter a coyote in the big city, these wild carnivores aren’t passing through—they’re right at home. Whether it’s a quiet grassland or a

Threshold Conversations | Walking Like a Curlew with Matthew Trevelyan

All around the Northern Hemisphere, the evocative call of a curlew is a telltale sign of spring. With their tall, skinny legs and long, curved bills, this group of migrat

Threshold Conversations | Feminism in the Wild with Ambika Kamath and Melina Packer

How much of what we know about animals is actually just an assumption? From dominant males and passive females to stigmas around same-sex sexual behavior, ideas from our

Threshold Conversations | Climate Negotiations with Lina Yassin

Thirty-four years ago, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) established the annual “conferences of the parties,” known as COPs, where almost

Threshold Conversations | Climate Emotions with Audrey Martin

All over the world, small groups of complete strangers are getting together to share their feelings about climate. These gatherings are called Climate Cafes, and they’re

Threshold Conversations | The Roadless Rule with Ben Goldfarb

Last June, the U.S. the Secretary of Agriculture announced that the Trump administration intends to repeal something called the “Roadless Rule”—a policy implemented in 20

Something New Coming Next Week

Something new is coming to your feed next week. Threshold is made possible by our listeners. To keep making our show, we need to raise $75,000 by the end of the year — a

Hark | 16 | Country is Speaking

In this final episode of Hark, we think about listening with Indigenous storytellers on three different continents—and we have one more encounter with those magical Shark

Hark | 15 | Whynotamus

New technologies like artificial intelligence have helped to accelerate and open up the entire world of bioacoustics, launching us into a new era of communication with th

Hark | 14 | Disquieting

Humans have filled the world with so much noise that the only sounds many of us often hear  on a daily basis are  our own. But all this sound isn’t great for our planet m