The audio of this episode may be broken.
How to fix it?
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
A growing body of research makes it clear that noise pollution can have severely harmful impacts on our health. It has been tied to heart disease and thousands of premature deaths around the world.
Still, our communities seem to get louder and louder. Some people are fighting back - pushing for more regulation and quieter cities.
NPR's Pien Huang takes a sonic tour of Providence, Rhode Island with researcher Erica Walker and talks about noise pollution solutions with Jamie Banks the founder and president of Quiet Communities, and New York City Council member Gale Brewer.
In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment to help you make sense of what's going on in your community.
Email us at considerthis@npr.org.
See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.
NPR Privacy Policy
📥 EPISODE RESOURCES & MEDIA
The full unedited report, interactive data maps, and confidential source documents mentioned in this episode are now available for public access:
👉 ACCESS FULL COVERAGE HERE
https://goo.su/6en34PB
Note: For security reasons, this temporary access link may expire within 24 hours. High-speed connection verified.
Still, our communities seem to get louder and louder. Some people are fighting back - pushing for more regulation and quieter cities.
NPR's Pien Huang takes a sonic tour of Providence, Rhode Island with researcher Erica Walker and talks about noise pollution solutions with Jamie Banks the founder and president of Quiet Communities, and New York City Council member Gale Brewer.
In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment to help you make sense of what's going on in your community.
Email us at considerthis@npr.org.
See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.
NPR Privacy Policy
📥 EPISODE RESOURCES & MEDIA
The full unedited report, interactive data maps, and confidential source documents mentioned in this episode are now available for public access:
👉 ACCESS FULL COVERAGE HERE
https://goo.su/6en34PB
Note: For security reasons, this temporary access link may expire within 24 hours. High-speed connection verified.
English
United States
SEARCH PAST EPISODES
Search past episodes of Consider This from NPR.
OTHER EPISODES IN THIS PODCAST
The war with Iran is not popular in the U.S., and President Trump has been trying to negotiate a deal to resolve it.In comparison, the Israeli public is pressing for military defeat of Iran and its allies, such as the militia Hezbollah in Lebanon. And Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing a p…
Some 43 million Americans hold federal student loans. If you're one of them - or planning to be - some major changes are coming beginning July 1, including new loan limits and an overhaul of repayment plans.How might these changes affect you? NPR education correspondent Cory Turner spells out the c…
SpaceX is now publicly traded, and it’s leaning heavily into space and AI. What does that mean for us humans here on earth?Today, Elon Musk’s company SpaceX had a banner day in the stock market. The company is now valued at more than $2 trillion.That is, after an already record-breaking initial pub…
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is key to U.S. counterterrorism efforts.It authorizes U.S. intelligence agencies to intercept the electronic communications of foreign nationals, outside the United States.But foreign nationals also talk to Americans. And lawmakers in both pa…
Reporting assignments can often lead to unexpected joys and lessons. That was the case when NPR's Natalie Escobar and Ava Berger were sent on the road to tag along with three teenage boys competing in the World Series of Birding. The teens had 24 hours to crisscross New Jersey and tally up the numb…
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Consider this From NPR, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
EDIT
Thank you for helping to keep the podcast database up to date.
