Fireworks

In this episode, we visit one of the most iconic national parks in the United States: Yellowstone. Megan Kate Nelson talks to us about how Yellowstone came to be a park, as well as how all the amazing geothermal features and animals came to be in the area. Show notes and full transcript at bigiftru…

In this week's episode, we're talking about something that's big and also true---from a certain point of view. We're kicking off an intermittent series called Big If True in Literature and Culture with a discussion of ents, giant tree-people in J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings series. We learn ab…

Today we're talking about a BIG GAME--it's big because you can build big things in it, and it's big because a huge number of people play it. It's Minecraft! Guided by our expert, Anne Ladyem McDivitt, we explore why Minecraft is so cool, and how big it really is. Plus we got some help from you, our…

Volcanoes are really big and really dangerous! Right now, one volcano in a big chain of volcanoes in the Caribbean is erupting. It's called La Soufriere de Saint Vincent. We talked to Charlie Mandeville of the US Geological Survey's Volcano Hazards Program about La Soufriere, and about volcanoes mo…