Outside/In Legends of the fall: fallout shelters, dreams of falling, and autumnal vibes
It’s time to open our mailbag and answer your questions about fall – and not just the season. We’ve interpreted the theme to include everything from dreams about falling to fallout shelters and, um, tornadoes.
Plus, we reveal the long-anticipated winner of our poll on best alternatives for replacing the term “leaf-peeping.”
Question 1: Why do so many have recurring dreams about falling?
Question 2: How do tornadoes figure in myths around the world?
Question 3: How deep does a fallout shelter need to be?
Question 4: Are berries ripening earlier because of climate change?
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Featuring: Abhinav Singh, Nani Pybus, David Monteyne, Shaheen Dewji, Richard Primack, Nicole Herman-Mercer, Katie Spellman.
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LINKS
On dreams
- German chemist August Kekulé claimed to have pictured the ring structure of benzene, after dreaming of a snake eating its own tail
- A study on the threat simulation theory of dreaming
On Fallout Shelters
- Fallout Shelter: Designing for Civil Defense in the Cold War by David Monteyne
- A calculator to estimate your personal annual radiation dose
- Fallout Five Zero, a photographic chronicle of the Boston area’s now defunct shelters
On Berries
- Walden Warming: Climate Change Comes to Thoreau’s Woods by Richard Primack
- A study on Indigenous knowledge on climate-related changes to berry production in Alaska
CREDITS
Host: Nate Hegyi
Reported, produced and mixed by Felix Poon, Justine Paradis, Taylor Quimby, and Jessica Hunt
Edited by Taylor Quimby and Justine Paradis.
Executive producer: Rebecca Lavoie
Music for this episode by Jharee, Thea Tyler, and Blue Dot Sessions.
Our theme music is by Breakmaster Cylinder.
Outside/In is a production of New Hampshire Public Radio.
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