Recent episodes

Behold The 1000 Pound Pumpkin Robert Sabin has been growing giant pumpkins (the breed is Atlantic giant) for over ten years. Does his top pumpkin have the heft to win the Long Island Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off at Hicks Nurseries? Find out.

Seeing Through The Eyes Of An Armadillo Sam Easterson is the curator of the Museum of Animal Perspectives--an online repository of remotely-sensed wildlife imagery. All the footage comes from cameras implanted in the landscape or strapped to the backs of animals.

Bird In Hand To Save Those In The Bush Braddock Bay, on the southern shore of Lake Ontario, is a prime pit stop for migrating birds. In a converted hot dog stand near the Bay, ornithologists and volunteers capture, study and release about 10,000 passing birds each year.

Pluto Controversy: The Backstory Neil DeGrasse Tyson recounts the controversy about America's favorite former planet -- Pluto. He talks with Ira in the NPR studio in New York about the new rules for planetary status.